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What driving habit grinds your gears the most? Uber introduces a new tipping function - a nice way to show appreciation, or a cynical ploy to avoid paying drivers more? National wants to include a… Audio

Would you miss cash if it left for good ? when was the LAST time you used cash? Stuff columnist Damian Grant says it's time for the government to reconsider its stance on using nuclear energy, saying… Audio

A teenage boy in the US saved for two years to buy his friend an electric wheelchair after watching him struggle with his hand push wheelchair in school hallways. We love a heartwarming story about… Audio

What do YOU think is New Zealand's best beach? Mount Maunganui has been voted New Zealand's best beach, in the TripAdvisor 2019 Travellers' Choice Awards, for the sixth time in a row. Four Bay of… Audio

Who was your childhood celebrity crush? The entertainment world has lost two beloved stars today. Actor Luke Perry, best known for his role as Dylan in Beverly Hills 90210, died of a stroke at the age… Audio

Former Australian Westpac boss David Morgan says the pressure chief executives deal with accounts for their high pay. In a new biography Morgan says CEOs are "ridiculously over paid" but he says the… Audio

What song on high rotate would drive you crazy? Exposing workers to the same music over and over and over again is bad for their health. Jessica Grahn a neuroscientist was quote as saying that it can… Audio

Stamps, dried leaves, vinyl...have you ever collected anything? This morning 6000 LPs, 800 CDs and 6000 45 records sold for $806 on TradeMe. Mayb it was a retailer who bought them? Maybe it was a… Audio

Where in NZ would you love to move to and why? South Island towns are trying to lure Aucklanders away from traffic congestion, parking woes and high house prices. A marketing campaign is inviting… Audio

What would you remove from the Olympics, and what woudl you replace it with? Cardinal George Pell - the third most senior catholic in the world has been found guilty of historical child sexual abuse… Audio

Without using its name - describe your favourite film in six words or fewer. A new study suggests cheese is nearly as bad as meat when it comes to the environmental footprint of what we eat. A team of… Audio

What is the kiwiw way of life? There's a theme going around about the Academy Awards this year. Observations made about how it's not the best movies that actually win the Oscars. Why is this? We ask… Audio

Fear and humour increasingly drive the TV news. What was the most radical thing you did at school? Some Rangitoto College year 13 girls are upset they're being told to dress more modestly.Students and… Audio

New laws are expected to target ticket scalpers if Consumer Affairs Minister Kris Faafoi gets approval. The Commerce Comission had tried to get an injunction to force ticketing site Viagogo to change… Audio

This week is GO Week or Get Outdoors Week. It's all about appreciating nature. One man who's seen a lot more of New Zealand than most of us - and on foot - is Bruce Hopkins. Bruce appeared in the RNZ… Audio

What NZ product do you really rate? A new twist on an exisiting marketing straegy. The Buy NZ Made organisation is now rolling out New Zealand Grown stickers for meat and produce grown locally. The… Audio

Power company Genesis Energy to great fanfare in 2014 stopped door to door selling - saying that its research suggested that New Zealanders didn't like the practice. Consumer NZ research backs that… Audio

Question of the Day: what lolly was a childhood fave? Mondelez is slashing the size of its Pascall packets of lollies - we're talking jet planes, wine gums, jubes and mint imperials by 25 percent. But… Audio

Question of the Day: If you were to give a gift from New Zealand to someone who had never been here, what would you give? Federated Farmers opinion piece has argued for Kiwiana to be made out of New… Audio

Question of the Day: What do YOU do to reduce food waste? A study has found that 66 percent of New Zealanders tried to reduce their waste over the last two years by doing different things like eating… Audio

RNZ reporter Ben Strang reports on the latest on multiple fires in the Nelson region. He tells us a fire that broke out this afternoon at Walter's Bluff near Nelson city has been brought under… Audio

Australia's banking and financial services sector has been found sadly lacking and downright damaging to businesses and individuals. Just how healthy are the banks in New Zealand? Would the Panelists… Audio

What special talent do YOU have? Tuhoe lament the trashing of Lake Waikaremoana by visitors as the New Zealand Alpine Club calls for two proposals for amenities for National Parks to be chucked out… Audio

Question of the Day: Do you have a trade? What is it, and how has it been useful? Monica Kershaw from the Manukau Institute of Technology joins the panellists to discuss whether there's unconscious… Audio

What did you buy from YOUR school tuckshop? An Australian school canteen menu from 1974 is doing the rounds on social media ... and how times have changed ... The Education Ministry's released its… Audio

Question of the Day: what is your most reliable ever home appliance? Some European environment ministers are lobbying for legislation which would compel manufacturers to make their products more hardy… Audio