Tim Watkin

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

The Pabellists look at an ANZ NZ profit of over a billion dollars in these very lean times; the legality of evicting anti-greed protesters in Dunedin and; a look at the financial implications for… Audio

Topics - Television dramas should be targeted at the over-40s because they "don't have a life and don't go out", according to the English actor Philip Glenister. Do we need as the BSA seems to be… Audio

Topics - Construction has begun at the site where the controversial waka-shaped-pavillion structure that will stand on the Auckland waterfront. Some Wellington retailers have refused to remove… Audio

Topics - World Cup rugby minnows the USA Eagles are too nervous to take a waka trip across the Whanganui River. The Police Association says the most pleasing aspect of the Coroner's report on the… Audio

Topics - Just 2% of us think New Zealand completely lives up to its 100% Pure branding. It's been reported that "dining and dashing" has become so common that some restaurants have been forced to take… Audio

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Topics - A "business-friendly" think tank, the New Zealand Institute, has taken a swipe at New Zealand's education system which, it says, produces disadvantaged youth who are worse off than in any… Audio

Topics - in Australia, figures have been published that show the government and commercial vehicle fleets are propping up sales of large cars. St John Ambulance has confirmed it is among those… Audio

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Topics - The Grey District Mayor is calling for the receivers to either enter the Pike River coalmine or"stand aside". All school boards of trustees will be required to review their anti-bullying… Audio

Topics - Plutonium found in soil at the damaged Fukushima nuclear complex has again heightened alarm over Japan's protracted battle to contain what's being described as the world's worst atomic crisis… Audio

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Topics - Muammar Gaddafi is running out of options and friends as international action to pressure him into surrendering gathers momentum. In Britain - The Transport Secretary is considering changing… Audio

Topics - New Zealanders paid tribute to the victims of the Christchurch earthquake today - with two minutes' silence marking the moment the disaster struck last week. The emergency ambulance service… Audio

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Topics - The police have asked the District Court to withdraw unlawful assembly charges against 12 drivers arrested at a boy-racer gathering last year, after a judge dismissed three earlier cases… Audio