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Jul 10, 2025 • 22min
All Blacks' performance is no cause for depression
There is no room for error when the All Blacks face French firepower in Wellington tomorrow night, and a long-time rugby journalist says fans would be smart to keep bets small Between injuries and a surprisingly strong French B-side, the All Blacks have their work cut out for them. A long-time rugby journalist says Saturday's showdown in Wellington is anyone's game.…Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details

Jul 9, 2025 • 24min
A win-win-win over medical waste
There's a second life in single-use medical devices, but getting Pharmac on board with the money-saving venture has been a battleA Canterbury company is successfully remanufacturing so-called single use medical devices, with the potential to save our cash-strapped health sector a wad of money…Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details

Jul 8, 2025 • 23min
Erin Patterson faces life behind bars for murder by mushroom
The Erin Patterson case has gripped international audiences, in Australia's 'biggest crime story since the Azaria Chamberlain case' of the 80s.The Australian mum-of-two served up deadly mushrooms to her in-laws during a Sunday lunch. Nearly two years later, a jury has found her guilty of murder.…Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details

Jul 7, 2025 • 22min
The health crisis pushed by a drug crisis
With Fiji in the midst of an HIV outbreak, UNAIDS warns that other Pacific Islands countries have all the risk factors of a similar crisis…Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details

Jul 6, 2025 • 21min
Rules and red tape holding back cannabis industry
New Zealand is one of the best places in the world to grow dope, but producing marketable medicinal cannabis is a regulatory nightmareNew Zealand has very few ventures producing medicinal cannabis, and the one that's doing really well doesn't sell directly to New Zealanders…Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details

Jul 4, 2025 • 24min
Tourism's role in peace and prosperity
Tourism can only happen when conflict ends - and there's been recognised with a Nobel Peace Prize nominationA Washington-based, Auckland-educated Samoan man nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize says tourism is the only real peace dividend…Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details

Jul 3, 2025 • 25min
Stranded in hell
Getting people out and home when they're trapped in a war zone is a dangerous and politically delicate task - here's how it's doneWhen you're away from home, huddling in a bomb shelter with the missiles are incoming, getting out isn't just a matter of boarding a planeIt is dangerous, diplomatically delicate and extremely expensive…Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details

Jul 2, 2025 • 25min
It's no longer illegal to be a proudly violent Proud Boy
The terrorist label has been dropped from extremist group the Proud Boys, but its ideology still lurks online in New ZealandNew Zealand has lifted the terrorist group designation from the extremist group the Proud Boys, sparking fears their members may resurface…Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details

Jul 1, 2025 • 25min
Kainga Ora cuts new developments as the housing crisis escalates
After a rebuild was cancelled, the former tenants of a social housing development in Auckland have seemingly 'disappeared'
Despite a housing crisis, Kainga Ora is scaling back new builds. In one Auckland suburb, a cancelled development has uprooted hundreds.…Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details

Jun 30, 2025 • 24min
The Bill that's left people dazed, confused and angry
Is the Regulatory Standards Bill the key to better law making for the future, or a gigantic waste of time and an affront to democracy?
A look at what the Regulatory Standards Bill will do, and why there's no clear answer to the question of whether it will achieve its aims…Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details