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The Director of the National Addiction Centre says food addiction should be recognised as a medical condition so obese people can receive the help they need. The Government is considering changing the… Audio

Topics - The controversial internet millionaire Kim Dotcom has turned up at Parliament to watch Question Time. Opposition parties have continued their calls today for the Prime Minister, John Key, to… Audio

Topics - the National-led Government's asset sales plan has hit another snag, with most iwi invited to a hui on water rights in Hamilton tonight saying they will boycott it. Banks Peninsula school… Audio

Topics - An expert on local government says he's not surprised the chief executive of the Auckland Council made $840,000 in the past financial year. Warships from around the world are assembling in… Audio

The attacks on the American embassies - are they brushfires that will die down, or do they have the potential to get out of control? And we'll examine a couple of your suggestions for getting us out… Audio

Topics - The media has laid-out the details of John Banks' Auckland mayoral campaign, including how his team drew up a list of 10 rich donors to target for $25,000 each. The throwing of lollies and… Audio

Topics - St John Ambulance is cutting back its response to minor 1-1-1 calls. The early childhood education sector is shocked by a government decision to make education compulsory for all children of… Audio

Topics - police are urging farmers to report crime, as thefts of stock, machinery and other farm items rises. Shoplifting has spiked in Christchurch, with many of the offenders single mothers stealing… Audio

Topics - It looks as though David Bain has been found innocent on balance of probabilities. The new-look Herald has joined other media in analysing the decisions handed down by the judiciary. Audio

Topic 1 - The Auckland Council's tourism agency, Ateed, is refusing to reveal how much ratepayer money has been spent on NZ Fashion Week. Topic 2 - Auckland Councillors held a heated debate this week… Audio

Topics - the leader of the Mana Party, Hone Harawira has lashed out at Maori Party MPs who've suggested they won't attend a national water rights hui. A Facebook "confessions" page has upset civic… Audio

Topics - The New Zealand Law Society says new powers for immigration officers to arrest and detain overstayers for deportation are a recipe for disaster and should be put on hold. A school has… Audio

Commercial sight-seeing flights to Antarctica from New Zealand are set to resume after a 30-year-plus hiatus. The Waikato-Tainui iwi may press for smaller tribes affected by the Mighty River sale to… Audio

Topics - The Prime Minister, John Key, has announced the first share float under the Government's partial asset sales programme will take place next year. Auckland's statutory Maori board has set 49… Audio

The Justice Minister, Judith Collins, says she is keen to get the Government's Alcohol Reform Bill passed as quickly as possible. A man who works as an investment banker has been sentenced to 250… Audio

Topics - MPs voted for gay marriage in a near-landslide last night, when a conscience vote on Labour MP Louisa Wall's bill passed before a packed public gallery at Parliament. What began as a… Audio

Topic - The Labour MP Louisa Wall, who is sponsoring a marriage equality bill, has made a final plea to opposing and fence-sitting MPs. She says the present law discriminates against same-sex and… Audio

Topics - the Children's Commissioner's expert advisory group is recommending that all low-decile schools offer pupils free food in an immediate effort to tackle child poverty. Reports are emerging of… Audio

Topics - The Whanganui District Council has lost its legal bid to prevent the serial sex offender Stewart Murray Wilson being released from jail to live in the local prison grounds. A soldier who… Audio

ACC: The State Services Commission is considering asking all state sector chief executives to review their systems for handling private information. Insurance: Homeowners, who already facing rising… Audio

The Government has decided to let the liquor industry set its own rules for the sweetened alcoholic drinks. British American Tobacco, in Australia, has launched a print, television and radio campaign… Audio

Topics - The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Dr Lockwood Smith has been getting increasingly authoritarian with MPs lately. The Education Review Office has decided that it will no longer… Audio

Topics - Half of the New Zealand Defence Force's losses in Afghanistan have occurred in less than one per cent of the time our troops have been there. Details emerged today of thousands of taxpayer… Audio

Topics - today we learnt the names of the three members of the New Zealand defence force most recently killed in action in Afghanistan. Questions are being asked about the effectiveness of the Youth… Audio

Ecuador has granted asylum to Wikileaks founder Julian Assange two months after he took refuge in its London embassy while fighting extradition from the UK. Opposition MPs are reported to be furious… Audio