Stories by Amanda Gillies

Rugby ref Ben O'Keefe knows what it's like to receive abuse and says if we don't tackle it, it'll drive children away from sport.

Taking the train with Winston Peters and watching Christopher Luxon play cricket: what it's like traveling with a foreign trade delegation

The government wants to streamline regulations, but marine advocates worry the changes would make fishing less transparent and expedite destruction of the ocean.

With trademark applications surging, The Detail looks at what it takes to get a mark registered in New Zealand.

Today marks six years since the Christchurch mosque attacks. One couple's new documentary honours the lives lost - and the lives changed as a result.

The bill passed its first reading in Parliament last month, but one trade feels the amendment is a live wire.

On Auckland's North Shore, a public golf course is fighting council plans to use their course as a floodwater catchment.

Up to 300 New Zealanders a year are administered electric shock treatment - and the vast majority are happier for it.

The government wants to make retail a safer work environment by allowing for citizen's arrests. One legal expert fears the change will have the opposite effect.

Media oversight and regulation is described as messy, and screen productions desperately need help.

A supposed shaken baby case is raising questions over the misdiagnosis of injured infants, with authorities rushing to lay the blame on parents.

How a Kiwi documentary producer has been instrumental in getting authorities to revisit one of the most notorious murder cases the United Kingdom has ever seen Audio

Changes are coming to gene editing laws. Whether they'll help future-proof our economy or ruin New Zealand's international reputation is up for debate.

The Minister for Workplace Relations won't meet with the Council for Trade Unions.

As the 2025 school year kicks off, a slew of problems await students, teachers and the government.

A new documentary on the Haka Party Incident tells the story of the 'three-minute war' through the eyes of the people who fought it

The TikTok saga has raised questions of what your personal data is worth in a trade-off with money making opportunities.

A tough market for job seekers isn't set to improve until the second half of the year. Here's what that could mean.

Despite a law against paying employees differently based on their gender, we've still got a gender pay gap. A new bill could help.

There's a clash of wills going on between central and local government in Taranaki when it comes to plans for seabed mining.

X is out, Bluesky is in, and what is Mastodon? Social media is dramatically changing and The Detail asks where it's all going.

Posties say proposals that include job cuts, price increases, communal delivery points and fewer deliveries and postal outlets threaten the NZ way of life. Audio

The most celebrated victory of New Zealand's incredible sporting weekend may have been the one at a small rugby ground in Te Aroha.

The OCR goes up to bring inflation down. So now that the OCR is falling, what does it mean for inflation - and what does that mean for New Zealanders?

Team New Zealand's decision to take the Cup to Spain has stirred the pot, and critics are not holding back.