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Long Read: Weaponised
5:00 AM.By Kate Evans: With each generation, predators and prey refine their aggressive weapons and defensive armour. Read more Audio
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The future will be riskier – how will insurance keep up?
5:00 AM.When a natural disaster destroys your home, who should foot the bill? The government, private insurers, or you? Read more Audio
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Off or on? The debate over GST on fruit and veg
5:00 AM.It's popular with the voters, but not with the experts. The Detail takes a closer look at the debate about Labour's GST plans. Read more Audio
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Sheep, beef and fish: Unlocking New Zealand's aquaculture potential
5:00 AM.The government has a goal to grow aquaculture to a $3 billion-a-year industry. But red tape – and red flags – stand in the way. Read more Audio
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Capitalising on New Zealand's football fever
5:00 AM.The FIFA World Cup has captured the attention of plenty of New Zealanders. How do we keep them interested, and invested, in women's football once the tournament's over? Read more Audio
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Why don't we talk about postnatal depression?
5:00 AM.Maternal mental health is another one of those hidden "women's issues" that we don't talk about enough. Now it's in the spotlight for the most awful of reasons. Read more Audio
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The Week in Detail: Wool woes, parental leave, and political polls
4:00 PM.The Detail podcast brings you the issues behind the news every weekday. Here's what we covered this week. Read more Audio
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Long Read: When we were shunned
3:00 PM.By Anusha Bradley: After leaving the Jehovah’s Witnesses, Brad Miller and Cassie Dean were cut off from almost everyone they’d ever known. Read more Audio
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Taking the public pulse with political polls
5:00 AM.The polls are showing a tight race between the two major parties as we inch closer to October's election. But can we trust them? Read more Audio
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How NZ's paid parental leave stacks up
5:00 AM.We like to think we're pretty progressive, but can New Zealand do more to support parents in the workplace? Read more Audio
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Public private partnerships and big infrastructure projects
5:00 AM.The Detail weighs up the pros and cons of public private partnerships in big infrastructure projects. Read more Audio
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The woes of wool
5:00 AM.Wool was once the backbone of our agriculture industry, but now farmers are struggling to make a buck from it. What happened? Read more Audio
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The new therapeutic products law: What is it?
5:00 AM.It's been decades in the making, but there will be major changes to the way we regulate medicines, medical devices and natural health products. Read more Audio
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Long Read: Immaculate
5:00 AM.By Dave Hansford: Meet New Zealand's lawn addicts, who can be found in the weekend perfecting their 'outdoor carpet'. Read more Audio
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The charismatic kākāpō is booming, but its friends need help
5:00 AM.Having kākāpō in the North Island wilderness again is an historic win for our native manu, but conservationists say other species are at risk of falling through the cracks. Read more Audio
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'Crisis': The state of the Far North's crucial roads
5:00 AM.The Far North's roads are in a perilous state – and the fix-up job is mammoth in scale. Read more Audio
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Stormy weather: The review into NIWA and MetService
5:00 AM.MetService and NIWA are both government agencies. Why are they competing with one another? Read more Audio
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Taking flight: The post-pandemic travel boom
5:00 AM.Thinking about booking that long-awaited overseas trip? International travel is back and bigger than ever. Read more Audio
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Playing whack-a-mole with fraudsters
5:00 AM.Bank scams are rising exponentially, so much so that $183 million has gone out of New Zealanders' accounts over the last year. Read more Audio
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Long Read: The Gloriavale employment case
5:00 AM.By Jean Edwards: Raised to be meek and submissive in a world dominated by men, six former Gloriavale women have won an extraordinary legal victory. Read more Audio
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The home jail that's not on Easy Street
5:00 AM.After Auckland's CBD shooting the knives were out for home detention sentences – but is it the justice system we should be pointing at, or is the problem more deeply-rooted? Read more Audio
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The wisdom of dipping into retirement savings
5:00 AM.It's their own money – so why shouldn't hard-up students be allowed to use their KiwiSaver when faced with the tough task of coming up with a bond for their rental? Read more Audio
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Court reporting under the microscope
5:00 AM.Should the media be self-censoring its court reporting of the Dickason triple murder trial as the gory details unfold? Read more Audio
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Commonwealth Games future looks grim
5:00 AM.Victoria's decision to pull out of hosting the 2026 Commonwealth Games after a budget blowout shines light on the huge amount of money it takes for these sporting extravaganzas. Read more Audio
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The silent sentence facing newly-released inmates
5:00 AM.There's a silent sentence faced by prisoners just out of jail – one that makes it hard for them to get back on their feet without resorting to crime again. Read more Audio