In Depth

In Depth headlines with summaries.

• Poet's Corner

  Now We Are Five Million

  11 Nov 2019

  

  Now We Are Five (Million) - It's one of the poorest neighbourhoods in the country, and has been for 60 years. Yet stalwarts of the Hamilton suburb won't ever give up trying to improve the lot of 'The…

  Poet's Corner

• Abuse in care hearings: Survivors determined to protect future generations

  In Depth

  9 Nov 2019

  

  After two weeks of deeply personal tales at the Royal Commission of Inquiry into Abuse in Care hearing, common threads began to emerge, Katie Scotcher writes.

  Royal Commission into abuse in care hearings: What we learnt

• Play time over: How Kiwi kids lost their freedom to roam

  education life and society

  8 Nov 2019

  

  Now We Are Five (Million) - New Zealand's population is nearing five million, but are our growing numbers shrinking children's opportunities for independence? Insight's Teresa Cowie reports. Audio

  Play time over: How Kiwi kids lost their freedom to roam

• Who is the average Kiwi?

  Now We Are Five Million

  6 Nov 2019

  

  Now We Are Five (Million) - As New Zealand's population nears five million, our demographics have changed - but what about our perceptions of who the 'average' Kiwi is? Kate Newton reports. Video

  Who is the average Kiwi?

• What climate change will mean for NZ's next generation

  Now We Are Five Million

  4 Nov 2019

  

  They Will Inherit the Earth - NZers born today will likely end up knowing this country as a place where homes are uninsurable, iconic landscapes are unrecognisable and mosquitos carry serious disease.

  What climate change will mean for NZ's next generation

• Now we are five (million)

  Now We Are Five Million

  4 Nov 2019

  

  Next year, New Zealand's population will hit 5 million, but while our country has grown, how much has it changed? A team of RNZ journalists decided to find out.

  Now we are five (million)

• Forestry conversions rules 'totally out of control'

  Green Rush

  31 Oct 2019

  

  Wealthy European buyers have snapped up four more sheep and beef farms to convert to forestry, as rural concerns over the sales ramp up.

  Forestry conversions rules 'totally out of control'

• Horse racing: Flogging tracks to survive

  sport life and society

  1 Nov 2019

  

  Insight - Forcing racing clubs to close their tracks and outsourcing the TAB could revitalise the horse racing industry, but, as Max Towle discovers, some diehards won't accept change without a fight. Audio

  Horse racing: Flogging tracks to survive

• Mother fears daughter's death linked to Pharmac's epilepsy drug brand switch

  health

  13 Nov 2019

  A woman who fears her daughter's death is linked to a change in her epilepsy medicine is urging vigilance among the 11,000 people being forced to switch drug brands by Pharmac .

  Mother fears daughter's death linked to Pharmac's epilepsy drug brand switch

• Govt gives Japanese-owned company free pass to buy NZ land

  New Zealand Green Rush

  24 Oct 2019

  

  Land Information Minister and Green MP Eugenie Sage has given a foreign-owned forestry company a free pass to buy thousands of hectares of New Zealand land without applying to the OIO.

  Govt gives Japanese-owned forestry company Pan Pac Forest Products free pass to buy NZ land

• The New Zealanders holding vigils for chickens

  In Depth

  22 Oct 2019

  

  Meet the people showing love and compassion to animals about to be slaughtered, as part of a global movement that has arrived in our country. Video

  The New Zealanders holding vigils for chickens

• NZ's top 50 private landowners revealed

  Green Rush

  17 Oct 2019

  

  Green Rush - Rich-listers, established farming families and a former All Black are among New Zealand's top 50 landowners.

  NZ's top 50 private landowners revealed

• Foreign forestry companies could face 'oil and gas' style ban

  Green Rush

  10 Oct 2019

  

  Green Rush - Forestry Minister Shane Jones is considering reining in conversions of farmland to forestry after a rural backlash. Video

  Foreign forestry companies could face ‘oil and gas’ style ban

• Austrian countess fined over NZ land purchase

  New Zealand Green Rush

  17 Oct 2019

  

  Green Rush - The countess breached overseas investment rules while buying an iconic farm station, but was allowed to keep the property and was fined just a fraction of the purchase price. Video

  Austrian countess fined over NZ land purchase

• Green Rush: Will pines really save the planet?

  Green Rush

  10 Oct 2019

  

  Vast new pine forests are being hailed as a solution to NZ's carbon emissions deficit - but not all environmentalists see them as a silver bullet and farmers say they could gut rural communities.

  Green Rush: Will pines really save the planet?

• Green Rush: Foreign forestry companies NZ's biggest landowners

  Green Rush

  10 Oct 2019

  

  The four largest private landowners in New Zealand are all foreign-owned forestry companies, an RNZ investigation has found.

  Green Rush: Foreign forestry companies NZ's biggest landowners

• Adrian Orr: The Reserve Bank governor taking on the Aussie banks

  economy

  6 Oct 2019

  

  Insight - The big Australian-owned banks are making record profits here, and Reserve Bank Governor Adrian Orr wants to rein them in - but will he damage the economy, Guyon Espiner asks. Audio

  Adrian Orr: The Reserve Bank governor taking on the Aussie banks

• Seizures, driving stand-downs as Pharmac pulls epilepsy drug funding

  health

  30 Sep 2019

  

  People with epilepsy say their lives are being turned upside down by seizures after Pharmac switched their medicines in a cost savings drive. Warning: Graphic images.

  Seizures, driving stand-downs as Pharmac pulls epilepsy drug funding

• The New Zealanders involved in the exploitation of Filipinos

  farming refugees and migrants

  27 Sep 2019

  

  New Zealand is a dream destination for many Filipinos. But many are exploited and New Zealanders are increasingly becoming involved in exploitation in the Philippines as well. Gill Bonnett investigate… Audio

  The New Zealanders involved in the exploitation of Filipinos

• John Key may have to relinquish banking role

  Business In Case You Missed It

  4 Oct 2019

  

  The former prime minister could be forced to stand down from one of his banking roles because of a potential conflict of interest. Audio

  Former PM John Key may have to relinquish banking role

• Strangulation offences: Five people a day charged since law change

  crime law

  20 Sep 2019

  

  Insight - Strangulation is such a strong precursor to domestic violence deaths it was made a separate offence last December. Since then, nearly 1300 charges have been laid. Audio

  Strangulation offences: Five people a day charged since law change

• Closed until further notice - a life on hold after the mosque attacks

  In Depth

  13 Sep 2019

  

  A restaurateur, a chef and how the Christchurch terror attack changed everything.

  Closed until further notice - a life on hold after the mosque attacks

• Anti-abortion charities received $300k taxpayer money

  In Depth

  5 Sep 2019

  

  Internal Affairs has approved hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of community grants to anti-abortion pregnancy counselling organisations over the past 15 years. Susan Strongman reports.

  Anti-abortion charity Pregnancy Counselling Services received $300k taxpayer money

• Solo mums on benefits having to decide between food and fuel

  politics inequality

  6 Sep 2019

  

  Insight - With solo mums saying benefits are not enough, and food banks seeing unprecedented demand, Sarah Robson investigates the government's welfare promises. Audio

  Solo mums on benefits having to decide between food and fuel