Show overview
The Detail launched in 2025 and has put out 400 episodes, alongside 1 trailer or bonus episode in the time since. That works out to roughly 160 hours of audio in total. Releases follow a near-daily cadence.
Episodes typically run twenty to thirty-five minutes — most land between 23 min and 24 min — and the run-time is fairly consistent across the catalogue. None of the episodes are flagged explicit by the publisher. It is catalogued as a EN-language News show.
The show is actively publishing — the most recent episode landed earlier today, with 156 episodes already out so far this year. Published by RNZ.
Episodes
400
Running
2025–2026 · 1y
Median length
24 min
Cadence
Near-daily
From the publisher
Join The Detail team six days a week as they make sense of the big stories with the country’s best journalists and experts.
Latest Episodes
View all 400 episodesThe backlash over some fantastical TikTok figures
Aug 4, 202623 min
NZ's big wins at a scaled-back Commonwealth Games
Aug 3, 202624 min
Helen Clark's warning for NZ
Aug 2, 202623 min
The return of Trump's tariffs
Jul 31, 202621 min
Inside NZ's hospital crisis
Jul 30, 202621 min
The state of op shops
Jul 29, 202621 min
Mainlining the manosphere
Jul 28, 202622 min
The refugees we can't say no to
Jul 27, 202623 min
Kiwi brothers divided by the Springbok tour
Jul 26, 202623 min
Australia's diplomatic blitz across the Pacific
Jul 24, 202622 min
Reopened tracks draw the crowds
Jul 23, 202623 min
This election, solar power is having its moment in the sun
Jul 22, 202622 min
Our disappearing tidal marine life
Jul 21, 202625 min
The deadly opponent no athlete can outrun
Jul 20, 202623 min
The deadly battle New Zealand forgot
Jul 19, 202623 min
Why India wants NZ on its side
Jul 17, 202623 min
The Fallon verdict on the Football World Cup so far
Jul 16, 202623 min
The decay of our cool capital
Jul 15, 202624 min
Domestic abuse, with pets as a weapon
Jul 14, 202623 min
A clear direction for councils on tourism
Jul 13, 202623 min
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