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4:34 PM.Fireworks in the backyard with the kids be a thing of the past, if Auckland council gets its way. It is pushing for a private fireworks ban. We ask the panellists whether they think it's time… Read more Audio

4:24 PM.A tenant has won a case against her property manager for withholding the bond of the rental because carpets hadn't been cleaned.  Read more Audio

4:17 PM.Top Aussie netballer Liz Ellis has hit out at Netball Australia and Netball South Australia for backing Maria Folau, who is backing her husband Israel Folau and his goal to raise $3 million to pay for… Read more Audio

4:08 PM.An advertisement appeared in the paper and online over the weekend has caused a stir, with many unsure of what it means. We try and explain what the idea was behind  #National2020.  Read more Audio

4:03 PM.An advertisement appeared in the paper and online over the weekend has caused a stir, with many unsure of what it means. It was a take on a classic Dick Frizell print, and the ad showed John Key's… Read more Audio

3:55 PM.What the Panellists Thomas Pryor and Cindy Mitchener have been thinking. Audio

3:46 PM.More fake news. Ali Ventura looks at the study about bone growths which led to a flurry of stories about teens growing "horns" because of their cellphones. How did they interpret it so wrong? Read more Audio

12:00 PM.Wallace Chapman is joined by Thomas Pyror, PR Consultant and Associate Director at Sherson Willis, and Cindy Mitchener, former TV executive and Director at Mitchener & Associates. Read more

4:53 PM.Some people get more than 100 emails every day - and this can be really bad for stress levels. The panellists discuss how to take a load off when you're accessible around the clock. Read more Audio

4:48 PM.Another day, another piece on the Oranga Tamariki uplift story. Today an opinion piece in Stuff from a paediatric nurse, who says it is our fault the children's agency has to take kids away, because… Read more Audio

4:39 PM.A sobering, but fascinating article in METRO magazine about the changing nature of club rugby in Auckland. Changing is one word for it, the " death of " is what the writer of the article calls it. Read more Audio

4:34 PM.What piece of art (paintings, photography, sculptures etc) has moved you to tears? Read more Audio

4:27 PM.Aussies can now spy on their neighbours to see if they're helping to save the planet or not. See-through wheelie bins are being trialled in Adelaide to shame those people who don't recycle properly… Read more Audio

4:17 PM.The Government gun buyback scheme started yesterday, and runs for 6 months. The scheme has been boosted to 208 million dollars and will see gun owners compensation based on the type of gun and its… Read more Audio

4:07 PM.Justice Minister Andrew Little yesterday announced that Government would introduce legislation allowing people to enrol on the same day, and the proposed law change would also allow ballot boxes in… Read more Audio

4:05 PM.What piece of art (paintings, photography, sculptures etc) has moved you to tears? A sobering, but fascinating article in METRO magazine about the changing nature of club rugby in Auckland. Changing… Read more Audio

4:03 PM.Fancy voting for your favourite candidate while picking up some bananas from the supermarket Justice Minister Andrew Little yesteday announced that Government would introduce legislation allowing… Read more Audio

3:55 PM.What the Panellists Jo McCarroll and Bill Ralston have been thinking Audio

3:46 PM.Top sheets, it's been said, are an endangered species. Of the many things that millennials are killing apparently the top sheet can be included. Ali Ventura vehemently disagrees and tries to prove her… Read more Audio

12:00 PM.Wallace Chapman is joined by Bill Ralston, broadcaster, former political journalist and and co-founder of media training organisation Deadline Ltd, and Jo McCarroll, editor of NZ Gardener magazine. 

4:50 PM.Less than 40 percent of New Zealanders use cash at least three times per week. Audio

4:37 PM.The government's gun buyback starts today and will run until mid-December. But there's a BIT disparity in how much different parties think it'll cost ... Audio

4:31 PM.What's the most underrated Beatles song? Audio

4:20 PM.Auckland has been ranked alongside Berlin, Las Vegas, London and Madrid in a recent tourism survey, but it is vulnerable to the foibles of over-tourism ... Audio