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Heavy rain in Gisborne overnight flooded creeks, streams, and houses - forcing the evacuation of at least 15 homes.

Ten streets in the suburb of Mangapapa have been flooded. 

An orange severe… Audio

On this week's show there’s classic blues and soul from Little Walter and
James Brown, a preview of John Otway’s New Zealand tour plus tunes from
Aretha Franklin, Dusty Springfield and Laura Nyro to… Audio

Tony Stamp reviews new albums from Scotland trio Young Fathers, femme-forward Brooklyn band Say She She, and music for float tanks by NZ's Kraus. Audio

Quentin Tarantino’s first non-fiction book is a slice of cinematic history in the director’s own inimitable voice, reports Dan Slevin.

Allegations of dirty politics during the Gore local elections have emerged, with rumours about new Mayor Ben Bell's sexuality being spread during the campaign.

At 23-years-old, Bell became the… Audio

A new tell-all book by Prince Harry has been officially released. Spare is not short on bombshell revelations, which have already had a good airing after details were leaked last week. Anna is joined… Audio

It's more than a decade since the Canterbury earthquakes, but how far has the Christchurch rebuild come? Audio

Hawke's Bay farm manager Viliata Junior Fonoti Taulago has been known to bust moves in the paddock. Video, Audio

She Said tells the story of how two New York women journalists took on Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein. Stars Carey Mulligan (Promising Young Woman), Zoe Kazan (The Big Sick) and real-life… Video, Audio

A mob of bouncy lambs locate their baaing mums after having their tails docked by Oxford farmers Alistair and Genna Bird. Video, Audio

New Zealanders have been proudly nuclear free for decades, but do we really know what nuclear power involves? Audio

From a standing start of little tank engines chugging along wooden rails, New Zealand built a vast rail network, made up of enough steel rail to wrap halfway around the moon. Video, Audio

Marine mammals were a source of food and clothing for Māori and Moriori, and valuable oil for Europeans. Hunting them brought cultures together, made fortunes and cost lives but today it's saving them… Video, Audio

Accusations continue to fly over claims of so-called dirty bombs being used in the Russia-Ukraine conflict. Russia says it'll take to the UN security council its claim Ukraine is preparing to use such… Audio

Technology correspondent Paul Matthews joins Kathryn to talk about how New Zealand has been running the world's longest-running online underground market for illegal drugs. What is the dark web and… Audio

The 1950s saw an explosion of youth culture. “Bodgies and widgies' ' tearing round on motorbikes & hanging out in milk bars scandalised many Kiwi adults. Was “the teenager” invented in the 1950s? And… Video, Audio

Lambchop's new album, The Bible offers a remarkable meeting with the mysterious and mercurial Kurt Wagner. William Dart takes a listen. Audio

Nick celebrates 300 shows of Inside Out, with a look back at some favourite tracks. Playlist includes Count Basie, John Rae, Tito Puente, and Kristin Berardi. Audio

It's apparently the first ever compilation of Australian and New Zealand crime short stories, but already several more anthologies are being planned to follow. Dark Deeds Down Under (Volume 1) is… Audio

Fed up Rotorua business owners believe the amount of emergency housing in the city is contributing to a recent spate of ram raids.

There have been well over 400 raids nationally in the past 12… Audio

Australian soil scientist Alisa Bryce describes soil as a wonderful mysterious world, an underground jungle, a nexus of a portal between life and death. In her popular science book, Grounded she… Audio

Highly respected British actor, screenwriter and environmental activist, Dame Emma Thompson, says her latest film challenges the 'cougar' label put on women who're in relationships with younger men… Video, Audio

There are, according to reliable sources, over 700 versions of The Beatles' 'Eleanor Rigby'. William Dart plays eleven of them: Brazilian maestro Caetano Veloso gives a classy take, prog-rockers… Audio

Now to a dirty secret about laundry detergents, some are so ineffective you're better off just washing your clothes in water.

That's according to tests carried by Consumer NZ on 55 liquid and… Video, Audio

On this week's Nashville Babylon Mark has birthday tunes for Harry Nilsson, reggae courtesy of Dawn Penn, Canvey Island blues from Dr Feelgood plus classics from Judee Sill and Neko Case. Audio

New Zealand's longest river is a mess of contaminants. There's a plan to save it, but it will take 80 years. Can't we do better?

Criminal law is a mainstay of books and TV shows, think John Mortimer's Rumpole of the Bailey through to L A Law and Boston Legal. But novelist Les Allen's drawing on his time with legal firms, where… Audio

MPs have been getting down and dirty in the critical mud-wrestling phase of legislation to reform the public health system, the Pae Ora (Healthy futures) Bill. Audio

In 1995 a TV series not only established New Zealand as the fantasy location of the world, but it launched the career of its star. The show was Xena Warrior Princess. The star was Lucy Lawless. These… Video, Audio