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4:40 PM.What would you call the new Auckland-Hamilton rail express? Five possible names for the new Hamilton to Auckland passenger rail service are being considered by local government. Topping the list from… Read more Audio

4:32 PM.Music distribution company TuneCore reports there's been a 154 per cent growth in the popularity of metal music. Metal topped all other genres in 2018 when it came to increased streams and downloads… Read more Video, Audio

4:24 PM.Treating drugs as a health centred issue and away from a punitive apprach has been at the heart of the Governments Misuse of Drugs Amendement Bill. It's a shift away from the War on Drugs approach to… Read more Audio

4:18 PM.New Zealand's major media outlets have agreed on how the coverage of the trial of the Christchurch Mosque gunman should be covered. Is it still the right thing to limit the use of his name? Audio

4:08 PM.The New Zealand Maori Council has called-out the Hobson's Pledge Group because he says no one else has. The Council's executive director Matthew Tukaki said that Hobson's Pledge was "a divisive group… Read more Audio

4:05 PM.Music distribution company TuneCore reports there's been a 154 per cent growth in the popularity of metal music. Metal topped all other genres in 2018 when it came to increased streams and downloads… Read more Audio

4:03 PM.The New Zealand Maori Council has called-out the Hobson's Pledge Group because he says no one else has. The Council's executive director Matthew Tukaki said that Hobson's Pledge was "a divisive group… Read more Audio

3:54 PM.What the Panelists Paula Penfold and Morgan Godfery have been thinking about. Audio

3:45 PM.What's the best food smell in the world? Frying bacon? Frying onions? Just frying full stop? And now a different one - what 's the WORST smelling food? Audio

4:56 PM.Michael Hill Jeweller is urging people to buy gifts for someone other than your actual mother, for Mothers' Day. It reckons you could be buying for your "work mum", too. The ad says "celebrate all… Read more Audio

4:47 PM.The Israel Folau controversy over his social media comments condemning many varieties of sinners to hell, including gays, is taking another turn. Other Pasifika rugby players, including Taniela Tupou… Read more Audio

4:41 PM.Footage of deformed and dying chickens has been released animal rights group SAFE - they say the chickens are on a free range farm and highights how consumers are being hoodwinked, with people paying… Read more Audio

4:39 PM.What would you tell your 18 year old self applying for your first job? Audio

4:32 PM.Young people going to job interviews are being told that a poor handshake will cost you getting the job. And there's also a call to ban handshakes in the workplace over fears of unwanted touching. Audio

4:21 PM.A co-author of a report on the mental health inquiry says it was re-written, renamed and cut in half, in what she calls "methodological racism." Dr Lynne Russell is a top Maori researcher and she says… Read more Audio

4:07 PM.Is Simon Bridges going to be forced to walk the plank? It's not clear if any possible challengers have the numbers to defeat him, though, especially while the party is holding up above the 40 per cent… Read more Audio

4:05 PM.Young people going to job interviews are being told that a poor handshake will cost you getting the job. And there's also a call to ban handshakes in the workplace over fears of unwanted touching… Read more Audio

4:03 PM.Is Simon Bridges going to be forced to walk the plank? It's not clear if any possible challengers have the numbers to defeat him, though, especially while the party is holding up above the 40 per cent… Read more Audio

3:55 PM.What the Panelists Julia Whaipooti and Tim Watkin have been thinking about. Audio

4:58 PM.The Panelists ponder if live music is still live if there's a pre-recorded backing track. Audio

4:55 PM.A pair of US botanists Elisabeth Schussler and James Wandersee, coined the term "plant blindness" back in the late '90s. It's an under appreciation of plants in general. The Panelists tell us how much… Read more Audio

4:40 PM.The Ministry of Transport has confirmed that April has been the deadliest month on the roads in 10 years. Forty-five people have died this month and 137 so-far this year. The usual reasons have been… Read more Audio

4:37 PM.Jonathan Hait, a social psychologist and a top Global Thinker, according to Foreign Policy Magazine, says "never before, have we encountered a group like Generation Z who feel 'unsafe' if you disagree… Read more Audio