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TOP down? Can the party survive in-fighting and mud-slinging?
4 Jun 2019Former leader Gareth Morgan says members are 'grovelling, compromising political aspirants' - and that's the least of his successor Geoff Simmons' problems. Can he rescue the party from itself? Video
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NZ diabetes drugs 'third world' - doctor
28 May 2019An endocrinologist says New Zealand's type 2 diabetes drugs are 'third world'. Guyon Espiner asks why Pharmac won't fund the medicines experts want.
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Intelligence agencies' white supremacist blind spot
9 Jun 2019Insight - New Zealand's security agencies are increasing their focus on the white supremacist threat since the Christchurch mosque attacks, Phil Pennington reports. Video, Audio
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Pharmac switches epilepsy drug against Medsafe advice
28 May 2019Pharmac is making 10,000 people with epilepsy change medication, despite Medsafe's opposition the move. Guyon Espiner asks why it carries out up to 60 drug switches a year.
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Has the military shaken off its anti-LGBTQI history?
26 May 2019Insight - The New Zealand Defence Force once banned LGBTQI personnel and it's now 25 years since the ban was lifted. How much has the culture improved, Jonathan Mitchell asks. Audio
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Pharmac's secret list
28 May 2019Desperate patients are being left in the dark as to when Pharmac will fund medicines. Guyon Espiner asks why the drug-buying agency operates with such secrecy. Video
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Pharmac: The NZ Buyer's Club
28 May 2019Guyon Espiner reveals how lung cancer patients are buying cut-price drugs from India, as other Kiwis fundraise, petition and apply for clinical trials to access medications Pharmac won't fund.
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Watch: Pharmac head defends drug agency's funding
28 May 2019Guyon Espiner has been investigating Pharmac. He sits down for an extended interview with chief executive Sarah Fitt about the agency's budget and how it makes its decisions. Video
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Ministerial diaries: Who's doing the mahi in government?
25 May 2019Jacinda Ardern and Grant Robertson are leading from the front as the country's busiest ministers, according to new data released by the government - but where's Winston?
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Beyond gas and oil: Can alternative energy save Taranaki?
31 May 2019Insight: A joint venture in Taranaki is hoping to unlock the potential of hydrogen energy as a transport fuel in New Zealand while at the same time producing ammonia urea fertiliser with a zero-carbon… Audio
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Joining the dots: What's really causing New Zealand's measles epidemics?
25 May 2019Researchers say an 'immunity gap' affecting an entire generation is what's allowing the disease to flourish. Kate Newton reports.
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Watch: What caused Kelly Savage's death?
25 May 2019An RNZ investigation into the death, two years ago today, of a New Zealand man in a Japanese psychiatric hospital has revealed inconsistencies in the medical notes used to justify his extreme… Video
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Death Bed: The Kelly Savage story
25 May 2019A young New Zealander entered a Japanese hospital in psychosis. He left braindead. His grieving mother is fighting for change.
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Man says he was gang raped in NZ military in the 1970s
24 May 2019Insight: The partner of a man sexually assaulted while in the army in the 1970s is demanding the attack be investigated. Audio
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Why ACC is turning away traumatised mosque survivors
14 May 2019Distressed survivors can't get support because ACC doesn't cover mental injuries the way it covers physical ones. Can a government which says it's prioritising mental health continue with this model?
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Forget me not: Starting a romance when your spouse has dementia
10 May 2019In sickness and in health, but what if your beloved has dementia? As the number of people with the condition grows, Teresa Cowie finds spouses wrestling with the desire to start new relationships. Audio
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Anonymity on the internet and fighting extremism
3 May 2019Insight - Should we increase surveillance of online bulletin boards and, if so, how? Max Towle asks 8chan's founder Frederick Brennan and NZ experts whether the rise of online extremism can be curbed. Audio
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Chch families desperate as Victim Support holds onto donated millions
4 May 2019People too traumatised by the Christchurch mosque attacks to work want to know why Victim Support is holding onto millions donated to the city's Muslim community.
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Why Rachel Māia chose to have her leg amputated
30 Apr 2019What's it like to look at your leg for the last time then ask doctors to amputate it? Zoë George follows champion rock climber Rachel Māia as she says goodbye to her limb.
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Investigation: The new alt-right groups hiding in plain sight
26 Apr 2019Insight - New brands of far-right political groups and ideology are set to gain ground and be harder to detect, RNZ's Gyles Beckford writes. Audio
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Provincial Growth Fund: Slush fund or lifeline?
Insight - As the government pours money into Northland in a bid to turn around a region that's struggled for decades, are local communities reaping the rewards, or are there questions over where the… Audio
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NZ's heart-breaker: rheumatic fever rates on the rise
31 Mar 2019Rheumatic fever rates are on the rise. Insight talks to those living with this heart-damaging auto-immune disease and to those left behind. Audio
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Remember the heroes
30 Mar 2019Horror and hatred killed 50 people in the Christchurch mosque massacre. Courage and kindness protected many more. Kate Newton reports.
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Provincial Growth Fund - slush fund or lifeline?
As the government pours money into Northland in a bid to turn around the region, are locals reaping the rewards, or are there questions over where the money is going? Audio
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