In Depth

In Depth headlines with summaries.

• Whakaari / White Island eruption: How it unfolded

  Whakaari/White Island

  12 Dec 2019

  

  For years, it has awed the thousands of visitors who have stepped on to its alien surface. On 9 December, 2019, that otherworldliness was transformed into a hellscape.

  The day Whakaari / White Island erupted

• Whakaari/White Island: The dead and missing

  Whakaari/White Island

  11 Dec 2019

  

  There were 47 people on Whaakari/White Island when it erupted. Eight died, and eight others on the island are presumed dead. This is who they are.

  Whakaari/White Island: The dead and missing

• Keto diet: Trend or treatment?

  science health

  6 Dec 2019

  

  Insight - Touted as a cure for diabetes, epilepsy and weight loss, the Keto diet is taking off in popularity. Insight reporter Teresa Cowie learns from scientists and those who've tried it. Audio

  Keto diet: Trend or treatment?

• Epilepsy patients angry at being told symptoms all in their heads

  health

  6 Dec 2019

  

  Pharmac-funded research into whether people with epilepsy were imagining side effects from a medicine brand change has been suspended as angry patients point out that deaths have been linked to the…

  Epilepsy patients angry at being told symptoms all in their heads

• Government funds to continue investing in fossil fuels

  environment politics

  5 Dec 2019

  

  Two multi-billion dollar government guaranteed investment funds say they will continue investing in fossil fuel companies, despite the government's efforts to fight climate change.

  Government funds to continue investing in fossil fuels

• Jones declared conflict of interest on same day questions were asked

  politics

  4 Dec 2019

  

  Shane Jones' office received official documents about a New Zealand First-linked forestry company's bid for public money five times before the minister declared a conflict of interest.

  New details revealed over NZ First-linked company and Shane Jones’ office

• Document leak: Why the NZ First Foundation was set up

  In Depth

  28 Nov 2019

  

  Key documents about a mysterious foundation loaning money to NZ First show why the NZ First Foundation was set up, how it would operate and who knew about the idea from the outset.

  Document leak: Why the NZ First Foundation was set up

• What would Jesus do ... about climate change?

  Environment climate

  28 Nov 2019

  

  As the climate emergency nears apocalyptic proportions, Max Towle asks if Christian leaders think it's all in God's hands or whether they're trying to do something about it. Video

  What would Jesus do ... about climate change?

• 'You don't drink a glass of wine next to a grave'

  history

  21 Nov 2019

  

  Protesters say an Erebus memorial in Parnell rose gardens would make them sad at a place they want to drink wine and climb trees, and would ruin the look of the park. Some victims' families are… Video

  'Nimbys' oppose Erebus park memorial: ‘You don’t drink a glass of wine next to a grave’

• Call for inquiry into Pharmac's epilepsy drug switch

  New Zealand health

  21 Nov 2019

  

  The Health and Disability Commissioner wants answers and a national MP is calling for an inquiry, after four people died following an epilepsy drug brand switch.

  Call for inquiry into Pharmac's epilepsy drug switch

• NZ First-linked company applied for $15m govt loan

  New Zealand Politics

  18 Nov 2019

  

  A forestry company with close links to New Zealand First has revealed it applied for a $15 million loan from the Provincial Growth Fund, which is overseen by NZ First minister Shane Jones.

  NZ First-linked company applied for $15m govt loan, pledges transparency

• Conversations with Nico: Explaining Aotearoa's past to its future

  Now We Are Five Million

  18 Nov 2019

  

  Now We Are Five (Million) - Guyon Espiner and his daughter Nico kōrero on New Zealand's attitudes to Māori culture, language and history in his childhood compared to hers today.

  Conversations with Nico: Explaining Aotearoa's past to its future

• Fourth death linked to Pharmac's epilepsy medication switch

  New Zealand health

  15 Nov 2019

  

  A 26-year-old is the fourth person to die shortly after changing from a branded version of the anti-epilepsy drug lamotrigine to a generic version. Video

  Fourth death linked to Pharmac's epilepsy medication switch

• NZ First-linked forestry company wanted $95m in govt funding

  New Zealand

  15 Nov 2019

  

  A forestry company with close links to New Zealand First planned to apply for nearly $100 million under the One Billion Trees programme, which is overseen by the Forestry Minister Shane Jones.

  NZ First-linked forestry company wanted $95m in govt funding

• Pharmac backs down on epilepsy drug brand switch

  New Zealand health

  15 Nov 2019

  

  Pharmac has backed down on a controversial drug brand switch affecting patients with epilepsy and mental health conditions after three people died following the change.

  Pharmac backs down on epilepsy drug brand switch

• NZ First-linked forestry company pushed for govt funds

  New Zealand Politics

  15 Nov 2019

  

  A powerful New Zealand First figure helped establish a forestry company that then pushed for money from two key funding streams controlled by a New Zealand First Minister.

  NZ First-linked forestry company pushed for govt funds

• Forever home: Why immigrants choose New Zealand

  life and society refugees and migrants

  15 Nov 2019

  

  Now We Are (Five) Million - Three in 10 people living here were born overseas. But why do they come, and can we continue to attract skilled migrants in the face of increased competition? Insight's… Audio

  Forever home: Why immigrants choose New Zealand

• How schools will try to work around the donation-ban plan

  education life and society

  22 Nov 2019

  

  The government's school donation scheme has not even started and schools are already looking for ways to push its rules to the limit. John Gerritsen investigates how far they will go to give students… Audio

  How schools will try to work around the donation-ban plan

• New Zealand's dying towns

  Now We Are Five Million

  13 Nov 2019

  

  Now We Are Five (Million) - While the country's rising population is due to hit 5 million next year, Kawhia, and many small rural towns like it, are dying. Susan Strongman asks why.

  New Zealand's dying towns

• Mysterious foundation loaning New Zealand First money

  politics

  13 Nov 2019

  

  A foundation that loans money to NZ First is under scrutiny, with a law professor saying it's lawful but fails to provide the transparency voters need in a democracy.

  Mysterious foundation loaning New Zealand First money

• Poet's Corner

  Now We Are Five Million

  11 Nov 2019

  

  Now We Are Five (Million) - It's one of the poorest neighbourhoods in the country, and has been for 60 years. Yet stalwarts of the Hamilton suburb won't ever give up trying to improve the lot of 'The…

  Poet's Corner

• Abuse in care hearings: Survivors determined to protect future generations

  In Depth

  9 Nov 2019

  

  After two weeks of deeply personal tales at the Royal Commission of Inquiry into Abuse in Care hearing, common threads began to emerge, Katie Scotcher writes.

  Royal Commission into abuse in care hearings: What we learnt

• Play time over: How Kiwi kids lost their freedom to roam

  education life and society

  8 Nov 2019

  

  Now We Are Five (Million) - New Zealand's population is nearing five million, but are our growing numbers shrinking children's opportunities for independence? Insight's Teresa Cowie reports. Audio

  Play time over: How Kiwi kids lost their freedom to roam

• Who is the average Kiwi?

  Now We Are Five Million

  6 Nov 2019

  

  Now We Are Five (Million) - As New Zealand's population nears five million, our demographics have changed - but what about our perceptions of who the 'average' Kiwi is? Kate Newton reports. Video

  Who is the average Kiwi?