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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

4:29 PM.The Tax Working Group is touting the idea for a wealth tax on baches. It would also apply to people who own second homes. The tax would only apply to the value of the property - not to any income from… Read more Audio

4:10 PM.Several women claim "grooming" and manipulation by former National Party MP Jami-Lee Ross. Meanwhile recorded comments are interpreted as disparaging to Indians. We talk to Sandeep Singh of the Indian… Read more Audio

4:05 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

4:03 PM.Several women claim "grooming" and manipulation by former National Party MP Jami-Lee Ross. Meanwhile recorded comments are interpreted as disparaging to Indians. We talk to Sandeep Singh of the Indian… Read more Audio

3:51 PM.So Poor old Wikileaks founder Julian Assange - he's clearly outstayed his welcome at the Ecuadorian Embassy in London, they're quite cross with him. Audio