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4:19 PM.Northland Maori want greater representation in local government. Nearly half of the population in the Far North is Maori but many feel they're shut out from local politics, and this results in… Read more Audio

4:09 PM.Food insecurity is now a term that can be applied to many New Zealand families. A new report from the Ministry of Health says many parents are stressed and anxious about providing food. Almost one in… Read more Audio

4:03 PM.Food insecurity is now a term that can be applied to many New Zealand families. A new report from the Ministry of Health says many parents are stressed and anxious about providing food. Almost one in… Read more Audio

3:58 PM.What the Panelists Verity Johnson and Scott Campbell have been thinking about. Audio

3:46 PM.Idris Elba. The man who could be Bond. He's a real life hero. The actor rushed to the aid of a woman who suffered a seizure while he was on stage on Manchester. Audio

4:56 PM.Most of us take our phones everywhere. Often they're part of our work, a tool as important as a pen. But some organisation are looking at banning phones to boost productivity.  Read more Audio

4:47 PM.Our World Champion Black Ferns are currently playing in a US tournament where players have to change in a tent on the field, and use portable toilets.  Read more Audio

4:41 PM.There's been an outcry over the decision to not prosecute former Waikato DHB head Nigel Murray. Dr Murray resigned in 2017 shortly before an investigation found he spent more than $120,000 on… Read more Audio

4:36 PM.If you park on a narrow street with two wheels up on the berm, a new proposal could enable councils to hit you with a $40 fine. It is technically illegal to park on berms, but it's not enforceable.  Read more Audio

4:31 PM.What magazine did you love growing up? Why? Read more Audio

4:23 PM.The seminal American MAD magazine is to cease regular publication. Older listeners will react by going what? Me worry?  Read more Audio

4:19 PM.Some are calling for compulsory vaccinations In New Zealand as the measles outbreak continues. Laws introduced in California have seen the number of children without vaccines fall dramatically.  Read more Audio

4:07 PM.Police file an average of 33 strangulation charges before the court every week. Just one statistic that highlights the shocking stage of family violence in New Zealand.  Read more Audio

4:03 PM.Police file an average of 33 strangulation charges before the court every week. Just one statistic that highlights the shocking stage of family violence in New Zealand. These stats have come to light… Read more Audio

3:55 PM.What the Panellists Penny Ashton and Bernard Hickey have been thinking. Audio

3:45 PM.An extreme marriage proposal has gone viral. A man faked a kidnapping before proposing. Ali Ventura asks why extreme proposals are popular. Read more Audio

12:00 PM.Wallace Chapman is joined by Penny Ashton, comedian, actor and marriage celebrant, and Bernard Hickey, economic journalist and managing editor of Newsroom Pro.

4:56 PM.Officers, and even some Defense Department personnel, are worried President Trump's "Salute to America" will politicize the armed forces, on a day that has traditionally been about nonpartisan… Read more Audio

4:45 PM.Local councils need help to deal with the increasing tourism, the productivity commission says. It delivered a long list of recommendations in a draft of its review of the finances of local councils. 

4:39 PM.A slightly morbid investigation by RNZ's Max Towle today about the dead on the social media site. Within 50 years, the dead are predicted to outnumber the living on Facebook.  Read more Audio

4:38 PM.Do you talk to your plants to help them grow? What are your green thumb tips? Read more Audio

4:33 PM.Biologists are having to squash the idea that plants are conscious. Research from more than a decade claims that plants have intentions, feelings and even consciousness.  Read more Audio

4:28 PM.Andrew Little has slammed Google for its breaking of suppression order in the Grace Millane murder case. It named her alleged killer in an email of its trends in December.  Read more Audio