It's still not clear exactly why the Greens' Right to Repair Bill faltered at select committee stage, after extensive cross-party collaboration on the details

With the Greens' bill that would have encouraged more durable products gone, it's feared New Zealand may become the dumping ground for cheap, unrepairable goods

Guests:

• Marama Davidson - Green Party co-leader
• Marc Daalder - Newsroom senior political reporter

Learn More:

• RNZ's political reporter Anneke Smith's coverage on the issue
• Consumer NZ's Paul Smith on Why the Right to Repair is big news

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With local body elections less than a month away, The Detail looks at what's at stake

Falling voter numbers, growing mistrust and leaked documents have local democracy under pressure, but the stakes for communities at local body elections are high

Guests:

• Tim Murphy - co-editor of Newsroom
• Scott Necklen - Local Government NZ interim CEO

Learn More:

• See Tim Murphy's story here
• See the complete guide to the NZ local elections 2025 here

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An overhaul of the secondary education curriculum will likely see outdoor education become a vocational subject, and critics say the change risks loss to New Zealand's identity and industry

Changes to the secondary school curriculum will likely mean outdoor education becomes a vocational path, but feedback from across industries suggests the ministry can't see the woods for the trees

Guests:

• Fiona McDonald - Education Outdoors New Zealand chief executive
• Claire Amos - Albany Senior High School principal
• Rob MacLean - ED nurse and former director of Outward Bound

Learn More:

• Education Outdoors NZ petition to Stop the Government taking away Outdoor Education
• RNZ's education correspondent John Gerritson's report on Tourism and outdoor education teachers opposing the NCEA subject change

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