The Detail

The Detail podcast brings you the issues behind the news every weekday. Here's what we covered this week. Read more Audio

By Ollie Neas: In Samoa, there are mixed feelings about Chinese influence and the nation’s growing indebtedness to the superpower. Read more Audio

The Australians have beaten us again - this time, in the long-running fight over mānuka honey. Read more Audio

In the push to get more people living in higher density housing, have our fire and building regulations been left behind? Read more Audio

Greedflation: It's the latest buzzword in economics – is it behind soaring company profits?  Read more Audio

Winter illness season is upon us. Can the health system cope with the inevitable increase in demand that comes with it? Read more Audio

A relationship with India is one that requires a great deal of homework and hard work - something New Zealand has shied away from. Read more Audio

The Detail podcast brings you the issues behind the news every weekday. Here's what we covered this week. Read more Audio

By Ellen Rykers: Fifteen years ago, Search and Rescue foresaw a crisis – its volunteers were aging, and the job is hard physical work. Read more Audio

Auckland Council could cash out $2 billion worth of shares in the airport - and it's not the only council considering asset sales to balance the budget. Read more Audio

A dispute over how a $10 million research grant gets used has exposed the tension between academic freedom and university funding. Read more Audio

Sparks are flying over Team New Zealand's decision to hold a pre-America's Cup regatta in Saudi Arabia. Read more Audio

Touring, funding, streams, royalties, merch - making a living as a local musician can be a rollercoaster. Read more Audio

It's dubbed the school with no rules. Hobsonville Point Secondary School does things differently - and it's proving to be a success. Read more Audio

The Detail podcast brings you the issues behind the news every weekday. Here's what we covered this week. Read more Audio

By Kate Evans: Just like humans, animals go through ‘wildhood’—a time of experimentation, creativity, danger and learning. Read more Audio

The death of a student at Abbey Caves has brought back memories of another outdoor education tragedy - the Mangatepopo canyoning disaster. Read more Audio

The Covid-19 pandemic made self-testing with RATs a household convenience - could we do the same with testing for sexually transmitted infections? Read more Audio

New Zealand's cavalier attitude towards workplace safety is taking a grim toll - largely on young men involved in dangerous trades.  Read more Audio

Commuter chaos in the capital, trains grinding to a halt in Auckland - what's going on at KiwiRail? Read more Audio

It's no easy task trying to rid Aotea Great Barrier Island of feral cats, rats and other pests. Read more Audio

The Detail podcast brings you the issues behind the news every weekday. Here's what we covered this week. Read more Audio

By Eric Trump: Is co-housing a wiser use of resources and a counter to societal ills like loneliness? Read more Audio

The Detail heads to Aotea Great Barrier Island to meet up with conservationists working to protect one of the island's precious seabirds - the tākoketai. Read more Audio

A new report has found single parents still face stigma and discrimination. As The Detail finds out, if things don't get better, it'll be children who suffer. Read more Audio

Ka Ora, Ka Ako was launched in 2019 to help families facing food insecurity - is it doing its job? Read more Audio

Tax is inherently values-based - what one person thinks is fair could be unfair to someone else. Is that why changing the system is so hard? Read more Audio

Heavy is the crown that fits the King's head - and the weight of centuries of tradition will also cloak Charles III on the day of his coronation. Read more Audio

The Detail podcast brings you the issues behind the news every weekday. Here's what we covered this week. Read more Audio

By Garth Cartwright: Meet Grant Gillanders, the man painstakingly working his way through New Zealand’s entire popular music back catalogue. Read more Audio