The Detail

Aggressively expanding, and sensitive to diplomatic slights, China is making sure a good crisis is not going to waste. Read more Audio

With many nations' borders still closed, global tourism is going to be slow to crank up. Who is leading the way and what are countries doing to entice back visitors?  Read more Audio

Wellington is dealing with failing infrastructure and pandemic problems at a time when councillors are sniping at each other and the new mayor is losing his political battles.  Read more Audio

The government's finally introduced a contact tracing app, but questions remain over its effectiveness, how transparent the process has been, and inconsistencies involved. Read more Audio

Attacks on 5G cellphone towers around the world are based on rumours and theories that just aren't true. Why has this pandemic spawned so many widely-believed conspiracies?  Read more Audio

Pope Francis, Mark Zuckerberg, Bishop Desmond Tutu and Gareth Morgan all want it - a Universal Basic Income. What is it, and how would it work? Read more Audio

A couple of months ago people were predicting a vaccine for Covid-19 by April. Clearly that was never going to happen - and here's why.  Read more Audio

A look at Queenstown’s economic coronavirus bloodbath - and what it will take to recover.  Read more Audio

Tauranga is one of the fastest growing areas of New Zealand but with that is growing gang war and a massive rates hike. Read more Audio

Caleb Cain got lost in an internet world of white supremacism. What happened to get him to make such a radical u-turn that he's now preaching from the other side of the page?  Read more Audio

Tourism and travel are in free fall. Our biggest export earner is dead. Will the industry ever fully recover?  Read more Audio

Just about anyone who's still working, is working from home. We look at the social and technical issues behind the big shift to your new "office".  Read more Audio

Is New Zealand's sporting watchdog being too heavy-handed in banning weekend warriors who take substances for vanity reasons?  Read more Audio

Have China's draconian powers of government enabled it to kick Covid-19 to the kerb? And can we believe the figures on the virus coming out of the country?  Read more Audio

Like millions in the Bay Area of California, Sharon Brettkelly’s sister and her family are in virtual lockdown. We Skype them to discover how they found themselves stuck in the house, and how they’re… Read more Audio

How do you manage your anxiety in a time of uncertainty like now? And when does concern turn into irrational fear?  Read more Audio

Ships banned, quarantined, and shunned by the bug-phobic - is the coronavirus the iceberg that will sink the cruise industry?  Read more Audio

Hugely intelligent, insatiably curious, kea are more endangered than kiwi - and their bold antics are partly why the alpine parrot's population is shrinking.  Read more Audio

Kyle Jamieson is the cricketer of the moment - he's in Sydney today for the first of the ODI's against Australia - but he's also been frank about his battles with mental health.  Read more Audio

The country's first case of smuggled bear bile has gone through the courts - but it's far from the only example of trading in endangered wildlife New Zealand authorities are dealing with.  Read more Audio

Millions of dollars from around the world were poured into funds for the victims of the March 15 mosque attacks - where has it ended up? Read more Audio

The concept of the circular economy has been around for many years, but this sustainable way of doing business is getting a boost from a new breed of environmentally aware consumers.  Read more Audio

Loot Boxes are the video version of bubble gum cards - you buy them while gaming, without knowing what prize you're going to get. But critics say they're opening a door for children to gamble.  Read more Audio

The US Democratic primary races are incomprehensible to most of us - so why are they so gripping?  Read more Audio

The number of coronavirus deaths rank lowly compared to other big killers - so why did the first case of the illness in New Zealand cause panic? And why is it being called a 'moral panic'.  Read more Audio

Aucklanders can still turn on their taps during the drought but outside of the city supply, the north is counting every drop of water.  Read more Audio

Is Peter Singer one of the world's most influential philosophers, or an intellectual pariah?  Read more Audio

Europe is seeing a rapid rise of extremist parties in government - in countries with similar political systems as ours. Why isn't that happening here? Or is it? Read more Audio

The Serious Fraud Office is once again investigating a headline-producing case. But is it prosecuting the right crimes - or just the ones it knows it will win?  Read more Audio

The global health emergency that is the Coronavirus - or Covid-19 - has become a game changer for scientists around the world in terms of the speed of the response. But at the same time it's been… Read more Audio