Ali Jones

Now the Queen might be doing the unimaginable. Handing over power to her boy Charles! Audio

It's a thing. Fake social media and news stories about disaster befalling the famous. And people believe it. Audio

The school holidays are here and the kids might be heading to a trampoline park. But there are some pretty serious injuries to be had. A biomechanical engineer from the US says the designs of… Audio

Christchurch mayor Lianne Dalziel is in Britain this week opening a new branch of the Christchurch Foundation, raising money for the victims of the March 15 mosque attacks. One of the interesting… Audio

New research from the Asia New Zealand Foundation has found increased travel, entertainment and personal connections means New Zealanders understand the region better than ever before. It's a self… Audio

Question of the Day: What's your most memorable car experience? The last Volkswagon Beetle has rolled off the production line in Mexico. It's had a few incarnations, the latest began in 2011 and there… Audio

New Zealand is in the midst of far and away the best kakapo breeding season ever. The total adult population of these endangered birds is just 142. But this season 86 chicks have hatched the next best… Audio

The government has today released a set of proposed regulations for medicinal cannabis - around cultivation and around standards for medicinal products. Under the proposed new regulatory scheme… Audio

New Zealand's infrastructure is at crisis point. Tjis is the analysis of the Prime Minister's own Business Advisory Council, headed by outgoing Air New Zealand chief executive Christopher Luxon. This… Audio

Question of the Day: What's your most memorable car experience? The last Volkswagon Beetle has rolled off the production line in Mexico. It's had a few incarnations, the latest began in 2011 and there… Audio

New Zealand's infrastructure is at crisis point. Tjis is the analysis of the Prime Minister's own Business Advisory Council, headed by outgoing Air New Zealand chief executive Christopher Luxon. This… Audio

What the Panelists Ali Jones and Shamubeel Eaqub have been thinking about. Audio

There's recently been a bit of publicity around school balls in NZ - Kerikeri High School banned plunging necklines, revealing splits and anything other than ankle-length dresses at the ball. Audio

Three Minutes Max: short, sharp opinions from commentators around New Zealand. Christchurch's Ali Jones reflects on what life is like in a city which has been through so much over the past decade and… Audio

A Christchurch woman is petitioning Parliament to ensure residents of retirement homes can't be left homeless at short notice. Merivale Retirement Village's rest home is going to be demolished and… Audio

The Pedestrian Council of Australia wants fines for people distracted while walking across the road, on their cellphones usually. Audio

It might be getting millions of hits overseas and it's certainly set tongues wagging at home, but is Air NZ's new safety video actually doing its job? Audio

Panel listener John Le Harivel lives near Otorohanga, in a semi-rural property, about 200m down a tar-sealed driveway. However he finds couriers often won't try to deliver parcels to his door, instead… Audio

What the panellists Ali Jones and Andrew Clay want to talk about. Audio

If you had to listen to the same song on repeat for five hours, what would it be? Audio