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Topic 1: Building and Housing. Topic 2: Auckland rates. Audio

Topics -Business NZ says extending paid parental leave to six months may lead to employers discriminating against women of child-bearing age. The New Zealand First leader Winston Peters has accused… Audio

The Minister of Justice, Judith Collins, is defending the requirement for councils to wait for a year before they can use their new liquor licensing powers. Audio

Topics - tributes have been flowing for the former All Black and businessman, Sir Wilson Whineray who died yesterday, aged 77. U.S. President Barack Obama and his Republican challenger Mitt Romney are… Audio

The family of Christie Marceau - the Auckland teenager who was stabbed to death by Akshay Chand - say they'll continue with their crusade to hold judges accountable and tighten bail laws. Google… Audio

Topics -The family of Christie Marceau, who was killed by Akshay Chand, doesn't accept a court's ruling that he was not guilty for reasons of insanity when he stabbed her to death. How surprised were… Audio

Topic how do we feel about the state of New Zealand's river water quality? Media have seized on a report today showing more than half of the monitored recreational sites on the country's rivers are… Audio

Topics - Air Force safety processes have come under heavy criticism in an internal report following the fatal 2010 Anzac Day helicopter crash. The report says an unspecified Air New Zealand flight… Audio

Topics - the Ministry of Social Development says a private company was hired to look into the security of its self-service kiosks but failed to spot a security breach. Is the provision of food for… Audio

The Government Communications Security Bureau is investigating whether information was leaked to the Labour Party from within the security organisation. Audio

The Social Development Minister, Paula Bennett, says the White Paper for Vulnerable children presents "a new way of working". The paper stops short of mandatory reporting of abuse but it recommends… Audio

Should we increase the age of eligibility for National Superannuation and use the saved money to fund more services to stop child abuse? The President of the Paediatric Society Dr Rosemary Marks and… Audio

Topics - The National Government has today announced a return to youth rates, which will allow employers to pay less than the minimum wage to many young workers. An urgent summit this Friday will… Audio

Topics - the Minister for Economic Development, Steven Joyce, has labelled the Green Party's call for the Reserve Bank to start printing money a sign of panic. Waiheke Island protesters who say they… Audio

Not enough has changed in the New Zealand building industry since the The Hunn Report into the 22 billion dollar leaky building crisis came out 10 years ago according to one of its' authors. Teach… Audio

Topics - President Barrack Obama and Republican candidate Mitt Romney went head to head in the first of three debates ahead of the US Presidential election in November. Mortgage Wars , fueled in part… Audio

Topics - The promoter trying to bring Boxer Mike Tyson to New Zealand will fight for a new visa. Prime Minister John Key is warning tourist operators to clean up drug use in their industry or the… Audio

Topics - the latest twist in the Kim Dotcom saga is that the police have announced they're investigating the Government Communications Security Bureau's illegal surveillance of the internet mogul. New… Audio

Topics - the Government's controversial Search and Surveillance Act comes into force today - the law that expands police search powers and allows more government agencies to carry out surveillance… Audio

The Ministry of Education has published the national standards results of nearly 2000 schools. The head of the New Zealand Rugby Union says proposed gambling reforms will strip community sports of… Audio

Topics - Tenants of New Zealand's most expensive state house have been ordered out after one was convicted of benefit fraud. Opposition parties are keeping up their pressure on the Prime Minister… Audio

The bank workers' union is calling on ANZ to reassure staff and customers that any changes made to National Bank will only affect branding and not mean its closure. The High Court will appoint a legal… Audio

Topics - Court documents show the police gave the GCSB incorrect advice, assuring it Kim Dotcom was a foreign national when he was a New Zealand resident. A spate of factory closures and redundancies… Audio

Topics - The Prime Minister says a top-level inquiry has commenced into illegal activity by the Government's spy agency, the GCSB, in the Kim Dotcom case. The Social Development Minister, Paula… Audio

Power bill increases, and changes to vehicle WOFs. Audio