Mike Williams

A lawyer has cast doubt on whether Karel Sroubek can be deported back to the Czech Republic, following his mother's plea on Checkpoint for New Zealand to give him another chance.  Audio

St John Ambulance crews around the country are refusing to attend non-emergency event work while they fight for better pay and conditions it comes as rolling teacher strikes continue across New… Audio

The Government announced today they have approved a plan to re-enter Pike River Mine, almost 8 years after the explosion that killed 29 men. Minister Andrew Little says they've chosen the simplest and… Audio

The Government announced today they have approved a plan to re-enter Pike River Mine, almost 8 years after the explosion that killed 29 men. Minister Andrew Little says they've chosen the simplest and… Audio

Brigitte Morten and Mike Williams look at political happenings including Kiwibuild under scrutiny from all sides, Immigration Minister Iain Lee's Galloway in the hot seat, Labour's annual conference… Audio

School principals are dubious about research suggesting initiatives from countries including Bhutan and Peru can help New Zealand fight rising truancy. A report for the Ministry of Education says… Audio

In politics, Matthew Hooton and Mike Williams talk to Kathryn about National Party leader Simon Bridges' handling of the leak inquiry from the start, to the text saga, to his media conference. Also… Audio

Matthew and Mike shine a light on the Green Party conference, the Simon Bridges leak and inquiry and Nick Smith's attack on the New Zealand First constitution. Matthew Hooton is the managing director… Audio

The PM's return to Wellington and the series of announcements which followed, including Trade for All, apprenticeships, plastic bags and Grant Robertson's economic speech. Matthew Hooton is the… Audio

Lucy Lawless on Twitter. "Truthfully, to those of you who ask, if I saw a NZer burning our flag, I would shrug my shoulders and think, Jeez, that person's really pissed at the govt. It would not… Audio

Just how much support do young promising sports-people need and get? Professional basketball player Steven Adams in his new book says Basketball NZ didn't help him when he was trying to make it so he… Audio

What the Panelists Michelle Boag and Mike Williams want to talk about. Audio

Listeners are very sympathetic to Julian Paton who's antique paino is having the ivory stripped from its keys by DoC. Julian talks to us again today about the listener feedback and a couple of offers… Audio

The population's growing but fewer people are being attracted into teaching. The president of the Educational Institute saying there'll be 40,000 more primary school children - practically all of them… Audio

A case of foot-in-mouth disease for the UK's new Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt. At a meeting with the Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi he said "My wife is Japanese " and quickly corrected himself to… Audio

National MP Chris Bishop says the woman heading the independent inquiry into the appointment of the Deputy Police Commissioner Wally Haumaha should stand down. It comes after the MP spotted 23… Audio

The Acting PM Winston Peters says an Otara not a "Remuera solution" needs to be found for the sourge of synthetic drugs that have killed 40-45 people in a year. Social justice campaigner Denis… Audio

A new report on the Malaysian Airlines flight 370 crash into the Indian Ocean has reached the hypothesis that the plane's controls could have been taken over by a third party. It was under manual… Audio

The population's growing but fewer people are being attracted into teaching. The president of the Educational Institute saying there'll be 40,000 more primary school children - practically all of them… Audio