The Detail

Sexual exploitation of children is seen as one of the worst crimes out there - but do the prison terms reflect the severity?An advocacy organisation says it receives calls from people covertly asking for help to avoid offending - but despite evidence that programmes work, resources to help are thinGuests:Tim Houston - manager of the digital child exploitation team at the Department of Internal AffairsEleanor Parkes - National Director for ECPAT NZWhere to get help: Stop: South Island Email info@stop.org.nzCall 03 353 0257WellStop: Lower North Island Email: info@wellstop.org.nzCall 04 566 4745Safe Network: Northern North Island. Email: info@safenetwork.org.nzCall 09 377 9898Learn More: The Detail's first episode on child exploitationGovernment's Child Protection (Child Sex Offender Government Agency Registration) Amendment BillFind The Detail on Newsroom or RNZ Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details

Type 1 diabetes used to be called 'juvenile diabetes', and Type 2 affected adults. But that's no longer the case, and the number of kids with Type 2 in New Zealand is rising. A specialist in treating childhood diabetes says that some children are born "almost what we call 'programmed'" to have the disease - but new medicine could help put them in remissionGuests:Dr Craig Jefferies - Paediatric Endocrinologist at Starship Guyon Espiner - RNZ In Depth Learn More: Read an article from Best Practice Journal on how primary care can help with the rise of type 2Read more on the difference between type 1 and type 2 here Learn more about the rise in amputations associated with type 2 diabetesFind The Detail on Newsroom or RNZ Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details

For years, a father has been fighting for Waka Kotahi to do more about the dangers of a vehicle braking system involved in his son's death. Now a coroner's report backs him up, but NZTA still disagrees. After a death on a construction site, a coroner's report has called a braking system found in some 70,000 vehicles around New Zealand "inherently unsafe". Waka Kotahi disagrees.Guests:Louisa Cleave - Checkpoint senior producerSelwyn Rabbits - safety campaignerLearn More: Read more reporting on cardan shaft brakes, starting in 2021, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, and hereSee NZTA Waka Kotahi's guidance on cardan shaft park brakes Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details

Editing scandal at BBC sparks 'existential crisis' for public-service broadcaster and puts the spotlight on trust in journalismFrom editing error to boardroom exit, how the BBC's reputation took a blow and what this means for global journalismGuests: Jim Tully - Journalism educator and media commentator Sean Hogan - Freelance Correspondent in the UK Learn MoreRead the BBC's own reporting on the events Read Al Jazeera's timeline of the events Find The Detail on Newsroom or RNZ Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details

Space terrorism is no longer relegated to sci-fi movies: it's happening already, and one legal expert warns we're far from preparedAn attack on satellite can take modern life offline, affecting everything from basic communication to banking. But international law is lagging, and an expert warns we risk turning the final frontier into the next frontline.Guests: Anna Marie Brennan - University of Waikato law lecturerLearn more:Read Anna's article on the threat of space terrorism hereEU chief von der Leyen's plane hit by suspected Russian GPS jammingAn overview of the cyber war between Ukraine and RussiaFind The Detail on Newsroom or RNZ Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details

As AI share prices soar, some economic doomsayers have started to ring the warning bells of a bubble risk More and more, finance experts are predicting that the AI bubble is getting ready to pop - so what does that mean for Kiwi investors, and for our economyGuests: Gyles Beckford - RNZ business editorHarry Smith - Fisher Funds global equity portfolio managerLeighton Roberts - Sharesies co-founderFind The Detail on Newsroom or RNZ Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details

Ruapehu District's mayor says the huge fire still burning in the region could have the same effect on the local economy as the 1996 eruptionIn Tongariro, locals pin their hopes on rain to put out a massive blaze, so their summer incomes don't get burnt with the region's vegetationGuests: Nick Singers - Technical Advisor for Project TongariroJimmy Ellingham - RNZ reporterWeston Kirton - Ruapehu District mayorFind The Detail on Newsroom or RNZ Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details

In a country swamped by disinformation, two entrepreneurs have come up with solutions to tackle the problem, on and offline For Taiwan, the threat of Chinese military invasion is less pressing than an invasion many see as ongoing - an onslaught of disinformationGuests: Mark Hanson - co-founder of White Fungus arts magazineRon Hanson - editor of White FungusBillion Lee - co-founder CoFactJason Liu - investigative journalistLearn more:Listen to past The Details previous episodes about Sharon's trip to Taiwan here and hereHow a content farm in Malaysia turned fake news directed at Taiwan into a moneymakerInterrogations of Social, Political, and Historical Space in the Work of Yao Jui-ChungFind The Detail on Newsroom or RNZ Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details

The Detail's Sharon Brettkelly visits Jordan, where the tourism industry propping up the country's economy has been all but decimated by the war in neighbouring IsraelJordan doesn't have the oil that's made its neighbours wealthy, and tourism industry propping up its economy is under immense pressureGuests: Hashem Nawafleh - tour guideHamad Hamad al Manajih - Bedouin tour guideOmar Al-Hlalat - horse guideFind The Detail on Newsroom or RNZ Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details

This nasty pest can be destroyed, but it will take government resources and extreme vigilance from the public to do it.The anti-pest army is being mobilised, local Facebook pages are buzzing and a swarm of publicity embarked upon, all aimed at stamping out the yellow-legged hornetGuests: Professor Phil Lester - Victoria UniversityMike Inglis - MPI Biosecurity Commissioner NorthKarin Kos - Apiculture NZ chief executiveLearn more:Look out for hornetsYellow-legged hornet sightings in Auckland in 2025 | NZ GovernmentHow to build a wasp trap - Phil Lester recommends this system but says you don't need to register your trapPhil recommends Vespex as a bait which is available from a Nelson firm called MerchentoFind The Detail on Newsroom or RNZ Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details