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Mar 23, 2025 • 25min
In Delhi and D.C., Christopher Luxon and Winston Peters in their elements
Taking the train with Winston Peters and watching Christopher Luxon play cricket: what it's like traveling with a foreign trade delegationChristopher Luxon and Winston Peters have returned home after successful meetings in Delhi and D.C. Whether those meetings will amount to anything remains to be seen.…Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details

Mar 21, 2025 • 24min
Excavating a historical waka, and the story that goes with it
The discovery of a waka buried on the coastline of Rēkohu/ Chatham Islands has caused a century-old tension to resurfaceIn the Chatham Islands, locals have found a centuries-old waka. The process of identifying its origins and ownership is anything but straightforward.…Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details

Mar 20, 2025 • 24min
The physical toll of nine months on the ISS
After nine months in space, Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore splashed back down the earth. Their bodies and minds may never catch up.
Swollen faces, struggling to walk and a loss of vision are just some of the effects of a prolonged trip to space, but scientists say the health of astronauts can help people back on Earth…Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details

Mar 19, 2025 • 23min
'Bewildered' experts aren't on board for changes to fisheries management
The government wants to streamline regulations, but marine advocates worry the changes would make fishing less transparent and expedite destruction of the ocean …Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details

Mar 18, 2025 • 23min
What's in a name - trademarks in 2025
With trademark applications surging, The Detail looks at what it takes to get a mark registered in New Zealand…Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details

Mar 17, 2025 • 24min
The art of tiptoeing around Trump
In Donald Trump's firing line, foreign leaders decide whether to butter up or shout back
Former New Zealand Ambassador to the US Tim Groser explains the tightrope walk of pleasing Donald Trump…Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details

Mar 16, 2025 • 21min
Niche but relatable - the film festival where the theme is fraud
Swindles, scams and deception take centre-stage at Wellington's highly specific documentary film festival
The Wellington Fraud Film Festival will showcase a collection of documentaries covering all types of deceptions. It's a topic that's become increasingly relatable for New Zealanders.Next Monday in Wellington, some 150 people will fill the Roxy Cinema for a niche documentary film festival. But they won't be the usual film festival crowd of movie buffs - they'll be lawyers, police officers, bankers, and anyone else whose work deals with scams or fraud.The Fraud Film Festival, an offshoot of the original version of the festival in the Netherlands, has been running in New Zealand since 2016. On the surface, it seems extremely specialised. But in reality, fraud is something that touches most people - a BNZ survey last year found that 87 percent of New Zealanders were targeted by scams in the 12 months prior…Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details

Mar 14, 2025 • 25min
From New Zealand to Afghanistan, with Project 51
Today marks six years since the Christchurch mosque attacks. One couple's new documentary honours the lives lost - and the lives changed as a resultProject 51 changed lives in Afghanistan, in the name of the 51 victims of the Christchurch mosque attacks. Now a documentary follows the story…Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details

Mar 13, 2025 • 23min
The cost of a meal that sticks in the throat
The school lunch debacle has deteriorated so much that there is an increasing clamour to rip it up and start again In treating school lunches as a service rather than an investment, penny pinching risks raising costs above value…Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details

Mar 12, 2025 • 24min
Master Electricians' warning on the Right to Repair Bill
The bill passed its first reading in Parliament last month, but one trade feels the amendment is a live wire…Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details


