The Detail

With trademark applications surging, The Detail looks at what it takes to get a mark registered in New Zealand…Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details

In Donald Trump's firing line, foreign leaders decide whether to butter up or shout back Former New Zealand Ambassador to the US Tim Groser explains the tightrope walk of pleasing Donald Trump…Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details

Swindles, scams and deception take centre-stage at Wellington's highly specific documentary film festival The Wellington Fraud Film Festival will showcase a collection of documentaries covering all types of deceptions. It's a topic that's become increasingly relatable for New Zealanders.Next Monday in Wellington, some 150 people will fill the Roxy Cinema for a niche documentary film festival. But they won't be the usual film festival crowd of movie buffs - they'll be lawyers, police officers, bankers, and anyone else whose work deals with scams or fraud.The Fraud Film Festival, an offshoot of the original version of the festival in the Netherlands, has been running in New Zealand since 2016. On the surface, it seems extremely specialised. But in reality, fraud is something that touches most people - a BNZ survey last year found that 87 percent of New Zealanders were targeted by scams in the 12 months prior…Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details

Today marks six years since the Christchurch mosque attacks. One couple's new documentary honours the lives lost - and the lives changed as a resultProject 51 changed lives in Afghanistan, in the name of the 51 victims of the Christchurch mosque attacks. Now a documentary follows the story…Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details

The school lunch debacle has deteriorated so much that there is an increasing clamour to rip it up and start again In treating school lunches as a service rather than an investment, penny pinching risks raising costs above value…Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details

The bill passed its first reading in Parliament last month, but one trade feels the amendment is a live wire…Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details

New Zealand is after a trade slice of rapidly growing Vietnam, and a new agreement should strengthen those connections.Vietnam is one of the fastest growing economies in the world, and is making trade connections at pace, including with New Zealand…Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details

New building products being tested at Auckland University may be the answer to restless summer nights in city apartments…Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details

On Auckland's North Shore, a public golf course is fighting council plans to use their course as a floodwater catchment Auckland Council wants to turn public land into a water catchment to protect against floods. The current leaseholders say there's a better way.A stoush is brewing on Auckland's North Shore over a controversial proposal to convert Takapuna Golf Course into a floodwater catchment area, aiming to mitigate the city's increasing flood risks…Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details

In a world where misinformation and disinformation are rampant, the website has become an unlikely source of truth…Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details