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10:10 AM.Cilla Glasson is a one-woman fund raising dynamo from Christchurch, having raised nearly ten million dollars for Christchurch's St George's hospital over the past 25 years. This includes a brand new… Read more Audio

9:45 AM.Ed talks to Kathryn about Mongolia which he says is a country at a crossroads with a relatively young Prime Minister trying to push through aggressive reforms and to open up the country to foreign… Read more Audio

9:30 AM.New data from the Retirement Commission shows the number of over 65s renting set to double in the next 25 years to 600,000 people. In the January to June period this year, a Commission survey found… Read more Audio

9:05 AM.A retired doctor is calling for changes to charity boxing matches, as more becomes known about the risk of death and injury from head trauma. In a newly-published piece for the New Zealand Medical… Read more Audio

11:45 AM.Film and TV reviewer Laumata Lauano joins Kathryn to talk about the new documentary Taking Care of Maya (Netflix), which focuses on the case of 10-year-old Maya Kowalski who was taken from her parents… Read more Audio

11:30 AM.Teenage boys have it particularly hard, says Australian parenting expert Maggie Dent, so we need to help them understand their specific brain-based challenges and consistently show love. Read more Audio

11:15 AM.Tech journalist Peter Griffin looks at the decision by Meta to release Llama 2 - a direct rival to ChatGPT - and make it open source for research and commercial use. What's in it for Meta? Meanwhile… Read more Audio

11:05 AM.An Auckland hotel guest says she heard five or six loud, quick gunshots and watched armed police clearing people away from the active shooting. Tracy Ayton is staying in a hotel overlooking the… Read more Audio

10:50 AM.The Mosgiel Taieri's Community Board chair is horrified by a suspected arson on the property of a family of former refugees from Syria. The family say they are the victims of hate crimes, and have… Read more Audio

10:45 AM.Quentin Johnson reviews Forgotten Warriors by Sarah Percy published by Hachette Read more Audio

10:30 AM.Vancouver-based filmmaker Anthony Shim whose new feature Riceboy Sleeps is gaining critical acclaim and winning awards. His South Korean family moved to Canada when he was a child and their… Read more Audio

10:05 AM.Two people have been been killed by a gunman at a central Auckland construction site. Kathryn speaks with RNZ reporter Felix Walton who is on the scene. There's been significant disruption this… Read more Audio

9:50 AM.UK correspondent Lara Spirit joins Kathryn to talk about the three by-elections all happening this weekend and what it could mean for the Conservatives. Inflation has made an unexpected drop - and… Read more Audio

9:30 AM.It's been labelled the "trial of the century" in Australia. Ben Roberts-Smith was the country's most decorated living soldier, a recipient of the Victoria Cross, and even named Father of the Year. But… Read more Audio

9:05 AM.Police are responding to a serious incident on Auckland's Quay Street. RNZ understands the situation involves an active shooter. The police say the serious incident is contained to a building in lower… Read more Audio

11:45 AM.Simran Kaur joins Kathryn to talk about pay transparency clauses, and how they've been used by employers to keep workers' salaries secret. Critics say it's helped to perpetuate the gender pay gap and… Read more Audio

11:30 AM.Samoa has among the highest rates of obesity and type two diabetes in the world. Amy Maslen-Miller, also known as the Samoan Scientist, is a current PhD candidate at the University of Auckland… Read more Audio

11:05 AM.Music commentator Dave Wilson joins Kathryn to share some songs in the spirit of Matariki - ones that encourage us to raise our eyes to the skies. Dave Wilson is musician, composer, and… Read more Audio

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10:45 AM.The Tauranga City Council is seeking feedback on a proposed $220 million stadium, there's a call from Western Bay of Plenty officials for the Government to upgrade a critical highway for the region… Read more Audio

10:35 AM.Paul Diamond reviews Restless Dolly Maunder by Kate Grenville published by Text Publishing Read more Audio

10:05 AM.Close to 70,000 people in Aotearoa New Zealand are currently living with a dementia diagnosis. And that number is rapidly growing as the population ages, with an estimated 100,000 more to be diagnosed… Read more Audio

9:45 AM.Australia correspondent Karen Middleton joins Kathryn to dissect the death of Victoria's Commonwealth Games dream, after Premier Daniel Andrews decided it was just too expensive for the state to host… Read more Audio

9:30 AM.Revelations this past month of two more cases of inappropriate behaviour or misconduct by top-level sports coaches involving athletes shows there's still too little protection for sports women… Read more Audio

9:05 AM.A new accessibility tool set to roll out across Apple devices can replicate a user's voice with enough accuracy to bypass banking recognition systems. Read more Audio