In Depth

In Depth headlines with summaries.

• Pacific Super Rugby team: Tackling soft diplomacy

  Pacific business

  30 Sep 2018

  

  Insight - RNZ Pacific's sports editor Vinnie Wylie asks if a Pacific-based rugby team will ever get off the ground and why the New Zealand government is getting involved. Audio

  Pacific Super Rugby team: Tackling soft diplomacy

• NZ's role in the Malaysian plastics dumping ground

  business environment

  23 Sep 2018

  

  Insight - Thousands of tonnes of plastic from New Zealand is going to Malaysia where illegal factories are burning waste they can't process, Nita Blake-Persen travelled there to investigate. Audio

  NZ's role in the Malaysian plastics dumping ground

• Where are all the male contraceptives?

  New Zealand health

  28 Sep 2018

  

  Almost 60 years after the pill arrived in NZ, there is still no male equivalent. Are men willing to step up? And why aren't pharmaceutical companies coming to the party? Bonnie Sumner investigates.

  Where are all the male contraceptives?

• Insight: Nurses pay and staffing deal - hospital crisis averted?

  9 Sep 2018

  

  Insight - Will the latest nursing pay and staffing deals ease the pressure? Karen Brown heads into a ward in one of the country's busiest hospitals to find out. Audio

  Insight: Nurses pay and staffing deal - hospital crisis averted?

• Fighting back against the avocado crime wave

  New Zealand Bay of Plenty

  18 Sep 2018

  

  Burgled and beaten up, avocado growers are sleeping in their orchards, patrolling the streets at night and using CCTV to protect their 'green gold' from organised crime and a fruit blackmarket. Video

  Fighting back against the avocado crime wave

• The reality of life on the minimum wage in NZ

  New Zealand

  10 Sep 2018

  

  Men pee in front of Victoria when she's cleaning the gents. Roszanne couldn't afford to go to her brother's tangi. Lavinia hardly sees her children. Meet the women working for minimum wage. Video

  The reality of life on the minimum wage in NZ

• Why being made redundant in New Zealand is so tough

  New Zealand

  3 Sep 2018

  

  Axed over Christmas, told to be out by lunchtime - this is redundancy in NZ, where there's no mandatory notice period or compensation, and little support for those searching for new work.

  Why being made redundant in NZ is so tough

• Insight: Should NZ schools ban mobile phones?

  technology education

  3 Sep 2018

  

  Do phones derail learning and cause squabbles between teachers and students, or aid study? Teresa Cowie reports. Audio

  Insight: Should NZ schools ban mobile phones?

• The battle over Wellington's 'ugliest building', the Gordon Wilson Flats

  housing

  31 Aug 2018

  

  The owner of the Gordon Wilson Flats wants to demolish the heritage-listed building. It hopes to end its long fight by capturing the building in virtual reality before knocking it down. Video

  The battle over Wellington's 'ugliest building'

• Foetal alcohol: damaging baby brains

  disability health

  30 Aug 2018

  

  Insight - What's being done to identify the babies brain damaged when their mothers drank alcohol during pregnancy? Philippa Tolley reports. Audio

  Foetal alcohol: damaging baby brains

• Maraenui: The suburb swallowed by synthetics

  Maraenui

  27 Aug 2018

  

  In Napier's poorest suburb, empty lots replace state housing, unemployment dominates, and, each evening, synthetic cannabis joints light up as 'The Nui' falls into darkness.

  Maraenui: The suburb swallowed by synthetics

• The life and death of David Cerven

  In Depth

  26 Jul 2018

  

  At 21, David Cerven was shot dead by police in what many assumed was 'suicide by cop'. Susan Strongman traces his story of love, debt and despair all the way from Slovakia to the Auckland park where…

  The life and death of David Cerven

• Why renters won’t complain about landlords

  In Depth

  9 Jul 2018

  

  Rotten floorboards, leaking showers, water running down internal walls: where do tenants turn when landlords fail them? Not the Tenancy Tribunal - in fact, often not anywhere. Kate Newton asks why.

  Why renters won’t complain about landlords

• The suicides, sackings and stressed staff of Tauranga Hospital

  health Bay of Plenty

  31 May 2018

  

  A nurse leaves a suicide note addressed to his colleagues. Another kills himself after feeling mistreated at work. A third's death is under investigation. What's going on?

  The suicides, sackings and stressed staff of Tauranga Hospital

• Broken Bad: A country in the grip of meth

  Broken Bad health

  30 Apr 2018

  

  A baby survives on Milo. A woman has her teeth knocked out. A grandfather avoids his own home. This is daily life in a country teeming with methamphetamine.

  Broken Bad: A country in the grip of meth