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Topics - The rich are getting richer - as we've recently discussed on The Panel and that means jobs on superyachts for those who can meet their employer's very exacting standards. Pub Charity was… Audio

Topics - Doctors in South Korea are reporting a surge in "digital dementia" among young people who have become so reliant on electronic devices that they can no longer remember everyday details like… Audio

Topics - Cutting your daily commute could be the key to happiness, according to research conducted for the Gallup-Healthways Well-Being Index - an assessment of the health and happiness of Americans… Audio

Topics - Some researchers believe that boosting optimism could provide new ways to improve health. Eminent figures from the Victorian era including William Gladstone, Benjamin Disraeli and Florence… Audio

The new deadliness of distracted walking; stress and its effect on the Christchurch population; should the good people of Arrowtown have the right to stop people coming to their town and living in… Audio

Topics - The failing state-owned energy company Solid Energy spent almost $50,000 getting advice on how to deal with politicians and the media. The "disrespectful" theft of a roadside cross has upset… Audio

Topics - The Girl Guides are to drop references to "God" and "country" from their traditional pledge - but they'll retain a public expression of allegiance to the Queen. Has religious neutrality "gone… Audio

Topics - Profiled in the New York Times online is a rather special group, which meets monthly, and it is called a Death Cafe. Many of the families whose relatives died in the Pike River disaster say… Audio

Topics - British police have confirmed they're looking into pictures which appeared to show the celebrity chef Nigella Lawson being choked by her husband during a row at a London restaurant. Sexual… Audio

Significantly fewer people in England are playing sport regularly now than before the Olympics; A homeless man has been trespassed from the derelict house in Temuka he has been living in for the past… Audio

Topics - new findings from the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety show dangerous mental distractions exist even when drivers keep their hands on the wheel and their eyes on the road. A respected youth… Audio

Topics - In the New Zealand Herald today, a young woman who asked three All Blacks fans at Eden Park not to use homophobic language says she was told that "it's just part of the game". A massive… Audio

What's going on with Owen Glenn's enquiry into child abuse? Audio

Topics - Do you find that time speeds up as you get older? The Sydney Morning Herald is reporting that Volkswagen Australia is about to issue a recall. Most New Zealanders think they'd be more… Audio

Are relaxed work environments more productive?; Panelists have their say; Sir Owen Glenn, why do people keep leaving his enquiry? and; post MBA internship season in the US. Audio

Topics - Pope Francis has launched a stinging attack on the 'culture of waste'. He says throwing good food away is like stealing from the poor. Education authorities are demanding a primary school… Audio

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