Audio Search

Topics - Two American studies have found that cyclists are getting less aggressive, injuries are down, accidents too. There's an interesting article in the New York Times about the world we live in… Audio

Topics - An interesting list has been published today, we saw it in the Herald, the names, first names, most rejected by the Department of Internal Affairs over the last 10 years. Current and former… Audio

Humans may be close to extracting all of Earth's available plant resources, the future of Christchurch schools, and students speak out in support of a Catholic school teacher who was fired for… Audio

Kids with higher levels of the widely used substance BPA in their bodies are more likely to be obese. This information comes from the first large-scale, nationally representative U.S. study to link an… Audio

Topics - Some new research from Yale University concludes that, eventually, we're all going to look like Brazilians. Does it bother you that our levels of public debt should be building up like this? Audio

Topics - 'Voice-lift' surgery is becoming the latest must-have for those keen to turn back the clock. MetService is considering a 'clothes line index' to make weather predictions more user-friendly… Audio

Topics - Research shows men and women who marry despite doubts are more likely to divorce. Learner drivers have paid out more than $650,000 to resit the controversial new driving test since it was… Audio

What is the best word ever?; the Ewan MacDonald sentence; the reluctance of the Government to change much about MMP, and the Auckland council thinks it's dealing to drunkenness in Auckland. Audio

Topics - Apple has finally unveiled the massively anticipated iPhone 5. Just over 325,000 viewers watched the first episode of The Ridges on TV3 last night. Audio

Topics - The IGN site says this is the best TV theme song of all time…. The theme from Cheers. A High Court battle between the owner of a dog that's been deemed "dangerous" and the South Waikato… Audio

Topics - Does the conductor of an orchestra make a blind bit of difference to the sound and quality of the orchestra? A top financial adviser is warning New Zealanders with less than $100,000 to… Audio

Topics - A survey has determined that the British blush four times a day, on average. The Labour party wants to provide free food to 650 of the lowest decile primary and intermediate schools in the… Audio

Topic 3 - A drink-driver who killed a young mother in a horrific crash has received a community-based sentence for terrorising another motorist just weeks after being freed from prison. Topic 4 - A… Audio

Topics - Could bragging be the key to getting a promotion at work? A Young People's Survey by Sport NZ confirms that New Zealand really is a sports-mad country. Speaking of school sports, both the… Audio

Topics - Growing numbers of people are losing patience with voice-mail and would rather send a text message than leave or listen to their messages. New Zealand Fashion Week designers are reported to… Audio

Topics - For Canadians, lunging for the remote to silence a blaring TV commercial may soon be a thing of the past. The world famous New Zealand film-maker Peter Jackson's decision to turn the Hobbit… Audio

Topics - the Queen is expected 'to resist' dropping the word "Empire" from CBEs. The Auckland Council has dropped its bid to recover more than thirty thousand dollars in costs to clean up after a… Audio

Complaints choir, The Independent Police Conduct Authority has found that a police officer drove at what it called an "undesirable" speed after a driver failed to stop at an alcohol checkpoint. What… Audio

Topics - "Some of my best friends are psychopaths, it turns out", that was the reaction of prolific tweeter and sometime Panelist David Slack to research showing the use of foul language in your… Audio

Topics - Police in Essex investigating reports of a lion being spotted in a field have called off the search. The Parole Board has been meeting today to urgently reconsider its rules for the release… Audio

Topics - America has been remembering Neil Armstrong, who died at the weekend from complications from a heart procedure. Only half of the country's wealthy individuals worth more than 50 million… Audio

Payout: A man who lived in a camouflaged van on school grounds has been awarded ten thousand dollars in damages after he was moved on by police. Prince Harry: TMZ's naked Prince Harry photos have made… Audio

The Beehive chat this week from the Hon Tariana Turia. An investigation into a massive privacy breach by ACC, has found it was a genuine human error but happened because of weaknesses in ACC's culture… Audio

Topics - Reuters reports that regular brushing may shrink your risk of developing dementia. The debt-ridden Kaipara District Council has revealed its former chief executive received a severance… Audio

Topics - Some Auckland Council staff have defied a gagging order from chief executive Doug McKay and criticised senior managers for their support of a high-ranking officer at the centre of bullying… Audio