Brian Edwards

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Brian Edwards chairs a lively session at the 2012 Auckland Writers and Readers Festival with one of Ireland's best-known contemporary authors. Audio

Topics- Just 22 per cent of people manage to eat the recommended five-a-day portions of fruit and vegetables, new research suggests. The proliferation of non-English signs in Auckland is making some… Audio

Topics - an ASB bank survey over the three months to April found 57 per cent of respondents expect house prices to rise, while 12 per cent expect them to fall. Banks are slashing mortgage rates in… Audio

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Topics - The number of houses being listed for auction is reported to be surging as limited supply (particularly in Auckland) gives sellers of even fairly ordinary homes the upper hand. Some Eastern… Audio

Topics - The Broadcasting Standards Authority has rejected a complaint by the former head of the Employers and Manufacturers Association about his treatment in a television interview, saying someone… Audio

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Television New Zealand has denied instructing journalists on its Fair Go consumer affairs programme to go lightly on companies that advertise with the broadcaster. The show's creator and original… Audio

Here's an explanation for all of those people who jump on a chair because of a tiny spider in the corner. The British actor Rowan Atkinson has waded into a row about ageism on TV. It's been revealed… Audio

Some Investors in the failed Lombard Finance company are calling for Sir Douglas Graham to be stripped of his knighthood following his conviction today. Concerns about "cultural safety" have burst the… Audio

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Topics - Does it matter that a million eligible voters should choose to abstain? The Kapiti Elder community has been involved in a ground breaking project designed to start a conversation in the… Audio

Topics - The Prime Minister, John Key, expects deals to be signed with United Future and ACT by the end of this week, as negotiations continue to form the new Government. Phil Goff has confirmed that… Audio

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Topics - All but one Hamilton City councillor at yesterday's strategy and policy meeting voted against hosting an R18 "Erotic Expo" event at the new Claudelands Event Centre in March. The Greens claim… Audio

Topics - The application for a declaration on whether a conversation between John Banks and John Key in a Newmarket cafe was public or private has been declined. The numbers of New Zealanders moving… Audio

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So, is the tea party tape taking its toll on John Key? Audio