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What does a nurse practitioner do?
They're not GPs, but they do nearly as much as one. Can nurse practitioners help relieve healthcare stress?
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Why do we still fly our flag for the Commonwealth?
The Games are cringy, insular, and a colonial hangover - but we still celebrate an opportunity to show off our athletes on the world stage.
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A unified approach to head injuries
Thousands of Kiwi kids are concussed playing sport every year, but our rules for treating them aren't up to scratch.
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The Green dilemma: principles or power?
Are the Greens better off as activists and agitators? Or is there strength in softening to the centre?
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The Week in Detail: Brain drains, All Blacks and student finances
31 Jul 2022The Detail podcast brings you the issues behind the news every weekday. Here's what we covered this week.
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Propping the theatre door open
In the digital age and the Covid era, how do you get people out to a play?
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Crisis within a crisis leaves rest homes in despair
28 Jul 2022A surge of elderly New Zealanders will require rest home care at the same time as a crisis in aged care nursing.
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The Detail: Rite of passage or abject poverty?
Two-thirds of students struggle to afford the very basics. Why aren't we doing anything about it?
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The Detail: Rugby's communication breakdown
What happens when the balance between feeding public interest in the All Blacks and protecting the team's image blows up on you?
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Stemming the brain drain
25 Jul 2022With workers heading overseas to new horizons and greener pastures, what are employers doing to retain their staff?
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The Week in Detail: Duopolies, polytechs and Niue
The Detail podcast brings you the issues behind the news every weekday. Here's what we covered this week.
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Drama behind the scenes at Film Commission
After only one year in the job, the head of the New Zealand Film Commission has been stood down over a conflict of interest involving public funding for his own TV series. What happened?
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Niue's cautious reopening to the world
For the last two-and-a-half years, Niue's been largely untouched by Covid-19. But that all changed when the first quarantine-free flight arrived from New Zealand.
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The boom and bust of our polytechs
On January 1, Te Pūkenga will take over the country's 16 polytechnics and industry training organisations. Can a mega-merger bring the sector financial security?
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How to fix Auckland's ghost CBD
19 Jul 2022A simple stroll down Queen Street will reveal more than 38 empty shop fronts. What happened to Auckland's main street, and how can we fix it?
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Shopping for change: Busting the supermarket duopoly
How did New Zealand end up with just two big supermarket players - and can the government's changes really shake things up?
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The Week in Detail: Charities, citizenship, and the Pacific Islands Forum
17 Jul 2022The Detail podcast brings you the issues behind the news every weekday. Here's what we covered this week.
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Superpowers cast big shadow on Pacific forum
It's one of the most high-stakes Pacific Islands Forum in recent memory, but political power plays may be standing in the way of real progress.
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Growing pains: Our outdated adoption laws
Our almost 70-year-old adoption laws are under review and there are calls for changes to make it easier for adopted children to reconnect with their biological family.
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Paving the way to Australian citizenship
13 Jul 2022The new Australian prime minister is keen, so will Kiwis' rights across the Tasman finally be brought in line with Aussies' rights here?
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What makes a charity a charity?
The Supreme Court has ruled that Family First isn't a charity - so what actually are the rules about what is and isn't a charity?
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The Week in Detail: Crisis comms, Covid-19, and forfeiting feta
9 Jul 2022The Detail podcast brings you the issues behind the news every weekday. Here's what we covered this week.
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Why are we still using the BMI?
The body mass index has well-known shortcomings, so why is it still being used?
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Getting the EU trade deal across the line
How hard was it to get a free trade deal with the European Union across the line?
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