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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.
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A clear direction for councils on tourism
1w ago00:23:58Tap to summarizeThe government's made a sport of bashing councils for overspending, but a new tourism plan acknowledges that they're about more than just rubbish, roads, and waterLocal bodies welcome a substantial plan for tourism that clearly lays out whose job it is to do what, including attracting visitors into towns through eventsFind The Detail on Newsroom or RNZGo to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details
Transcribe →The life and crimes of James Henry Wilson
1w ago00:21:22Tap to summarizeThe 'callous, cruel, ultra-violent' man linked to one of New Zealand's most infamous murders has now had his conviction overturned James Wilson was convicted of the Red Fox Tavern murder, but has now had his conviction quashedFind The Detail on Newsroom or RNZGo to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details
Transcribe →Killer bird flu now just a short flight away from NZ
2w ago00:22:49Tap to summarizeWith H5N1 now in Australia, New Zealand's biosecurity systems, poultry producers and conservation teams are preparing for its arrival on our shores The bird flu has landed in Australia, and there are fears it's now ready for take-off to New ZealandFind The Detail on Newsroom or RNZGo to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details
Transcribe →Beating back the illicit tobacco trade
2w ago00:24:01Tap to summarizeThere's an unpalatable solution proposed to combat illicit tobacco and the violent behaviour that comes with it - reduce the tax on legal cigarettes Some experts are blaming excessive excise tax for making legal cigarettes so expensive that it's opened the door for illicit tobaccoFind The Detail on Newsroom or RNZGo to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details
Transcribe →Netball's domestic future in question for third year
2w ago00:22:41Tap to summarizeThe ball is in Netball New Zealand's court as players and staff wait for word on the future of the ANZ PremiershipLast year's Silver Ferns coaching saga and recent board changes may have been another roadblock to locking in the ANZ PremiershipFind The Detail on Newsroom or RNZGo to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details
Transcribe →Disability bill sparks backlash
2w ago00:21:53Tap to summarizeThe Government says it's protecting the future of disability support, while critics say it's taking away workers' rights and letting itself off the hookThe disability community has largely reacted to the bill with outrage, with one advocate saying the Government is shutting people down 'in the cruellest and most perverse way'Find The Detail on Newsroom or RNZGo to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details
Transcribe →The deathly heart disease that creeps up on you
2w ago00:23:52Tap to summarizeDoctors would rather you walk through their door with a niggle about chest pains than not be seen and have a worse outcomeWhen you hear of apparently fit and healthy people dropping dead from a medical event, that's often the first symptom they've had of cardiac diseaseFind The Detail on Newsroom or RNZGo to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details
Transcribe →Fixing our ad hoc, inconsistent refugee rules
3w ago00:24:48Tap to summarizeNew Zealand has exemptions and special conditions for refugees depending on the political mood and what country they're fleeing. NGOs says it's time for some consistency. Nations are pulling up the drawbridge to refugees at a time when their needs are more urgent than everFind The Detail on Newsroom or RNZ Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details
Transcribe →Bad cop, bad cop - a string of scandals at NZ Police
3w ago00:23:21Tap to summarizeAfter months of allegations, from the top down, trust in New Zealand Police is beginning to crack With scandal after scandal, senior officers under scrutiny, and more police before the courts, The Detail looks at what's happening inside the forceFind The Detail on Newsroom or RNZ Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details
Transcribe →Ski field operators on a spending spree
3w ago00:23:47Tap to summarizeIt's July, school holidays are around the corner, and the slopes are brown - but ski field operators are optimisticGlobal warming has long threatened the ski industry, but operators around the country are pumping big money into their fieldsFind The Detail on Newsroom or RNZ Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details
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