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12:00 PM.Today Wallace Chapman is joined by Dr Karlo Mila, writer and Programme Director of the Mana Moana Experience, and James Elliott, lawyer and writer. 

4:57 PM.Our thermostats are sexist, a piece on Newshub suggests. They've enlisted the help of a University of Auckland lecturer to figure out why women are often colder in offices than men.  Read more Audio

4:52 PM.Hungary's Prime Minister says women who have four kids or more will be exempt from income tax for life. Young couples will also be given interest-free loans that will be cancelled once they have 3… Read more Audio

4:47 PM.A customer of Buoy cafe in Auckland was outraged when she wasn't allowed to use a takeaway coffee cup while she dined in. The cafe owners only give out the cups for people taking their coffee away. Read more Audio

4:42 PM.Both Facebook and Twitter are introducing features to effectively erase posts and messages. Facebook is introducing an "unsend" feature for it's messenger service and Twitter is looking at allowing… Read more Audio

4:36 PM.A study has found that 66 percent of New Zealanders tried to reduce their waste over the last two years by doing different things like eating leftovers and planning their meals.  Read more Audio

4:32 PM.Question of the Day: What do YOU do to reduce food waste? Audio

4:22 PM.A new study has found standard 'sign in' contracts are unreadable to the average customer. Courts are still enforcing these contracts even though most people don't understand what they've agreed to. 

4:18 PM.Civil defence says Wakefield locals can return home - but they must be ready to leave at a moments notice. Read more Audio

4:09 PM.A new study has revealed that more than a quarter of clients using budgeting services have crippling-high interest loans, with much of the debt used to pay everyday expenses. Read more Audio

4:05 PM.Question of the Day: What do YOU do to reduce food waste? A study has found that 66 percent of New Zealanders tried to reduce their waste over the last two years by doing different things like eating… Read more Audio

4:03 PM.A new study by Community Law Canterbury and budgeting support group FINCAP has revealed that more than a quarter of clients using budgeting services have crippling-high interest loans, with much of… Read more Audio

3:48 PM.The auction of Hitler (or what's thought to be Hitler artworks), well, the five paintings have failed to sell at auction in Nuremburg on Saturday. Read more Audio

3:46 PM.Your feedback, and a preview of the guests and topics on The Panel. Read more Audio

5:00 PM.The CEO of the Newmarket Business Association Mark Knoff-Thomas and journalist Nadine Higgins are in the RNZ Auckland studio.

4:57 PM.Can a beautiful water colour, stand on its own terms if it was painted by a person responsible for acts of utter evil ? Audio

4:54 PM.There's been an observation that both of our international cricket teams; the White Ferns and the Black Caps swapped "New Zealand" for "Aotearoa" on the front of their shirts for Waitangi Day. Audio

4:49 PM.Several centres around the country are accepting refugees over the next few years. The refugee quota increased from 750 to 1000 last July, and will again rise again to 1500 in July 2020. Audio

4:41 PM.Hair and facial hair - the flashpoint for high school kids. Brody Hide of Te Puke High school wants to keep his beard that he grew over summer. The school says grab a razor. Is having having a beard… Read more Audio

4:33 PM.RNZ reporter Ben Strang reports on the latest on multiple fires in the Nelson region. He tells us a fire that broke out this afternoon at Walter's Bluff near Nelson city has been brought under… Read more Audio

4:20 PM.Iwi are playing a more and more important role in the NZ economy and are a real success story. Jason Mika is a senior lecturer at Massey University and a director of Te Au Rangahau, the Māori Business… Read more Audio

4:10 PM.What does business think of Jacinda Ardern's State of the Nation speech? She spoke of strong economic growth, trade deals with the EU and Britain and sorting out badly performing polytechnics. Kirk… Read more Audio

4:05 PM.RNZ reporter Ben Strang reports on the latest on multiple fires in the Nelson region. He tells us a fire that broke out this afternoon at Walter's Bluff near Nelson city has been brought under… Read more Audio

4:03 PM.What does business think of Jacinda Ardern's State of the Nation speech? She spoke of strong economic growth, trade deals with the EU and Britain and sorting out badly performing polytechnics. Kirk… Read more Audio