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Judging the great immigration reset
31 Aug 2022We've slowed immigration to a trickle to stave off infrastructure overload, but at what cost?
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The life of a backbench MP
Backbench MPs have been hitting the headlines in the last few weeks, but what do they actually do?
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Bags gone AWOL? The realities of post-pandemic travel
International travel is back, but flyers beware - more and more bags are going missing in transit.
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The Week in Detail: Reserve Bank, Ukraine, and the Pacific
28 Aug 2022The Detail podcast brings you the issues behind the news every weekday. Here's what we covered this week.
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How a basketball superstar became a pawn in Putin's war
How is Vladimir Putin using the case of a jailed American basketball superstar to his advantage, amid the ongoing war in Ukraine?
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Landing an interview with Volodymyr Zelensky
25 Aug 2022How do you land an interview with the president of Ukraine? It turns out it takes months of planning, persuasion, good timing - and a healthy dose of luck.
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Candidates for council: How much do we know about them?
It's local election season - but how much do we really know about the candidates standing for council?
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How do you move an island?
Sea level rise is already destroying people's homes across the Pacific. How do you move a whole island community?
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The hand that holds the purse strings
Why is the Reserve Bank facing flak from every angle over its economic handling of the pandemic?
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The Week in Detail: AI, party presidents, and food banks
21 Aug 2022The Detail podcast brings you the issues behind the news every weekday. Here's what we covered this week.
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Can we punish our biggest emitters through the courts?
Our highest appellate court is being asked to do what Parliament will not - hold companies liable for contributing to climate change.
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The Detail: Cattle disease
Foot-and-mouth disease could topple the livestock industry. Can we keep it out?
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The food bank supplying one of our richest regions
17 Aug 2022Escalating food, fuel and housing prices are driving people everywhere to desperation - even on the North Shore.
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Party presidents: The power behind the politics
Political party presidents tend to stay out of the spotlight - but just how influential is their role?
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Planning for the robot uprising
15 Aug 2022Major parts of our daily lives are controlled by artificial intelligence. What if it turns against us?
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The Week in Detail: Firefighters, Taiwan, and alcohol
The Detail podcast brings you the issues behind the news every weekday. Here's what we covered this week.
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How young is too young to be charged with a crime?
New Zealand's age of criminal responsibility is lower than many other countries around the world - Amnesty wants the government to change that.
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Taiwan and China: What happens next?
11 Aug 2022Taiwan is a country with a complicated past, a complicated present and, in all likelihood, a complicated future. What happens next as tensions with China escalate?
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How media headlines reach you
When you search for something on the internet, why do you get the results you get?
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Making our booze culture less visible
The multitude of ways that alcohol harms society have been well documented - but will Chlöe Swarbrick's new Bill have unpleasant side-effects?
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Frustrated firefighters ramp up the heat
8 Aug 2022A dispute over pay has morphed into much more as our professional firefighters face long hours, stretched staff resources and failing equipment.
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The Week in Detail: Greens and Games
The Detail podcast brings you the issues behind the news every weekday. Here's what we covered this week.
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Turning the system upside down
5 Aug 2022From our water supply to our polytechnics, we're eschewing regional control for a more centralised approach. Why?
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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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