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Question of the Day: What's your favourite "well-loved" item of clothing? With the 2020 election on the horizon, the Greens are looking to make history and become the first minor party to meet the… Audio

The British Government may be looking at giving guidance on required sleep each night. A leaked draft of a UK public health green paper due to be published by the Health Secretary Matt Hancock shows… Audio

Topics - Question Of The Day: Where is the most creative city you've been to? What made it creative? Deputy Speaker and National MP Anne Tolley reprimanded 17 year-old Youth MP Lily Dorrance for… Audio

An article from the Harvard business review caught our attention, it's all about our relationships with our bosses, and why employees leave. In the states, studies show half of all Americans have quit… Audio

Anti-manspreading chair;Question of the Day;To play or not to play;The slippery slope of debt;Voting age: should it be lowered? Audio

The headlines have been coming thick and fast about climate change, and none of it very good. That's causing concern for some Kiwis. New Zealand Psychological society says some are experiencing… Audio

Topics - Red tape is taking the fun out of kids innovation and play. Bullrush isn't the only victim to a wrapping them in cotton wool mentality. The latest is a bike track in Christchurch that a group… Audio

Question of the Day: What's your most memorable car experience? The last Volkswagon Beetle has rolled off the production line in Mexico. It's had a few incarnations, the latest began in 2011 and there… Audio

How about Matariki as a public holiday? And the Question of the Day is: If you could invent a public holiday what would it be to commemorate. A design for a new pedestrian bridge in Christchurch is… Audio

Biologists are having to squash the idea that plants are conscious. Research from more than a decade claims that plants have intentions, feelinsg and even consciousness. Traditional biologists have… Audio

Question of the Day; St James in limbo; Online "polls" on news sites worrying; Cartoonist canned; ANZ threatens to leave us. Audio

What plastic product would you NEXT like to see banned? The new housing minister won't confirm targets for kiwibuild - so the 100,000 houses may not be the key phrase anymore. Megan Woods became… Audio

A report has suggested that longer parliamentary terms would enable the Government to better look at issues long term, and avoid what some call the "short term-ism" that can afflict policy making. The… Audio

What piece of art (paintings, photography, sculptures etc) has moved you to tears? A sobering, but fascinating article in METRO magazine about the changing nature of club rugby in Auckland. Changing… Audio

What's the most underrated Beatles song? High-decile schools feel they're being treated fairly in being excluded from a new government policy to give public money to lower decile schools if they agree… Audio

If paying $360 a week to live in a boarding house is the way of the future, what does that tell about the future?! Architect Bill McKay joins us with his thoughts. A stoush is unfolding over an 11… Audio

More than a quarter of Hong Kong's population has taken to the streets to protest a new, controversial extradition bill. Autumn leaves might be beautiful, but they can definitely clog up a drain - as… Audio

Question of the Day; Bloomsday celebrated in Dublin; Less than a third of Wellington forest left; Vaping the way to stamp out cigarettes? Audio