The Detail

You can find scientific research to back up almost any idea, but telling the difference between fact and fiction is a real art

This is not like the movies where a lone scientist is about to save the world with an idea only they have

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The housing market is all over the place - neither buyers nor sellers seem to be getting anywhere fast

It's supposed to be a buyers' market when it comes to property sales, but buyers are just as unhappy as sellers right now, and investors are taking losses

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The EU is looking at a landmark complaint over New Zealand's alleged climate deal violations.

New Zealand faces its first climate complaint under EU trade rules, but the government rejects claims climate promises have been broken.

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We're living through an extraordinary moment of geopolitical volatility. New Zealand politicians and businesses need to adapt.

Is New Zealand doing enough to make its economy resilient and its businesses competitive as we dodge the bullets of international turmoil?

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With young people making up about a fifth of our daily vaping rates, one expert is worried there hasn't been enough focus on how addictive vapes are.

There are concerns oral nicotine pouches like Zyns will bring the same problems as vaping, as young people look at alternatives for their nicotine hit.

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Five weeks out and nobody can call this election, with the declining major parties tied and minor parties surging.

It's proving a "very, very tight race" for Parliament, so five weeks out, The Detail sits down with two political journalists to look at who is safe, who is vulnerable, and who is set to lose their job.

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As rugby bosses confront a financial crisis, the biggest changes in NZ rugby could be just around the corner.

New Zealand Rugby is facing a financial reckoning - with millions in losses forcing tough decisions about the future of the game. So what gets cut, who pays the price, and can rugby afford to keep doing things the same way?

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The dreaded RMA has finally gone, but its replacement Acts have come in for a slew of criticism, especially from environmentalists.

We've gone from 'you can't' to 'you can' when it comes to development, but the new law changes mean environmental protection is the loser.

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Economist Shamubeel Eaqub recounts how the term 'zombie towns' created an outcry in rural New Zealand. Now, a decade on, he wants to understand if anything has changed in the provinces.

Economist Shamubeel Eaqub finds out what's really going on in heartland New Zealand.

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While New Zealand condemns expansion of settlements on West Bank, it does not join international sanctions.

Israel's ruling coalition faces a tough return to power in October general elections.

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