• 22 minutes 49 seconds
    Killer bird flu now just a short flight away from NZ

    With H5N1 now in Australia, New Zealand's biosecurity systems, poultry producers and conservation teams are preparing for its arrival on our shores 

    The bird flu has landed in Australia, and there are fears it's now ready for take-off to New Zealand

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    8 July 2026, 5:00 pm
  • 24 minutes 1 second
    Beating back the illicit tobacco trade

    There's an unpalatable solution proposed to combat illicit tobacco and the violent behaviour that comes with it - reduce the tax on legal cigarettes 

    Some experts are blaming excessive excise tax for making legal cigarettes so expensive that it's opened the door for illicit tobacco

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    7 July 2026, 4:00 pm
  • 22 minutes 41 seconds
    Netball's domestic future in question for third year

    The ball is in Netball New Zealand's court as players and staff wait for word on the future of the ANZ Premiership

    Last year's Silver Ferns coaching saga and recent board changes may have been another roadblock to locking in the ANZ Premiership

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    6 July 2026, 4:00 pm
  • 21 minutes 53 seconds
    Disability bill sparks backlash

    The Government says it's protecting the future of disability support, while critics say it's taking away workers' rights and letting itself off the hook

    The disability community has largely reacted to the bill with outrage, with one advocate saying the Government is shutting people down 'in the cruellest and most perverse way'

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    5 July 2026, 4:00 pm
  • 23 minutes 52 seconds
    The deathly heart disease that creeps up on you

    Doctors would rather you walk through their door with a niggle about chest pains than not be seen and have a worse outcome

    When you hear of apparently fit and healthy people dropping dead from a medical event, that's often the first symptom they've had of cardiac disease

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    3 July 2026, 4:00 pm
  • 24 minutes 48 seconds
    Fixing our ad hoc, inconsistent refugee rules

    New Zealand has exemptions and special conditions for refugees depending on the political mood and what country they're fleeing. NGOs says it's time for some consistency.

    Nations are pulling up the drawbridge to refugees at a time when their needs are more urgent than ever

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    2 July 2026, 4:00 pm
  • 23 minutes 21 seconds
    Bad cop, bad cop - a string of scandals at NZ Police

    After months of allegations, from the top down, trust in New Zealand Police is beginning to crack

    With scandal after scandal, senior officers under scrutiny, and more police before the courts, The Detail looks at what's happening inside the force

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    1 July 2026, 4:00 pm
  • 23 minutes 47 seconds
    Ski field operators on a spending spree

    It's July, school holidays are around the corner, and the slopes are brown - but ski field operators are optimistic

    Global warming has long threatened the ski industry, but operators around the country are pumping big money into their fields

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    30 June 2026, 4:00 pm
  • 23 minutes 50 seconds
    At Rockquest, 'bad jazz' and 'experimental hip hop' reign

    Today's contestants in the 38-year-old competition are not only creating original songs, they're coming up with new genres of music

    While live music venues call crisis, teenage musicians are finding ways to reach international audiences

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    29 June 2026, 4:00 pm
  • 22 minutes 10 seconds
    Fair or victim-blaming - the fight over rising ACC levies

    Motorcycles make up a disproportionate number of ACC's injury costs, but motorcyclists say that's because cars are hitting them - so they shouldn't have to pay the price

    Without the injunction, ACC levies are set to rise for motorcycle riders from Wednesday. Bikers are angry, calling it 'victim blaming' and at odds with the purpose of the scheme.

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    28 June 2026, 4:00 pm
  • 21 minutes 17 seconds
    The new audience generator

    How film productions by YouTubers are out-performing Hollywood blockbusters 

    Megastars and big budgets are no longer necessarily the recipe for film success, with YouTube creators building up huge audiences and moving into cinemas

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    26 June 2026, 4:00 pm
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