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4:32 PM.A South Auckland marae is calling for changes to the way drivers licenses are issued. The chair of the Te Puea Marae in South Auckland, Hurimoana Dennis, tells us why he thinks the current system… Read more Audio

4:08 PM.The Supercity is back in alert level 3 lockdown, prompting anger and frustration. Dr Dougal Sutherland helps us address those issues. The Reserve Bank's restrictions on home loans kick in from today… Read more Audio

3:46 PM.Johnny Briggs, the actor who has played Mike Baldwin on Coronation Street for 30 years, has died at 85. RNZ's Simon Morris is a Coronation Street guru and joins us. Panellists Moata Tamaira and Dean… Read more Audio

4:33 PM.Taxpayers are footing a large annual bill for patients who need public hospital care after private inpatient treatment, according to a new study from the University of Otago. National's housing… Read more Audio

4:07 PM.Political pressure is mounting on the government to prioritise vaccinating South Aucklanders against Covid-19. There is some pressure to prioritise vaccinating South Aucklanders against Covid 19… Read more Audio

4:07 PM.The Reserve Bank is now required to consider the impact on housing when making monetary and financial policy decisions. Shamubeel Eaqub, economist at Sense Partners, joins the show to discuss; More… Read more Audio

4:32 PM.The government is set to pull financial support for a nationwide mental health and wellbeing campaign which was developed to help people cope with the strain of the Covid-19 pandemic and the… Read more Audio

4:07 PM.Opposition leader Judith Collins has said the National Party is focused on the growing number of gang members, would bring back Armed Response Teams. Dr Jarrod Gilbert, the Director of Criminal… Read more Audio

4:06 PM.NZ Herald columnist Sasha Borissenko recently penned an opinion piece on buying an apartment and surviving to tell the tale. Why are there so many hoops to jump through when buying property?; Melissa… Read more Audio

4:05 PM.Child poverty has improved overall since 2018 according to annual figures released today but Maori and Pacific children continue to be worst affected across the board, Children's Commissioner Judge… Read more Audio

4:07 PM.There has been a huge loss of built heritage since the 2011 quakes, we hear from Dame Anna Crighton who has worked tirelessly to save some of the city's notable buildings; hundreds of high school… Read more Audio

4:06 PM.On the 10th anniversary of the devastating 2011 Christchurch quake we hear the first-hand story from Zara Potts, who describes how the brick cafe she was in caved in around her; we hear from Dr… Read more Audio

4:33 PM.We hear from a Kiwi living in El Paso, Texas, about the massive storm that has resulted in no power for days; Facebook has banned 18 million Australians from viewing news on its platform and banned… Read more Audio

4:07 PM.The country's biggest ever vaccination programme gets underway tomorrow, but the Ministry of Health's online vaccination register won't be ready; a new study has revealed that a quarter of renters… Read more Audio

3:46 PM.NASA's science rover Perseverance, the most advanced astrobiology laboratory ever sent to another world, streaked through the Martian atmosphere and landed safely on the floor of a vast crater, its… Read more Audio

4:33 PM.A new research project will study the ongoing impact of "quake brain" on people's memory and other cognitive functions a decade after the Canterbury earthquakes; a Masterton print business that can't… Read more Audio