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4:10 PM.An Auckland family faces medical bills accruing at more than $6000 a day after a relative suffered a heart attack while visiting New Zealand without travel insurance; New Zealand's debt situation; and… Read more Audio

3:45 PM.Your feedback, and a preview of the guests and topics on The Panel. Audio

3:40 PM.The first 'scientist in the pub' group met in Wellington earlier this month, and Ruth Beran went along to the Southern Cross Bar to hear more. Audio

3:20 PM.Pelorus Bridge Scenic Reserve is home to a small population of the long-tailed bat, where once there may have been thousands. Sage Forest joins members of the Nelson-Tasman Kiwi Conservation Club, the… Read more Audio

3:10 PM.Last weekend producers' association SPADA held its 20th Annual Conference to discuss where film and television are heading. The recent Kim Dotcom shenanigans have thrown a spotlight on what are… Read more Audio

2:50 PM.'Midnight Love' from 1982 was the last album by Marvin Gaye before his untimely death, shot dead by his own father, who never went to jail for it. Audio

2:20 PM.Fifty years ago a few mates from Manchester got a band together to record and play music and they've been doing it ever since. The Hollies had more hit singles than The Beatles, they've never… Read more Audio

2:10 PM.Thirty years ago today, Mark Inglis and Philip Doole checked out of the Middle Peak Hotel - a crevasse near the summit of Mount Cook - after having been trapped for 13 long days in terrible weather… Read more Audio

1:10 PM.Today we go to Paekakariki, a village 40km north of Wellington which has been "invaded" three times since 1819. Audio

4:33 PM.Topics - Wellington is a-buzz as tonight's world premiere of The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, approaches. A New Zealand man has been accused of covertly deleting thousands of words from the Oxford… Read more Audio

4:07 PM.Topics - New Zealand's economy was in the red to the tune of 718 million dollars in October, according to Statistics New Zealand figures. The Defence Minister denies budgetary considerations… Read more Audio

3:45 PM.Your feedback, and a preview of the guests and topics on The Panel. Audio

3:41 PM.Our Hobbit reporter, Cushla Norman joins us from down by the red carpet. Audio

3:30 PM.Tamaki Intermediate School closes its doors for good next month after 55 years teaching the kids from the predominantly state housing area, nowadays nearly all Pacifica and Maori children. From term… Read more Audio

3:30 PM.Tamaki Intermediate School closes its doors for good next month after 55 years teaching the kids from the predominantly state housing area, nowadays nearly all Pacifica and Maori children. From term… Read more Audio

3:08 PM.Topics - How to play General Petraeus and Paula Broadwell; Study Finds Rise in Texting Even as Revenue Drops; How did the Internet get so cozy?; The New Algorithm of Web Marketing; Game theory… Read more Audio

2:20 PM.After being missing from her Hamilton home for three months, Squids was found on Waiheke Island, almost 150km away. After a series of unexpected twists and turns, Squids has been reunited with her… Read more Audio

2:10 PM.A movie blog called Cinematic Paradox, that includes movie reviews, Oscar predictions, and advice to directors about how to make their movies better, is winning awards. Stevee Taylor writes the blog… Read more Audio

1:24 PM.Can you spot the connection in our music quiz? Audio

1:08 PM.Richard Arlidge from Punakaiki has chosen 'Hey Joe' by Jimi Hendrix . Audio

4:35 PM.Topics - with the "spending season" decending upon us, HS Dent, an economic forecasting firm, reported in the Atlantic Monthly, if you want to find this, has compiled Census data on spending behavior… Read more Audio

4:07 PM.Topics - is John Key right about New Zealand's 100 percent pure marketing strapline? A Massey University study has found that the use of pictures by four national newspapers during the election… Read more Audio

3:47 PM.Your feedback, and a preview of the guests and topics on The Panel. Audio

3:32 PM.A project that sees pre-loved and expensive designer dresses resold at bargain rates for all our penniless students out there. Audio

3:08 PM.When it comes to road trips, they don't get much bigger than this one. Stephen "Tig" Hogg and Tim Munro are travelling along the longest road in the world. It's actually a series of connected highways… Read more Audio