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Podcast Pick: The Detail is useful when you want New Zealand context without another shouting match
This podcast pick is RNZ’s The Detail . Its own description is simple: big news explained by the country’s best journalists and experts. That is also the r
YouTube Pick: Tom Scott turns Predator Free 2050 into a clear lesson about impossible public goals
This week’s YouTube pick is Tom Scott’s “This is impossible, but New Zealand is trying anyway.” The video looks at New Zealand’s Predator Free 2050 ambitio
Police AI should not be restarted quietly when public trust is the whole point
RNZ reports that police use of AI has restarted after officers used unapproved models. The same report says one of the systems was 45 percent inaccurate on
Immigration New Zealand’s biometrics failure is a warning about invisible IT risk
RNZ reports that the Public Service Commissioner is investigating integrity issues after an independent report found major flaws in MBIE’s handling of an I
New Zealand’s FENZ funding review is really a question about who pays for public safety
RNZ reports that Internal Affairs Minister Brooke van Velden has directed officials to explore a new funding model for Fire and Emergency New Zealand. The
Podcast Pick: Between Two Beers is a warm way to understand New Zealand sporting lives
This podcast pick is Between Two Beers , a New Zealand interview show that often gets behind the public version of sporting lives. After Kane Williamson’s
New Zealand should learn from Williamson’s quiet excellence before it turns it into nostalgia
Kane Williamson’s retirement from international cricket, reported by RNZ , will naturally produce highlight reels and farewell language. But the more usefu
New Zealand’s projected rise in female prisoners should be treated as a social-policy alarm
RNZ reports that the number of women in prison is expected to rise sharply over the next decade, partly because of stronger punishments for theft. The numb
Kane Williamson’s retirement is a succession test for New Zealand cricket, not only a farewell
RNZ reports that Kane Williamson has retired from international cricket effective immediately. For New Zealand, this is more than the end of a statistical