Penny Ashton

Topics - Labour's energy spokesman David Shearer says John Key's wrong to suggest consumers would have to pay for a network upgrade. Quote - "In the last year, Crown-owned Transpower, which shares… Audio

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Topics - We're getting taller, 4 inches taller, to be precise. We've been discussing ACC claims and wasps, on Afternoons, how NZ has the worst wasp problem in the world and that ACC upholds some wasp… Audio

Topics - the Drug Foundation is asking police to hold off from prosecuting people for possessing synthetic cannabis or party pills under new legislation. Judith Collins had one more Question Time this… Audio

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Topics - "Is there anything more American than America?" Bob Dylan, urging all who watched the Super Bowl to buy American cars. A state primary school is giving each of its students an iPad for their… Audio

Topics - The Governor General was the target of a noisy protest as he entered Waitangi marae today. The Government wants to override privacy laws to supply the US Government with private details about… Audio

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Topics - The Pentagon is considering a reorganisation of its internal think tank, the Office of Net Assessment - an organisation credited with helping the US win the Cold War. A study has found that… Audio

Topics - An independent inquiry into Fonterra's botulism scare has revealed a broken torch sparked the contamination scandal. Alcohol experts are hoping more people will get help to reduce their… Audio

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Topics - a new plan has been mooted to install a ladder on the famous Hillary Step. New research from Western Australia has found that while one cup of coffee is good for your health, five cups of… Audio

Topics - The Government has confirmed it will provide funding to expand the KickStart breakfast in schools scheme run by Fonterra and Sanitarium. Auckland's booming residential market has pushed 10… Audio

Topics - Pope Francis has appeared before some 150,000 pilgrims massed in St Peter's Square for his first Angelus prayer and asked the faithful to pray for him. 'Younger Generation Lags Behind Its… Audio

Topics - most of the North Island has received a welcome smattering of rain. Some areas got up to 25 millimetres yesterday. Scientists are confident the rare earthquakes in Auckland at the weekend are… Audio

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Auckland-based actor and writer on her latest show 'Promise and Promiscuity: A New Musical by Jane Austen' taking place at the Auckland Fringe Festival. Audio

Celebrities, never ones to let a natural disaster pass without giving their ill-timed two cents worth, have been very vocal since Hurricane Sandy hit. Quade Cooper's future in Australian rugby. An… Audio

Sir Geoffrey Palmer has triggered some media response after speaking to a conference on accident compensation. The New York Marathon is the world's largest, with a field of nearly 50,000 runners. Audio

Topics - America has been remembering Neil Armstrong, who died at the weekend from complications from a heart procedure. Only half of the country's wealthy individuals worth more than 50 million… Audio