The Detail

Facing methanol poisoning in a place like Laos means hurdles to getting help, including accessing health care in time…Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details

Rough sex is appearing in songs, tv shows, and in sexual encounters between young people. But research suggests many women participating in it don't want to. Rough sex is becoming normalised in pop culture, and more common in real life - whether or not people want to take part…Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details

Our Prime Minister's just apologised for decades of child abuse in care, but the Mental Health Act allows the same kind of treatment to be dished out to the mentally unwellWork is underway to replace the current Mental Health Act with something more up to date, removing the ability to treat unwell people with electric shock therapy and isolationA mental health boss has labelled the Mental Health Act as out-of-date and inadequate."And if I want to be blunt, it (the Act) supports a system where we effectively criminalise people who are very unwell and then subject them to quite brutal acts because we can't be bothered developing a better response to mental health," CEO of the Mental Health Foundation Shaun Robinson tells The Detail.Those "brutal acts" include electroshock therapy and solitary confinement."Solitary confinement is essentially where someone is put into a bare room with a mattress on the floor and a cardboard toilet, sometimes for up to two days. It's not okay," he says.New Zealanders are now being encouraged to give submissions on a new Mental Health Bill, with the closing date extended until midnight on Friday, December 20th.…Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details

Our local free newspapers are disappearing at a rapid rate, as costs soar, revenue plummets and readers turn to screens While media companies continue to shed titles, staff, and programmes, lost in the news about the news is the fate of our local papers…Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details

Next Saturday is Thank You Day, a chance to express gratitude to everyone involved in organ donation, and raise awareness about the issue.It's a day to say thanks to those who give others a second chance of life…Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details

Moving an elephant across an ocean is no small feat for her keepers, physically or mentallyAuckland Zoo has said goodbye to New Zealand's last elephant, and with her, her keepers…Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details

Defence lawyers say there are better ways of clearing clogged courts than the government's plan to have fewer jury trialsThe government wants to cut court backlogs, but lawyers say taking out a jury of your peers to make things faster isn't necessarily the best justice…Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details

Meet the Auckland businessman who's helping to pick up the pieces of Indian migrant exploitation …Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details

When it comes to our outcomes on poverty, New Zealand's marks are poor. Experts gathering this week in Wellington want to change that.In Wellington this week, the Pakukore: Poverty, By Design conference will tackle the systemic issues holding New Zealand back from eradicating poverty…Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details

New Zealand isn't the target of Trump's tariff threats, but might just be collateral damage in a global economic war.The evidence, analysis and logic doesn't matter. President-elect Trump is determined that the world will feel the wrath of his tariffs, even if they will fuel global inflation.…Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details