Tim Watkin

Topics - Slate magazine is running an unusual kind of political poll in the U.S., in conjunction with a polling organisation. The Mayor of Christchurch, Bob Parker, has rejected calls for the city… Audio

Topics - The New Zealand Herald is highlighting more links between the Labour Party and a millionaire businessman charged with immigration and citizenship offences. People in the carpet cleaning… Audio

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Topics - Chinese-made poppies will go on sale in New Zealand for the first time in this week's annual poppy appeal. Has banning the cane and the strap left schools unable to impose discipline and led… Audio

Topics - SkyCity's chief executive Nigel Morrison says the Auckland casino's slot machines are less harmful to the public than Lotto tickets - and he says claims of social harm are out of proportion… Audio

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Topics - Britain's Olympic athletes are being told not to shake hands in case they catch a bug which could wreck their (Olympic) dreams. Are pseudosciences destroying universities' reputations? Air… Audio

Topics - The co-leader of the Green Party, Russel Norman, says a proposed referendum on partial asset sales could create major political problems for the Government. Two thirds of us believe we're not… Audio

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Topics - Academic staff at the University of Canterbury are reportedly furious over timetable changes, which are forcing lecturers to work longer hours and, sometimes, through their lunchbreaks and… Audio

Topics - The Auckland Council's crackdown on the protestors camping in Aotea Square would appear to have yielded more protestors in Aotea Square. An Auckland mother has pleaded guilty to a charge of… Audio

Topics - National has agreed to a radical development in the education system - charter schooling as a surprising part of its support deal with the Act Party. National has agreed to a radical… Audio

Topics - New Zealand homes are overvalued by 25 per cent and we're at risk of a housing bubble burst, according to the Economist. Next week the 34 surviving members of the Labour Party caucus will… Audio

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Topics - Special votes are going to be crucial in a number of seats. We've received some email communications that link asset sales of the country's major electricity generation companies to a risk of… Audio

Negotiations have begun between National and its support parties as Prime Minister elect John Key goes about stitching together the next government. Mr Key has indicated that he is prepared to give… Audio

Professor Andrew Geddis, Otago University's electoral and constitutional law expert, is joining us as we prepare for the referendum on MMP that accompanies this month's general election. Audio

Topics - There's a growing chorus of politicians and commentators calling upon the Prime Minister to make public whatever was recorded of his (so-called) "private" conversation with John Banks in an… Audio

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The Panellists: debate the merits of wearing helmets when cycling; have their own say; look at pedestrian behaviour and; look at a car not-to-buy. Audio