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4:00 PM.Gourmet Picnics is a small operation in Cromwell aand started in December as Covid hit, so they were locked down before they started.  Read more Audio

3:45 PM.Panellists Laura O'Connell Rapira and Nick Leggett share what they've been thinking about. Read more Audio

3:44 PM.It's the 60th birthday of Alfred Hitchcock's seminal horror film Psycho. Robert Kelly puts on his film criticism hat to have a look at the legacy of a film which remains chilling despite its age. Read more Audio

4:50 PM.Amazon is putting a one-year pause on letting the police use its facial recognition tool, in a major sign of the growing concerns that the technology may lead to racial profiling. Read more Audio

4:40 PM.Most of Wellington's Central Business District now has a 30km speed limit in the hopes it will make the central city more 'people-friendly' and encourage more cyclists. Read more Audio

4:35 PM.Women use more diverse modes of travel and generate lower greenhouse gas emissions than men, despite men being more than twice as likely to travel by bike. Read more Audio

4:07 PM.Some of our formerly beloved shows and films are under review. The Panel is joined by James Nokise to discuss 'cancel culture'. Read more Audio

3:55 PM.Panellists Ali Jones and Alan McElroy share what they are thinking about. Read more Audio

3:50 PM.Remember back in March when a bunch of celebrities sang Imagine? Well, the celebrities are at it again. Read more Audio

5:12 PM.A Nelson couple has come up with a slightly unorthodox way to house their guests...The Boot B&B. Read more Audio

4:45 PM.Professional rugby might be returning this weekend, but club rugby is precariously close to finding itself in a bit of an existential crisis. Read more Audio

4:35 PM.These days it seems like there is news of redundancies in New Zealand almost every day as the effects of the global pandemic continue. Read more Audio

4:32 PM.In this day in 1965, The Beatles was announced as recipients of the Members of the British Empire and protests poured into Buckingham Palace. Read more Audio

4:27 PM.There has been an outcry after several schools around New Zealand removed 'Black Lives Matter' posters from school walls. Read more Audio

4:25 PM.The election and referenda are fast approaching and New Zealanders will be asked to vote on two long-standing issues. Read more Audio

4:07 PM.The Maori Party has called for an inquiry looking at New Zealand's colonial monuments and place names.  Read more Audio

3:55 PM.Panellists Leonie Freeman and Peter Fa'afiu share what they are thinking about. Read more Audio

3:50 PM.Are you a musical fan? Some super-fans have seen their favourite show hundreds of times, including one woman who has seen Cats 500 times and is soon to be featured in a new documentary. Read more Audio

4:55 PM.An Akaroa restaurant named after William "Bully" Hayes plans to change its name after a Pacific historian called for the name to be dropped. Read more Audio