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4:33 PM.A good meal is made with a great gadget. With an unlimited budget you could drops thousands on the kitchen on your dreams, but sometimes all that is needed is a sharp knife.  Read more Audio

4:22 PM.The Ministry of Education has revealed 300,000 searches for pornographic material were blocked on school networks in one month. School sites are blocking material and safeguards are working. Read more Audio

4:17 PM.Residents across the country, in some of our tourist areas, are tired of seeing packed camp sites, or over packed camps sites. And now Auckland Mayor Phil Goff wants the Government to fundamentally… Read more Audio

4:09 PM.A concerning picture is emerging with our greenhouse gas emissions. They've flat lined over the last 10 years and our households emissions have been steadily increasing bucking world wide trends.  Read more Audio

4:03 PM.A concerning picture is emerging with our greenhouse gas emmissions. They've flat lined over the last 10 years and our households emissions have been steadily increasing bucking world wide trends. Our… Read more Audio

3:56 PM.What the Panellists Lynda Hallinan and Guy Williams have been thinking. Audio

3:47 PM.Is winking still OK or does it leave people out? Ali Ventura looks at why it can be exclusionary. Read more Audio

12:00 PM.Wallace Chapman is joined by Guy Williams, Comedian, columnist, television and radio host and Lynda Hallinan, Former editor of NZ Gardener magazine, author and gardening columnist. 

4:54 PM.There's a new trend in travelling involving sites like GoFundMe. The website - which facilitates charitable donations to the needy - is being used by the not-so-needy to pay for holidays and travel… Read more Audio

4:48 PM.The Automobile Association has released a survey saying more than half of Auckland oppose new cycle lanes. However the survey has had a bit of backlash as it was only 700 AA members. Read more Audio

4:43 PM.What would you change in the home you're renting, if you could? Audio

4:33 PM.Renters are less likely to be happy with their housing than those who own their homes, Stats NZ has found.  Read more Audio

4:16 PM.A State Services Commission Report has slammed outgoing Secretary Treasury Gabriel Makhlouf's handling of the budget data breach.  Read more Audio

4:16 PM.It was an often emotional debating session in the house last night as MPs debated the second reading of David Seymour's End of Life Choice Bill. 70 MPs vote in favour of the Bill, while 50 were… Read more Audio

4:08 PM.The Prime Minister has announced her first major Cabinet reshuffle, focusing on housing. Jacinda Ardern has decided on a trio of ministers led by Megan Woods to take over the portfolio.  Read more Audio

4:03 PM.The Prime Minister has announced her first major Cabinet reshuffle, focusing on housing. Jacinda Ardern has decided on a trio of ministers led by Megan Woods to take over the portfolio. Kris Faafoi… Read more Audio

3:56 PM.What the Panellists Leonie Freeman and Michael Moynahan have been thinking Audio

3:46 PM.Politicians try to seem relatable - why do they have such trouble doing it? Ali Ventura has some examples. Read more Audio

12:00 PM.Wallace Chapman is joined by Leonie Freeman, Chief Executive of the Property Council New Zealand, and Michael Moynahan, Chair of Creative New Zealand and former CEO of Harper Collins.

4:49 PM.A new fundraising page for Israel Folau has raised more than $1.8 million to fight his unfair dismissal case. That figure doesn't include the $100,000 the Australian Christian Lobby pledged to the… Read more Audio

4:48 PM.Would you support a move to a four year parliamentary term? Why or why not? Read more Audio

4:35 PM.A report has suggested that longer parliamentary terms would enable the Government to better look at issues long term, and avoid what some call the "short term-ism" that can afflict policy making.  Read more Audio

4:22 PM.Wellbeing data for people of different sexual identities has been collected for the first time, in an effort to better understand the wellbeing of New Zealanders of different sexual identities.  Read more Audio