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The Week in Detail: Tiny homes, mental health awareness, and Afghan refugees
The Detail podcast brings you the issues behind the news every weekday. Here's what we covered this week. Audio
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We've got mental health awareness. What now?
A multi-billion dollar industry has sprung up around mental health and wellness. Have the efforts to raise awareness been too successful? Audio
Suicide amongst Doctors
There's growing concern for the mental health and wellbeing of doctors and medical specialists navigating a stressed health sector. In an editorial published in the NZ Medical Journal today, burnout… Audio
The story behind Shaun Gray's death at Palmerston North's mental health ward
For more than two weeks an inquest into the death of a Palmerston North mental health ward patient has examined events leading to his suspected suicide.
Today, the hearing was told about a different… Audio
Julian Assange's father: 'His jail is worse than hell'
The new documentary Ithaka documents 76-year-old John Shipton's campaign to free his son, WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange. Shipton joins the show to discuss Ithaka and why he'll never give up on his… Video, Audio
Young entrepreneur’s death sparks media backlash
The recent death of entrepreneur Jake Millar - at the age of 26 - prompted an angry backlash against the media - over coverage of his failed venture Unfiltered. Some in business cited tall poppy… Audio
Auditing responsibilities
Parliament spent a long time this week debating an auditing problem. We give that debate a short audit and hear from MPs on suicide prevention. Audio
Covid-19, suicide, and late audits before Parliament this week
This week at Parliament: Covid-19 orders, extending time for audits, and a debate on the Zero Suicide Aotearoa report. Audio
Greg Murphy urging Kiwi men to get regular health checks
Men's Health Week ambassador Greg Murphy is calling on New Zealand men to take care of their health and "find the time" to get regular medical check-ups, as a part of the build-up to this year's… Audio
Home detention for man over attempted murder in suicide pact
An 82 year old Matamata man has been given home detention over the attempted murder of his wife in a suicide pact.
Roy Morton pleaded guilty in the High Court in Hamilton and has been sentenced to… Audio
Suicide rate for construction workers still rising
Statistics from the Chief Coroner show one hundred and sixty one construction workers may have died from suicide between 2017 to 2020. The construction industry has the highest suicide numbers for any… Audio
What near-death experiences reveal about life and beyond
Professor Bruce Greyson is the world's leading expert on near-death experiences. His search for answers is chronicled in his new book After: A Doctor Explores What Near-Death Experiences Reveal about… Audio
A new perspective for suicide prevention strategies
Otago University researchers are calling for a new perspective for suicide prevention strategies and interventions. Audio
How rap music is helping to reduce mental health stigma
Rappers are at the forefront of opening up the mental health conversation, with a new study showing that over the past 20 years, the lyrics of the most popular rap songs have been increasingly hitting… Video, Audio
Kiwi journalist Linda Collins on breaking the suicide taboo
New Zealander Linda Collins has lived every parent's worst nightmare - the death by suicide of her 17-year-old daughter. Her life was shattered when she woke one Monday morning to find her daughter… Audio
Bain family murders the ultimate 'whodunnit'
Martin van Beynen is the author of Black Hands: Inside the Bain Family Murders. The unpublished manuscript was the foundation for the popular podcast series and the TV series that is… Audio
Cats costing billions each year by spreading diseases
Diseases transmitted by cats costs the Australian economy more than A$6 billion annually. This news is bad for New Zealand, too, with 45% of Kiwi households having at least one cat. Professor Sarah… Audio
Man Enough: Matt Chisholm explores men's mental health in new TVNZ series
To reduce New Zealand's alarmingly high male suicide rate, we need to reinvent what it means to be a man in this country, says TV presenter Matt Chisholm. He hopes to be part of the change with a new… Video, Audio
Former Trinity Roots drummer Riki Gooch makes an album for a lost friend
Founding Trinity Roots drummer Riki Gooch has just released an album that features taonga puoro player Alistair Fraser. Rangatira is an exploration of memory and offering to grieve a lost friend Audio
The strange effects the moon could be having on our health
The idea that the lunar cycle can influence our behaviour and wellbeing dates back thousands of years. In her new book, The Human Cosmos, science writer Jo Marchant re-examines the effects that the… Audio