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• Trump's backflip on beefed up tariffs

  A surprise reversal on high beef tariffs has been a welcome relief for farmers, but with Trump in the White House, celebrations are muted U.S President Donald Trump no longer has beef with some Kiwi exports, but others are still stuck paying a high price - and an economist warns it's anyone's guess how long the relief will lastGuests:Brad Olsen - New Zealand economistKate Acland - Beef and Lamb New Zealand chair and New Zealand Meat Board chairLearn More:Read more about the tariff removal and what it means for New Zealand here, here and hereFind The Detail on Newsroom or RNZ Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details

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• The year of the kākāpō

  Kākāpō numbers are recovering at such a rate that we are running out of pest-free islands to put them on 2026 could be the year that the kākāpō breeding programme takes such a big leap forward that conservationists can finally take a step backGuests:Alison Ballance - Kākāpō FilesLearn More:Read DoC's blog on the 2026 mast season Learn about Auckland Zoo's kākāpō programmeFind The Detail on Newsroom or RNZ Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details

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• Police face deepening crisis of trust

  Government pressed for action as scandal over police handling of McSkimming complaints sparks national reckoningA week after a bombshell IPCA report raised allegations of high-level cover-ups and triggered accusations of corruption, the fallout continues to grow, with public trust in our Police in the spotlightGuests:Jared Savage - New Zealand Herald's senior investigative journalistSam Sachdeva - Newsroom national affairs editorLearn More: Read Sam's article on the case here A Newsroom analysis written by Tim Murphy Jared's New Zealand Herald article on the McSkimming caseFind The Detail on Newsroom or RNZ Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details

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• The rising crisis of child sexual exploitation in NZ

  Sexual exploitation of children is seen as one of the worst crimes out there - but do the prison terms reflect the severity?An advocacy organisation says it receives calls from people covertly asking for help to avoid offending - but despite evidence that programmes work, resources to help are thinGuests:Tim Houston - manager of the digital child exploitation team at the Department of Internal AffairsEleanor Parkes - National Director for ECPAT NZWhere to get help: Stop: South Island Email [email protected] 03 353 0257WellStop: Lower North Island Email: [email protected] 04 566 4745Safe Network: Northern North Island. Email: [email protected] 09 377 9898Learn More: The Detail's first episode on child exploitationGovernment's Child Protection (Child Sex Offender Government Agency Registration) Amendment BillFind The Detail on Newsroom or RNZ Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details

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• How Kiwi kids are becoming the new face of 'adult' diabetes

  Type 1 diabetes used to be called 'juvenile diabetes', and Type 2 affected adults. But that's no longer the case, and the number of kids with Type 2 in New Zealand is rising. A specialist in treating childhood diabetes says that some children are born "almost what we call 'programmed'" to have the disease - but new medicine could help put them in remissionGuests:Dr Craig Jefferies - Paediatric Endocrinologist at Starship Guyon Espiner - RNZ In Depth Learn More: Read an article from Best Practice Journal on how primary care can help with the rise of type 2Read more on the difference between type 1 and type 2 here Learn more about the rise in amputations associated with type 2 diabetesFind The Detail on Newsroom or RNZ Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details

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