Chris Wikaira

Topics - new studies show daffodils may indeed help to treat depression. What percentage of Aucklanders do you reckon support Len Brown's "vision" for a city rail loop? and is Len Brown the best mayor… Audio

Topics - The dairy co-operative Fonterra's farmer shareholders have cleared the way for the much-debated Trading Among Farmers plan to go ahead - with two thirds of those who voted supporting it… Audio

Topics - The Chief Coroner says lives are being lost because Government and other agencies are ignoring coroners' recommendations. Opposition parties say a loyalty scheme for shares in state-owned… Audio

Topics - An Ozzie jobs festival in Auckland attracted thousands of emigration hopefuls at the weekend. It's been revealed that the Ministry of Education didn't properly investigate how nearly a… Audio

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Topics - A fascinating article in The Guardian challenges Britain's admiration for the Germans as a "hardworking" nation with figures showing German workers take more holidays than anyone else in the… Audio

Topic - The Prime Minister, John Key, says councils will have to apply a 'public good' test to their spending under proposed new changes. A panel disucssion with David Thornton from the lobby group… Audio

The classic explanation of how a wing generates enough lift to keep a plane or a bird in the air is wrong, according to a Cambridge University physicist, The multimillion-dollar luxury property in the… Audio

A Far North iwi will celebrate a major milestone tomorrow with the signing of a two-part deal which gives it a hand in governing 90 Mile Beach, Lawyers are getting involved, after the controversial… Audio

Topics - TVNZ will close down its public service channel TVNZ7 next June. Those homeowners on Christchurch's Port Hills who are defying notices to leave their rockfall-threatened properties have been… Audio

Topics - High level talks are continuing towards the formation of the next Government as the National Party negotiates agreements with the United Future, ACT and Maori parties. A former All Black is… Audio

Topics - the TV ratings are out from the weekends RWC semis. Do you remember the time when an opposing kicker was never booed when shooting for goal? Audio

Topics - The State Services Commissioner, Iain Rennie, says he'll be cautioning the head of the Serious Fraud Office for his inappropriate handling of two staff social gatherings. The Environmental… Audio

Topics - People are concerned that imposing greater taxation on the rich will have the effect of holding back the economy. Nearly one in three married New Zealanders has had an affair, according to a… Audio

Topics - are schools going too far with what they teach children in sex education classes? Is the 'Ka Mate' haka being over performed? Audio

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Topics - An independent medical research group is recommending paracetamol and ibuprofen not be used to reduce flu-related fever, saying it may increase the risk of death. Auckland Council has paid… Audio

Topics - The Maori and Mana Parties have hit out at an Act newspaper advertising campaign and Destiny Church's Hannah Tamaki was barred from attending a meeting of the Maori Women's Welfare League on… Audio

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According to a review by the Ministry of Transport and Treasury the benefits of Auckland's proposed CBD rail link fall billions of dollars short of the Auckland Council's business case for the… Audio