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4:31 PM.A Slate columnist has written a piece about meditation and how it can be beneficial even when not done perfectly. She makes the point that many people don't even begin to try in fear they won't be… Read more Audio

4:18 PM.A new study has found Canadian writers are earning 27 per cent less than they were three years ago. Average incomes dropped to just over $9,000 in that time.  Read more Audio

4:18 PM.The Prime Minister says more care needs to be taken with the mental health of MPs following the news over the weekend that Jami-Lee Ross went into mental health care.  Read more Audio

4:10 PM.Some bus services in Auckland and Hamilton weren't running due to drivers striking. The union representing the drivers says the way contracts are awarded to bus companies makes companies cut wages to… Read more Audio

4:08 PM.It's looking more likely that Australia will take up New Zealand's offer of accepting 150 refugees from the Manus Island and Nauru detention centres. Read more Audio

4:03 PM.Some bus services in Auckland and Hamilton weren't running due to drivers striking. The drivers want a country-wide fair pay agreement. The union representing the drivers says the way contrats are… Read more Audio

3:52 PM.The US Embassy in Australia has had to apologise for sending an inappropriate email. Read more Audio

3:45 PM.We find the answers to any queries you can think up. Today William's question about bird urine, Pete's query about border control and Wendy's one about petrol.  Read more Audio

5:00 PM.Victim Advocate Ruth Money is in our Auckland studio and Massey University pro Vice Chancellor Chris Gallavin is in Wellington.

4:46 PM.The results of a longitudinal study which started in 1960 is bearing some interesting fruit. Hundreds of thousands of U.S high school students took a test, as part of Project Talent. Now tens of… Read more Audio

4:37 PM.What the Panelists Jock Anderson and Nicky Pellegrino want to talk about. Audio

4:32 PM."Nebraska. Honestly, it's not for everyone." A refreshingly honest regional slogan. But really, why bother? Audio

4:27 PM.A property company is using nostalgia and the idea of "kiwi-ness" in a promotional video for a kiwibuild development in Waikato."Do you feel like we've lost our Kiwiness" were the words on the video… Read more Audio

4:15 PM.The phrase first coined by British PM Harold Wilson "a week is a long time in politics" couldn't be more apt for the New Zealand National Party this week. Political journalist Richard Harman sums up… Read more Audio

4:08 PM.A FREE waterfront Auckland stadium. A 50,000-seat covered stadium to be built by the Auckland Waterfront Consortium in return for the right to build 2500 dwellings and commercial buildings nearby, and… Read more Audio

4:05 PM."Nebraska. Honestly, it's not for everyone." A refreshingly honest regional slogan. But really, why bother? What the Panelists Jock Anderson and Nicky Pellegrino want to talk about. The results of a… Read more Audio

4:03 PM.A FREE waterfront Auckland stadium. A 50,000-seat covered stadium to be built by the Auckland Waterfront Consortium in return for the right to build 2500 dwellings and commercial buildings nearby, and… Read more Audio

3:55 PM.Mary Ward who writes for Fairfax Australia has written a column about giving up her handbag and how liberating it is. Audio

3:46 PM.Recycling etiquette, Auckland Alpers Ave and prey animals' evolution. Read more Audio

5:00 PM.Legal journalist Jock Anderson is in Christchurch and author Nicky Pellegrino is in the RNZ Auckland studio.

4:53 PM.The Taxpayers' Union has looked into the purchase of vehicles for local politicians. They've come to the conclusion a lot are being too extravagant. Dunedin's mayor Dave Cull talks about his $60k… Read more Audio

4:46 PM.Dunedin's mayor Dave Cull thinks local alcohol policy has been severely watered-down after it was appealed by a group that includes supermarkets and liquor stores.He believes commercial interests are… Read more Audio

4:39 PM.What the Panelists Lavina Good and Stephen Franks want to talk about. Audio

4:33 PM.A Nobel Prize-winning professor is being honoured by the University of Missouri with a special designated space for him in a bike rack on campus. It'll be a standard bike rack but there'll be a sign… Read more Audio