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4:33 PM.What is something you only recently learned that has improved your daily life? Audio

4:23 PM.Anti-muslim leaflets were left on cars parked outside two churches in Palmerston North on Sunday. In Auckland, there is mounting concern from some students about an increased white supremacy presence… Read more Audio

4:09 PM.An intensive care specialist at Auckland's Middlemore Hospital, David Galler, says the lack of trust between junior doctors and their DHB bosses has never been worse. The Resident Doctors Union says… Read more Audio

4:05 PM.What is something you only recently learned that has improved your daily life? Jonathan Hait, a social psychologist and a top Global Thinker, according to Foreign Policy Magazine, says "never before… Read more Audio

4:03 PM.An intensive care specialist at Auckland's Middlemore Hospital, David Galler, says the lack of trust between junior doctors and their DHB bosses has never been worse. The Resident Doctors Union says… Read more Audio

3:55 PM.What the Panelists Victoria Stewart and Guy Williams want to talk about. Audio

3:46 PM.There's a classic reverse-NIMBY stoush a-brewin in the Toronto inner-city suburb of Parkdale. Audio

4:50 PM.New research suggests a way forward for dealing with domestic cats in relation to the natural environment. Including, keeping cats inside from dusk til dawn. New Zealanders are a long way behind… Read more Audio

4:41 PM.The Waikato District Council is increasing the rent of its pensioners flats by 16 per cent, that's $26 a week. Budgeting adviser Darryl Evans of Mangere Budgeting Services says the elderly, who… Read more Audio

4:36 PM.There's a "bring back the stick shift" movement as some say the ease of driving modern cars is taking away drivers' abilities to make safe and timely decisions when driving. Audio

4:31 PM.The Big 7 travel site has determined that the kiwi accent is outrageously charming. The sexiest accent in the world. How come it wasn't French or Italian? Audio

4:24 PM.The department of Corrections is being criticised for spending $1 million on 193 slushy ice machines to help keep prison staff cool over the summer of 2017-2018. National leader Simon Bridges calls it… Read more Audio

4:20 PM.Police have confirmed the person accused of taking 11 guns from Palmerston North police station last Thursday got into the building through an unlocked door. The deputy Police Comissioner Mike Clement… Read more Audio

4:10 PM.A University of Otago-led report has outlined bold ambitions aimed at getting people out of their cars and into more 'active transport'. These include doubling the number of trips walked, doubling the… Read more Audio

4:05 PM.The Big 7 travel website has determined that the kiwi accent is outrageously charming. The sexiest accent in the world. How come it wasn't French or Italian? There's a "bring back the stick shift"… Read more Audio

4:03 PM.A University of Otago-led report has outlined bold ambitions aimed at getting people out of their cars and into more 'active transport'. These include doubling the number of trips walked, doubling the… Read more Audio

3:55 PM.What the Panelists Penny Ashton and Jarrod Gilbert have been thinking about. Audio

3:46 PM.Some fresh news the ceaseless quest of airlines around the world to provide a literal "cattle class" experience for customers .. Audio

4:55 PM.Stuff has launched a series looking at shortcomings in the official information act. Our panellists - both of whom have worked as journalists - weigh in with their thoughts and experiences. Audio

4:45 PM.Fertile land around our urban centres is being eaten up by housing developments, and the horticultural sector is worried it'll affect a $3.5 billion industry. Horticulture NZ's Michelle Sands joins us… Read more Audio

4:40 PM.Wellington's city council is paying a social media influencer, Lucy Revill, to try to reach more under-35s. Is this a sensible use of ratepayer money? Audio

4:33 PM.What album did you first HATE and ended up loving? Audio

4:28 PM.North Korea has issued the USA a $2.3 million bill for the hospital care of Otto Warmbier, a US citizen who was arrested and jailed in North Korea, before suffering extreme, mysterious brain damage… Read more Audio

4:20 PM.Former vice-president Joe Biden has officially launched a bid for the White House - does he stand a chance against the incumbent? Audio