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Topics - We increasingly multi-task as we consume our meals, eating as we work at our desk or watch television. The NZ Herald is reporting that the mother of a 12-year-old boy hit by a car as he… Audio

Topics - Members of Tuhoe have signed a Treaty settlement with the Crown this afternoon in another step towards resolving the iwi's historical claims. The novelist and poet Albert Wendt has been… Audio

Topics - The American rock star Jon Bon Jovi and his band are waiving their performance fee for a concert in Madrid. The Race Relations Commissioner, Susan Devoy, has questioned the high threshold for… Audio

Topics - New Zealand has lost more ground in a world ranking of economic competitiveness, with corporate governance and research and development cited as two of the major weaknesses. Bailouts, bad… Audio

Topics - Labour is reported to have taken a big hit in the latest Fairfax-Ipsos poll, leading the media to ask, again, whether David Shearer can lead them to victory. The former chairman of New… Audio

Topics - a new plan has been mooted to install a ladder on the famous Hillary Step. New research from Western Australia has found that while one cup of coffee is good for your health, five cups of… Audio

Topics - A council in Britain has ordered its rubbish-truck workers not to go down uneven rural roads because they could suffer 'whole body vibrations'. Accepted wisdom was that people who run could… Audio

Motor industry commentators are blaming intense competition, a strong Australian dollar and a move away from large cars for the demise of the Ford Falcon. A new Anglican Church poll shows most people… Audio

Topics - One of the people convicted after the "Terror Raids" in the Ureweras has called for indigenous reservations to be established in New Zealand. Environmentalists have reacted angrily to today's… Audio

Topics - a London woman says she has been unemployed for two years because her good looks caused "massive problems" in the workplace. Might the founder of Tumblr, David Karp, have something to teach… Audio

Topics - Smashed smartphone screens have become a status symbol. Owners of apartments in Auckland's five-star Metropolis tower are pitted against one another in battles which have ranged from… Audio

David Beckham has announced he'll retire from football at the end of the current European season. Has the internet turned into a massive surveillance tool? Pope Francis has called on world leaders to… Audio

Topics - Seven million adults in Britain have never used the internet, according to new figures from their Office of National Statistics. The New Zealand Herald is reporting that a flight from… Audio

Topics - Studies show reaction times - a reliable marker of general intelligence - have declined steadily since the Victorian era. The Assistant Commissioner for Road Policing says police chases last… Audio

Topics - There is no scientific evidence that psychiatric diagnoses such as schizophrenia and bipolar disorder are valid or useful, according to the leading body representing Britain's clinical… Audio

Topic 4 - Wellington revival. Topic 5 - Car market. Topic 6 - Rewards scheme. Audio

Topics - A small group of biotechnology hobbyists and entrepreneurs has started a project to develop plants that glow. Might the percentage of Maori in the Waikato population have some bearing on… Audio

Topics - Iron Man 3 has topped Chinese box offices five days after opening. But the modified domestic version of the Hollywood blockbuster has raised some eyebrows. The Prime Minister, John Key, is… Audio

Topics - Auckland's mayor, Len Brown, has been accused of hypocrisy for living on a spacious lifestyle block outside the urban limit while pushing for a "quality compact city" full of small high-rise… Audio

What's so bad about chemical weapons?; Fox Glacier crash inquest; the vulnerability of New Zealand's economy; Serious Fraud Office's investigation into the failure of Hanover Finance; and National… Audio

Topic 3: Female thinking Topic 4: Mental health Topic 5: UK jobs Audio

Topics - new research at the University of Pennsylvania suggests conservatives may be less likely to buy energy efficient light bulbs if they're packaged as environmentally friendly. An Auckland… Audio

Topics - Norway might have a job for you: three weeks in the Arctic wilderness spotting polar bears. Police are seeking to overturn a judge's decision that gave a drink-driving sportswoman a discharge… Audio

Topics - the Telegraph reports eating at the dining table is becoming increasingly rare as hectic Britons shun traditional mealtimes because of a lack of time. The London Times columnist Mick Hume… Audio

Tattoos are a fashion that can quickly become "infectious" with young people, according to AUT's head of psychology Dr Mark Thorpe. A Christchurch woman who won seven million dollars on Lotto wants to… Audio