Insight - The state of many of the country's public hospital buildings is compromising medical care. For the first time there's been a national stocktake. Phil Pennington looks at what's wrong, and asks if it can be fixed.

Cramped, rotting and risky - the scale of the hospital fix-up revealed

Insight - It is a year since the Christchurch mosque attacks, but many are still struggling to recover and to rebuild their lives. In the first six months following the shootings, Conan Young followed the journey of one of the wounded, Ahmed Jahangir.

Lives put on hold by the mosque attacks

The Islamic Women's Council believes it's likely the Christchurch mosque attacks would not have happened if the public service - including police and security agencies - had not ignored their repeated warnings. They have shared their submission to the Royal Commission exclusively with Insight's Philippa Tolley.

Ignored by the state - How Muslim women tried to warn of impending danger

Free speech crusaders say the sacred right to freedom of expression is under threat. But minority communities say a law change is needed to protect the most vulnerable.

Free speech vs hate speech: The government’s dilemma

The poor quality of our fresh water is a top worry for New Zealanders. But some farmers fear the new proposals might mean their farms are no longer viable. Philippa Tolley investigates.

Farmers fear new water rules could push them under

Is New Zealand ready to cope in a global catastrophe? John Gerritsen investigates

How NZ would fare during a world catastrophe

Insight - Teresa Cowie heads inside prison to find how a focus on fatherhood could be channelled reducing reoffending

Why prisons should help inmates to be good dads

Insight - Touted as a cure for diabetes, epilepsy and doomed New Year's resolutions to lose weight, the Keto diet is taking off in popularity. Insight reporter Teresa Cowie asks - it is a trend or a treatment?

The Keto Diet - Trend or Treatment?

Insight - The government's school donation scheme has not even started and schools are already looking for ways to push its rules to the limit. John Gerritsen investigates how far they will go to give students the best education they can.

How schools will try to work around the donation-ban plan

Migration is shaping New Zealand as we head towards a population of five million. But why are people choosing to come here? Philippa Tolley attended citizenship ceremonies to ask newly minted New Zealanders why they picked this country

Forever home -  Why immigrants chose New Zealand

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Forcing racing clubs to close their tracks and outsourcing the TAB could revitalise the horse racing industry, but as Max Towle discovers, some diehards won't accept change without a fight.

Horse racing shake-up: Selling tracks and outsourcing the TAB

Adrian Orr

The Reserve Bank's Governor thinks the big 4 Australian banks are making too much money in NZ. Guyon Espiner investigates efforts to rein them in.

Adrian Orr: The Reserve Bank governor taking on the Aussie banks

New Zealand is a dream destination for many Filipinos. But many are exploited and New Zealanders are increasingly  becoming involved in exploitation in the Philippines as well. Gill Bonnett investigates.

The New Zealanders involved in the exploitation of Filipinos

New Zealand has one of the highest reported rates of domestic violence in the developed world. The government has just put tougher laws in place to try stop violence in families. Kim Griggs has been asking, will this make a difference?

Getting tough: How New Zealand could stop domestic violence

Six months on from the mosque attacks in Christchurch, Ahmed Jahangir is still in pain after being shot, his restaurant is still closed and his chef can no longer cook as he too was shot. Conan Young has been following Ahmed's journey as the months unfolded.

Closed until further notice - a life on hold after the mosque attacks

Solo mums say benefits just aren't enough to raise a family and food banks say they're seeing unprecedented demand from parents. Sarah Robson investigates the Coalition government's promise to overhaul the welfare system, so everyone could live with dignity.

Solo mums on benefits having to decide between food and fuel

At least one person is dying every day on our roads on average, and it's costing the country more than $5bn a year. Given that annual figure is more than we spend on transport infrastructure each year, Ben Strang investigates why we aren't doing more.

Written off: The true cost of road deaths

Are too many Māori babies being taken into care? Māori news correspondent, Leigh Marama McLachlan  investigates whether Oranga Tamariki is getting the balance right between keeping children safe and keeping families together.

Babies in Oranga Tamariki care - safe or seized?

Under the 1955 Adoption Act,  thousands of Māori babies were adopted into Pākehā families. Te Aniwa Hurihanganui investigates the impact on Māori who grew up desperate to re-connect.

How closed adoption robbed Māori children of their identity

The Christchurch mosque attacks have prompted claims the security agencies have wielded their powers in skewed and unfair ways. Have resources been wasted surveilling Muslims and virtually ignoring possible alt-right extremists? In this second part of a two-part investigation, Phil Pennington asks if the agencies have been monitoring the right people.

Insight: Christchurch Attacks - Are intelligence agencies watching the right people?

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Taranaki is wrestling with it's economic future after the government banned new offshore oil exploration. Robin Martin asks if alternative fuels could be the region's saviour.

Beyond gas and oil: Can alternative energy save Taranaki?

Insight - As the government looks to build international action to counter hate speech and extremism on  social media, far-right political groups and ideologies are growing and becoming harder to detect. Gyles Beckford has been investigating the emergence of new groups and new causes attracting disaffected and disengaged people,

New alt-right political groups hiding in plain sight - investigation

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