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Topic 1: With the European markets in turmoil, the head of the International Monetary Fund, Christine Lagarde, has warned of the risk of a ''lost decade'' for the global economy unless nations act… Audio

Topics - The NZ Herald reports New Zealand's net loss of people to Australia has averaged almost 25,000 a year in the three years since Prime Minister John Key's government was elected. Bay of Plenty… Audio

Topics - The Greens appear to have stolen a march by causing the Prime Minister to admit that Kiwisaver fees are too high. Labour is promising to extend a $60-a-week payment set up to help working… Audio

Topics - The actress, Robyn Malcolm, opened the Green Party's 2011 election campaign with a speech that was critical of John Key's preference for photo opportunities over tackling environmental and… Audio

Labour's proposed lift of the pension age is putting some voters off; the Aratere ferry has been indefinitely barred because of safety issues. Audio

The Pabellists look at an ANZ NZ profit of over a billion dollars in these very lean times; the legality of evicting anti-greed protesters in Dunedin and; a look at the financial implications for… Audio

Topic - A beneficiaries' advocate says the National Party's new welfare policy is cynical tinkering and the bullying and battering of beneficiaries needs to stop. Audio

Topics - Single parents with children over five-years-old would have to be available for part time work under new welfare policy just announced by the National Party. The All Black captain Richie… Audio

Topics - The first televised debate of the 2011 election campaign between National leader John Key and Labour leader Phil Goff will be broadcast tonight. Today we learned that 541 New Zealanders with… Audio

It's been a strange transition for many New Zealanders this week, from the six-week festival of the oval ball to the cut and thrust of a very short election campaign. The Labour Party chose to use the… Audio

Topics - The Labour Party has promised to raise the eligibility age for superannuation and make KiwiSaver compulsory for all wage earners if it is elected next month. The Institute of Economic… Audio

Topics - The north island's reticulated gas crisis escalated to a full scale catastrophe this afternoon, when we learned that Burger King restaurants had been forced to close and Les Mills gym-goers… Audio

Topic - The New Zealand Rugby Union chairman Mike Eagle says the country has delivered on the promise made in Dublin in November 2005 when the union won the right to host the seventh Rugby World Cup… Audio

Police are lowering their tolerance for speeding drivers again over Labour Weekend; New Zealand First's unceremonious dumping of its candidate Joe Glenn. Audio

Topics - Protesters in central Auckland have refused to allow themselves to be "moved-on" from a World Cup fan zone for Sunday's final. Bankers involved in the float of Trade Me say it will value the… Audio

Topics - Salvors returned to the grounded container ship, Rena, today to assess its condition - but weather conditions have not been suitable for the pumping of any more bunker oil off the ship. The… Audio

Topics - The Prime Minister says with the Rena just holding itself together the next 24 hours will be critical. The University of Auckland Council has voted to put up domestic student fees by 4% next… Audio

Topics - The State Services Commissioner, Iain Rennie, says he'll be cautioning the head of the Serious Fraud Office for his inappropriate handling of two staff social gatherings. The Environmental… Audio

The Rena oil spill; Compulsory vaccinations. Audio

Topics - It's been estimated that more than 100km of Bay of Plenty coastline could be coated in oil if the damaged container ship the Rena should break up and sink. The general election offers… Audio

Topics - The container ship Rena, which ran aground on the Astrolabe reef near Tauranga on Wednesday morning, appears to be breaking up. A Labour-led Government would consider introducing weekly… Audio

Topics - A fuel tank on the container vessel Rena, which is stuck on the Astrolabe reef off the coast of Tauranga, has ruptured - spilling hundreds more tonnes of oil into the sea. Ipads are now… Audio

Topics - The international ratings agency Standard and Poor's has contradicted a claim by Prime Minister John Key that a credit downgrade would be more likely with a change of Government. The leader… Audio

Topics - A container ship stuck on a reef off Tauranga's coast is very likely to break up and the fuel on board should be taken off now, according to an expert maritime consultant (John Riding). Over… Audio

Topics - The stranded container ship Rena has been declared a hazardous ship by Maritime New Zealand. Should pedestrians be required to walk on the left of the footpath? Audio