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'Unprecedented' donations stream into National, Act
23 Aug 2023National has banked millions more than Labour, raising concern over the fairness of political donation rules.
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What killed the plan to price agricultural emissions?
19 Aug 2023There is yet another "final plan" to address the climate impact of farming, but it will almost certainly end in further disagreement and delay.
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When agriculture and government fell out, and the climate lost
18 Aug 2023Three years of work on an agreed approach to pricing agricultural emissions dissolved in acrimony within months.
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In debt, and in the dark
2 Aug 2023A Wellington mum couldn't afford to pay her power. She was cut off, then the company added an extra fee to her bill.
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The makings of a conspiracy theorist
24 Jul 2023Two people share their stories about being a part of the networks of mis- and disinformation. How they got there, what they found, and what frightens them most now.
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Undercurrent: Misinformation in Aotearoa
17 Jul 2023Coming soon: A multimedia series from Susie Ferguson going behind the lines of conspiracy theory networks in New Zealand.
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The $500k contract for Covid-19 memes
17 May 2023Then-Police Commissioner Mike Bush used his "delegated financial authority" to approve a $500,000 contract for Topham Guerin to work on the Covid-19 response.
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The persistent medical myths about endometriosis
19 Apr 2023Exhausting sick leave, forking out for private medical procedures and being told outdated information are just some of the ongoing challenges that women with endometriosis face.
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'It will come at a cost': Four ideas for a more climate resilient Auckland
3 Feb 2023What can Auckland do to prepare for the next deluge? We asked some experts for their big ideas.
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Judging Jacinda Ardern on her seven biggest projects
16 Mar 2023Analysis - Jacinda Ardern is one of New Zealand's most historically significant leaders. But she did not achieve the grand vision for Aotearoa her outsized rhetoric promised.
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The Deadline: When the clock counts down on parenthood
17 Apr 2023I was given a deadline to start trying for children. What if I'm just not ready? In an In Depth series for RNZ, the impact of an endometriosis diagnosis is explored.
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The lobbyist, the liquor industry, and the Beehive's revolving door
21 Mar 2023Prime Minister's chief of staff came directly from leading a lobbying firm that argued against alcohol reforms that have now been ditched.
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Public money going to lobbying firms
20 Mar 2023An RNZ investigation reveals hundreds of thousands of dollars of public money is being spent on lobbying firms.
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The best of RNZ’s In Depth stories in 2022
30 Dec 2022RNZ's In Depth team has published some of the most significant investigative stories and profile pieces of 2022 - here's some that you might have missed.
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Cleaners' social media posts 'morally repugnant' - but no charges
23 Dec 2022Crime Scene Cleaners broke the law when it posted graphic scenes of sudden deaths and suspected suicides to its social media accounts. But it will not be charged.
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Covid campaign boss investigated over several alleged conflicts of interest
16 Dec 2022Colleagues were so alarmed they wrote an open letter and left it lying around the office.
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The $1.59m vaccination campaign that came too late
16 Dec 2022When a Covid vaccination social media campaign finally got underway in earnest, almost all the people it was trying to convince had already been vaccinated.
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Shrinking gangs from behind prison walls
13 Dec 2022Nowhere are gangs more visible and harder to contain than in our prisons. A surprising partnership between a private prison and an ex-drug lord seems to have a formula for cracking their hold over…
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The shadow of racism over cancer diagnosis, treatment and outcomes
8 Dec 2022A cancer diagnosis should be an open korero between doctor and patient. But for Terauoriwa Pere, it was a two-minute, one-way phone call.
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Doctors without peers - how the health workforce is little like the patients it serves
14 Dec 2022The health workforce doesn't reflect the patients that it serves. It's one of the reasons some people get much sicker - and die earlier - than others.
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Bullied by a doctor, beaten by the health system - the scourge of diabetes
14 Dec 2022The scourge of diabetes looms darkly over the people of Aotearoa. But its impact falls much more heavily on Māori than non-Māori.
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‘How is that a thing?’ - The persistent life expectancy gap that must come down
14 Dec 2022Measures that directly address the racial chasm in the length of Kiwi lives should not be feared, the Māori Health Authority chief executive says.
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One kilo used to be a big drug bust - now it's 613kg
2 Dec 2022With decades of experience in the war on drugs between them, a Customs boss and a regional cop are uniquely qualified to talk about the state of the national struggle against drug harm.
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How a US President set NZ's drug laws
1 Dec 2022In a new documentary, RNZ's Guyon Espiner asks what business Richard Nixon has in sending hundreds of New Zealanders to prison each year for low-level drug offences.
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