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The Black Ferns are one win away from the finals, and the mood of the nation depends on a much-needed sporting victory."The Jonah Lomu of her time" will take on Canada this weekend in the Women's Rugby World Cup semi-final, with hopes of taking New Zealand to victory Guests:Suzanne McFadden - LockerRoom founding editorLearn more:Women's Rugby World Cup websiteThe Spinoff's article about the many complex truths in the lack of Black Ferns coverageFind The Detail on Newsroom or RNZ Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details

BRICS is shifting the weight of global power, and one expert says it may be time New Zealand changed alliancesWith BRICS shaking up global politics and economics - and irking Donald Trump - would joining be smart diplomatic strategy for New Zealand, or just risk alienating an allyGuests: Chris Ogden - Associate professor in Global Studies at Auckland UniversitySam Sachdeva - Newsroom national affairs editor Learn More: See Professor Chris Ogden's story hereRead about Trump threatening tariffs on countries part of BRICS hereFind The Detail on Newsroom or RNZ Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details

The sunscreens under investigation for their labelling claims in Australia, but still for sale hereSunscreen law dictates how SPFs are labelled, but when a product doesn't meet its claims, enforcement is a grey areaGuests: Belinda Castles: Researcher and Test Writer, Consumer NZLearn More: See Consumer NZ's sunscreen database hereSee Choice's recent test results hereSee Ultraviolette's statement on Lean ScreenRead ABC's reporting on other 'paused' productsSee the Suncreen (Product Safety Standard) Act 2022Find The Detail on Newsroom or RNZ Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details

It's still not clear exactly why the Greens' Right to Repair Bill faltered at select committee stage, after extensive cross-party collaboration on the details With the Greens' bill that would have encouraged more durable products gone, it's feared New Zealand may become the dumping ground for cheap, unrepairable goodsGuests: Marama Davidson - Green Party co-leaderMarc Daalder - Newsroom senior political reporterLearn More: RNZ's political reporter Anneke Smith's coverage on the issueConsumer NZ's Paul Smith on Why the Right to Repair is big newsFind The Detail on Newsroom or RNZ Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details

With local body elections less than a month away, The Detail looks at what's at stake Falling voter numbers, growing mistrust and leaked documents have local democracy under pressure, but the stakes for communities at local body elections are highGuests: Tim Murphy - co-editor of NewsroomScott Necklen - Local Government NZ interim CEOLearn More: See Tim Murphy's story hereSee the complete guide to the NZ local elections 2025 hereFind The Detail on Newsroom or RNZ Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details

An overhaul of the secondary education curriculum will likely see outdoor education become a vocational subject, and critics say the change risks loss to New Zealand's identity and industry  Changes to the secondary school curriculum will likely mean outdoor education becomes a vocational path, but feedback from across industries suggests the ministry can't see the woods for the treesGuests: Fiona McDonald - Education Outdoors New Zealand chief executiveClaire Amos - Albany Senior High School principalRob MacLean - ED nurse and former director of Outward BoundLearn More: Education Outdoors NZ petition to Stop the Government taking away Outdoor EducationRNZ's education correspondent John Gerritson's report on Tourism and outdoor education teachers opposing the NCEA subject changeYears 11-13 subjects for the National CurriculumPublic consultation on proposal to replace NCEA Cabinet Paper material Proactive releaseDiscussion document Proposal to replace NCEA with new national qualificationsFind The Detail on Newsroom or RNZ Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details

The whole world is trying to chase down the likes of Google, Microsoft and Meta for more income tax, and New Zealand is no exception Global tech firms generate enormous amounts of money, and have brilliant ways of hiding their profits from the taxman - but a new report suggests a simple gotchaGuests: Craig Elliffe - Professor of Tax Law, Auckland Law School; Director of the Master of Taxation Programme; Director of the New Zealand Centre for Tax LawNick Miller - Author of the report Big Tech Little Tax - Tax Minimisation in the Technology Sector for Tax Justice AotearoaLearn More: Read the Big Tech Little Tax reportFind The Detail on Newsroom or RNZ Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details

Entrenched gang conflict, personal grudges and methamphetamine use have fuelled a spate of gang shootings in LevinA Gang Conflict Warrant is in place in Levin, and locals say they're seeing the result of a heightened police presence, but fear for what happens when the police pack up and goGuest: Alecia Rousseau - Senior Journalist, Manawatū StandardFind The Detail on Newsroom or RNZ Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details

The Detail talks to reporter Tony Wall, who's covered the saga of the fugitive father and his children for nearly four years After nearly four years, fugitive Tom Phillips' story is over, and multiple investigations are now underwayGuest: Tony Wall - National Correspondent, StuffFind The Detail on Newsroom or RNZ Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details

Economists are starting to talk about the demise of American exceptionalism. The Detail looks at what that term means, and what effect it has on your KiwiSaver.The United States has long been held up as the peak of the free-market economy, but several factors including political interference in institutions are giving it the speed wobblesGuest: Mark Brighouse - Chief Investment Strategist, Fisher FundsLearn More:Read Mark's piece on US Exceptionalism here See the US Federal national debt clock hereSee Emeritus Professor of Accounting Practice at Sheffield University Management School, Richard Murphy, on the failure of American Exceptionalism here. He is director of Tax Research LLP and the author of the Funding the Future blog.Read renowned economist Sir Niall Ferguson's controversial piece, We're All Soviets Now hereSee PBS's Crosscut Talks interviews former US Secretary of State Robert Gates on 'Is This The End of American Exceptionalism?' hereRead about problems with airport infrastructure here (paywalled)Find The Detail on Newsroom or RNZ Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details