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Fireworks go on sale tomorrow, they will only be sold for four days, from tomorrow until Guy Fawkes on November 5, A study of what teenagers really want to know about sex has revealed anxiety about… Audio

Topics - Halloween's popularity is soaring in New Zealand. But the imported tradition is proving a scary prospect for some. It's not a Spring Festival it's an autumn one, it's derived from another… Audio

Topics - The Pentagon is considering a reorganisation of its internal think tank, the Office of Net Assessment - an organisation credited with helping the US win the Cold War. A study has found that… Audio

Topics - A study conducted by Harvard Business School concludes that people who offer apologies for things that aren't their fault appear more trustworthy and tend to be welcomed more warmly by… Audio

Estimates that today's grads won't be able to retire until age 73; the family of a teenager killed by police is describing a report into the officers' conduct as contradictory; starting pay rates come… Audio

Topics - A chain of British chemist shops is trialling the use of music for pain relief after a survey it commissioned found that 41% of all people suffering persistent pain (and 66% of people aged… Audio

Topics - Trees may turn golden for reasons that have nothing to do with the onset of autumn. Some senior prefects at a Wellington private boys' college have had their badges stripped after they were… Audio

Topics - In Britain, a child care worker is arguing that an employer has a duty to "reasonably accommodate" the beliefs of a Christian employee. The NZ First leader Winston Peters wants to establish a… Audio

Eleanor Catton;Gay case;US Government. Audio

Topics - A community-led clean up of the waterways around Nelson and Richmond has removed 600 abandoned tyres from the Waimea Estuary alone. A local man, Malcolm Saunders, took his clean up idea to… Audio

Topics - As we are all aware, Parliament is considering some legislation to "clarify" the powers of the Government Communications Bureau. Under existing legislation the GCSB lacks the authority to… Audio

Topics - Singer/Songwriter Dave Dobbyn will be inducted into the New Zealand Music Hall of Fame tonight. He will be honoured at the Silver Scroll Awards in Auckland. New rules governing the way… Audio

Topics - While US politicians grapple with how to reopen their government and avoid a potentially disastrous default, China's official news agency has suggested the world should consider… Audio

One Direction played in Christchurch and are to play in Auckland this weekend, voter turnout still low, US politics and Lorde. Audio

Topics - Most millionaires admit the key to success isn't about having the highest IQ, or the most famous friends or even stunning good looks. It's about having discipline, implementing a healthy… Audio

Topics - What is the legal status of free range chickens? A claim by a Hastings Historian, mainly known online i think, that Ngai Tahu is extracting never-ending "top-ups" of it's coffers from… Audio

Topics - First there was a website that predicted when your parents would die; now there's a watch that not only predicts when you will die, it also begins counting down. Bob Geldof says the human… Audio

Topics - With Rihanna raunchily in residence in Auckland, former diva Annie Lennox has found conservatism in middle age, she has criticised a "recent spate of overtly sexualised performances and… Audio

Topics - Auckland's Mayor Len Brown has defended salaries of nearly $800,000 a year for two senior council executives, telling a public meeting, "You have got to meet the market." Listeners have… Audio

Topics - We complain about how our councils spend our money, but we haven't quite reached the situation in New York City. A big media campaign has begun with photos of women doing all sorts of things… Audio

A British study to determine just how 'sing-along-able' various nations' anthems are. Should Aucklanders be responsible for mowing the strip of grass in front of their homes or not? President Barack… Audio

Topics - The European Union spends more on advertising than the drinks giant Coca-Cola. Aucklanders are being urged to have their say in local body elections as voting gets off to a slow start. Are… Audio

Topics - think about the state of your desk. is everything neat and tidy, pencils all lined up, papers neatly stacked or is it a dog's breakfast of things strewn and piled? A man who became a… Audio

Bill Gates has revealed that the Control-Alt-Delete function for Microsoft computer systems was a mistake that ended up sticking; A float in tomorrow's Alexandra Blossom Festival parade has been… Audio

Topics - In a new book, Dr Valerie Curtis, the director of the hygiene centre at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, argues that feelings of disgust govern our life. Meanwhile, a… Audio