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

An Auckland councillor is concerned there could be dozens of buildings being used as temporary accommodation which don't have a proper warrant of fitness.

Four cabins on a church complex in Māngere… Audio

Hamilton's Wellington Street Beach might not be Piha or Anchorage Bay, but in the landlocked city it's an iconic destination.

On a hot day, the strip of sand on the east bank of the Waikato river is… Audio

International counter-terrorism experts have considered whether police should have let distraught relatives back into the mosques in the aftermath of the 2019 Christchurch terror attack.

Two experts… Audio

A South Auckland church has admitted it did not having working smoke alarms in four temporary homes which caught fire in Māngere Bridge early Thursday morning.

Fire and Emergency says the families… Audio

Overcrowding in hospital emergency departments is not being caused by people increasingly showing up with minor conditions, despite what some people may think.

Senior doctors writing in Friday's… Audio

A small faction of Wellington City Councillors are raising concerns about mayor Tory Whanau's admission that she has a problem with alcohol.

Whanau - who declined our request for an interview - says… Audio

An Auckland church is admitting it did not have smoke alarms in four temporary homes which caught fire early Thursday morning, sending people fleeing for their lives.

It can't explain the failure and… Audio

Te Whatu Ora says health staff are investigating the risk of asbestos after a fire tore through a temporary housing complex in Auckland early Thursday morning - leaving four families homeless.

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A St John ambulance staffer says she feared paramedics would be sitting ducks if she sent them to the scene of the Christchurch terror attacks.

The inquest into the 51 deaths resulting from the… Audio

Z Energy is being taken to court over claims it has breached the Fair Trading Act by misleading New Zealanders.

According to the Statement of Claim filed by Consumer NZ inc, Lawyers for Climate… Audio

A Wellington Councillor is throwing her support behind the capital's Mayor saying she has full confidence Tory Whanau can still run the city.

The mayor has admitted she has a drinking problem after… Audio

Spies, space and science form just part of the new domain for battle-hardened politician Judith Collins.  Audio

A New Zealand charity ship stranded in Fiji will be home by Christmas after enough money was raised for repairs.

The Koha and its crew of volunteers were providing medical aid to isolated communities… Audio