In Depth

In Depth headlines with summaries.

• NZ First-linked company applied for $15m govt loan

  New Zealand Politics

  18 Nov 2019

  

  A forestry company with close links to New Zealand First has revealed it applied for a $15 million loan from the Provincial Growth Fund, which is overseen by NZ First minister Shane Jones.

  NZ First-linked company applied for $15m govt loan, pledges transparency

• Conversations with Nico: Explaining Aotearoa's past to its future

  Now We Are Five Million

  18 Nov 2019

  

  Now We Are Five (Million) - Guyon Espiner and his daughter Nico kōrero on New Zealand's attitudes to Māori culture, language and history in his childhood compared to hers today.

  Conversations with Nico: Explaining Aotearoa's past to its future

• Fourth death linked to Pharmac's epilepsy medication switch

  New Zealand health

  15 Nov 2019

  

  A 26-year-old is the fourth person to die shortly after changing from a branded version of the anti-epilepsy drug lamotrigine to a generic version. Video

  Fourth death linked to Pharmac's epilepsy medication switch

• NZ First-linked forestry company wanted $95m in govt funding

  New Zealand

  15 Nov 2019

  

  A forestry company with close links to New Zealand First planned to apply for nearly $100 million under the One Billion Trees programme, which is overseen by the Forestry Minister Shane Jones.

  NZ First-linked forestry company wanted $95m in govt funding

• Pharmac backs down on epilepsy drug brand switch

  New Zealand health

  15 Nov 2019

  

  Pharmac has backed down on a controversial drug brand switch affecting patients with epilepsy and mental health conditions after three people died following the change.

  Pharmac backs down on epilepsy drug brand switch

• NZ First-linked forestry company pushed for govt funds

  New Zealand Politics

  15 Nov 2019

  

  A powerful New Zealand First figure helped establish a forestry company that then pushed for money from two key funding streams controlled by a New Zealand First Minister.

  NZ First-linked forestry company pushed for govt funds

• Forever home: Why immigrants choose New Zealand

  life and society refugees and migrants

  15 Nov 2019

  

  Now We Are (Five) Million - Three in 10 people living here were born overseas. But why do they come, and can we continue to attract skilled migrants in the face of increased competition? Insight's… Audio

  Forever home: Why immigrants choose New Zealand

• How schools will try to work around the donation-ban plan

  education life and society

  22 Nov 2019

  

  The government's school donation scheme has not even started and schools are already looking for ways to push its rules to the limit. John Gerritsen investigates how far they will go to give students… Audio

  How schools will try to work around the donation-ban plan

• New Zealand's dying towns

  Now We Are Five Million

  13 Nov 2019

  

  Now We Are Five (Million) - While the country's rising population is due to hit 5 million next year, Kawhia, and many small rural towns like it, are dying. Susan Strongman asks why.

  New Zealand's dying towns

• Mysterious foundation loaning New Zealand First money

  politics

  13 Nov 2019

  

  A foundation that loans money to NZ First is under scrutiny, with a law professor saying it's lawful but fails to provide the transparency voters need in a democracy.

  Mysterious foundation loaning New Zealand First money

• Poet's Corner

  Now We Are Five Million

  11 Nov 2019

  

  Now We Are Five (Million) - It's one of the poorest neighbourhoods in the country, and has been for 60 years. Yet stalwarts of the Hamilton suburb won't ever give up trying to improve the lot of 'The…

  Poet's Corner

• Abuse in care hearings: Survivors determined to protect future generations

  In Depth

  9 Nov 2019

  

  After two weeks of deeply personal tales at the Royal Commission of Inquiry into Abuse in Care hearing, common threads began to emerge, Katie Scotcher writes.

  Royal Commission into abuse in care hearings: What we learnt

• Play time over: How Kiwi kids lost their freedom to roam

  education life and society

  8 Nov 2019

  

  Now We Are Five (Million) - New Zealand's population is nearing five million, but are our growing numbers shrinking children's opportunities for independence? Insight's Teresa Cowie reports. Audio

  Play time over: How Kiwi kids lost their freedom to roam

• Who is the average Kiwi?

  Now We Are Five Million

  6 Nov 2019

  

  Now We Are Five (Million) - As New Zealand's population nears five million, our demographics have changed - but what about our perceptions of who the 'average' Kiwi is? Kate Newton reports. Video

  Who is the average Kiwi?

• What climate change will mean for NZ's next generation

  Now We Are Five Million

  4 Nov 2019

  

  They Will Inherit the Earth - NZers born today will likely end up knowing this country as a place where homes are uninsurable, iconic landscapes are unrecognisable and mosquitos carry serious disease.

  What climate change will mean for NZ's next generation

• Now we are five (million)

  Now We Are Five Million

  4 Nov 2019

  

  Next year, New Zealand's population will hit 5 million, but while our country has grown, how much has it changed? A team of RNZ journalists decided to find out.

  Now we are five (million)

• Forestry conversions rules 'totally out of control'

  Green Rush

  31 Oct 2019

  

  Wealthy European buyers have snapped up four more sheep and beef farms to convert to forestry, as rural concerns over the sales ramp up.

  Forestry conversions rules 'totally out of control'

• Horse racing: Flogging tracks to survive

  sport life and society

  1 Nov 2019

  

  Insight - Forcing racing clubs to close their tracks and outsourcing the TAB could revitalise the horse racing industry, but, as Max Towle discovers, some diehards won't accept change without a fight. Audio

  Horse racing: Flogging tracks to survive

• Mother fears daughter's death linked to Pharmac's epilepsy drug brand switch

  health

  13 Nov 2019

  A woman who fears her daughter's death is linked to a change in her epilepsy medicine is urging vigilance among the 11,000 people being forced to switch drug brands by Pharmac .

  Mother fears daughter's death linked to Pharmac's epilepsy drug brand switch

• Govt gives Japanese-owned company free pass to buy NZ land

  New Zealand Green Rush

  24 Oct 2019

  

  Land Information Minister and Green MP Eugenie Sage has given a foreign-owned forestry company a free pass to buy thousands of hectares of New Zealand land without applying to the OIO.

  Govt gives Japanese-owned forestry company Pan Pac Forest Products free pass to buy NZ land

• The New Zealanders holding vigils for chickens

  In Depth

  22 Oct 2019

  

  Meet the people showing love and compassion to animals about to be slaughtered, as part of a global movement that has arrived in our country. Video

  The New Zealanders holding vigils for chickens

• NZ's top 50 private landowners revealed

  Green Rush

  17 Oct 2019

  

  Green Rush - Rich-listers, established farming families and a former All Black are among New Zealand's top 50 landowners.

  NZ's top 50 private landowners revealed

• Foreign forestry companies could face 'oil and gas' style ban

  Green Rush

  10 Oct 2019

  

  Green Rush - Forestry Minister Shane Jones is considering reining in conversions of farmland to forestry after a rural backlash. Video

  Foreign forestry companies could face ‘oil and gas’ style ban

• Austrian countess fined over NZ land purchase

  New Zealand Green Rush

  17 Oct 2019

  

  Green Rush - The countess breached overseas investment rules while buying an iconic farm station, but was allowed to keep the property and was fined just a fraction of the purchase price. Video

  Austrian countess fined over NZ land purchase