David Farrar

Topics - is John Key right about New Zealand's 100 percent pure marketing strapline? A Massey University study has found that the use of pictures by four national newspapers during the election… Audio

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Topics - A puncture's bad enough. But as more and more drivers are discovering, there's often another nasty shock in store. Advocates for leaky home owners are dissatisfied that only 12 victims of the… Audio

Topics - Statistics New Zealand reports that the unemployment rate has risen from 6.8% of the workforce to 7.3% in the space of three months. After winning re-election to the Oval Office, US President… Audio

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Topics - Andy Williams, the silky-voiced singer whose recording of Moon River brought him fans all over the world, has died at the age of 84. A bank ratings company is warning that ANZ National Bank… Audio

Topics - Tenants of New Zealand's most expensive state house have been ordered out after one was convicted of benefit fraud. Opposition parties are keeping up their pressure on the Prime Minister… Audio

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Topics - For Canadians, lunging for the remote to silence a blaring TV commercial may soon be a thing of the past. The world famous New Zealand film-maker Peter Jackson's decision to turn the Hobbit… Audio

Commercial sight-seeing flights to Antarctica from New Zealand are set to resume after a 30-year-plus hiatus. The Waikato-Tainui iwi may press for smaller tribes affected by the Mighty River sale to… Audio

Topics - A conspiracy theorist might think that NASA's newest Mars rover, the Curiosity, is actually just in the middle of a desert on Earth. Valerie Adams' fellow Kiwi Olympians have congratulated… Audio

Topics - Inland Revenue is threatening to bankrupt former students living in Australia who are refusing to repay loans. Act's John Banks and United Future leader Peter Dunne are challenging an… Audio

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Topics - a scientific analysis of stress over time offers some proof that there's more stress in people's lives today than 25 years ago. Should the Government review the use of school decile rankings?

Topics - Greece's conservative New Democracy party won a slim victory in the weekend's elections. The Government's defending its superannuation policy, following the release of an industry report. Audio

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Topics - The age-old custom of greeting with a handshake could be on its way out as many of us prefer to meet with a hug or even a kiss, according to survey commissioned by the soap firm, Radox. Tame… Audio

Topics - A wealthy Chinese businessman accused of a high profile immigration fraud has been acquitted on all the charges. The Budget - smokers will be hit by a sharp increase in excise tax over the… Audio

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