Penny Ashton

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Topics - Will thousands of fans be turned away from "Party Central" on Queens Wharf tomorrow? Would you go to see the fireworks at any of the vantage points with your children? Audio

Topics - The Child and Youth Mortality Review Committee has described alcohol as "like a toxic tide impinging on all children and young people born and growing up in New Zealand". Road Safety experts… Audio

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Topics - Phil Goff says Labour and the Greens haven't done a deal to oust UnitedFuture leader Peter Dunne from his Wellington electorate of Ohariu. Scientists have confirmed that most overweight… Audio

Topics - The Government has released its transport plan, confirming it wants to increase funding for new state highways and it is signalling a rise in fuel tax to pay for the projects. Anders Breivik… Audio

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Topics - A major investigation, which culminated in a complex drugs case, shows how inmates at Paremoremo were able combine their skills and contacts to import pseudoephedrine and make and distribute… Audio

Topics - The Government will cut the $1040 tax credit for KiwiSaver in the Budget - but it isn't saying by how much. The leader of the Labour Party, Phil Goff, says his Te Tai Tokerau by-election… Audio

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John Key will wear a New Zealand-made suit at the royal wedding woven from merino and washed with pounamu. Should the New Zealand Air Force be ferrying John Key around New Zealand? US President Barack… Audio

A sweeping review of the Family Court is expected to target what the government says are inefficiencies and ballooning costs in the system. A man who threatened a hunger strike if he was jailed on… Audio

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Topics - Laws that prohibit texting while driving are ineffective at best and could even be counter-productive because they encourage surreptitious behaviour behind the wheel. The Government says it… Audio

Topics - Some sexual health educators are warning that a contraceptive implant, which became fully-funded last month, could increase sexually transmitted infections by making young people lax about… Audio

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Topics - Muslim community leaders are demanding an apology from the Building Minister, Maurice Williamson over a muslim joke. New Zealand and Australia have ended up first-equal in a first-of-its kind… Audio

Topics - Insurance premiums are expected to rise across the board, as insurance companies look to recoup some of the massive losses from the Canterbury earthquake. and what lasting effects might… Audio