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4:08 PM.Topics - The Mongrel Mob has been linked to a Dunedin charitable trust allegedly given money by the Government agency Whanau Ora. The Tourism Industry Association is defending its timeframe for… Read more Audio

3:48 PM.Your feedback, and a preview of the guests and topics on The Panel. Audio

3:31 PM.The Transit of Venus in 1769 led to the discovery of New Zealand but every subsequent event has produced further inventions. Audio

3:21 PM.Katy Gosset reports on Christchurch residents who are struggling to make ends meet. How much do you spend on your grocery bill and could you make do on just forty dollars a week? Katy Gosset visits… Read more Audio

3:10 PM.Gisborne-based couple Jo Tito and her partner Todd Sheridan are both full time practicing artists, but each have very different visions about their art and where it sits in the context of Maori art. Audio

2:09 PM.During The Second World War, 230 French women were rounded up by the Gestapo for their role in the resistance and were sent to a death camp, instead of a concentration camp. Only 49 returned alive… Read more Audio

1:22 PM.A tiny township in the far north, just 10 minutes drive from the nearest 'urban' centre. Such a small population that it has no supermarket or school. What it does have though, may surprise you. Audio

1:10 PM.Jim Baillie from the Marlborough Sounds has chosen 'Smells Like Team Spirit' by Nirvana. Audio

4:33 PM.Topics - During Masterchef last night at around 7.40pm there was a 'shocking' road safety ad with the usual tag line of 'the faster you go, the bigger the mess'.'Really challenging' trading conditions… Read more Audio

4:07 PM.Topic - The Crown has decided not to pursue the final charge against four people arrested in the Urewera raids, in part due to spiralling costs and the time the case has already taken. Audio

3:43 PM.Your feedback, and a preview of the guests and topics on The Panel. Audio

3:34 PM.There are forty two trees in the street, and the residents of Flatbush Road say they've gotta go. The Otara folk say they've been fighting for thirteen years to get the Pin Oaks cut down, but now… Read more Audio

3:10 PM.Topics - a Texas housewife has brought down a 31-year-old business, an app called MailStop is killing junk mail and 'Yahoo' - more on its disfunctional management team. Audio

2:20 PM.The curtain is coming down on a New Zealand legend. For 37 years, Lindsay Westaway has welcomed more than two million visitors to his isolated Walter Peak homestead on the western shores of Lake… Read more Audio

2:10 PM.The Empire tavern is said to be the oldest pub in Dunedin and now the Hotel on Princess Street has just been granted Historic Places category 1 registration. Audio

1:19 PM.Can you spot the connection in our music quiz? Audio

1:08 PM.Will Frost has chosen 'Daughters' by John Mayer. Audio

4:38 PM.Topics - The Daily Mail has reported on a privacy conference in Wellington where a police officer told privacy experts that surveillance cameras are now so powerful they are able to zoom in and read… Read more Audio

4:07 PM.Topics - The Government's plan to offer free long-term contraception for female beneficiaries and their daughters has been labelled an insult and intrusive to women's reproductive rights. A suggestion… Read more Audio

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

3:37 PM.Lynda Chanwai-Earle hears from the writers of 'Refugee Stories', a new publication from Auckland University of Technology, giving voice to the pan-ethnic refugee communities in Auckland. Audio

3:10 PM.There's a hoarder in almost all of us. Clinical psychologist Dr Robin Zasio is a well-known figure in America as she helps people on the TV show 'Hoarders'. She's written a book called 'The Hoarder in… Read more Audio

2:25 PM.New Zealand scientist Professor David Raubenheimer has studied a huge range of species, from humans to snow leopards, gannets and gorillas, to help inform the public debate about the causes of… Read more Audio

2:10 PM.Auckland company LOMOcean designed a solar-powered catamaran which has just become the first boat to travel around the world using only solar power. Designer Andre Moltschaniwskyj explains how it… Read more Audio

1:54 PM.Does watching tragedies makes us better people; books whose titles sound like jokes but they're real books (and they're collectable); and some tips from busy people. Audio