Wallace Chapman
Is there a need for the new sustainable party?
A new political party launched yesterday, called Sustainable NZ. The party's leader Vernon Tava said that the party would be pro environment, science and business. Audio
Australian fires level "catastrophic" threat
Australia is burning and residents have been warned the threat to areas around Sydney is "catastrophic". At least three people are dead and thousands have been displaced in the fires. Audio
The Panel with Mark Knoff-Thomas and Mihingarangi Forbes
On 4 November 1989 a million people flooded onto the streets bearing lit candles to protest against a repressive East German regime that days later would yield power to people and raise the toll bars… Audio
The Panel with Mark Knoff-Thomas and Mihingarangi Forbes (Part 1)
Australia is burning and residents have been warned the threat to areas around Sydney is "catastrophic". At least thre epeople are dead and thousands have been displaced in the fires which have been… Audio
I've been thinking for 11 November 2019
What the panellists Mark Knoff-Thomas and Mihingarangi Forbes have been thinking about. Audio
Colbert's NZ trip: Worth it?
Comedian Stephen Colbert's trip to New Zealand cost us more than $100,000, Tourism NZ has revealed. The American visited the country last month after Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern invited him on his… Audio
U2 superfans are upsetting locals by taking over queues
International U2 super fans causing problems with their queuing system at the gates of Mt Smart stadium. Audio
Zero Carbon bill passes unanimously
Yesterday Parliament showed a rare display of cross party unity in all but unanimously enacting the bill designed to make New Zealand net carbon zero by 2050. Audio
Ad authority says ice cream doesn't make you happy
The Advertising Standards Authority has ordered the removal of an ad on a dairy in Whangarei which displayed Streets ice creams with the tagline "Ice cream makes you happy". Audio
Question of the Day for 8 October 2019
What one figure from history would you like to see a hologram of in concert? Dead musicians are taking the stage again in digital form. Audio
Not-so-ok-boomers: superannuitants living in poverty
Interesting opinion piece in the NZ Herald by former health social work manager Dara McNaught on the issue of superannuitants being caught in the trap of poverty. Audio
Changes for Oranga Tamariki after review
Oranga Tamariki has announced its findings of an internal inquiry into its contoversial attempt to uplift a newborn baby from its teenage mother in Hawke's Bay. Audio
The Panel with Ben Thomas and Verity Johnson (Part 2)
Dead musicians are taking the stage again in digital form. Roy Orbison, Amy Winehouse, Whitney Houston, Maria Callas, Ronne James Dio - all would be performing again, thanks to a new crop of companies… Audio
The Panel with Ben Thomas and Verity Johnson (Part 1)
Oranga Tamariki has announced its findings of an internal inquiry into its contoversial attempt to uplift a newborn baby from its teenage mother in Hawkes Bay. It found a litany of failures and the… Audio
I've been thinking for 8 November 2019
What the panellists Ben Thomas and Verity Johnson have been thinking about. Audio
Happymeal turns 40 and blamed for childhood obesity
McDonald's happymeal is forty this year, but many believe there's little to celebrate. Marketing expert Dr Joya Kemper explains why it was a such success and it's legacy Audio
Expert looks at the impact social media political messaging has
Massey University Professor Claire Robinson discusses whether social media political messaging works better than going through traditional sources. Audio
Why do we still persist with name suppression in the age of the internet?
Is name suppression through the courts still effective in the age of the internet? Audio
