Finlay Macdonald

Topics - At the University of California they've developed a new way to make oxygen that doesn't need plants. It uses UV light and it's splashed across the journal Science. Post match grumpiness has… Audio

Topics - SkyCity is building its new hotel on land surrendered by the taxpayer for the creation of Sky City's National Convention Centre. In both Canada and New Zealand, universities have dropped in… Audio

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Topics - Led Zeppelin's Whole Lotta Love contains the greatest guitar riff of all time according to a BBC Radio 2 poll. Loom bands are now being tested in the UK for harmful toxin levels. But Consumer… Audio

Topics - we've heard from the economists who say National's new home-buying incentives linked to Kiwisaver will drive up house prices, and we've heard from people in the real estate industry who say… Audio

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The Malaysian Arlines Boeing Triple-7 airliner and Israel launching it's ground offensive in Gaza. Audio

Owning a dog can turn back the hands of the clock of ageing, say Scottish scientists at St Andrew's University, Chief Coroner Judge Neil McLean on to discuss the findings of a University of Otago… Audio

Topics - capsule coffee is reported to be making big inroads in the market. It works out at a dollar a cup, but a Consumer NZ test reckoned the pods didn't really pass the taste test. A report today… Audio

Topics - It didn't look pretty, did it, a naked man being - "hammered" is the most common verb being used - by a security guard at the All Blacks game at Forsyth Barr Stadium on Saturday. Guilty until… Audio

topics - researchers have found that we're disposed to buy products with eyes on them looking back at us. One of the things they did was manipulate the gaze of the cartoon rabbit on a product called… Audio

Topics - a new report from the OECD rates New Zealand homes as the most overvalued in the developed world relative to rents and income. The OECD says relative to rents, New Zealand house prices are 70… Audio

Last Tuesday marked the third anniversary of the Fukushima nuclear power reactor disaster in Japan. Wayne takes a fresh look at this on-going global health threat, and Finlay follows up with Dr Tilman… Audio

Competition is everywhere. In families, in schools and in the workplace - but is it any good for us? Bestselling author and entrepreneur Margaret Heffernan will tell us why competition can be the… Audio

Sunday Morning sports commentator Zoe George discusses the extra challenges faced by New Zealand paralympians with Dave Stewart, the organisational development manager for Paralympics New Zealand, and… Audio

Humourist PJ O'Rourke has just written a new book on his generation - the Baby Boomers. He dispels some myths, gives us his unique thoughts on the so-called 'Me Generation,' and tells us what its… Audio

Topics - A big study from Harvard and UC Berkeley has looked back into family trees, over centuries, to determine how social mobility has changed. The "Moon man" has used his claimed Christchurch… Audio

Topics - the Financial Markets Authority has dropped civil proceedings against four Lombard directors. A mental health advocate has criticised Twitter and Instagram after TV presenter Charlotte… Audio

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