By Kirsty Johnston: The murder of Harvey and Jeannette Crewe in their Pukekawa farmhouse in 1970 remains New Zealand’s most infamous cold case.
Podcast: The Detail
The Week in Detail: Smokefree, Judith Collins, and woke-washing
The Detail podcast brings you the issues behind the news every weekday. Here’s what we covered this week.
The insincere marketing that goes from woke to woke-washed
Some brands have taken big steps backwards with their images, just as they thought they were jumping on a bandwagon of progressive thought and inclusivity
Eight new hats for Judith Collins
Spies, space and science form just part of the new domain for battle-hardened politician Judith Collins.
Disbelief as a smokefree generation slips away
Anti-smoking researchers are promising a healthy fight against the new government’s moves to repeal world-first legislation on tobacco sales.
The deep tech sector dreaming up ways to save the planet
A look inside an Auckland building that’s incubating the deep tech sector, aimed at finding solutions for some of the world’s biggest carbon-emitting materials.
Google: The monopoly we don’t want to live without
Google is the big, intrusive company that helps us through our daily lives. Will a ruling from the US say it’s gone too far?
Long Read: Weighing the Booker Prize shortlist
By Jeremy Rees: I read every book shortlisted for the most prestigious literary award in the world. Here’s what I found.
The Week in Detail: Congestion, divorce, and toxic algae
The Detail podcast brings you the issues behind the news every weekday. Here’s what we covered this week.
New Zealand’s meth flood
Meth dealers in New Zealand are driving increasingly sophisticated and profitable operations, so much so that police now call them “criminal business entities”.
The smothering weed spreading fast and far
Auckland’s aquatic backyard and prime fishing grounds are weed-deep in trouble from exotic caulerpa, a fast-spreading algae that smothers everything in its path.
Striking gold hits obstacles
Conservation groups, prepare for battle – we’re likely to see more mining applications as the country’s new chief executive promises economic benefits from going underground