Audio Search

Topic 1 - Search and Surveillance Bill. Topic 2 - A new book reportedly threatens to displace Captain James Cook and Abel Tasman as the first Europeans to reach New Zealand. Audio

The Prime Minister says no inquiry is needed regarding the Bronwyn Pullar case, and Kim Dotcom is awarded $60,000 a month in living costs. Audio

Topics - Sweden was the first European country to introduce bank notes in 1661. Now it's come farther than most on the path toward getting rid of them. We've talked a bit, this week, about the tough… Audio

Topics - The National Party MP for Nelson, Nick Smith, has resigned all of his cabinet portfolios telling Parliament he made two errors of judgement relating to a friend who was battling the ACC. The… Audio

Topic - The Prime Minister, John Key, says councils will have to apply a 'public good' test to their spending under proposed new changes. A panel disucssion with David Thornton from the lobby group… Audio

Topics - in Tonga, we're told, there is a sombre atmosphere as people digest the news of the death of King George Tupou the fifth. The Labour Party is calling for an inquiry into a breach of the… Audio

The Prime Minister, John Key, has described as "underwhelming" David Shearer's first major speech since taking over as Labour leader. Auckland's landlords stand accused of taking advantage of the… Audio

Topics - the Labour Party leader David Shearer has indicated the party will continue to promote a capital gains tax - but its 5-thousand-dollar tax free zone policy will be ditched. Dunedin's… Audio

Topics - The Accident Compensation Corporation says it will phone more than six and a half thousand of its clients to apologise for accidentally emailing their personal details to one of its clients… Audio

Topics - The Accident Compensation Corporation says an Auckland staff member is responsible for releasing the personal information of thousands of clients. A Russian millionaire appears to have… Audio

Topics - a meeting called by Auckland's Mayor has failed to break the deadlock between the council owned port company and striking members of the Maritime Union. A convicted murderer, Melissa Anne… Audio

Topic 1: Otago Rugby Topic 2: Mr Dotcom Audio

Topics - Is the Accident Compensation Corporation alleging pre-existing "degenerative" conditions in order to avoid paying out on injuries caused by accidents? Auckland Council says new figures… Audio

Topics - The co-leader of the Green Party, Russel Norman, says a proposed referendum on partial asset sales could create major political problems for the Government. Two thirds of us believe we're not… Audio

Topics - Front-line services will not be compromised by staff lay-offs that are under consideration by Police management. Britain's Roman Catholic Church is planning to enlist the support of more than… Audio

Topics - Parents who want to live with their children in New Zealand will find it tougher to gain residency under a new tiered immigration system which favours high income earners, according to the… Audio

The ORFU liquidation; Outrage over a recent an abortion ethics study. Audio

Topics - might Otago Rugby be merely the first of the country's provincial unions to face a solvency crisis? Internet millionaire Kim Dotcom is talking a good fight, promising to beat the United… Audio

Topics - A ministerial inquiry is underway to determine how a 41 year old man convicted of indecent assault on a boy was able to get work in as many as 8 schools over the past four years. Prime… Audio

Topics - The first stage of the Government's big welfare shake-up is targeting teenage beneficiaries, and those who have left school and aren't in training or work. The chairman of the Otago Rugby… Audio

Topics - A campaign's been launched in Auckland today to hold judges accountable for bailing violent offenders who go on to commit serious crimes. Kevin Rudd's bid to roll Julia Gillard and return as… Audio

Some Investors in the failed Lombard Finance company are calling for Sir Douglas Graham to be stripped of his knighthood following his conviction today. Concerns about "cultural safety" have burst the… Audio

Topics - The American lawyer for Kim Dotcom says he's confident the New Zealand courts won't hand over his client to US authorities. Australia's fascinating political soap opera has taken another… Audio

Remembering the Christchurch February 2011 earthquake; the Crown is considering an appeal after bail was granted to Kim Dotcom; and Murray McCully's emails appear to demonstrate a desire to resist… Audio

Tony Marryatt, and Otago Rugny Union's financial woes. Audio