RNZ: Insight

Radio New Zealand

A weekly investigative documentary exploring what is happening in New Zealand and to New Zealanders here and overseas.

  • 28 minutes 13 seconds
    Cramped, rotting and risky - the scale of the hospital fix-up revealed
    Insight - The state of many of the country's public hospital buildings is compromising medical care. For the first time there's been a national stocktake. Phil Pennington looks at what's wrong, and asks if it can be fixed.
    21 March 2020, 7:10 pm
  • 25 minutes 26 seconds
    Lives put on hold by the mosque attacks
    Insight - It is a year since the Christchurch mosque attacks, but many are still struggling to recover and to rebuild their lives. In the first six months following the shootings, Conan Young followed the journey of one of the wounded, Ahmed Jahangir.
    12 March 2020, 7:10 pm
  • 26 minutes 38 seconds
    Ignored by the state - How Muslim women tried to warn of impending danger
    The Islamic Women's Council believes it's likely the Christchurch mosque attacks would not have happened if the public service - including police and security agencies - had not ignored their repeated warnings. They have shared their submission to the Royal Commission exclusively with Insight's Philippa Tolley.
    7 March 2020, 7:10 pm
  • 27 minutes 58 seconds
    Free speech vs hate speech: The government’s dilemma
    Free speech crusaders say the sacred right to freedom of expression is under threat. But minority communities say a law change is needed to protect the most vulnerable.
    22 February 2020, 7:10 pm
  • 28 minutes 10 seconds
    Farmers fear new water rules could push them under
    The poor quality of our fresh water is a top worry for New Zealanders. But some farmers fear the new proposals might mean their farms are no longer viable. Philippa Tolley investigates.
    15 February 2020, 7:10 pm
  • 27 minutes 44 seconds
    How NZ would fare during a world catastrophe
    Is New Zealand ready to cope in a global catastrophe? John Gerritsen investigates
    4 February 2020, 7:12 pm
  • 28 minutes 25 seconds
    Why prisons should help inmates to be good dads
    Insight - Teresa Cowie heads inside prison to find how a focus on fatherhood could be channelled reducing reoffending
    30 January 2020, 4:00 pm
  • 27 minutes 49 seconds
    The Keto Diet - Trend or Treatment?
    Insight - Touted as a cure for diabetes, epilepsy and doomed New Year's resolutions to lose weight, the Keto diet is taking off in popularity. Insight reporter Teresa Cowie asks - it is a trend or a treatment?
    7 December 2019, 7:10 pm
  • 28 minutes 33 seconds
    How schools will try to work around the donation-ban plan
    Insight - The government's school donation scheme has not even started and schools are already looking for ways to push its rules to the limit. John Gerritsen investigates how far they will go to give students the best education they can.
    23 November 2019, 7:10 pm
  • 28 minutes 12 seconds
    Forever home - Why immigrants chose New Zealand
    Migration is shaping New Zealand as we head towards a population of five million. But why are people choosing to come here? Philippa Tolley attended citizenship ceremonies to ask newly minted New Zealanders why they picked this country
    16 November 2019, 7:10 pm
  • 28 minutes 6 seconds
    Play time over: How Kiwi kids lost their freedom to roam
    With New Zealand's population about to hit 5 Million for the first time Insight's reporter Teresa Cowie talks to five 5-year-olds from around the country to find out what it’s like to be 'the big 0-5' in Aotearoa today and what's changed from when their parents headed off to school. 
    9 November 2019, 7:10 pm
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