Bruce Slane

Topics - further clarification from Chinese businessman Donghua Liu today about his political donations. Now Mr Liu says he made an overall contribution of close to $100,000 in donations during… Audio

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Topics - Harvard scientists have found that young blood actually 'recharges' the brain, forms new blood vessels and improves memory and learning. Should Boris the giant schnauzer be put down? The… Audio

Topics - First the ongoing Judith Collins saga. Clearly the Opposition still smell blood. They say new emails released confirm she had a conflict of interest over the Oravida affair. They're calling… Audio

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Topics - Scientists are now suggesting that gambling addicts are likely to have developed a different pattern of brain activity than non-gamblers which gives them a misguided belief that they can… Audio

Topics - Seven major Hollywood movie studios have filed a massive copyright infringement lawsuit against Megaupload and its founder Kim Dotcom. The film companies filed the legal action through the… Audio

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Topics - from all accounts Shirley Temple made a pretty good U.S. Ambassador. Green Party leader Tariana Turia says New Zealand has the "sovereign right" to protect its citizens and will not be told… Audio

Topics - crime is at a 34-year low, incomes and employment are rising and teenage pregnancy has plunged, according to a new report on the state of the nation. Today we learned about the "twirl" test… Audio

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Topics - has it ever occurred to you that the GCSB could easily counteract the current unpopularity of its surveillance programs and eliminate concerns over the cost of spying on New Zealanders… Audio

Topics - Prime Minister, John Key, is confident the SkyCity convention centre deal will proceed despite a Crown Law opinion that a future Government could walk away from the agreement without paying… Audio

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Topics - We complain about how our councils spend our money, but we haven't quite reached the situation in New York City. A big media campaign has begun with photos of women doing all sorts of things… Audio

Topics - There's been a bit of discussion in the media today about council debt. Bernard Orsman's critique of Len Brown's Auckland Super-City mayoralty paints a picture of big borrowing, rising staff… Audio

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Topics- Research has found that all the parts of the brain are used equally and it the brain is not divided into "parts" that operate autonomously. In actual fact all the parts of the brain… Audio

Topics - New Zealand will face Oracle this week in the opening race of the America's Cup, but our opposition will be down four sailors before racing even starts and possibly lose 2 points as well. The… Audio

Topics - A supermarket checkout assistant has been hailed as striking a blow for modern manners by refusing to serve a shopper who was talking on her mobile phone. Tower insurance's refusal of a claim… Audio