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4:10 PM.Total farmers' debt has crept up over $62 billion - and it's a big worry for the sector, and for the government. Audio

4:08 PM.What the Panellists Andrew Hoggard and Mai Chen have been thinking. Audio

4:07 PM.Treating celebrities like deities might be par for the course these days, but it was a different story back in the 19th century. Audio

4:02 PM.More than a quarter of Hong Kong's population has taken to the streets to protest a new, controversial extradition bill. Autumn leaves might be beautiful, but they can definitely clog up a drain - as… Read more Audio

4:01 PM.Total farmers' debt has crept up over $62 billion - and it's a big worry for the sector, and for the government. Wellington has added Kilbirnie to a long list of areas in the capital with liquor bans… Read more Audio

12:00 PM.Today's panellists are Federated Farmers vice-president Andrew Hoggard, and Mai Chen, managing partner of law firm Chen Palmer

4:55 PM.Is vaping the long-sought-after way to get more people away from cigarettes? Audio

4:48 PM.A new report shows just 27 percent of forestry in the wider Wellington remains, with great swathes cut down to make room for urbanisation and farming. The report's author, Philippa Crisp, joins us to… Read more Audio

4:40 PM.Yesterday, Dubliners commemorated Bloomsday - a celebration of the James Joyce novel Ulysses. Otago University Irish studies professor Sonja Tiernan joins us to explain how the day came to pass, and… Read more Audio

4:33 PM.What do you remember about your first car? Audio

4:25 PM.The government is considering banning all cars with less than a three-star safety rating. Motor Industry Association chief executive David Crawford joins us with his thoughts on the matter. Audio

4:20 PM.The Children's Commissioner Judge Andrew Becroft will oversee an inquiry into Oranga Tamariki's uplift policy, following a traumatising video story from the Newsroom website last week. Audio

4:10 PM.ACT Party re-launches itself with 'act for freedom' slogan - will the new colours and podcast do the trick? And are the 'intolerant left' against free speech? Audio

4:08 PM.What the Panellists Ruwani Perera and Peter Elliot have been thinking. Audio

4:07 PM.What do you remember about your first car? Audio

4:06 PM.Question of the Day; Bloomsday celebrated in Dublin; Less than a third of Wellington forest left; Vaping the way to stamp out cigarettes? Audio

4:05 PM.A Brave New World for the ACT Party? Inquiry launched into Oranga Tamariki; Govt considers widening unsafe car import ban. Audio

12:00 PM.Today's panellists are the actor and presenter Peter Elliott, and The Hui journalist Ruwani Perera

4:56 PM.Fining the parents of bullies - ridiculous or good idea? This from an an article in the New York Times about a novel proposal in the US city of Wisconsin Rapids.  Read more Audio

4:52 PM.The environment ministry is looking at a scheme that would give consumers a deposit for returning their drink containers for recycling.  Read more Audio

4:49 PM.The Act party is relaunching - but keeping its name. In the NZ Herald today some of the details of the grand plan set to be unveiled during the party's annual conference on Sunday.  Read more Audio

4:40 PM.Today a story about an infestation of rats in the Auckland neighbourhood of Titirangi. The locals reckon the rats are the size of cats. Read more Audio

4:37 PM.What was the children's book that meant most to you growing up? Read more Audio

4:32 PM.The Very Hungry Caterpillar is celebrating its 50th anniversary! The best-selling book is was first published in June 1969 and has been translated into 62 languages.  Read more Audio

4:23 PM.National has released a primary sector discussion document with a few of their ideas for the rural sector. One of the ideas is to create a new primary sector visa and expand the regional seasonal… Read more Audio