Wallace Chapman

Mini shampoos, toothbrush and paste, soap and even sewing kits…all things you can happily nick from your hotel room. They're also all individually wrapped in plastic. Audio

Visitor numbers at the Len Lye Centre have plummeted since the introduction of a door charge for our of towners. The charge was decided by council to help pay for the annual running of the gallery.  Audio

The Education Review Office has slammed the way schools and the Education Ministry were preparing for the introduction of the new digital technologies curriculum in 2020.  Audio

Tensions were ratcheted up at Ihumātao last night, with an increased police presence blocking Quarry Road. Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said police were concerned about a particular part of the site.

The world before the internet; Question of the Day; Lifestyle of the (fake) rich; No parking with your campaign cars; Stop with the pies! Audio

Ihumatao's police presence; Digital technology: are schools ready? Len Lye's door charge; Hotel minis: the next plastic waste to ban? Audio

What the Panellists Mark Knoff-Thomas and Julia Hartley Moore have been thinking about. Audio

Hacks to be more productive. Audio

Schools in Wales now have a gender-neutral policy and some are calling for the same, here. Already many primary schoolshave this and the Ministry of Education leave it up to individual school boards… Audio

Fancy going to watch a cricket match at the Supporting Women In Sport Basin Reserve? The naming rights of the iconic Wellington sportsground is up for grabs and a crowdfunding campaign is underway to… Audio

Deputy Speaker and National MP Anne Tolley reprimanded 17 year-old Youth MP Lily Dorrance for reading from her notes, in the middle of a speech about youth suicide and mental health. She was shown no… Audio

Question of the Day: Where is the most creative city you've been to? What made it creative? Audio

The government has released details of its Road to Zero Strategy, for public consultation. It aims to cut road deaths by 40 per cent in the next 10 years. This involves improving infrastructure of… Audio

The residents of Matata have been told their area is too high risk to stay on there. In 2005 an intense storm above the hills of the coastal settlement destroyed 27 homes. Since then, the Whatakatne… Audio

Topics - Question Of The Day: Where is the most creative city you've been to? What made it creative? Deputy Speaker and National MP Anne Tolley reprimanded 17 year-old Youth MP Lily Dorrance for… Audio

Topics - The residents of Matata have been told their area is too high risk to stay on there. In 2005 an intense storm above the hills of the coastal settlement destroyed 27 homes. Since then, the… Audio

An introduction to our panellist and the topics for the day plus our panelists share their thoughts on something they've been thinking about. Audio

Youth MPs are preparing for Aotearoa's ninth Youth Parliament but many of the young people chosen for the programme can't even vote yet. Which brings up the issue of the voting age - should it be… Audio

An 18-year-old has opened up about her enormous debt, saying she never should have been given the opportunity to rack it up.  Audio