Lizzie Marvelly

The Auckland Council has done a pre-election survey which gauges awareness and attitudes of potential voters. Overall, 52.2 per cent of those canvassed supported compulsory voting. Many of those are… Audio

New Zealand hasn't had a Race Relations Commissioner for over a year.The first attempt to replace Susan Devoy apparently didn't produce enough quality candidates, so the position was readvertised. The… Audio

The government has announced new subsidies for electric and hybrid vehicles up to $8000 off new or near-new vehicles arriving in the country. But there's stick as well as carrot, with a $3000 fee… Audio

How about Matariki as a public holiday? And the Question of the Day is: If you could invent a public holiday what would it be to commemorate. A design for a new pedestrian bridge in Christchurch is… Audio

The government has announced new subsidies for electric and hybrid vehicles up to $8000 off new or near-new vehicles arriving in the country. But there's stick as well as carrot, with a $3000 fee… Audio

What the Panelists Lizzie Marvelly and Gary McCormick have been thinking about. Audio

We just had to talk about the young daredevil who scaled The Shard, in London. It's the highest structure in western europe - 305 metres tall... Anyway, 19 year-old George King freeclimbed up the… Audio

At the 2018 Word Christchurch writers' festival, 125 years of women's suffrage is discussed by a panel of leading New Zealanders. Kim Hill is in the chair. Audio

Pop music is becoming sadder and more negative according to two recent studies of thousands of US and UK hits from the last few decades have concluded that since the 80's emotions like sadness and… Audio

Alabama is the latest to restrict pregnancy terminations - abortions will be illegal in nearly all ciurcumstances. And sixteen other states are seeking to impose new restrictions on abortion. Those… Audio

The former mayor of Auckland John Banks says the super city has been a great disappointment. He's not ruling out having another tilt at the job in the next local body elections. Audio

What would you change about social media? Audio

TVNZ is axing the Jeremy Kyle Show. It comes after a 63 year-old grandfather was found dead from apparent suicide, shortly after his appearance on the UK show, where he failed a lie detector test over… Audio

The Privacy Commissioner John Edwards has found the Ministry of Social Development has been systematically misusing its powers while pursuing people it suspects of benefit fraud. He says the Ministry… Audio

A meeting overnight in Paris oversaw all the major tech companies sign-up to a first of its kind agreement, the Christchurch Call. The summit was initiated by the New Zealand Prime Minister Ardern and… Audio

A meeting overnight in Paris oversaw all the major tech companies sign-up to a first of its kind agreement, the Christchurch Call. The summit was initiated by the New Zealand Prime Minister Ardern and… Audio

What the Panelists Lizzie Marvelly and Mark Knoff-Thomas have been thinking about. Audio

Have you seen the Spice Girls movie "Spice World"... Well, the Union Jack-painted double-decker bus that featured in that 1997 film has been converted into an Air bnb by a mega-fan! It's parked at… Audio

Hillary Clinton has confirmed she won't run in the 2020 US election. She promises to stick around though and 'speak up for what she believes'.  Audio