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The news, explained. Join Sharon Brettkelly & Emile Donovan every weekday as they make sense of the big stories with the country’s best journalists and experts. Made possible by RNZ & NZ On Air. Produced by Newsroom. Listen on RNZ National at 6.30pm Monday-Thursday.

  • 24 minutes 14 seconds
    Great Barrier's thriving media scene
    On Great Barrier Island the media landscape is bucking the national trend - it's flourishing 
    26 April 2024, 5:00 pm
  • 24 minutes 5 seconds
    Life Amidst Death: a soldier's view
    When our Gallipoli soldiers landed at the historically significant site they occasionally paused to admire the sunsets, birds and flowers; and to souvenir treasures
    25 April 2024, 5:00 pm
  • 23 minutes 37 seconds
    Quake rules in for a shake-up
    The government's hit pause on strict new building regulations over earthquake strengthening, and even its usual opponents are happy with the move 
    23 April 2024, 5:00 pm
  • 22 minutes 48 seconds
    The de-railing of New Zealand
    KiwiRail's future could be veering more towards mothballs than mega-ferries, but the government's not sending out any hints
    22 April 2024, 5:00 pm
  • 24 minutes 51 seconds
    Breaking barriers on sexual assault figures
    New technology available to abuse victims aims to change the figures on unreported sexual assaults.
    21 April 2024, 5:00 pm
  • 21 minutes 12 seconds
    From a library basement comes a fashion history
    From harem pants to scandalous hemlines, Auckland Library's latest exhibition showcases what we wore in the 1950s through 1990s
    19 April 2024, 5:00 pm
  • 24 minutes 18 seconds
    How the coolest capital is shrinking
    The government's back-office public service job cuts are adding to Wellington's woes   
    18 April 2024, 5:00 pm
  • 23 minutes 13 seconds
    Pharmac's perpetually stretched budget
    Secret lists and capped budgets - how does Pharmac make its drug buying choices?
    17 April 2024, 5:00 pm
  • 23 minutes 20 seconds
    The dark side of the beauty industry
    The beauty industry in New Zealand is a wild west devoid of regulation, and the price people are paying can take the form of scars, burns and infections.
    16 April 2024, 5:00 pm
  • 24 minutes 30 seconds
    School principals on the truth behind truancy
    Government fixes for truancy need to look at why kids aren't coming to school, rather than just shaming schools for their numbers.
    15 April 2024, 5:00 pm
  • 21 minutes 17 seconds
    The empty surgical hospital that could be slashing waiting lists
    The lights are on, the beds are ready, but no patients have stepped inside a brand new $320 million surgical hospital built on Auckland's North Shore. 
    14 April 2024, 5:00 pm
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