Heather Roy

Have you ever been attacked by a bird? Tell us about it. Audio

An interesting piece in The Conversation about magpie attacks, apparently every spring there are reports of magpies swooping on people. It's rare but not unheard of and it is frightening.  Audio

The vegan protesters at an Auckland supermarkets have gone global - with article on news sites around the world. The protesters stood in front of the meat section of St Lukes Countdown on Sunday. Audio

Primary schools aren't happy about the Ministry of Education's proposed staff cut. The Ministry says their minimum staffing estimates for 2020 will be 151 fewer teachers than this year.  Audio

A third image of Justin Trudeau in black make up has emerged and the Canadian Prime Minister says he cannot remember how often he wore blackface as a young man. Audio

A third image of Justin Trudeau in black make up has emerged and the Canadian Prime Minister says he cannot remember how often he wore blackface as a young man. It comes after another photo was found… Audio

What the Panellists Heather Roy and Thomas Pryor have been thinking about. Audio

Researchers from Florida Atlantic University and the University of Montreal have been trying to understand teen popularity and have concluded people who are feared AND loved end up with the most… Audio

New research just published may prove that we're more honest than we might think. Audio

Tasman mayor Richard Kempthorne joins us to talk about his experiences dealing with social media as a local body politician, and the unforgiving - and possibly scary - bear pit young politicians are… Audio

The government is considering legislation which would crack down on payday loan companies. Tim Barnett from the Building Financial Capability Charitable Trust joins us with his two cents on the issue.

House Republicans are pressuring Amazon to relax its ban on books about gay conversion therapy, saying it's an issue of censorship and repressing conservative voices. Audio

Do you support lowering the voting age? To what age...and why ? Audio

Jacinda Ardern has issued some bottom lines for any prospective Free Trade Agreement. Audio

The government is preparing to enact a second piece of legislation following the March 15 mosque shootings - but it's been met with resistance from many quarters. Audio

The National Party isn't in favour of lowering the voting age to 16. The organiser of the Make It 16 campaign, Oli Morphew, joins us to give her side of the argument. Audio

Do you support lowering the voting age? To what age...and why ? House Republicans are pressuring Amazon to relax its ban on books about gay conversion therapy, saying it's an issue of censorship and… Audio

The National Party isn't in favour of lowering the voting age to 16. The organiser of the Make It 16 campaign, Oli Morphew, joins us to give her side of the argument. The government is preparing to… Audio

What the Panelists Bernard Hickey and Heather Roy have been thinking about. Audio