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4:43 PM.Deputy Speaker and National MP Anne Tolley reprimanded 17 year-old Youth MP Lily Dorrance for reading from her notes, in the middle of a speech about youth suicide and mental health. She was shown no… Read more Audio

4:38 PM.Question of the Day: Where is the most creative city you've been to? What made it creative? Audio

4:14 PM.The government has released details of its Road to Zero Strategy, for public consultation. It aims to cut road deaths by 40 per cent in the next 10 years. This involves improving infrastructure of… Read more Audio

4:08 PM.The residents of Matata have been told their area is too high risk to stay on there. In 2005 an intense storm above the hills of the coastal settlement destroyed 27 homes. Since then, the Whatakatne… Read more Audio

4:05 PM.Topics - Question Of The Day: Where is the most creative city you've been to? What made it creative? Deputy Speaker and National MP Anne Tolley reprimanded 17 year-old Youth MP Lily Dorrance for… Read more Audio

4:04 PM.Topics - The residents of Matata have been told their area is too high risk to stay on there. In 2005 an intense storm above the hills of the coastal settlement destroyed 27 homes. Since then, the… Read more Audio

3:45 PM.An introduction to our panellist and the topics for the day plus our panelists share their thoughts on something they've been thinking about. Audio

4:55 PM.Love Island, a UK reality TV show, is screening at 5pm on New Zealand screens.  Read more Audio

4:48 PM.A survey of more than 2000 Kiwis has found nearly of third said their perception of people changed when they used emojis at work.  Read more Audio

4:45 PM.Kelvin Davis has come out in favour of compulsory Te Reo Māori in schools. It's a break from Labour and the Prime Minister's position on the issue - who have stayed away from the word "compulsory" Read more Audio

4:43 PM.Good boss, bad boss - what have been your experiences? Audio

4:33 PM.An article from the Harvard business review caught our attention, it's all about our relationships with our bosses, and why employees leave. Read more Audio

4:24 PM.It has been a year since the Wellington Bus Network was re-designed and it's fair to say it's caused a huge upheaval for commuters in the capital.  Read more Audio

4:18 PM.Iwi leader Mike Smith is suing the Government over its inaction on climate change. He says he wanted to see in the ICCC report a target to halve greenhouse has emission in the next decade. Read more Audio

4:08 PM.It's been called a climate change policy breakthrough. Agriculture looks set to join the Emissions Trading Scheme, but under cosy deal that will see them pay 5 percent of emissions costs from 2025.  Read more Audio

4:05 PM.An article from the Harvard business review caught our attention, it's all about our relationships with our bosses, and why employees leave. In the states, studies show half of all Americans have quit… Read more Audio

4:03 PM.It's been called a climate change policy breakthrough. Agriculture looks set to join the Emissions Trading Scheme, but under cosy deal that will see them pay 5 percent of emissions costs from 2025. We… Read more Audio

3:56 PM.What the Panelists Julia Whaipooti and Ben Thomas have been thinking about. Audio

3:45 PM.This story is everything good - animals and snuggling up in front of a movie. Read more Audio

12:00 PM.Wallace Chapman is joined by Ben Thomas, PR specialist and former parliamentary staffer, and Julia Whaipooti, lawyer, social justice advocate and board member of Just Speak. 

4:52 PM.Youth MPs are preparing for Aotearoa's ninth Youth Parliament but many of the young people chosen for the programme can't even vote yet. Which brings up the issue of the voting age - should it be… Read more Audio

4:45 PM.An 18-year-old has opened up about her enormous debt, saying she never should have been given the opportunity to rack it up.  Read more Audio

4:40 PM.A student has invented a chair to bring an end to a serious issue - manspreading. The British woman built a chair with a wedge that narrows toward the front, forcing men to sit with their knees… Read more Audio

4:38 PM.A playground in Tauranga has been closed because of complaints form parents about safety. An opinion piece in The Herald today argues this is evidence that we're wrapping our kids in cotton wool.  Read more Audio