The Speaker's rulings in Parliament can be confusing. For a start how can a Minister have "no responsibility"? We have explanations and examples.

A bill introducing a maximum $100 fee for wheel clamp removal has passed its first reading debate in the House.

It's going to be a busy busy week in Parliament, and it's not just guns. Chris Hipkins is the man with the agenda.

What makes people jump to their feet and on to the dance floor? Tomas Matthews from Concordia University's department of psychology researched just that.

Author Catherine Robertson has been thinking about the merits of feeling good about not being good at things.

Researchers have found out what made two of our famous birds flightless, but with this new discovery will scientists now try to reverse it?

Historian and author Peter Cooke's looked right back to the early days of Maori settlement to trace the pioneering engineering the country has been founded on. He speaks to Jim about the advantage our early engineers had.

Mark Knoff-Thomas, New Market Business Association CEO, speaks to Jim about a survey showing how many people shop while under the influence.

British pre-eminent military historian Sir Antony Beevor's coming to Auckland Writer's Festival in May. He speaks to Jim about what history can tell us about the future.

In the UK alone there is an estimated 30 billion pounds’ worth of unused clothes sitting in wardrobes.