Stuff Explained

They'll be everywhere in the next couple of months - polls trying to predict what our next government might look like. But how do people who aren't statisticians read polls, and get some useful data out of them? Join the Newsable team and a panel of experts for this special episode explaining polls. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome to this Newsable / Stuff Explained crossover episode, talking Matariki. It's our country's newest public holiday so do we really know what it's about? Stuff Pou Tiaki Matua Carmen Parahi joined us to discuss all things celebrating the event, and discuss some of the reactions to it. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Was there ever a Saint Valentine or is Valentine's Day really based on a fertility festival? Who made the day so popular and why so we send anonymous messages, chocolates and flowers? Stuff Explained digs into the history and traditions of Valentine's Day with AUT's Professor Lorna Piatti-Farnell Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Just before Christmas there was a massive shake up in employment law with the Fair Pay Agreement coming into force law. The new legislation allows for nation wide settlements and has been described as the most significant change in 30 years. Stuff Senior Business reporter, Dileepa Fonseca explains what's it all about and how it will work. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoi...

A special episode on how to cope in a crisis as thousands contemplate huge repair and clean up efforts and others others face rebuilding their lives. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Most of New Zealand's 17 million tonnes of waste unbelievably still goes to landfill. Stuff Explained hears from a waste expert about what more needs to be done to change our dumping habits. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What is the metaverse, how will you use it .. and how will it use you? The next evolution of online interaction isn't just coming, it's already here - so are you ready? Tech commentator Ian Howard joins the pod to explain the ins and outs. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Lunar New Year is a huge time for Chinese communities here, and around the world, to gather in family to mark the special occasion. We explore the traditions from food and festivities, to zodiac signs and lucky money. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

There's a thief in your office ... or probably ... lots of them, and they're striking where it matters most; your lunch. Find out what's happening to all the forks in your office, and what it'll take to get them back. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Christmas presents and holiday sale purchases being squashed into already full wardrobes? Fighting over who should get the most room for shoes? All you need to now about harmoniously sharing a wardrobe with your significant other. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

To avoid a second walk to the Christmas buffet, how do you get the most food on your plate in one go? The Stuff team investigates - and finds out just how hard it can be to dodge the treats at this time of year. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The economic outlook for the first six months of next year is a bit grim. But financial advisor Malcolm Knight has some tips to help you prepare for and get through any financial downturn. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We’ve hit December and the promise of a happy Christmas is getting closer, but so too is the strain. Everyone's tired, the cost of living's out of control, your aunty's a bit racist .. it's all too much. Psychologist Jacqui Maguire is here with tips so you can thrive this festive season, not just survive. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Cryptocurrency markets have been hit by turmoil - so is it a safe investment and are the predictions that it will be the money of future of money still valid? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Interest rates have gone up, house prices have fallen - could you be in negative equity and what can you do about it? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Australia's planning a referendum on a constitutional change giving Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders a so-called "Voice to Parliament." How has this come about .. and will it actually get across the line? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Three Waters legislation to set up 4 regional water service bodies is inching forward, but does the public really understand why change is needed and what's being introduced? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It might be our national sport, but the rules are something of a mystery to more of us than we might like to admit. Rugby ref Maggie Cogger-Orr joins Stuff Explained to demystify some of the major rules of the game. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Small ghost monsters and witches at the front door .. and yells of trick or treat. It has to be Halloween - but is the whole thing just a commercial beat up, or does all the spookiness have historical roots? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

90 million members, and one man making a possible bid for lifetime rule. The Chinese Communist Party National People's Congress is underway, so what impact could it have on the world's second biggest economy .. and further afield, on Aotearoa? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Global currency markets are on a rollercoaster, and the kiwi dollar's along for the ride. Why is there so much turbulence, and how might it affect you? Christina Leung from the NZ Institute of Economic Research joins Jess to explain. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dr Mike Reid from Local Government NZ puts rate rises in perspective, and explains to Jess McCarthy why many people don't think local government even matters, despite it affecting more of our everyday life than you think. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jess McCarthy talks to Dr Claire Charters from the University of Auckland about how a change in monarch could change relations between Māori and the head of state, and how republicanism could affect the future of Te Tiriti O Waitangi. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

With independence movements simmering in Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales, will a change in monarch give them the boost they need to get out of the union? Jess talks to Stuff correspondent Andrea Vance, who's been in the UK for events since the Queen's death, and has previously reported from all countries in the UK. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Aside from the pomp and ceremony, there's a legal reason he needs to have a coronation. Dr Cindy McCreery from the University of Sydney joins Jess McCarthy to explain in our latest episode - as well as explaining why it'll take so long, and why it'll have no bearing on when we get a public holiday. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices