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Topics - Fracking - there have been lots of opposition around the world, including in New Zealand. Suppression orders are back in the spotlight. In politics the saying any publicity is good publicity… Audio

A rejected complaint to the Advertising Standards Authority over Tourism New Zealand's "100% Pure" campaign was being reheard today. The NZ Herald editorial this morning says that Labour's plans to… Audio

Topics - Have we forgotten how to be kind? A sacked flight attendant was forced to let Air New Zealand look at Facebook pages and bank accounts to find out whether she had misused sick leave. Would… Audio

Spicy foods and risk-taking; Authorities and parents concerned about bullying on ask.fm; and bogus buyers. Audio

Topics - Do employers prefer beauty over brains in job interviews? Discrimination cases logged in Australia suggest "lookism", where workers are judged on appearance, is a real thing. In the past five… Audio

Topics - Researchers have connected noise to how food tastes. Associate professor Russell Keast and his team at Deakin University in Melbourne, has found that food on planes tastes bland because of… Audio

Topics - With all the dramas happening lately involving Members of Parliament, it's no surprise they have ended up at the bottom of a new Trust and Confidence poll. Lest we forget, because we do… Audio

Topics - Do you get annoyed when people feel completely free to consult their mobile phones during conversations? This snubbing using a phone is called phubbing, and now a Stop Phubbing campaign group… Audio

Male mammals don't stay monogamous to produce fitter offspring, instead they do it for love and to protect their partner; Edward Snowden granted temporary asylum in Russia; Parking companies in… Audio

Topics - stay at home mums are the happiest, it has been revealed in a new survey. The idea that CEOs should only be paid five times as much as the lowest paid employee. The line up for the Big Day… Audio

Topics - American scientists found in a new study that individuals who derive their happiness from a sense of purpose showed favourable gene-expression profiles in their immune cells, showing stronger… Audio

Topics - James Blunt was involved in a UK wide spam attack, urging people to listen to his new single. Was it a clerical error, or a smart marketing ploy? Warner Music said it was a mistake. The… Audio

Topics - The well-known columnist Charlie Brooks, in the Guardian, is cutting back. "I've recently been overwhelmed by the sheer amount of jabber in the world" says Charlie. Team New Zealand continues… Audio

Topic 1 - Do people go a bit nutty when there's a full moon? Topic 2 - Research says psychopaths don't lack empathy. Audio

Topics - People with fewer natural teeth remaining perform more poorly on memory tests. The New York City mayoral candidate Anthony Weiner is shrugging off calls for him to quit the race over… Audio

Topics - We live immersed in artificial light. And we are just beginning to learn the true cost of all this light. Studies increasingly link our overuse of light at night with health concerns such as… Audio

Topics - Jackie Thomas has become the first champion of The X Factor NZ. Arthritis Australia is calling on the federal government to evaluate the health and safety impact of packaging that is hard to… Audio

Topics - Are we becoming mentally obese? Alarming new research suggests 25 per cent of Australians aged between 16 and 34 spend more than 21 hours online every day. A police inspector has admitted to… Audio

Another study claiming alcohol's good for you - with a catch; Maori moving to Australia for better wages; and 'warrants of fitness' for rental properties. Audio

Topics - It's been reported today that cheaper prices are driving New Zealanders overseas for dental treatment, with a growing number snapping up package deals that include a holiday. Treasury warned… Audio

Topics - Researchers at the University of Alberta have found more evidence to suggest that music decreases people's perceived sense of pain. National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden has… Audio

Topics - Northland's cheapest rental is a one-bedroom caravan available for $99 a week for medium to long-term accommodation over winter. Some New Zealand diabetics say the new Korean-made blood… Audio

Topics - Families are spending little over half an hour quality time together during the week because of the demands of modern life. Council workers are receiving crisis-intervention training, after… Audio

Link between weight gain and changes to personality traits; Drug drivers and the Broccoli lady. Audio

Topics - HSBC chief economist Stephen King claims rich Baby Boomers - that's people born between 1946 and 1964 - are behaving like the nobility in the Peasants' Revolt and risk an uprising by the… Audio