Counting The Beat is a NZ music podcast and a radio show on Waiheke Radio. The show explores the outer reaches of NZ music - obscurities, rarities and new releases. The podcast is accompanied by a blog where you'll find info about the music in each episode - visit http://www.countingthebeat.gen.nz
…
continue reading
Join The Detail team six days a week as they make sense of the big stories with the country’s best journalists and experts. Produced by Newsroom for RNZ, and made possible by NZ on Air. Listen on RNZ National at 7pm Monday-Thursday during The Panel. Winner, Best News and Current Affairs podcast, NZ Radio and Podcast Awards 2024
…
continue reading
Holiday homes sit empty while local families live in cars and on deteriorating boats.
…
continue reading
![Artwork](/static/images/128pixel.png)
1
The death of a Te Araroa tramper has experts on alert
23:10
23:10
Play later
Play later
Lists
Like
Liked
23:10
New Zealand tramps are a major draw for international tourists. Not all of them are prepared for the dangers our tracks have in store.
…
continue reading
![Artwork](/static/images/128pixel.png)
1
Downed tools leave Auckland's Seascape an empty shell
24:22
24:22
Play later
Play later
Lists
Like
Liked
24:22
On Auckland's skyline, the country's largest residential tower sits unfinished and exposed to the elements.
…
continue reading
![Artwork](/static/images/128pixel.png)
1
The great Kiwi OE isn't dead, just different
22:47
22:47
Play later
Play later
Lists
Like
Liked
22:47
Young Kiwis are heading overseas in record numbers, but are finding that the traditional London OE looks different than it did for earlier generations
…
continue reading
How top athletes like Lydia Ko can pull themselves out of their performance slumps to rise again
…
continue reading
![Artwork](/static/images/128pixel.png)
1
Eight days into eight months - how NASA astronauts got stuck on the International Space Station
24:47
24:47
Play later
Play later
Lists
Like
Liked
24:47
US astronauts Sunita Williams and Barry Wilmore won't be returning to Earth until February, after NASA decided it couldn't risk bringing them back on a potentially-faulty Boeing Starliner
…
continue reading
![Artwork](/static/images/128pixel.png)
1
Why booming demand for weight loss drug Ozempic is causing problems in New Zealand
22:26
22:26
Play later
Play later
Lists
Like
Liked
22:26
The volume of people taking the new and effective weight loss drugs has grown so big that it's shrinking food portions in the US
…
continue reading
![Artwork](/static/images/128pixel.png)
1
The crime of being intellectually disabled
24:34
24:34
Play later
Play later
Lists
Like
Liked
24:34
The case of 'Jay', held indefinitely without charge for 18 years, is raising questions of how we treat our intellectually disabled community
…
continue reading
A more deadly strain of Mpox has ventured beyond African borders, but even though it will arrive here some time, there's no need to panic
…
continue reading
Is New Zealand going through a bout of austerity ... or are we just in a funk after being battered by a parade of bad economic numbers?
…
continue reading
Internationally ground-breaking research from inside the police force has quantified the difference between how Māori and Pākehā are treated when it comes to law
…
continue reading
The government announced a reversal to laws that effectively banned gene modification technology in New Zealand. Proponents of the change say it will save lives
…
continue reading
The new wave of open banking takes a step forward this week with the release of two Commerce Commission decisions
…
continue reading