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Why do we pay mega-subsidies to international movie giants to come to New Zealand to film? Is it really worth it?  Audio

A new skirmish in the war against tobacco aims to stub out a whole new generation of smokers. Audio

Facebook protests that its new algorithm that curates your newsfeed is just a mirror reflecting yourself back at you. If that's the case, says one digital expert, it's a funhouse mirror.  Audio

A marina at picturesque Kennedy Point on Waiheke Island is the scene of a massive battle - and work has started in spite of a looming Supreme Court decision.  Audio

New Zealand's "productivity" figures aren't great and are artificially inflated by rampaging house prices. Toss in wellbeing and the picture looks murky.  Audio

Sharon Brettkelly takes a trip with bee rescuer Jessie Baker to look at the urban beehives that are buzzing away on city rooftops.  Audio

The New Zealand technology sector is booming - but there are rocky shoals ahead. Among them, getting caught in a US-China tech war; and unwittingly contributing to human rights abuses.  Audio

When the Chinese were told to drink milk to stay healthy and recover from the Covid-19 pandemic, New Zealand's dairy farmers celebrated. The Global Dairy Trade, explained.  Audio

Fallen politician Jami-Lee Ross has turned his hand to selling "health" supplements with dubious benefits. It's an industry that's thinly regulated and barely policed.  Audio

Our wood processing industry is in distress, largely run over by China's demand for raw logs to provide work for its own people and factories. Why isn't there more support for the few sawmills we have… Audio

Taxpayers and ratepayers have sunk millions into helping stage the America's Cup - then Covid hit and no one came to the party. Have we gained anything for our outlay?  Audio

Are New Zealanders ready to take the bus? Give up their gas hobs? Plant more trees? If we're going to meet our international obligations, we'll have to be.  Audio

Covid lockdown changed our food habits - but possibly not in the way you think.  Audio

Diabetes is a massive health issue for New Zealand and disproportionately affects Māori and Pasifika. So why are we so far behind when it comes to using new drugs that improve treatment?  Audio

New Zealand's supermarket duopoly is being investigated by the Commerce Commission - but are the big two, too big to bring down?  Audio

The political narrative on immigration has flipped - with closed borders, the numbers have plummeted and the debate has dried up. But we have to talk about it at some stage. Audio

As the cannabis referendum draws nearer, we have a look at the chemical make up of the substance there's been so much debate over. Audio

In warehouses near motorways and on backlots in West Auckland, players who contract to the movie industry are making their mark - in business, and on the world.  Audio

The New Zealand company making the machines keeping Covid patients alive is cashing in big-time from the pandemic, but says it also feels huge responsibility.  Audio

Meet a developer who's trying to help solve the housing crisis by importing boxes from China.   Audio

Political commentators often light up the comments section, but how much of what they have to say is valuable insight, and how much is clutter and noise?  Audio

As a second Covid wave hits the country we are gearing up - but some of that PPE gear including gloves and masks could have reached New Zealand via slave labour factories in Asia.  Audio

Reduce, re-use, recycle is taking on a new and more formal meaning with the government's product stewardship scheme.  Audio

How does a four percent unemployment figure gel with estimates that soon there will be whole neighbourhoods of people in south Auckland without work?  Audio

After China's succession of food scares, and post-Covid wariness, consumer demands there are changing. New Zealand can take advantage of that, or be left behind.  Audio

Sharon Brettkelly heads to the Bay of Plenty where a tiny iwi has managed to galvanise a community behind a high-risk aquaculture project - and is reaping the rewards.  Audio

Our economy's taking a hit, our wallets are thinner - and this pandemic has also changed our direction of travel when it comes to spending.  Audio

New Zealand's about ready to go back to the movies. Trouble is, what movies? And is this worldwide pandemic a chance to up our game in the industry?  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.  Audio