Jock Anderson
Auckland bus drivers strike over hours
Auckland bus drivers are going on strike to protest their inhospitable hours. Is it time for councils to re-think the idea that cheapest is best? Audio
One rule to stop traffic jams forever
Professor Katsuhiro Nishinari from the University of Tokyo is a jamologist - he studies traffiic jams and he thinks he has the secret to rendering traffric jams a thing of the past Audio
British govt to age-restrict energy drinks
The British government plans to restrict the sale of energy drinks - it has yet to decide whether it's to over-16s or over-18s. Meanwhile, South Korea is planning to ban the sale of coffee in schools… Audio
Report recommends slashing number of racecourses
Winston Peters has commissioned a review by Australia stud owner John Messara to review the NZ racing industry which has been in an ailing state in the past 10 years. Audio
What's in a name?
The soft drink company Mountain Dew has made a bit of a faux pas by not being especially up-to-speed with Scottish slang ... Audio
What's the conversation decorum at a gig?
Julia Deans got a bit grumpy at people talking through her set in Queenstown - did she have a point, and what level of conversation is polite at a concert? Audio
Meka Whaitiri steps aside pending investigation
More woes for Labour - this time in the form of Minsiter Meka Whaitiri who has been accused of 'manhandling' her new ministerial press secretary in a confrontation this week. Audio
The debate rumbles on: should Chelsea Manning be allowed to come here?
US whistleblower Chelsea Manning will not be allowed to enter Australia for a speaking tour - should she come here ? Audio
The Panel with Jock Anderson and Amanda Millar (Part 2)
The soft drink company Mountain Dew has made a bit of a faux pas by not being especially up-to-speed with Scottish slang? What the Panelists Jock Anderson and Amanda Millar want to talk about. Winston… Audio
The Panel with Jock Anderson and Amanda Millar (Part 1)
US whistleblower Chelsea Manning will not be allowed to enter Australia for a speaking tour - should she come here ? Customs minister Meka Whaitiri has stood aside from her portfolios after an alleged… Audio
The name game
Celebrity cook Annabel Langbein is in hotwater over a Mother's Day competition in the NZ Women's Weekly. Audio
A leaky school and not enough tradies
A construction company has been ordered to pay millions to fix a rotting secondary school in Auckland. Audio
What will the future bring (or end)?
Another futurist has predicted what common things will be extinct, including carparks, itunes and credit cards. Audio
Auckland regional fuel tax
There are now advertisements in Auckland asking the public what they want to spend the new regional fuel tax on. Audio
Your degree may soon be useless
A new report says 40 per cent of degrees will soon be obsolete. Traditional degrees could disappear within a decade the report has found. Audio
Vic Uni name change
Victoria University is looking to change its name to the University of Wellington to eliminate what it says is confusion with overseas institutions. Audio
Hospice forced to dump donations
Mary Potter Hospice in Porirua has had to shut down its second-hand shop after heavy rain brought asbestos down from the roof.
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Meth pamphlet
The New Zealand Herald is reporting an Auckland high school student was given a pamphlet that appeared to give advice on how to use methamphetamine. Audio