Show overview
The Detail launched in 2025 and has put out 450 episodes, alongside 1 trailer or bonus episode in the time since. That works out to roughly 180 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 yesterday, with 206 episodes already out so far this year. Published by RNZ.
Episodes
450
Running
2025–2026 · 1y
Median length
23 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 450 episodesYoung kiwis stuck in the nicotine cycle
Oct 1, 202621 min
"Very, very tight race" puts election on a knife-edge
Sep 30, 202623 min
NZ Rugby's financial reckoning
Sep 29, 202624 min
The two new laws that will rule our land
Sep 28, 202622 min
Zombie Towns: Everything I Missed
Sep 27, 202620 min
Israel pushes illegal settlements as tough elections approach
Sep 25, 202624 min
LEGO defies the market odds, builds a profit
Sep 24, 202622 min
Veterans' Affairs in the firing line
Sep 23, 202623 min
The killer robots on our doorstep
Sep 22, 202624 min
Confusion and fear over National Music Library threat
Sep 21, 202621 min
Supermarket showdown - the battle of the election policy
Sep 20, 202621 min
Europe's far-right surge poses risks for small nations
Sep 18, 202620 min
A spotlight on the invisible children
Sep 17, 202622 min
Vested interests and the power of lobbying in NZ
Sep 16, 202624 min
Getting youth to the polls - a perennial problem
Sep 15, 202621 min
Decades of building industry research at risk
Sep 14, 202621 min
MSD's failure fest
Sep 13, 202623 min
Clash of the world's titans in the Pacific
Sep 11, 202624 min
New Zealand's antibiotic overuse
Sep 10, 202623 min
The most unpredictable yet most dull election campaign in recent history
Sep 9, 202623 min
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