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Sam Johnson and Catherine Robertson

Laptops in schools with Labour; yet again we wonder what went on in MFAT with the Malasian diplomat; why people hate being alone and the lengths they'll go to to avoid it; the son of the Maori king – the issues now around his possible ascendancy to the throne, and the question of his avoiding conviction; and talking as time permits about Rolf Harris' imminent sentencing, the Internet/Mana road trip, and the World Cup quarter-finals.

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4:10 PM.Topics - Labour leader David Cunliffe has apologised at a Women's Refuge symposium for being a man and pledged to invest an extra $60 million into family violence services. Labour's going to announce… Read more Audio
The Panel with Sam Johnson and Catherine Robertson (Part 2)

4:33 PM.Topics - Alone; one of the words we hate the most, apparently. This is the finding today in the big journal Science, from American varsity researchers. The discharge without conviction for the… Read more Audio

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