The Detail

With young people making up about a fifth of our daily vaping rates, one expert is worried there hasn't been enough focus on how addictive vapes are.
There are concerns oral nicotine pouches like Zyns will bring the same problems as vaping, as young people look at alternatives for their nicotine hit.
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Five weeks out and nobody can call this election, with the declining major parties tied and minor parties surging.
It's proving a "very, very tight race" for Parliament, so five weeks out, The Detail sits down with two political journalists to look at who is safe, who is vulnerable, and who is set to lose their job.
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As rugby bosses confront a financial crisis, the biggest changes in NZ rugby could be just around the corner.
New Zealand Rugby is facing a financial reckoning - with millions in losses forcing tough decisions about the future of the game. So what gets cut, who pays the price, and can rugby afford to keep doing things the same way?
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The dreaded RMA has finally gone, but its replacement Acts have come in for a slew of criticism, especially from environmentalists.
We've gone from 'you can't' to 'you can' when it comes to development, but the new law changes mean environmental protection is the loser.
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Economist Shamubeel Eaqub recounts how the term 'zombie towns' created an outcry in rural New Zealand. Now, a decade on, he wants to understand if anything has changed in the provinces.
Economist Shamubeel Eaqub finds out what's really going on in heartland New Zealand.
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