The Detail
Long Read: Talofa and Ni Hao
By Ollie Neas: In Samoa, there are mixed feelings about Chinese influence and the nation’s growing indebtedness to the superpower.
AudioThe Week in Detail: From sportswashing to council asset sales
The Detail podcast brings you the issues behind the news every weekday. Here's what we covered this week. Audio
The Week in Detail: From sportswashing to council asset sales
The Detail podcast brings you the issues behind the news every weekday. Here's what we covered this week.
AudioLong Read: How To Save A Life
By Ellen Rykers: Fifteen years ago, Search and Rescue foresaw a crisis – its volunteers were aging, and the job is hard physical work. Audio
Long Read: How To Save A Life
By Ellen Rykers: Fifteen years ago, Search and Rescue foresaw a crisis – its volunteers were aging, and the job is hard physical work.
AudioWhy local councils want to sell their assets
Auckland Council could cash out $2 billion worth of shares in the airport - and it's not the only council considering asset sales to balance the budget. Audio
Why local councils want to sell their assets
Auckland Council could cash out $2 billion worth of shares in the airport - and it's not the only council considering asset sales to balance the budget.
AudioMoney or morals? Team NZ, Saudi Arabia and sportswashing
Sparks are flying over Team New Zealand's decision to hold a pre-America's Cup regatta in Saudi Arabia. Audio
Money or morals? Team NZ, Saudi Arabia and sportswashing
Sparks are flying over Team New Zealand's decision to hold a pre-America's Cup regatta in Saudi Arabia.
AudioMusic: Where the money comes from
Touring, funding, streams, royalties, merch - making a living as a local musician can be a rollercoaster. Audio
Music: Where the money comes from
Touring, funding, streams, royalties, merch - making a living as a local musician can be a rollercoaster.
AudioLong Read: The Teenage Animal
By Kate Evans: Just like humans, animals go through ‘wildhood’—a time of experimentation, creativity, danger and learning. Audio
Long Read: The Teenage Animal
By Kate Evans: Just like humans, animals go through ‘wildhood’—a time of experimentation, creativity, danger and learning.
AudioWhat if we could RAT for STIs?
The Covid-19 pandemic made self-testing with RATs a household convenience - could we do the same with testing for sexually transmitted infections? Audio
What if we could RAT for STIs?
The Covid-19 pandemic made self-testing with RATs a household convenience - could we do the same with testing for sexually transmitted infections?
AudioApprentices' lives put at risk on the job
New Zealand's cavalier attitude towards workplace safety is taking a grim toll - largely on young men involved in dangerous trades. Audio
Apprentices' lives put at risk on the job
New Zealand's cavalier attitude towards workplace safety is taking a grim toll - largely on young men involved in dangerous trades.
AudioThe Detail's Long Read: Come Together
By Eric Trump: Is co-housing a wiser use of resources and a counter to societal ills like loneliness? Audio
The Detail's Long Read: Come Together
By Eric Trump: Is co-housing a wiser use of resources and a counter to societal ills like loneliness?
AudioInside the government's school lunches programme
Ka Ora, Ka Ako was launched in 2019 to help families facing food insecurity - is it doing its job? Audio