Emma Espiner

More and more adults are doing their own dentistry work - sometimes using pliers and power drills - because they can't afford the real thing. Dr Assil Russell is the founder of Revive a Smile and… Audio

What the Panelists Emma Espiner and Peter Elliott have been thinking about. Audio

A University of Otago study has found investing in cycleways and walking paths encourages people to drive less, based on results from New Plymouth and Hastings.  Audio

The Government's outlined details of its study into the fuel market. It will be done by the Commerce Commission and take a year.  Audio

What the panellists Emma Espiner and Jonathan Krebs want to talk about. Audio

Singer Mariah Carey is back in the Billboard charts with "All I want for Christmas" but older Christmas songs have had some backlash, particularly "Baby Its Cold Outside" for its somewhat concerning… Audio

Catholics in New Zealand have been outspoken on the issue of euthanasia and many submissions to a select committee on the issue have been from groups associated with the Catholic faith. Audio

The mental health and addiction inquiry has released a 200-page report with 40 recommendations for the Health Minister, including a well-being commission, action on drugs and alcohol, and a suicide… Audio

The mental health and addiction inquiry has released a 200-page report with recommendation for th Health Minister. It has recommended the government set up a wellbeing commission, take action on… Audio

In her 2017 essay We’re All Māori Now, writer Emma Espiner explored why Pākehā need to understand and embrace tikanga Māori (Māori customs). She joins fellow writers Māmari Stephens and Morgan Godfery… Audio

We've had home-grown singers massacre the anthem at Rugby League internationals, it seems to be peculiar to Rugby League, but then up stepped Crystal Collins. Audio

The photo that tugged at the heartstrings of the World was fake. Time magazine was wrong when it said the girl confronting Donald Trump on its cover, little Yanela Sanchez, was carried away screaming… Audio

Feeling a bit anxious while driving is a good thing and road safety advocate Clive Mathew-Wilson says while it's ok for our nerves to be a bit frayed the same can't be said about the state of the… Audio

What the Panelists Emma Espiner and Dean Hall want to talk about. Audio

An organiser of a Quidditch tournament in the US thinks movie company Warner Bros has been taken over by the Harry Potter villain Voldemorte. The company is cracking down on fan festivals. The… Audio

The government is opening the door of investment to allow the manufacture of pre-fabricated buildings to help ease the housing crisis. Roger Levie of the Home Owners and Buyers Association of New… Audio

The Dunedin City Council has surveyed workers in the city about working during the Easter holiday. It found that half of those surveyed felt pressured to work on the long weekend by their bosses… Audio

There's been plenty of listener feedback about industrial action by nurses. Those on-side and those off. There's no more money in the purse so should nurses be happy with a 9% pay-rise and $2000 lump… Audio

UK restaurants will soon have to add the calorific values of food items on their menus. Along with banning sugar-based drinks to children is this the way we should be heading in New Zealand? Audio