Jock Anderson
Three Minutes Max: Jock Anderson on the height of bar stools
Short, succinct opinions from New Zealanders on subjects of their choice. Timaru journalist and local council hopeful Jock Anderson on the problem he and others of shorter stature have with the height… Audio
Cinema with beds
A cinema has opened in Switzerland that offers customers the option of watching their movie in a double bed instead of a traditional seat. This will cost you $NZ73 and includes free food and drink… Audio
Working harder not smarter
Australian entrepreneur Mark Bouris has championed starting your day 3am to really cram in as much work as possible. He's not the first successful person to advocate ridiculous wake-ups times or… Audio
Teachers Mega Strike
The Education Mega Strike looms. On Wednesday 29th of May almost 50,000 primary and secondary teachers and primary principals will walk off the job. It's the third strike in this campaign in a… Audio
Question of the Day for 13 May 2019
Wallace has complained about bad taxi service and got a free ride. What have you successfully complained about? Audio
Supported living rather than a wet house for Wellington
The Mayor of Wellington, Justin Lester, has announced the establishment of a wet house for homeless alcoholics will not go ahead. He says supported living units would be created, instead, which he… Audio
School bullying "intolerably high"
An Education Review Office report says that bullying in schools is intolerably high and beyond schools direct control. Nearly 11,000 young people in 136 schools were surveyed and nearly half of… Audio
The Panel with Jock Anderson and Karlo Mila (Part 2)
Wallace has complained about bad taxi service and got a free ride. What have you successfully complained about? The Education Mega Strike looms. On Wednesday 29th of May almost 50,000 primary and… Audio
The Panel with Jock Anderson and Karlo Mila (Part 1)
An Education Review Office report says that bullying in schools is intolerably high and beyond schools' direct control. Nearly 11,000 young people in 136 schools were surveyed and nearly half of… Audio
I've been thinking for 13 May 2019
What the Panelists Karlo Mila and Jock Anderson want to talk about. Audio
Story of the Day for 13 May 2019
In the UK, national numeracy day is on Wednesday and some research released ahead of it found that half of British adults have the numeracy skills of a primary school kid - and third struggle to work… Audio
First Maori Barbie doll
Sports presenter and journalist Melodie Robinson has become the first New Zealander to have a Barbie doll made in her likeness. Audio
Travel bloggers and stupid stunts
A couple who are travel bloggers has come under fire for posting a picture of themselves hanging out of a moving train in Sri Lanka. It racked up 40,000 likes but many people criticized them. More… Audio
Deep sea destruction
New research highlights the damage the fishing industry is doing by bottom trawling. The researchers which are led by NIWA say the destructrion of the seabed wildlife is akin to destruction of the… Audio
Acts of kindness
A teenage boy in the US saved for two years to buy his friend an electric wheelchair after watching him struggle with his hand push wheelchair in school hallways. We love a heartwarming story about… Audio
Vegan for babies
Veganism is growing all over the western world with the UK having around 3.5 million people who only eat plant-based foods. The vegan diet is becoming a personal health choice and also an… Audio
Do we need a postal service?
It'll now cost you $1.30 to post a standard letter. But maybe not many of us will be worried as personal letters only make up 1 per cent of all items sent. NZ Post delivers about 400 million mail… Audio
Push against anti-vaxxers
A huge new study of more than half a million children found no link between the measles, mumps and rubella vacination and autism. Despite this, the author of the discredited study Andrew Wakfields… Audio
The Panel with Jock Anderson and Niki Bezzant (Part 2)
A teenage boy in the US saved for two years to buy his friend an electric wheelchair after watching him struggle with his hand push wheelchair in school hallways. We love a heartwarming story about… Audio