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NZ's role in the Malaysian plastics dumping ground
23 Sep 2018Insight - Thousands of tonnes of plastic from New Zealand is going to Malaysia where illegal factories are burning waste they can't process, Nita Blake-Persen travelled there to investigate. Audio
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Where are all the male contraceptives?
28 Sep 2018Almost 60 years after the pill arrived in NZ, there is still no male equivalent. Are men willing to step up? And why aren't pharmaceutical companies coming to the party? Bonnie Sumner investigates.
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Insight: Nurses pay and staffing deal - hospital crisis averted?
9 Sep 2018Insight - Will the latest nursing pay and staffing deals ease the pressure? Karen Brown heads into a ward in one of the country's busiest hospitals to find out. Audio
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Fighting back against the avocado crime wave
18 Sep 2018Burgled and beaten up, avocado growers are sleeping in their orchards, patrolling the streets at night and using CCTV to protect their 'green gold' from organised crime and a fruit blackmarket. Video
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The reality of life on the minimum wage in NZ
10 Sep 2018Men pee in front of Victoria when she's cleaning the gents. Roszanne couldn't afford to go to her brother's tangi. Lavinia hardly sees her children. Meet the women working for minimum wage. Video
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Why being made redundant in New Zealand is so tough
3 Sep 2018Axed over Christmas, told to be out by lunchtime - this is redundancy in NZ, where there's no mandatory notice period or compensation, and little support for those searching for new work.
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Insight: Should NZ schools ban mobile phones?
3 Sep 2018Do phones derail learning and cause squabbles between teachers and students, or aid study? Teresa Cowie reports. Audio
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The battle over Wellington's 'ugliest building', the Gordon Wilson Flats
31 Aug 2018The owner of the Gordon Wilson Flats wants to demolish the heritage-listed building. It hopes to end its long fight by capturing the building in virtual reality before knocking it down. Video
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Foetal alcohol: damaging baby brains
30 Aug 2018Insight - What's being done to identify the babies brain damaged when their mothers drank alcohol during pregnancy? Philippa Tolley reports. Audio
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Maraenui: The suburb swallowed by synthetics
27 Aug 2018In Napier's poorest suburb, empty lots replace state housing, unemployment dominates, and, each evening, synthetic cannabis joints light up as 'The Nui' falls into darkness.
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The life and death of David Cerven
26 Jul 2018At 21, David Cerven was shot dead by police in what many assumed was 'suicide by cop'. Susan Strongman traces his story of love, debt and despair all the way from Slovakia to the Auckland park where…
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Why renters won’t complain about landlords
9 Jul 2018Rotten floorboards, leaking showers, water running down internal walls: where do tenants turn when landlords fail them? Not the Tenancy Tribunal - in fact, often not anywhere. Kate Newton asks why.
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The suicides, sackings and stressed staff of Tauranga Hospital
31 May 2018A nurse leaves a suicide note addressed to his colleagues. Another kills himself after feeling mistreated at work. A third's death is under investigation. What's going on?
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Broken Bad: A country in the grip of meth
30 Apr 2018A baby survives on Milo. A woman has her teeth knocked out. A grandfather avoids his own home. This is daily life in a country teeming with methamphetamine.
