David Farrar

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Topics - Why do real estate agents on Trade Me tell you houses are in a cheaper price bracket than they are? The excitement continues to build for Warriors League fans. Audio

Topics - The interest rate on the Government's debt has gone up a tenth of a percentage point following the country's credit ratings downgrade. A new survey is blaming a million poorly educated and… Audio

Topics - Economic Activity from overseas visitors to New Zealand for the Rugby World Cup highlighted in new report from MasterCard. Allan Hubbard was laid to rest today in a private funeral service in… Audio

Topics - Free tickets for the quarter and semi finals will be offered to fans who missed the Rugby World Cup opening ceremony and game at Eden Park. That's one of the recommendations made today in an… Audio

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Topics - Rising fears of another recession have hammered global stocks, with Wall Street's major indexes falling sharply.Expectations that house prices will rise have jumped, especially in Auckland… Audio

Topics - From time to time we receive email feedback accusing The Panel of being negative about the Rugby World Cup. James Horwill says he was speechless when the Wallabies coach, former Cantabrian… Audio

Topics - Over the weekend, Bill Perry, CEO of the construction firm Fulton Hogan, died very suddenly and unexpectedly within hours of contracting an aggressive meningococcal infection. A British woman… Audio

Topics - The United States House of Representative has approved a bill that raises the limit on national borrowing and averts the risk that the government might run out of money. A 17-year-old charged… Audio

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Are the claimed benefits of drinking lots of water exaggerated?; Auckland District Health Board considers rejecting job applications from smokers; a former white supremacist wants taxpayers to pay for… Audio

The Labour Party unveils it's economic policy; price of gold hits record high. Audio

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Topics - Pharmaceutical companies are racing to market a new maternal blood test that would help pregnant women avoid invasive procedures for diagnosing Down Syndrome. Southern Cross school in South… Audio

Topics - Australian media is reporting that Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation is threatening to boycott coverage of the Rugby World Cup. A Canterbury University geologist says Bottle Lake Forest would… Audio

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The Labour Party's new policies have been dismissed as old-hat, with the Prime Minister saying it proves Labour's learned nothing from its two-and-a-half years in opposition. Audio

The Revenue Minister has slammed media reports that dairy farmers aren't paying their taxes. Audio

U.S. officials have boiled down their goals as hosts of this week's APEC meeting to three words: "get stuff done", and a man who feigned illness to go on holiday has been found to have been… Audio