Joel Mac Manus

The government's back-office public service job cuts are adding to Wellington's woes 
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The Detail podcast brings you the issues behind the news every weekday. Here's what we covered this week. Audio

Seismic cracks and new earthquake-related infrastructure rules are causing havoc with Wellington City Council's budgets and long term planning. Audio

Results are still rolling in from the US midterm elections.

But it's clear so far that Democrats are outperforming expectations, and Republican hopes of a so-called red wave have been dashed. 

Joel… Audio

The big budget for a new non-car harbour bridge in Auckland sparked a big 'bike-lash' in the media last week - and how we build and use our roads has become a huge wedge issue all around the country. … Audio

Earlier we spoke to Karl Pearce and Professor Chris Gallavin on free speech after the controversial choice by Massey University's vice chancellor to cancel an event where Don Brash was due to speak… Audio