Tom Kitchin

The Detail's co-hosts Sharon Brettkelly and Tom Kitchin, and producer Alexia Russell, roll through the highlights of nearly 300 podcasts and long reads in 2023 Audio

Since launching in April 2019, The Detail podcast has run over 1,000 episodes. The team recap some of their favourites.

Could Tom Cruise's next stunt see him jumping off Te Mata Peak in Hawke's Bay? It could happen - now a film studio has been given the green light. Some say it's the greatest thing ever for the region… Audio

A forestry company which had initially denied responsibility for its part in widespread damage to homes, farms and infrastructure near Tolaga Bay in the 2018 storms is being sentenced today.

Ernslaw… Audio

The latest on historic hut removal in Te Urewera, crime waves in Hawkes Bay and Gisborne and a warning about the treachery of Napier's Marine Parade beach in the city centre. Audio

Community groups in Gisborne have had enough of a spate of violence, so they're trying to think of new ways to stop it.

One solution is what they're calling a whānau ki te whānau whānau day - a… Audio

There's a big push to stop people from swimming at the dangerous beach in Napier's city centre.

This summer, lifeguards will be gone from the Marine Parade beach and will instead patrol the sheltered… Audio

A plan to build nearly 700 homes on a Napier flood plain is being attacked by a local councillor as making no sense.

The development led by Ngati Kahungunu will be in one of the city's lowest lying… Audio

Te Whatu Ora, Health NZ has released its plans for the next two years as it figures out how to replace 20 individual district ones that existed under the previous structure.  

The interim plan has a… Audio

The region with the highest proportion of Māori in the country, now has Māori wards at its council for the first time.

While the new Tairāwhiti or Gisborne councillors are being welcomed, they expect… Audio

Hundreds of roads in Tairāwhiti are in a state of disarray, with some residents unable to move for months because their roads are impassable.

This comes after a year of storms and a clean up bill of… Video, Audio

Community members in Gisborne are kicking off a grassroots movement to try to stop a surge in gang warfare.

There's been gunshots, house fires and extra police on guard in the city over recent weeks.

Some Napier residents are angry and upset that they were kept in the dark for so long about a proposed social housing development.

The city council's been working with Kāinga Ora for nearly two years… Audio

Napier councillors are divided over whether there are culture and leadership problems at the council as the local body election looms.

There has been a revolving door with the council's CEOs - with… Audio

Money was slapped on the table during a fiery meeting of the Hawke's Bay Regional Council yesterday.

Some locals are fuming after the council allowed a private company to continue to defer paying… Audio

The local government elections in Hawke's Bay offer two different pictures - with some set to be a tough race and others a foregone conclusion.

Two mayors have been able to glide through to new terms… Audio

Residents in the Napier suburb of Awatoto say a stench from factories is so bad they can no longer open their windows or put clothes on their washing lines.

What's causing it and what is the Council… Video, Audio

There's a real race on for the local elections in Gisborne, with the highest number of candidates in 21 years.

More than 40 people are competing for 14 seats.

Tairāwhiti reporter Tom Kitchin has… Audio