In Depth

In Depth headlines with summaries.

• Running dry: Can NZ thrive without irrigation?

  farming climate

  3 Feb 2019

  

  The government has pulled its backing for big irrigation projects, but smaller ones are still getting financial support. For Insight, Eric Frykberg explores whether this middle path will be enough to… Audio

  Running dry: Can NZ thrive without irrigation?

• Survival mode: Why some rural emergency services are under threat

  health rural

  27 Jan 2019

  

  Insight - Rural GPs and nurses are thin on the ground and as Tess Brunton reports the pressure on those trying to provide life saving emergency help is even more evident over the summer. Audio

  Survival mode: Why some rural emergency services are under threat

• Together Alone: NZ's silent Pasifika mental health crisis

  Together Alone

  11 Dec 2018

  

  What do you do if your culture treats mental illness like a curse? Bury it deep. Indira Stewart reports on why so many Pasifika people suffer psychological distress - and why so few seek help.

  Together Alone: NZ's silent Pasifika mental health crisis

• Youth justice: 'We need to do something for these people'

  crime law

  9 Dec 2018

  

  Insight - Is Oranga Tamariki succeeding in turning young lives around? Philippa Tolley investigates for Insight. Audio

  Youth justice: 'We need to do something for these people'

• The beginning of the end for religious classes in schools?

  education

  7 Dec 2018

  

  A powerful secular group says schools' religious classes favour Christianity and divide children, and the government is turning its focus on the classes too. Will they survive?

  The beginning of the end for religious classes in schools?

• Flying the flag for cannabis law reform

  In Depth

  4 Dec 2018

  

  With a referendum on legalising cannabis in the offing, a new group is trying to give the 'yes' campaign a respectable face. Can they push through change? Russell Brown reports.

  Flying the flag for cannabis law reform

• Frittering away - Why whitebait is in decline

  environment rural

  2 Dec 2018

  

  Insight - With four out of the five whitebait species under threat or in decline, Teresa Cowie heads to the West Coast to find out if we have to give up on our springtime whitebait treat. Audio

  Frittering away - Why whitebait is in decline

• Wheels in motion for ride sharing revolution

  business transport

  14 Dec 2018

  

  Could we be on the cusp of a new way of living, can we stop global warming? Bernard Hickey literally puts his life on the line to highlight the ongoing growth of the sharing economy.

  Wheels in motion for ride sharing revolution

• Why we're ignoring climate change

  In Depth

  30 Nov 2018

  

  It's a dark cloud hanging over our civilisation, but there's still a chance to act. So why do we all have our heads in the sand? Susan Strongman reports.

  Why we're ignoring climate change

• HIV: The shame, stigma and progress

  health

  30 Nov 2018

  

  Half of Kiwi parents wouldn't want their child playing with an HIV-positive child. Ahead of World AIDS Day, Max Towle asks how much attitudes have changed.

  HIV: The shame, stigma and progress

• Difficult and dangerous - why truck drivers are quitting

  business transport

  25 Nov 2018

  

  Insight - The road freight industry is short of 2500 drivers as those pressured by tight deadlines and long hours quit, reports Tracy Neal. Audio

  Difficult and dangerous - why truck drivers are quitting

• The GM debate and its potential effects on agriculture

  science farming

  18 Nov 2018

  

  Insight - Should we back or block the genetically changed plants New Zealand scientists are growing? Charlie Dreaver reports. Audio

  The GM debate and its potential effects on agriculture

• The lifelong health hangover of teen drinking

  health

  23 Nov 2018

  

  Teen binge drinking is often brushed off as an experimental phase, but research shows it's setting up young people for serious problems later in life.

  The lifelong health hangover of teen drinking

• Learning revolution or pathway to ignorance?

  education politics

  11 Nov 2018

  

  Insight - Secondary schools are divided over new methods of teaching and learning. RNZ's education correspondent John Gerritsen investigates the heated debate over how best to teach our teens. Audio

  Learning revolution or pathway to ignorance?

• Inside New Zealand’s unregulated sperm donor network

  health

  7 Nov 2018

  

  Why are women eschewing fertility clinics and looking for sperm donors online? And why are men donating to strangers they meet on Facebook? Amy Nelmes Bissett uncovers a world of hope and risk.

  Inside New Zealand’s unregulated sperm donor network

• The next pandemic: Are we ready?

  history health

  4 Nov 2018

  

  Insight - November was the peak month of the 1918 pandemic that killed 9000 New Zealanders. One hundred years on, will we be able to deal with the next one? Audio

  The next pandemic: Are we ready?

• Beyond the Beehive: 'Life for them is a day-by-day survival'

  Politics

  30 Oct 2018

  

  One Year On - How much have rises in accommodation supplements, the minimum wage and family tax credit payment rates helped people living in poverty? Video

  Beyond the Beehive: 'Life for them is a day-by-day survival'

• PNG to host APEC - but is it leaders before locals?

  Pacific business

  28 Oct 2018

  

  Insight - Johnny Blades looks at Papua New Guinea's road to hosting the APEC leaders' summit as it teeters on the verge of social breakdown. Audio

  PNG to host APEC - but is it leaders before locals?

• The drug courts on trial - should they be permanent?

  crime law

  21 Oct 2018

  

  Insight - The Alcohol and Other Drugs Treatment Court has been run as a pilot for the past six years, Teresa Cowie visited to find out how it works, and if it is worth continuing. Audio

  The drug courts on trial - should they be permanent?

• The woman who says psychedelic 'medicine' cured her PTSD

  New Zealand health

  24 Oct 2018

  

  Zoe Helene grew up in NZ. Now she's a 'psychedelic feminist' in the US, who leads women on hallucinogenic journeys in the Amazon jungle. Susan Strongman reports.

  The woman who says psychedelic 'medicine' cured her PTSD

• On the outside: the problem with life after prison

  crime te ao Maori

  14 Oct 2018

  

  Insight - Former prisoners trying to build a their lives on the outside speak to Leigh-Marama McLachlan about what it is really like. Audio

  On the outside: the problem with life after prison

• History repeating - New Zealand's mental health inquiries

  Comment & Analysis

  28 Oct 2018

  

  New Zealand's mental health system has been repeatedly pulled apart in major investigations, the latest of which is reporting back next month. Jess McAllen looks at the history and recurring themes of…

  History repeating - New Zealand's mental health inquiries

• Protect and promote: Can DOC really do both?

  environment transport

  7 Oct 2018

  

  Insight - Belinda McCammon visits several small communities in the path of the tourism boom to see what impact it is having on them. Audio

  Protect and promote: Can DOC really do both?

• A crisis of the humanities

  education

  12 Oct 2018

  

  In an era of fake news and partisanship, society needs critical thinkers more than ever. So why are students increasingly turning away from the humanities? Kate Newton reports.

  Universities face a crisis of the humanities