Rajorshi Chakraborti

The Government is to scrap a benefit sanction that saw solo mothers penalised by up to $28 a week if they didn't name the father of their child. Removing the sanction will cost $113.4 million over… Audio

What the Panelists Jo McCarroll and Rajorshi Chakraborti have been thinking about. Audio

Rest in peace actor Peter Mayhew, who died today at the age of 74. Peter Mayhew of course most famous for his role as Chewbacca, one of the GREAT movie sidekicks I'm sure we can all agree ? Audio

An Australian anti-vaxxer is coming to give a workshop in Auckland later this year. Given the measles outbreak in Canterbury at the moment, is this the kind of rhetoric we want in New Zealand? The… Audio

A New Plymouth woman cleaned up more than 12,000 cigarette butts in just 10 days ... small actions CAN make a big difference. Audio

Breast cancer patients told MPs yesterday they are forced to turn to GiveALittle in order to pay for life-extending drugs. One of those women, academic Dr Hilary Chung, joins us to explain a bit more… Audio

What's your favourite TV theme music? Audio

Cotton On staff 'told not to sell Michael Jackson apparel. Audio

There's an inherent tension between economic progress and preserving the environment, and two stories from today aptly demonstrated that tension. Plus, the insurance industry is having to adapt to… Audio

A new report claims rest home residents are dying because they're not getting enough care, and the nurses union is calling for new and better standards of aged-care staffing. David Wait from the NZ… Audio

Today is day two of Polyfest, the world's biggest Pacific Island dance festival, at the Manukau Super Bowl. RNZ producer Sara Vui-Talitu joins us from the festival. Audio

What's your favourite TV theme music? Breast cancer patients told MPs yesterday they are forced to turn to GiveALittle in order to pay for life-extending drugs. One of those women, academic Dr Hilary… Audio

Today is day two of Polyfest, the world's biggest Pacific Island dance festival, at the Manukau Super Bowl. RNZ producer Sara Vui-Talitu joins us from the festival. A new report claims rest home… Audio

Writer Rajorshi Chakraborti was extremely nervous about having to write something to be published in public in just 2 hours. So he wrote about the anxiety dream that woke him at dawn. Audio

Power company Genesis Energy to great fanfare in 2014 stopped door to door selling - saying that its research suggested that New Zealanders didn't like the practice. Consumer NZ research backs that… Audio

The Parliament Finance committtee had to be unceremoniously cancelled with MPs on both sides trading bards on whose fault it was. A labour MP was sick and his replacement was late, so National Mps… Audio

Today marks Diwali - a Hindu festival celebrating the triumphant return of the Hindu avatar, Lord Rama, to Ayodhya. Audio

You know you're South Asian when your heart quickens and gladdens at the opening bars of a Bollywood song, says writer Rajorshi Chakraborti. He joins Jesse Mulligan for a chat about his favourite… Video, Audio