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4:10 PM.The Government has released its Wellbeing Budget. The panellists are joined by Economics Professor Tim Hazledine of Auckland University and Moira Lawyer, Chief Executive of the Methodist mission run… Read more Audio

4:06 PM.Question of the Day for 30th May; Is the Rainbow Tick pinkwashing? Budget smugglers; Hawke's Bay ratepayers to pay for coastal defences; The return of David Seymour to DWTS. Audio

4:05 PM.Analysis of the Wellbeing budget; New Auckland transport lobby group. 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. Read more Audio

12:00 PM.Wallace Chapman is joined by Cindy Mitchener, former TV executive who now runs a recruitment company, and Bernard Hickey, economic journalist and managing editor of Newsroom Pro.  Read more

4:54 PM.There are some things that we think will be around forever but, you might be surprised that some household items, that we take for granted, are on the endangered list. Landline phones, bar soap, top… Read more Audio

4:48 PM.The Queen's Birthday honours list is soon to be announced and one of our great Olympians has commented on the gender imbalance in who the recipients are. Dame Barbara Kendall says our Honours system… Read more Audio

4:39 PM.Yesterday we covered the story of a Southland woman forced to give birth in an ambulance on Sunday Morning, when it became apparent the hour-long drive to Invercargill Hospital was not a viable… Read more Audio

4:33 PM.Where have you worn the wrong thing? Audio

4:25 PM.Air New Zealand is cutting flights on some domestic routes and reviewing its airfares. Nelson, Napier, New Plymouth, Palmerston North, Blenheim and Tauranga will be affected by the changes. The… Read more Audio

4:18 PM.A huge strike of around 50,000 primary and secondary teachers around the country are today protesting the latest Government pay offer. Seconday school teachers have rejected three pay offers to date… Read more Audio

4:09 PM.The National Party yesterday released what it said were key details of the government's Wellbeing Budget, due tomorrow. Then yesterday evening Treasury announced it had been deliberately and… Read more Audio

4:03 PM.The National Party yesterday released what it said were key details of the government's Wellbeing Budget, due tomorrow. Then yesterday evening Treasury announced it had been deliberately and… Read more Audio

3:55 PM.What the Panelists Alexia Russell and Eli Matthewson have been thinking about. Audio

3:45 PM.Talking money today. The news that MacKenzie Bezos - that's the ex-wife of Amazon boss Jeff Bezos - has promised to give away half her fortune. Audio

4:55 PM.Shaving company Gillette's last ad caused an uproar in some quarters when it focussed on bullying and harassment. The company now has a new advert, it shows a dad teaching his transgender son how to… Read more Audio

4:47 PM.Should you get bereavement leave when your pet dies? It's a question that came up in the UK when a guest on a talk show said he'd be bereft if his dog died and he'd definitely need time off to grieve… Read more Audio

4:43 PM.The median rent in New Zealand has reached a record high of $500 a week, with the regions hit hard. According to TradeMe, the median weekly rent in the Bay of Plenty, Hawke's Bay, Manawatu/Whanganui… Read more Audio

4:38 PM.Facebook has banned an artist after she posted one of her works. It's a swastika made up of Donald Trump's "Make America Great Again" caps. Rather than promoting white supremacy, Kate Kretz says it's… Read more Audio

4:33 PM.Which conspiracy theory do you half believe? Audio

4:18 PM.Residents of Auckland's Waiheke Island are getting increasingly peeved at long queues for the ferry and the chances of not being able to board at all. Ferry operator, Fuller Ferries, say the services… Read more Audio

4:10 PM.A Southland woman gave birth in an ambulance on Sunday morning. A local midwife Sarah Stokes says if the Lumsden Maternity Centre hub had oxygen, full rescucitation equipment and another midwife to… Read more Audio

4:05 PM.Which conspiracy theory do you half believe? Facebook has banned an artist after she posted one of her works. It's a swastika made up of Donald Trump's "Make America Great Again" caps. Rather than… Read more Audio

4:03 PM.A Southland woman gave birth in an ambulance on Sunday morning. A local midwife Sarah Stokes says if the Lumsden Maternity Centre hub had oxygen, full rescucitation equipment and another midwife to… Read more Audio