Chris Gallavin

Question of the Day: what lolly was a childhood fave? Mondelez is slashing the size of its Pascall packets of lollies - we're talking jet planes, wine gums, jubes and mint imperials by 25 percent. But… Audio

The Salvation Army's State of Nation Report is out called Are you well, are we safe? It measures the overall wellbeing of New Zealanders, and they are sceptical of the Government's focus on wellbeing… Audio

Joseph Babich from the Babich wine family discharged without conviction after importing cocaine and other drugs on the Dark Web. Audio

Canada is looking to begin a $40 billion project in natural gas. The Toronto Star is reporting world gas prices have finally come out a lengthy slump and more and more liquefied natural gas projects… Audio

A New Zealand First bill to increase the restrictions on who is allowed to receive the pension has been drawn from the ballot. It proposes that people must be a resident here for 20 years to qualify… Audio

What the Panelists Ruth Money and Chris Gallavin want to talk about. Audio

A Slate columnist has written a piece about meditation and how it can be beneficial even when not done perfectly. She makes the point that many people don't even begin to try in fear they won't be… Audio

A new study has found Canadian writers are earning 27 per cent less than they were three years ago. Average incomes dropped to just over $9,000 in that time.  Audio

The Prime Minister says more care needs to be taken with the mental health of MPs following the news over the weekend that Jami-Lee Ross went into mental health care.  Audio

Some bus services in Auckland and Hamilton weren't running due to drivers striking. The union representing the drivers says the way contracts are awarded to bus companies makes companies cut wages to… Audio

It's looking more likely that Australia will take up New Zealand's offer of accepting 150 refugees from the Manus Island and Nauru detention centres. Audio

Some bus services in Auckland and Hamilton weren't running due to drivers striking. The drivers want a country-wide fair pay agreement. The union representing the drivers says the way contrats are… Audio

The convicted double murderer Mark Lundy wants to take his bid for freedom all the way to the Supreme Court. Lundy has twice been found guilty of murdering his wife and daughter, first in 2002 and… Audio

The National Party leader Simon Bridges has Tweeted his opposition to tenants evicted from Housing NZ properties receiving compensation for being wrongly evicted over suspect methamphetamine… Audio

A second woman has gone public with a claim of historic sex assault by US Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh.It is another alleged assault stemming from Kavanaugh's teens. Meanwhile, Yale Law… Audio

Tiger Woods is back. He's finally had his 80th PGA Tour win, the PGA Tour Championship, his first victory in 5 years. Audio

The Proctor of the University of Otago Dave Scott took it upon himself to uplift water bongs from a student flat after he let himself in to deliver some pamphlets when apparently no-one was at home… Audio

Pareora has been branded as a dying town. The town near Timaru has a population of 500. The Associate school principal and Pareora campus leader Jo O'Sullivan wants to save the school playground as… Audio