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US Correspondent: 'Presidency race picture troubling'
Elizabeth Warren quit the Democratic presidential race this week, leaving Joe Biden (77) and Bernie Sanders (78) as the last major contenders battling Donald Trump (73). Karen Kasler wonders when the… Audio
'Low likelihood' NZer spread Covid-19 to others - Health Minister
New Zealand still has just one confirmed case of the disease Covid-19.
The infected person -a New Zealander aged in their 60s - travelled from Iran via Bali on an Emirates flight to New Zealand on… Audio
US correspondent Karen Kassler on 'Super Tuesday'
There is another huge week ahead ahead in US politics, with 'Super Tuesday' -- where more than a third of the 2020 Democratic presidential primary votes will be cast -- looming as the star billing. US… Audio
My Current Song: Noah Slee - 'America'
Kiwi musician Noah Slee is back in the country and will be taking the stage at the Splore Festival later this morning. He joins the show to discuss his return and the inspiration behind his new single… Audio
Kate Murphy: You're Not Listening
Self-improvement guru Dale Carnegie always said listening was key to getting ahead in life. Journalist Kate Murphy takes a closer look at the art of listening in her new book, You're Not Listening:… Audio
William Gibson: Why our 'now' is getting shorter and shorter
William Gibson has imagined the near future more convincingly than anyone else for four decades now. His latest sci-fi thriller, Agency, is a book with both feet placed firmly in the future that will… Audio
GP warns another flu pandemic is a certainty
In the wake of the coronavirus out of Wuhan, China, Edinburgh-based GP and writer Dr. Gavin Francis insists we are getting better and better at controlling these things, but he is adamant there will… Audio
Donald Trump's 'bonkers' week in US politics
It's been yet another big week in US politics, with Donald Trump capping things off with a rambling, vitriolic speech in the wake of his impeachment acquittal. US correspondent Karen Kasler has been… Audio
Donald Trump hints at changes to impeachment process
President Trump has hinted he will move to make impeachments harder to pursue in his first remarks since being acquitted of impeachment.
Speaking at a national prayer breakfast a short time ago Trump… Audio
Donald Trump has a plan to end Israel-Palestine conflict
President Donald Trump, alongside Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, has announced his plans to end the conflict between Israel and the Palestinians.
The announcement of the 'Middle East… Audio
Middle-age misery hits at 47.2
Dartmouth College Professor David Blanchflower has studied data across 132 countries to measure the relationship between wellbeing and age and come up with a U-shaped happiness curve, which reaches… Audio
The beginning and the end of Trumpism
Rutgers University history professor James Goodman explains why Donald Trump is the only person who could have done what he has done -- and got away with it -- as US president. Audio
Wuhan coronavirus continues to weave path of destruction
A coronavirus outbreak that originated in Wuhan has now killed more than 40 people and infected more than 1,100, with the virus also spreading to at least nine other countries. Nathan VanderKlippe… Audio
The world's stage is full of global news
What are the updates from the World Health Organisation's emergency meeting about the global risk of the coronavirus from Wuhan, who is speaking today at the World Economic Forum in Davos and is there… Audio
Donald Trump's legal team responds to impeachment charges
US President Donald Trump's legal team has issued its first response to the impeachment charges - describing them as a "dangerous attack" on democracy.
The document said the impeachment articles… Audio
Government needs to focus on elimination ISIS from Middle East - National Party
National says the government needs to focus its efforts on eliminating ISIS from the Middle East. Due to conflict this week between Iran and the US, the Defence Force has halted training activites of… Audio
Trump says Iran appears to be standing down
The US President, Donald Trump, appears to be backing away from any further military action against Iran.
Yesterday, Iran launched more than a dozen missiles at two US bases in Iraq, in retaliation… Audio
2019 in review: Remixing Donald Trump's famous note
One of the lighter moments this year was in the month leading up to the impeachment hearings when President Trump rejected Ambassador Sondland's testimony there was a quid pro quo for Ukraine to… Audio
A man alone: Travelling the world solo by motorcycle
Chris Eden was diagnosed with incurable lymphatic cancer in 2005. Then he came up with a simple(ish) plan: ride a motorcycle solo across, round or through every continent in the world. So far he's… Audio, Gallery
'China-US resolution more of a truce than a peace deal'
Reports that China and the US have reached an initial trade deal have been met with scepticism by many commentators. Waikato University's International Law professor Al Gillespie says it's too early… Audio