The Detail

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Join The Detail team six days a week as they make sense of the big stories with the country’s best journalists and experts.

Episodes

Voice acting royalty at epic Armageddon
You could walk past these prolific actors and not even notice you're among stars - until they open their mouths You could walk past these prolific actors and not even notice you're among stars - until they open their mouthsGuests:Nolan NorthVeronica TaylorDavid SobolovLearn More:Find out more about the Armageddon Expo hereFind The Detail on Newsroom or RNZ Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details
25 min
Helping the helpers in hard times
Charities in crisis: how government cuts and rising costs are stretching New Zealand's social safety netPhilanthropists split too many ways and tears in the boardroom as charity funders are overwhelmed with increased calls for help, along with a decrease in donationsGuests: Kisten Kilian-Taylor - Head of Philanthropy at the Perpetual GuardianSusan Edmunds - RNZ Money CorrespondentLearn More:Red the Perpetual Guardian hereFind The Detail on Newsroom or RNZ Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details
23 min
New Zealand on strike, again
Our workforce has had enough and will down tools on October 23 for a "mega strike", involving more than 100,000 workers New Zealand used to be the poster child of industrial relations, but strikes have become woven into our culture in the last century - and next week's walkouts are set to be some of the largest in modern historyGuests: Grant Morris - Associate Professor, Victoria University Faculty of Law Anna Whyte - Senior Political Journalist, The Post Learn More:Read Anna Whyte's reporting here Find The Detail on Newsroom or RNZ Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details
24 min
The pig welfare reforms that roll back pig welfare
Changes announced by animal welfare minister Andrew Hoggard turn out not to be what they appeared on the labelThe government announcement looked like a good news story on pig welfare - but closer examination reveals a winding back of plans to ban farrowing crates and mating stallsGuests: Monique Steel - RNZ rural reporter Marcela Rodriguez Ferrere - Auckland University Faculty of Law Find The Detail on Newsroom or RNZ Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details
24 min
When social licence is revoked
Big and profitable Kiwi companies hiking their prices during a cost of living crisis have been accused of losing their social licenceIt's very valuable but you can't buy it, and if you lose it there can be serious consequences. Why a social licence to operate is a must now for corporates.Guests: Andrew Bevin - Newsroom business reporterKevin Jenkins - business consultantShaun Truelock - OneFortyOne general managerLearn more:Read Laura Walters' analysis on Fonterra's social licence hereRead Andrew Bevin's story about the Tasmanian salmon farming industry hereRead some of Kevin's previous articles about social licences here and hereFind The Detail on Newsroom or RNZ Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details
23 min
The new online war against birth control
The contraceptive pill is under fire on social media. Why birth control is being called "poison" online - and what doctors say.Fact vs Fear: Doctors are pushing back on the viral birth control myths and warnings over the contraceptive pill that are flooding social mediaGuests: Dr Beth Messenger - Sexual Wellbeing Aotearoa medical directorDr Megan Bugdon - La Trobe University lecturer Learn more:Read the La Trobe Univeristy study hereFind The Detail on Newsroom or RNZ Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details
23 min
Stormwater solutions lying in the soil
An expert in water-sensitive design urges us to think harder about what lies beneath our feet Lost in Auckland's push for development has been the need to preserve the sort of sub-soil that absorbs water and encourages trees to growGuests: Sue Ira - director of Koru Environmental and Auckland University PhD candidateLearn more:Read Sue's article on Newsroom.That article came from a piece of research spearheaded by Auckland Council's Healthy Waters and Flood Resilience departments, funded by the Ministry for the Environment. That study is not yet publicly available. But another new report shows why this issue is so importantFind The Detail on Newsroom or RNZ Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details
25 min
The hidden heroes of child care
Inside New Zealand's kinship care movement, and what's needed to repair the cracksFrom heartbreak to hope: how kinship carers are saving New Zealand's most vulnerable children, in spite of the cost to their bank balances and themselvesGuests: Dr Michelle Egan-Bitran - Family for Every Child programme advisor for New Zealand and the PacificLearn more:Read the Kinship report hereRead the report summary hereFind The Detail on Newsroom or RNZ Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details
22 min
The twists and turns of Māori politics
Amid celebrations that their youngest MP made the cover of Time, ructions that threaten to blow Māori politics apartIt's reset day for Te Pāti Māori, after a series of dramas and accusations that have shone an unwanted spotlight on its politiciansGuests: Lloyd Burr - Stuff Explainer editorElla Stewart - RNZ Longform Journalist, Te Ao MāoriLillian Hanly - RNZ political reporterFind The Detail on Newsroom or RNZ Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details
24 min
What's missing from new earthquake plans
One expert says the government's changes on earthquake-prone buildings are more about saving money than lives - but there's some sensible stuff in thereEarthquake-proofing heritage properties just got more doable for their owners, and the result could be a drop in the numbers of vacant and abandoned buildingsGuests: Olga Filippova - Auckland University Associate Professor, PropertyDi Maxwell - Left BankLearn more:MBIE's Earthquake-prone building system and seismic risk management reviewLocal government reacts to earthquake regulation changes in NewsroomFind The Detail on Newsroom or RNZ Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details
24 min
The nothing burger of a power plan
The much anticipated government announcement of a solution to soaring power prices has fallen well short of fundamental reform The government's much-trumpted power plan to reform the electricity sector is more likely to result in dirtier, more expensive power, than a clean, cheap solution.Guests: Marc Daalder - Newsroom senior political reporter Learn more:Government's securing New Zealand's energy future press releaseFind The Detail on Newsroom or RNZ Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details
25 min
Not if but when - Taiwan waits for China to leap
Taiwanese worry about living costs and their everyday lives while pushing the prospect of action from China to the back of their mindsTaiwanese people are used to air raid sirens and preparations for action ahead of any Chinese invasion, but life must be lived well in the mean timeGuests: Mark Hanson - journalist, publisher White FungusDr Ming-Shih Shen, Institute for National Defense and Security Research, TaiwanDr Jie Zhong - Institute for National Defense and Security Research, TaiwanKelly Sloan - Sloan & Associates, DenverYurii Poita - Ukraine scholar, specialist on Asia Pacific securityFind The Detail on Newsroom or RNZ Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details
25 min
Digital IDs are coming
If you want to live your life more seamlessly, you might have to swallow the dead rat of information seepageGo to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details
23 min
A royal pain for the House of Windsor
With Fergie, Harry and Andrew in the headlines again, The Detail speaks to an insider about whether they can weather yet another storm From Fergie's letter to Epstein to Prince Harry's ongoing conflict with his family, the House of Windsor has had a tough runGuests: Dickie Arbiter - Royal CommentatorFind The Detail on Newsroom or RNZ Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details
23 min
NZ Football League caught in offshore betting storm
A Kiwi amateur league has become a global betting goldmine, raising red flags about the risk of illegal on-field activityNew Zealand's time zone and poorly paid players make it vulnerable to match-fixing, opening the door for bad actors to manipulate matches - and athletesGuest:Dana Johannsen - In Depth sports correspondentDeclan Hill - Investigative JournalistLearn More:Read Dana's stories here, here, here, here and hereFind The Detail on Newsroom or RNZ Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details
22 min
Port of Auckland hails remarkable turnaround
A new tripartite agreement for the Port of Auckland signals a turnaround for a workplace long dogged by controversy, including debt, delays and deathThe unexpected success story of the Port of Auckland includes an about-face on safety procedures, with the Maritime Union saying its work model needs to be replicated by ports around the countryGuest:Roger Gray - Port of Auckland CEO Carl Findlay - Maritime Union New Zealand national secretaryLearn More:Article on formal signing of Tripartite AccordArticle on the deaths at the PortArticle on Port financesFind The Detail on Newsroom or RNZ Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details
24 min
Changing the future for organised crime
The final report from the Ministerial Advisory Group on Organised Crime is delivered today, and it makes for frightening reading It would give you chills - the chair of the Ministerial Advisory Group on Organised Crime lifts the lid on a scary future for New ZealandGuest:Steve Symon - Chair of the Ministerial Advisory Group on Transnational, Serious and Organised Crime and senior partner at Meredith ConnellLearn More:This page includes links to the group's monthly reports Find The Detail on Newsroom or RNZ Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details
24 min
The viral drift of misinformation
You can roll your eyes all you want at the White House reckons on panadol, autism and vaccines, but the alarming truth is they are damaging and will turn up hereEven though he's been lambasted doctors around the world, Donald Trump's pronouncements on health issues none the less add to the less add to the mountain of misinformation in this areaGuests:Isabelle Montgomerie - post-doctoral fellow at the Malaghan Institute's Infection and Vaccinology GroupHelen Petousis-Harris - vaccinologist and co-director of the Global Vaccine Data NetworkLearn more:Helen's latest blog post on playing deadly politics with vaccinesSee the press conference at the White House via NBC on YouTubeFind The Detail on Newsroom or RNZ Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details
23 min
Turtles, the pet turned pest
Turtles have a relaxed reputation, but in reality they're quick-moving and aggressive, and are wreaking havoc on our native wildlifeBreeds including red-eared sliders, cumberlands and snake-necks are becoming New Zealand's worst pests at a turtle's pace - which, as it turns out, is pretty fastGuests:Imogen Bassett - Auckland Council Head of Natural Environment Specialist ServicesDonna Moot - Turtle Rescue founderLearn more:More on the influx of turtles in the South IslandWhy Auckland introduced the ban on the sale of certain turtle breedsFind The Detail on Newsroom or RNZ Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details
22 min
Inside Taiwan's powerhouse semiconductor sector
The Detail puts on a rabbit suit and gets special access to the incubators of Taiwan's semiconductor industryInside Taiwan's booming semiconductor sector, rabbit suits, sanitising air showers and transistors smaller than a speck of dustGuests:Brian Travers - CEO of Christchurch's Syft TechnologiesYuyi Chang - Electronic Engineering student Dr Sun-Zen Chen - Tsing Hua University researcher Zse-hong Tsai - Taiwan AI Centre for Excellence head Professor Yung-jen Hsu - Centre for Excellence chair Professor Tien-Wang Tsaur - EconomistLearn more by reading these two articles:The world’s biggest chipmaker needs to move beyond TaiwanTaiwan Weaponizes Chip Sector to Deter China on World StageReferences:Space technology and Taiwan's strategic objectivesFind The Detail on Newsroom or RNZ Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details
25 min

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Episodes

Voice acting royalty at epic Armageddon

Helping the helpers in hard times

New Zealand on strike, again

The pig welfare reforms that roll back pig welfare

When social licence is revoked

The new online war against birth control

Stormwater solutions lying in the soil

The hidden heroes of child care

The twists and turns of Māori politics

What's missing from new earthquake plans

The nothing burger of a power plan

Not if but when - Taiwan waits for China to leap

Digital IDs are coming

A royal pain for the House of Windsor

NZ Football League caught in offshore betting storm

Port of Auckland hails remarkable turnaround

Changing the future for organised crime

The viral drift of misinformation

Turtles, the pet turned pest

Inside Taiwan's powerhouse semiconductor sector

The Mike Hosking Breakfast

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The Opinions

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Episodes

Voice acting royalty at epic Armageddon

Helping the helpers in hard times

New Zealand on strike, again

The pig welfare reforms that roll back pig welfare

When social licence is revoked

The new online war against birth control

Stormwater solutions lying in the soil

The hidden heroes of child care

The twists and turns of Māori politics

What's missing from new earthquake plans

The nothing burger of a power plan

Not if but when - Taiwan waits for China to leap

Digital IDs are coming

A royal pain for the House of Windsor

NZ Football League caught in offshore betting storm

Port of Auckland hails remarkable turnaround

Changing the future for organised crime

The viral drift of misinformation

Turtles, the pet turned pest

Inside Taiwan's powerhouse semiconductor sector

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