In Depth

In Depth headlines with summaries.

• Learning revolution or pathway to ignorance?

  education politics

  11 Nov 2018

  

  Insight - Secondary schools are divided over new methods of teaching and learning. RNZ's education correspondent John Gerritsen investigates the heated debate over how best to teach our teens. Audio

  Learning revolution or pathway to ignorance?

• Inside New Zealand’s unregulated sperm donor network

  health

  7 Nov 2018

  

  Why are women eschewing fertility clinics and looking for sperm donors online? And why are men donating to strangers they meet on Facebook? Amy Nelmes Bissett uncovers a world of hope and risk.

  Inside New Zealand’s unregulated sperm donor network

• The next pandemic: Are we ready?

  history health

  4 Nov 2018

  

  Insight - November was the peak month of the 1918 pandemic that killed 9000 New Zealanders. One hundred years on, will we be able to deal with the next one? Audio

  The next pandemic: Are we ready?

• Beyond the Beehive: 'Life for them is a day-by-day survival'

  Politics

  30 Oct 2018

  

  One Year On - How much have rises in accommodation supplements, the minimum wage and family tax credit payment rates helped people living in poverty? Video

  Beyond the Beehive: 'Life for them is a day-by-day survival'

• PNG to host APEC - but is it leaders before locals?

  Pacific business

  28 Oct 2018

  

  Insight - Johnny Blades looks at Papua New Guinea's road to hosting the APEC leaders' summit as it teeters on the verge of social breakdown. Audio

  PNG to host APEC - but is it leaders before locals?

• The drug courts on trial - should they be permanent?

  crime law

  21 Oct 2018

  

  Insight - The Alcohol and Other Drugs Treatment Court has been run as a pilot for the past six years, Teresa Cowie visited to find out how it works, and if it is worth continuing. Audio

  The drug courts on trial - should they be permanent?

• The woman who says psychedelic 'medicine' cured her PTSD

  New Zealand health

  24 Oct 2018

  

  Zoe Helene grew up in NZ. Now she's a 'psychedelic feminist' in the US, who leads women on hallucinogenic journeys in the Amazon jungle. Susan Strongman reports.

  The woman who says psychedelic 'medicine' cured her PTSD

• On the outside: the problem with life after prison

  crime te ao Maori

  14 Oct 2018

  

  Insight - Former prisoners trying to build a their lives on the outside speak to Leigh-Marama McLachlan about what it is really like. Audio

  On the outside: the problem with life after prison

• History repeating - New Zealand's mental health inquiries

  Comment & Analysis

  28 Oct 2018

  

  New Zealand's mental health system has been repeatedly pulled apart in major investigations, the latest of which is reporting back next month. Jess McAllen looks at the history and recurring themes of…

  History repeating - New Zealand's mental health inquiries

• Protect and promote: Can DOC really do both?

  environment transport

  7 Oct 2018

  

  Insight - Belinda McCammon visits several small communities in the path of the tourism boom to see what impact it is having on them. Audio

  Protect and promote: Can DOC really do both?

• A crisis of the humanities

  education

  12 Oct 2018

  

  In an era of fake news and partisanship, society needs critical thinkers more than ever. So why are students increasingly turning away from the humanities? Kate Newton reports.

  Universities face a crisis of the humanities

• 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