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With Denise L'Estrange-Corbet and Simon Pound. Fairfax media is predicting the next election could be a cliffhanger. A man had every bone in his face broken, spent three weeks in a coma and suffered… Audio

Topics - John Key says a report out today into the deal with SkyCity for a 350 million dollar international convention centre in Auckland "totally vindicates" his government. A comparison of local… Audio

Topics - The Education Minister Hekia Parata has announced in an interim decision, today, that seven Christchurch schools are to close, 12 will remain open and 12 will merge. Is Telecom doing too… Audio

Topics - The Accident Compensation Corporation has given its former chief executive, Ralph Stewart, a "performance bonus" of $100,000. Shane Jones is expected to return to Labour's front bench… Audio

Topics - The Chief Ombudsman has objected to attempts by the government to avoid public scrutiny of Charter Schools. Steven Joyce says he has authorised the Ministry of Education to send formal breach… Audio

Topics - The Salvation Army wants genuine political action to address the growing numbers of New Zealanders living in poverty, without housing and without jobs. The Federation of Muslim Associations… Audio

Topics - Declaring that he lacks the strength to do his job, Pope Benedict XVI has announced he will resign at the end of this month. The Sports Minister, Murray McCully, says the government won't… Audio

Topics - workers need to be paid between $18-$20 an hour to earn a living wage. That's the figure expected to be announced on Thursday when researchers at the Anglican Church's Family Centre in Lower… Audio

Topic 1 - New Zealand Navy ships. Topic 2 - Unemployment rate. Topic 3 - New Zealanders led immigration surge to Australia. Audio

Topics - Unemployment fell at the end of last year as more people gave up looking for work. The Prime Minister and the Labour party leader have both voiced their support for a four-year parliamentary… Audio

Topics - The Prime Minister John Key says history will judge him as the leader who had the courage to keep going back, year after year, to Waitangi. A motorcyclist who suffered brain injuries after he… Audio

Topics - The Labour Party has overwhelmingly re-elected David Shearer as its leader. Police are taking legal advice on whether they will appeal a court decision to discharge a sportswoman on… Audio

New Zealand motorists are among the most accident-prone and most likely to die on the roads, The Chow brothers have received permission for a controversial 15-storey entertainment complex including a… Audio

A Defence Force plan to cut costs by turning military positions into civilian positions hasn't worked. Some recent decisions in the employment court have raised questions about the evolution of… Audio

Topics - temperatures on the east coast of New Zealand were predicted to reach 40 degrees today and tomorrow, by a climate scientist. With hot, dry weather looking set to stay for the rest of January… Audio

Topics - appalling stories of Christchurch families living in garages and tents - even a couple renting a wash-house - are continuing to surface almost two years on from the February 2011 earthquake… Audio

Topic 1 - The Herald is reporting that Auckland homeowners are being encouraged to sell their houses to wealthy Chinese investors as part of a television marketing offensive. Topic 2 - The Economist… Audio

John Key on Housing, Fawlty Towers. Audio

Topic 1 - Mana Party leader Hone Harawira says he could comfortably lead a united Maori political movement. Topic 2 - A New Plymouth woman says she was astonished to learn that reversing into an angle… Audio

Topics - Homosexuality is a choice and society is right to discriminate against gay relationships, according to Colin Craig, leader of the Conservative Party. John Key's cabinet reshuffle sees the… Audio

Topics - The well-known economist Gareth Morgan has launched a controversial campaign to eradicate domestic cats. The Prime Minister's office is standing by its estimate of the number of jobs created… Audio

Topics - Kim Dotcom says his new business venture - MEGA - will create hundreds of jobs. Flights between London and Auckland are up to twice as expensive when you book them from New Zealand compared… Audio

Merry Christmas from Afternoons with Jim Mora, broadcasting from Auckland waterfront. Audio

The Auckland City Mission has seen record numbers of beneficiaries and low income earners queuing for Christmas charity this week. The pokies-for-a-convention centre deal is in peril, with the casino… Audio

Topics - The Secretary of the Public Service Assocation, Brenda Pilott says the Education Minister Hekia Parata should follow the lead of the former Secretary of Education, and resign. At least one… Audio