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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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Netball's domestic future in question for third year
Jul 600:22:41Tap 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
Jul 500:21:53Tap 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
Jul 300:23:52Tap 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
Jul 200:24:48Tap 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
Jul 100:23:21Tap 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
Jun 3000:23:47Tap 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
Transcribe →At Rockquest, 'bad jazz' and 'experimental hip hop' reign
Jun 2900:23:50Tap to summarizeToday's contestants in the 38-year-old competition are not only creating original songs, they're coming up with new genres of music While live music venues call crisis, teenage musicians are finding ways to reach international audiencesFind The Detail on Newsroom or RNZGo to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details
Transcribe →Fair or victim-blaming - the fight over rising ACC levies
Jun 2800:22:10Tap to summarizeMotorcycles make up a disproportionate number of ACC's injury costs, but motorcyclists say that's because cars are hitting them - so they shouldn't have to pay the price Without the injunction, ACC levies are set to rise for motorcycle riders from Wednesday. Bikers are angry, calling it 'victim blaming' and at odds with the purpose of the scheme.Find The Detail on Newsroom or RNZGo to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details
Transcribe →The new audience generator
Jun 2600:21:17Tap to summarizeHow film productions by YouTubers are out-performing Hollywood blockbusters Megastars and big budgets are no longer necessarily the recipe for film success, with YouTube creators building up huge audiences and moving into cinemasFind The Detail on Newsroom or RNZGo to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details
Transcribe →The high price of loyalty
Jun 2500:22:06Tap to summarizeWith the cost of living climbing, loyalty programmes are one way we're trying to save money - but they come at a cost In a cost of living crisis, loyalty programmes are a welcome way to save a few dollars. But there's no such thing as a free lunch.Find The Detail on Newsroom or RNZGo to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details
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