The Detail

This just finished season of reality TV show Love Island UK kicked off with misogyny and bullying - and soaring viewership

With starvation reaching a crisis point in Gaza and an impetus to pressure Israel to pull back, New Zealand's reactions to the conflict remain muted

It may seem as if no one cares about the level of government ruling over potholes and parks, but the number of candidates for his year's elections are up

There are signs that the previously unwavering MAGA base of Donald Trump is starting to turn on him as he becomes increasingly embroiled in the Epstein files.

FBI Director Kash Patel's visit to New Zealand has been described as important, useful, and mutually beneficial - but it's also business as usual

There's no doubt that money laundering is a problem in New Zealand, but we shouldn't be catching parents trying to open bank accounts for their kids in our criminal net 

It doesn't matter if it's health messages or supermarket campaigns, consumers are having their behavioural buttons pushed in expert ways

Great for netball fans, maybe not so great for players - it's unlikely they'll be hit in the pocket after a new deal with free to air TV was signed this week

When one of our smallest ministries is shredded in the name of saving taxpayer dollars, critics say it feels like cultural vandalism

The government's suite of amendments to electoral law haven't gone down well, but that's not stopping them from pushing ahead with the changes.

Rights groups are concerned a government spotlight on terror laws will see protest, freedom of speech and advocacy endangered

More funding's been announced to train up domestic violence support workers, but turning our horrific figures around is expected to take generations

Proponents of offal-eating point out that it's just polite to use every part of a beast we've killed .... it's really the least we can do

Youth Parliament is there to give aspiring politicians a taste of a future career, but after three decades the value of the event is in question

Laws over international deep sea mining are being thrashed out at a meeting in Jamaica, but the process has so far taken over a decade and we don't even have a draft set of rules