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3:45 PM.A fairly innocuous piece of food writing about dishes etiquette has sparked an online tirade of confused anger about the way people treat their kitchens. RNZ producer Robert Kelly reckons they've got… Read more Audio

4:52 PM.Language is an important way for migrants to New Zealand to maintain ties to their original culture. Dr Naashia Mohamed from the University of Auckland joins us to discuss her research into this area.

4:48 PM.Fires are currently ravaging the Amazon rainforest - one of the most important parts of the planet, in terms of its remarkable biodiversity and the huge amount of oxygen the trees there produce . Audio

4:40 PM.Yesterday economist Peter Fraser spoke to the panel about his belief that technology may not be the silver bullet farmers hope it is in terms of lowering New Zealand's emissions. Today Federated… Read more Audio

4:33 PM.Give us a few lines of your favourite poem. Audio

4:28 PM.Some community boards are bordering on the edge of the abyss, with so few nominees they can't even hold elections. Audio

4:19 PM.A group of students have been banned from Parliament for a year, after singing a waiata in the public gallery in support of the Ihumatao hikoi. Parliamentary law expert Graeme Edgeler joins the panel… Read more Audio

4:09 PM.The government has allocated $14.5 million for improving adult literacy and numeracy. Jason Totton from Literacy Aotearoa joins us to talk about what this means. Audio

4:05 PM.Give us a few lines of your favourite poem. Yesterday economist Peter Fraser spoke to the panel about his belief that technology may not be the silver bullet farmers hope it is in terms of lowering… Read more Audio

4:03 PM.The government has allocated $14.5 million for improving adult literacy and numeracy. Jason Totton from Literacy Aotearoa joins us to talk about what this means. A group of students have been banned… Read more Audio

3:55 PM.What the Panellists Rajorshi Chakraborti and Nicky Pellegrino have been thinking about. Audio

3:45 PM.Sound effects! Audio

12:00 PM.Today's panellists are the novelist and former NZ Women's Weekly editor Nicky Pellegrino, and the novelist and short story writer Rajorshi Chakraborti.

4:57 PM.The ministry of education's technology revisions are due back next year and one casualty could be a widespread walk-back of the Bring Your Own Device "craze", as Metro calls it,. Audio

4:53 PM.Have we reached Peak Trump surrealism? Audio

4:45 PM.An academic who specialises in smoking research is being shunned by the scientific community because her work is indirectly funded by tobacco companies. Professor Shaun Hendy from the University of… Read more Audio

4:40 PM.A loyal customer who wrote a 3 star online review of a local eatery in Napier has been banned ! Audio

4:35 PM.The pressure is ratcheting up on the troubled KiwiBuild programme with the news yesterday that the head of KiwiBuild Commercial is leaving to take up a new job in the private sector. Audio

4:33 PM.Do you have any tips on how to get sleepy teenagers out of bed? Audio

4:28 PM.The NZ Herald reports that Clinton parents Donna Davey and Shane Drysden were each fined 50 dollars for failing to enrol thier son in school. Audio

4:24 PM.Some DHBs are concerned the botched Census will reduce funding in some deprived areas, where the data won't be reliable enough. Audio

4:19 PM.Victims advocate Ruth Money offers her thoughts on the government's drastic planned changes to the criminal justice system and its philosophy. Audio

4:09 PM.A piece in the Newsroom website by scientist Mike Joy and economist Peter Fraser warns against seeing technological breakthroughs as a way to continue farming as we currently are. Peter Fraser joins… Read more Audio

4:05 PM.Do you have any tips on how to get sleepy teenagers out of bed? The pressure is ratcheting up on the troubled KiwiBuild programme with the news yesterday that the head of KiwiBuild Commercial is… Read more Audio