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4:45 PM.Bic Runga has been awarded just about every musical honour that Aotearoa has to offer. Later this year, she's embarking on a four-date tour to celebrate the 20th anniversary of her second album… Read more Audio

11:45 AM.Comedians Te Radar and Irene Pink with range of interesting stories, including how Penny Mordaunt coped with holding a 3.6kg sword for 51 minutes at King Charles' coronation. Read more Audio

11:30 AM.The CEO of one of the Warriors major sponsors has created a bit of a stir, Dana breaks down the brouhaha, and also looks at why netball bosses have been slow to address safety concerns in the game… Read more Audio

11:05 AM.A spectacular fourth album from Tamaki's Tiny Ruins, plus reissues of out of print classics from The Magnetic Fields and Dorothy Ashby. Read more Audio

10:45 AM.The parents of a young teacher who drowned in Wellington harbour have spoken about their grief. Issac Levings died following a night out at a concert. Georgina says his death is eerily similar to… Read more Audio

10:35 AM.Martene McCaffrey from Unity books Auckland reviews Fire Rush by Jacqueline Crooks, published by Penguin Random House Read more Audio

9:50 AM.Uncertainty continues for about 1 million Rohingya refugees who have been stuck in Bangladesh for nearly six years despite the latest attempts to return them to Myanmar. Thailand goes to the polls but… Read more Audio

9:30 AM.Questions are being asked about whether airline pilots are properly protected and supported. Particularly whether they feel comfortable reporting mental health issues.The recently passed Civil… Read more Audio

9:05 AM.The Department of Conservation has dozens of high risk structures overdue for maintenance and overall has a backlog of maintenance on its huts and tracks network worth over $300 million. The startling… Read more Audio

11:45 AM.Film and TV correspondent Chris Schulz joins Kathryn to talk about Silo (Apple TV), based on the novels by Hugh Howey and set in a dystopian future where a group of people live underground in a silo… Read more Audio

11:25 AM.Māori academic Linda Tuhiwai Smith tells Kathryn Ryan she often cried while writing her new series of therapeutic storybooks for kids. Read more Audio

11:05 AM.Tech commentator Peter Griffin joins Kathryn to talk about the significant spend included in this week's Australian federal Budget. Could Prime Minister Chris Hipkins pledge to make next week's New… Read more Audio

10:45 AM.Mike has the controversy surrounding Rotokawau Virginia Lake's bird aviary and its future. The Whanganui District Council is currently reviewing its cemeteries and crematoria bylaw, which allows… Read more Audio

10:35 AM.Emma Hislop reviews Dream Girl by Joy Holley, published by Te Herenga Waka University Press Read more Audio

10:10 AM.Dr Rina Bliss' new book examines the nature of intelligence and its elasticity. In Rethinking Intelligence - A Radical New Understanding of Our Human Potential Rina challenges the conventional wisdom… Read more Audio

10:05 AM.The council's budget shortfall for the next financial year is expected to reach $375m- up from $295m. Councillors attended a closed-door workshop yesterday morning to receive a budget update, ahead of… Read more Audio

9:45 AM.UK correspondent Harriet Line joins Kathryn to talk about a savaging of the government's plans to tackle illegal migration, led by the Archbishop of Canterbury. Justin Welby said the bill - allowing… Read more Audio

9:30 AM.New Zealand scientists are celebrating a major advancement in Parkinson's research, which is hoped will improve the diagnosis and treatment of the disease, and even stop full-blown symptoms developing… Read more Audio

9:15 AM.Do the wealthy pay their fair share of tax? Three recent reports have come to very different conclusions. An Inland Revenue investigation has found New Zealand's wealthiest families pay less than half… Read more Audio

9:05 AM.Aucklanders are facing even bigger potential rates rises and service cuts. The council's budget shortfall for the next financial year is expected to reach 375 million dollars, up from $295m. And on… Read more Audio

11:45 AM.Money expert Liz Koh joins Kathryn to talk about how banks have always been a safe haven for investors during times of economic downturn, but recent failures around the world have shaken investor… Read more Audio

11:20 AM.Andrew Hubbard from Citizens Advice Bureau joins Kathryn to share a new report which calls for the government to wipe the debts that clients owe to the Ministry of Social Development. Read more Audio

11:05 AM.This week, for New Zealand Music Month, Ian Chapman celebrates one of New Zealand's most loved but shortest-lived bands from the mid-1970s: Alastair Riddell's Space Waltz. From a #1 smash hit, 'Out On… Read more Audio

10:45 AM.Kelly has a heartwarming story from an anonymous local businessman who has paid for a new play ground for the Rotorua Seventh-day Adventist School on Fenton St. The street is at the core of emergency… Read more Audio

10:35 AM.Lynn Freeman reviews Fungi of Aotearoa by Liv Sisson, published by Penguin Random House NZ Read more Audio