Susan Strongman

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

By Susan Strongman: Retired and living alone in Hamilton, Mum ticks a lot of the boxes that put her at risk of loneliness. Audio

The Covid-19 pandemic has sparked a wave of serious eating disorders in New Zealand.

Last year, the number of people admitted to hospital with severe physical consequences of the mental illnesses… Audio

For more than a decade, calls for abortion services to be provided in South Auckland have fallen on deaf ears, now there seems to be some movement.

In 2008, the government appointed abortion… Audio

Almost 80 percent of homeless trans people have a mental health condition, a new survey has found.

The study of trans Wellingtonians' experiences of homelessness was released today by Gender… Audio

A transgender woman who was kicked out of the house she was sharing with the owner says her landlord called her "offensive" and evicted her from her Auckland home.

An exemption in the Human Rights… Audio

Authorities have raided the Ngatea property of a man who claims bleach can cure Covid-19.  Audio

Indepth reporter Susan Strongman's revealed that a so-called bleach water, claiming to be an alternative cancer therapy is still for sale. She talks to Jesse about her long piece talking to doctors… Audio

The Race Relations Commissioner Meng Foon has suggested a spectator banned from cricket games for verbally abusing a player could become an ambassador for the commission. Cricket New Zealand today… Audio

At least 100 women have come forward with claims they were coerced to appear in sex videos as part of a multi-million dollar online porn operation in the United States. The operation was headed by New… Audio

A global movement of activists and animal lovers 'bearing witness' to pigs, chickens, cows and sheep as they are trucked into meat-works has made its way to New Zealand. If you're heading to or from… Audio

Anti-abortion counselling organisations have received more than $330,000 of taxpayer money in the past 15 years. The government grants are for organisations that benefit communities but they are not… Audio

Thousands of young skilled workers are in Russia this week for what's been dubbed the Olympics of skills-based jobs. Under 23-year-olds from around the globe will compete for gold against other… Audio

Two years after a New Zealand man died in a Japanese psychiatric institution, restrained under circumstances unheard of in most other developed countries, his family still has no answers and no… Audio

RNZ's Susan Strongman used to think she was too cool for Shania Twain - but it seems she was kidding herself. Audio

A man who was shot dead by the police in a central Auckland park in 2015 was not a case of 'suicide by police'. David Cerven, a 21-year-old Slovakian national, was killed by officers in Myers Park… Audio