Show threadStrypeyDec 3

Now it seems like we're looking at another round of forced amalgamation of local bodies, with Auckland's "supercity" council as the model. The first step being arbitrarily firing all regional councillors and adding their responsibilities to the jobs of city and district mayors.

Two RNZ shows have reported on this over the last week or so, Focus on Politics;

https://www.rnz.co.nz/podcast/focusonpolitics?share=ad5c05a5-7472-48fe-b6c8-f13f997ef2aa

... and The Detail;

https://www.rnz.co.nz/podcast/the-detail?share=58b425f8-6bc9-4e38-adf8-d9f921904eb9

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#podcasts #RNZ #FocusOnPolitics #TheDetail

Focus on Politics podcast

The big political issues unpacked every week.

RNZ
VarietyOct 8

Rob Lowe to Star in Secret-Service Drama ‘The Detail’ in the Works at NBC (EXCLUSIVE)

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://variety.com/2025/tv/news/rob-lowe-nbc-secret-service-drama-the-detail-1236543207/

VarietyOct 8

Rob Lowe to Star in Secret-Service Drama ‘The Detail’ in the Works at NBC (EXCLUSIVE)
#Variety #News #NBC #RobLowe #TheDetail

https://variety.com/2025/tv/news/rob-lowe-nbc-secret-service-drama-the-detail-1236543207/

Rob Lowe to Star in NBC Secret-Service Drama The Detail

Rob Lowe is set to star in a drama series about the U.S. president's Secret Service detail, which is currently in the works at NBC.

Variety
Show threadmeganisalanisOct 7
@nickofnz #TheDetail by #RNZ did an episode today on power generators and prices, interesting. The need to not run out vs the greed of keeping the price high by high demand...
Show threadmeganisalanisMar 23, 2025

@mementomaori there's a super podcast episode about this on #TheDetail #RNZ

It will be interesting to follow developments

StrypeyFeb 4, 2025

The real headline here is about how the casual use of Auror for Police surveillance ...

"... raised concerns about privacy for everyday Kiwis."

Instead, the headline editors chose for this episode of The Detail is;

"A retail crime-fighting app helping police track repeat offenders"

https://www.rnz.co.nz/podcast/the-detail?share=a6569f88-3260-4503-af87-14ce4b9f3d21

What's up with that?

#podcasts #RNZ #TheDetail #Auror #PoliceSurveillance

The Detail podcast

Get the skinny on the big news with the country’s best journalists & experts.

RNZ
Show threadmeganisalanisSep 21, 2024

@SimonCHulse I heard about this on #TheDetail recently and thought similarly.

I totally get wanting drivers to be safe and that's really important... this is all part of the puzzle that is society, families, communities breaking down, needing help 😢 . I don't know the answers 😕 🤷

Rupert BrackenburyAug 15, 2024

The most revealing quote: "There was a survey done about 10 years ago that suggested the majority of #National supporters don't know anybody who lives on a #benefit... so it becomes very easy to imagine that everyone on a benefit is lazy and exploiting the system."

#RNZ #TheDetail: Questions of evidence over new benefit sanctions regime https://www.rnz.co.nz/programmes/the-detail/story/2018951274/questions-of-evidence-over-new-benefit-sanctions-regime
#nzpol #Benebashing

Sanctions without benefits

Researchers into poverty are asking the government where the evidence is that its new benefit sanction regime will work.  

RNZ
Al ⁂Aug 12, 2024

Always frustrating listening to stories about the need for blood donations (specially plasma) knowing that the blood service stopped coming to our town years ago because it wasn’t worth it.

#thedetail #bloodservice

StrypeyAug 1, 2024

Finally got back to the rest of this podcast about telecommunications in natural disasters;
https://www.rnz.co.nz/programmes/the-detail/story/2018881865/preventing-a-communications-blackout-in-the-next-big-disaster

Worth revisiting in the context of the threatened viability of the AM Network, with its funding increasingly in question.

Battery-powered transistor radios are a cheap way to guarantee people's access to live information in emergency situations. But only if there are broadcasting towers strong enough to reach them.

#podcast #RNZ #TheDetail #telecommunications #NaturalDisasters

Cyclone Gabrielle: Preventing a communications blackout in the next big disaster

No landlines, no cellphone coverage, no internet - everything went down in Gabrielle, how do we stop it from happening again?

RNZ