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4:18 PM.The Dunedin City Council has surveyed workers in the city about working during the Easter holiday. It found that half of those surveyed felt pressured to work on the long weekend by their bosses… Read more Audio

4:15 PM.There's been plenty of listener feedback about industrial action by nurses. Those on-side and those off. There's no more money in the purse so should nurses be happy with a 9% pay-rise and $2000 lump… Read more Audio

4:10 PM.UK restaurants will soon have to add the calorific values of food items on their menus. Along with banning sugar-based drinks to children is this the way we should be heading in New Zealand? Audio

4:05 PM.An organiser of a Quidditch tournament in the US thinks movie company Warner Bros has been taken over by the Harry Potter villain Voldemorte. The company is cracking down on fan festivals. The… Read more Audio

4:03 PM.Green MP Julie Anne Genter will take three-moths maternity leave later this year. Should our PM also be taking more time off after the birth of her first baby? UK restaurants will soon have to add the… Read more Audio

3:54 PM.Your feedback, and a preview of the guests and topics on The Panel. Audio

3:47 PM.Blood pressure and altitude, Star Wars viewing ratings and night courts. Read more Audio

5:00 PM.Social commentator Emma Espiner is in Auckland and she's joined by Dunedin-based video game entrepreneur Dean Hall. Read more

4:58 PM.Melania Trump has descended on an illegal immigrants' detention camp in Texas. She's visited the children that her husband's government has seen separated from their parents. However the President of… Read more Audio

4:55 PM.Should a principal be on their own school board? Do volunteer Board members have the educational expertise to go-it-alone? The School Trustees Association says a principal reports to the Board but… Read more Audio

4:45 PM.Soprano the one year-old Doberman barks for hours on end when he's left at his Governors Bay home. It's driving the neighbours nuts, with some unable to get enough sleep. We ask Doggy Dan what's… Read more Audio

4:37 PM.What the Panelists Alexia Russell and Ian Telfer want to talk about. Audio

4:31 PM.Karoshi is the Japanese word for "death by overwork". The country is trying to address this phenomenon by introducing some labour laws. Meanwhile a 64 year-old man has been harshly dealt with for… Read more Audio

4:27 PM.New statistics show hazadarous drinking has increased for older groups and Alcohol Heathwatch's execuitve director warns partys of the population have reached 'peak booze'. One-third of hazardous… Read more Audio

4:17 PM.The Property editor at the NZ Herald Anne Gibson has been doing some digging and answers your questions around the Building Code, regulations, fit-for-purpose designs, and building materials. Audio

4:14 PM.Nurses aren't the only ones who are stressed and busy and need a pay rise. So why aren't they happy with $2000 lump sums and a 9% pay rise? Audio

4:12 PM.Should elected government's be in for the longer haul? The outgoing chief science adviser Sir Peter Gluckman says NZ isn't very good at long-term thinking and we need longer parliamentary terms of… Read more Audio

4:08 PM.Now that she's arrived the focus is now on naming Jacinda Ardern's daughter and what dad Clarke Gayford's role in the family will be. Audio

4:05 PM.Karoshi is the Japanese word for "death by overwork". The country is trying to address this phenomenon by introducing some labour laws. Meanwhile a 64 year-old man has been harshly dealt with for… Read more Audio

4:03 PM.Now that she's arrived the focus is now on naming Jacinda Ardern's daughter and what dad Clarke Gayford's role in the family will be. Should elected government's be in for the longer haul? The… Read more Audio

3:55 PM.Your feedback, and a preview of the guests and topics on The Panel. Audio

3:50 PM.Number 8 wire, bored cats and cold toes. Read more Audio

5:00 PM.Today Jim is joined by journalists Alexia Russell in Auckland and Ian Telfer in Dunedin. Read more

4:57 PM.More than 450 patients at a UK hospital died after being powerful painkillers inappropriately. A new report has found Gosport War Memorial Hospital had an institutionalised practice of shortening… Read more Audio