Bernard Hickey
The Panel with Mihingarangi Forbes and Bernard Hickey (Part 1)
Te wiki o te reo Māori - Māori language week - starts today. The panellists discuss their feelings about the week, and ways to boost New Zealanders' engagement with te reo Māori. A former Labour… Audio
I've been thinking for 9 September 2019
What the Panellists Mihingarangi Forbes and Bernard Hickey have been thinking about. Audio
Story of the Day for 9 September 2019
Story of the day: Karl Lagerfeld's most memorable quotes. Audio
Don't lick the sexy lichen
Newsroom's Farah Hancock last week highlighted, with wry humour, the dangers of unconventional treatments for erectile disfunction. Audio
All Black TJ Perenara's wrist branding
The All Black reserve halfback TJ Perenara wrote "Ihumatao" on his wrist band and proudly displayed it during the national anthem and while leading the All Blacks haka. Audio
Plummeting support for recreational cannabis
Support for legalising recreational cannabis has plummeted in a recent poll. Ross Bell from the Drug Foundation joins us to chat about what this means for next year's vote. Audio
Question of the Day for 19 August 2019
Have you ever gotten in trouble for jaywalking? Audio
Aussie deputy PM's comments strain Fijian relationship
Australia's relationship with the Pacific Islands is eroding by the soundbite - with deputy prime minister Michael McCormack the latest to commit an offensive faux pas. Journalist Michael Field joins… Audio
Govt unveils ambitious justice strategy
The government has unveiled a bold new strategy aiming to drastically lower the number of Maori in prison. Lawyer and youth justice advocate Kingi Snelgar joins us to discuss whether these are… Audio
The Panel with Karlo Mila and Bernard Hickey (Part 2)
Have you ever gotten in trouble for jaywalking? Support for legalising recreational cannabis has plummeted in a recent poll. Ross Bell from the Drug Foundation joins us to chat about what this means… Audio
The Panel with Karlo Mila and Bernard Hickey (Part 1)
The government has unveiled a bold new strategy aiming to drastically lower the number of Māori in prison. Lawyer and youth justice advocate Kingi Snelgar joins us to discuss whether these are… Audio
I've been thinking for 19 August 2019
What the Panellists Karlo Mila and Bernard Hickey have been thinking about. Audio
Story of the Day for 19 August 2019
So THE Ohio State University has put in a trademark application to protect its brand. By trademarking the word "the". Basically they're looking to launch a new collection of University clothing solely… Audio
Navigating the confusing waters of monetary policy
Newsroom's Bernard Hickey explains the latest OCR drop, what it means, and predicts its direction a year out. Audio
How low can interest rates go?
The Reserve Bank's official cash rate sits at a record low of 1.5 per cent but the central bank has strongly indicated that could be cut further if the global economic outlook worsens and the local… Audio
Honesty
New research just published may prove that we're more honest than we might think. Audio
Is social media toxicity scaring people away from politics?
Tasman mayor Richard Kempthorne joins us to talk about his experiences dealing with social media as a local body politician, and the unforgiving - and possibly scary - bear pit young politicians are… Audio
Pay day lenders in the spotlight before Select Committee
The government is considering legislation which would crack down on payday loan companies. Tim Barnett from the Building Financial Capability Charitable Trust joins us with his two cents on the issue.
…Amazon pressured to sell gay conversion books
House Republicans are pressuring Amazon to relax its ban on books about gay conversion therapy, saying it's an issue of censorship and repressing conservative voices. Audio
Question of the Day for 23 July 2019
Do you support lowering the voting age? To what age...and why ? Audio