Catherine Robertson

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The issue of freedom camping again as we celebrate the big hot summer. Fences put around the berms near the Wellington Airport to stop people parking on the verges. There's been mixed reaction to the… Audio

Topics - The Prime Minister says New Zealand's likely military contribution to the fight against Islamic State "is the price of the club" that New Zealand belongs to, with the United States… Audio

Including: Two Maryland parents stand accused of doing the unthinkable: They trusted their kids, 10 and 6, to walk home from the park. The children got about halfway there when someone saw them and… Audio

Topics - well the magazines have been very busy displaying the bodies of famous women in recent times. Kim Kardashian tried to "break the internet" by posing nude for Paper magazine. Last week British… Audio

Topics - New Zealand freediver William Trubridge will have another shot at a world record tomorrow. This morning the 34-year-old came up short in an attempt to dive 102 metres into a cavern off the… Audio

Topics - in the UK Sainsbury's customers are pledging to shop elsewhere after the famous chain of stores halved the value of its "Nectar points". Customers will only receive one loyalty point for… Audio

Topics - we're going to get a vote on a new national flag at the end of next year. There's been a "residential summit" on in Auckland today, with the core purpose of getting more people into homes… Audio

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Topics - Alone; one of the words we hate the most, apparently. This is the finding today in the big journal Science, from American varsity researchers. The discharge without conviction for the… Audio

Topics - Labour leader David Cunliffe has apologised at a Women's Refuge symposium for being a man and pledged to invest an extra $60 million into family violence services. Labour's going to announce… Audio

The Air Force yesterday during a training exercise yesterday dropped pallets of supplies into a Hastings vineyard by mistake. The NZ Herald's headline - "Plonk. Air Force In A Vine Mess"; Lou Vincent… Audio

The lows in parliamentary discourse; When a young person embarks on a medical career it doesn't come with a warning about being stalked or assaulted; The naval rating who killed a man with a single… Audio

The Telegraph has published details of a poll examining the kinds of things that couples argue about, the New Zealand Festival of the Arts Writer's Week, and obtaining a driver's license through VTNZ.

What the panelists have been up to, Christchurch City Council plans to fast-track flood management, and social agencies say record power bills will force more people to switch off their heaters this… Audio

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The year of the horse; A court in Italy has reinstated the guilty verdicts against Amanda Knox and Raffaele Sollecito for the murder of UK student Meredith Kercher in 2007. Audio

Growing government concern about lost GST revenue due to online, offshore purchases; Bill English has called on Labour's David Cunliffe to apologise for misleading voters about his party's baby bonus… Audio

Topics - is there accepted wisdom you're not certain about? Wellingtonians are being urged to take care around marine mammals. Media have reported numerous sightings of Orca and dolphins in… Audio

Topics - The embattled Act party leader, John Banks, says he will not stand in next year's General Election following a decision ordering him to stand trial for electoral fraud. Commissioners at the… Audio