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

New Zealand's slow slide into poor productivity isn't just a cultural quirk – it means we miss out when it comes to competition and trade opportunities. Audio

It was once one of the nation's biggest industries. Now this Christchurch clothing factory is among the last of its kind. Audio

"In 20 years, it will be the epicentre of logistics in the North Island." Audio

The government has just put new protections on highly productive land, the best of which makes up only one percent of our soil. Audio

With workers heading overseas to new horizons and greener pastures, what are employers doing to retain their staff? Audio

New Zealand's on the brink of eradicating the devastating cattle disease mycoplasma bovis. But has it been worth it? Audio

The Detail makes sense of the big news stories. This week on the podcast, we looked at everything from the crisis in Sri Lanka to the challenges neurodivergent people face in the workplace. Whakarongo… Audio

The Productivity Commission says New Zealand needs to take another look at its strict regulations on genetically modified organisms – or we could risk missing out on important innovations that improve… Audio

With the borders reopening, will immigration return to pre-pandemic levels, or does New Zealand need to re-think its reliance on migrant labour? Audio

For the first time, women are starting to talk about menopause and employers are being warned to ignore it at their peril.  Audio

The government's unequivocal promise of a ban on mining on conservation land has not eventuated. What happened?  Audio

Breeding fast-growing chickens for meat means top-heavy birds stumbling around in giant sheds. But New Zealand doesn't have an option to grow them slowly.  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

Nearly two weeks after fireworks is over we're still hearing them go off in the early hours of the morning. This year fireworks fires caused huge damage including on two Auckland maunga. Is it time to… Audio

Is the much-maligned Provincial Growth Fund making a difference in the regions?  Audio

An Auckland scientist is planning a world-first study into the effects of micro-dosing a drug that entered notoriety in the 1970s - LSD. Audio