New Zealand will inevitably be pulled into the world's economic gloom to some extent, but we have some cushioning in place…

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A two billion dollar industry faces new rules to protect new parents - and it's pushing back…

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A bank account is a passport to the economy, but some Kiwis can't get onboard. A new scheme aims to change that.

Opening a bank account isn't a simple process, and for some people the requirements are too hard. Westpac is trialling a basic account that gets around the rules.…

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The places where hot cross buns and Easter eggs are taking a back seat to deep-rooted traditions…

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A measles outbreak in the US has already killed three. Just how worried should New Zealand be?

Measles is highly contagious, and spreading rapidly in the US. Whether we can stop a deadly outbreak here depends on one variable.…

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Uncertainty over Antarctic research funding is unnerving scientists, who say time is running out for climate change solutions on the ice…

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After knocking on more than 20,000 doors, New Zealand researchers have found high numbers of people who have dementia, but not the diagnosis

Researchers knocked on doors to gather data on dementia. They found that somewhere between half and a third of interviewees didn't know they had memory problems.
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A high rate of sedimentation means our estuaries are getting shallower, but the road to fixing the damage is a much deeper issue

The health of New Zealand's estuaries is on the decline, and climate-induced heat waves mean they are quite literally 'in hot water'…

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The Government has declared a war on road cones, but the industry thinks it's the wrong approach to an issue they're already working on

A pilot programme will allow peeved drivers to report over-zealous use of road cones, but one critic says it's just a further waste of resource for a problem that's already being solved…

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Trump's tariffs crashed global markets and are causing fears of a trade war. What happens now is the 'trillion-dollar question'.

Trump's tariffs have caused chaos across global markets, and when the US opened to major losses this week, the internet dubbed it 'Orange Monday'. Beyond the memes, here's a timeline of the last week of mayhem.

It's the third time this century that global markets have plummeted to terrifying lows.

The first was the global financial crisis, the pandemic caused the second but this meltdown has been triggered by one person, says Rebecca Howard, news editor for BusinessDesk.

And how it all ends is "the trillion dollar question".

Today The Detail looks back on the last seven days of turmoil since the US president's Liberation Day wiped trillions of dollars from sharemarkets and led to huge drops in currency values and interest rates over fears of a trade war plunging the world into a recession.

This story is so fast-moving that even in the minutes after this podcast went to air, there was a major shift - Trump paused reciprocal tariffs for 90 days, and further raised China's tariff rate…

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