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The Detail's best of 2020

Wrapping up our year, with The Detail.
The Detail's presenters, Sharon Brettkelly and Emile Donovan

Lines and wine - a twisty turny story

The saga of Marlborough Lines and Yealands Wine involves legal action, a raid, secrets, lies, falsified documents, and millions in community money. This is what happened.
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NZ Cricket has risen from the ashes

New Zealand cricket is in good shape, sharing the top of the honours board with Australia. But is it deserved?
Neil Wagner appeals unsuccessfully for a LBW decision on Shamarh Brooks. New Zealand Black Caps v West Indies, Day 3 of the 2nd international cricket test at the Basin Reserve, Wellington on Sunday 13 December 2020.

Stress, lockdowns and changed eating habits

Covid lockdown changed our food habits - but possibly not in the way you think.
Close up of fast food snacks and drink on table.

Yes, it's a housing crisis

We ARE in a housing crisis - and there are plenty of reasons for it. It's time for authorities to stop planning for 10 years ago and start looking forward.
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The question of remains - how we bury our dead

The earth's short of space and that's affecting our customary expectations of how we bury our dead.
Funeral casket. Cremation urn.

Tolerating child poverty as part of an economic strategy

We hear a lot about child poverty and lack of action on it - how bad is the situation really?
Children's Commissioner, Andrew Becroft

The spy club and international politics

Our Five-Eyes spy network has evolved from a surveillance agency to a political tool - and New Zealand is caught between old allies and new trading partners.
Wharariki Beach, New Zealand

Making dangerous tourism safe enough

How do you make an adventure tourism venture safe when the main selling point is danger?
View on 16 November 2020 of steam, gas and ash emission from the 2019 primary vent area of the Whakaari/White Island crater.

A glimpse into what went wrong in Christchurch

The findings of the Royal Commission into the Christchurch mosque shootings will be released tomorrow. But an extensive investigation that formed a submission into that inquiry is already out, and it foreshadows the result.
A member of the Muslim community uses his mobile phone out side the Al Noor mosque in Christchurch, New Zealand on March 15, 2020.

How Stuff's apology has resonated with Māori

Stuff this week issued a public apology for its portrayal of Māori - how significant was the move?
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Coming soon - a long, hot, and possibly deadly summer

We could be in for a hellish wildfire season. Are New Zealanders prepared?
A fire-ravished home in Lake Ōhau Village.

Giving up on Tauranga

Disharmony, an attempted coup, nasty texts, childish comments - what on earth has been going on at the fractured Tauranga City Council?
Tauranga deputy mayor Larry Baldock, left, with mayor Tenby Powell.

Managing diabetes without weapons

Diabetes is a massive health issue for New Zealand and disproportionately affects Māori and Pasifika. So why are we so far behind when it comes to using new drugs that improve treatment?
Figures released last year show 45,266 people were registered in the Counties Manukau area with diabetes in 2019.

Sneaky, shady, shifty - supermarkets are under scrutiny

New Zealand's supermarket duopoly is being investigated by the Commerce Commission - but are the big two, too big to bring down?
File photo of a Pak'nSave.

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