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10:45 AM.Libby gives an update on the two-year search for fugitive Marokopa man Tom Phillips and his three children. Read more Audio

10:35 AM.Jenna Todd of Time Out Bookstore reviews three of her favourite books from last year. Read more Audio

10:05 AM.R.A. Spratt is a best-selling author, who has captured the hearts and imaginations of children around the world. Read more Audio

9:45 AM.Correspondent Karen Middleton joins Kathryn to talk about bad behaviour at sporting events, and Southern Queensland's rough summer with repeated downpours. Read more Audio

9:20 AM.With Auckland's light rail project officially scrapped, focus is returning to the other pieces of Auckland's road network puzzle. Read more Audio

9:05 AM.How is the country's first ever Mental Health Minister Matt Doocey going to tackle the myriad of challenges before him? Read more Audio

11:45 AM.Sports chat with Marc Hinton Read more Audio

11:25 AM.Landscape designer and gardener Xanthe White has some great tips about what to plant and when to help reduce your grocery bill. Read more Audio

11:05 AM.Katie Scotcher live from Parliament with Kathryn Ryan Read more Audio

11:05 AM.Victoria looks at the latest in the manuka honey industry, with New Zealand scientists saying the country's honey is a different species from the Australian version. It follows several years of… Read more Audio

10:45 AM.Could Christchurch be a contender to host the next Commonwealth Games?. David says it could be dismissed as silly season fodder if the ramifications for the people of Christchurch weren't so serious… Read more Audio

10:35 AM.Louise Ward of Wardini Books reviews three of her favourite books from last year: The Observologist by Giselle Clarkson, published by Gecko Press, Tarquin the Honest: Ocian's Elven by Gareth Ward… Read more Audio

10:05 AM.Bettany Hughes is a British historian, author and broadcaster who specialises in classical antiquity. She's written and presented over 50 TV and radio documentaries and received awards for her effort… Read more Audio

9:45 AM.Donald Trump has been ordered to pay journalist E. Jean Carroll US$83m in damages, in a defamation suit. The former president has defeated rival candidate Nikki Haley in the New Hampshire Primary… Read more Audio

9:35 AM.Richard Morgan is 93 years old but a late love of indoor rowing has helped him develop into a physical specimen for his age. He spent most of his life spurning fitness and only took up indoor rowing -… Read more Audio

9:25 AM.The Retirement Income Interest Group which is part of the New Zealand Society of Actuaries has done a stocktake of retirement income policy, concluding that NZ Super doesn't need to be reformed, The… Read more Audio

9:05 AM.More fishing boats are now required to have on-board cameras to monitor for rare dolphin deaths and other bycatch. Since mid January, surface longline vessels operating near our shore are required to… Read more Audio

11:46 AM.Bill McKay toured a few Australasian cities over summer; and shares his thoughts from the log industry to public transport. Bill McKay is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Architecture and Planning… Read more Audio

11:35 AM.Nadia Key and her Mum Elke are behind the social enterprise Husk and Honey and together they have compiled a cook book called Collectively Homegrown. It features recipes from a range of cultures… Read more Audio

11:07 AM.Neale and Brigitte discuss the latest cigarette controversy, with associate health minister Casey Costello seeking advice on a three-year freeze on the inflation-adjusted tax on smoking tobacco… Read more Audio

10:49 AM.The on-going Cathedral Cove saga is now being drawn out for another eight months with the Department of Conservation announcing it won't have a decision on the future of the iconic walking track until… Read more Audio

10:41 AM.David Hill reviews three of his favourite books from last year: Iris and Me by Philippa Werry, published by Ahoy! Cuba Press, Te Wehenga, by Mat Tait, published by Allen and Unwin Children's NZ, and… Read more Audio

10:18 AM.Investigative producer, Nancy Moscatiello, uncovered a scam so outrageous it hid in plain sight for nearly a decade - at the heart of it, a charming, young Christian. Amanda C. Riley started a blog… Read more Audio

10:07 AM.Europe correspondent Seamus Kearney is in the Wellington studio this week, looking at some of the bigger stories coming up. An EU summit in Brussels on Thursday is hoping to achieve unity on ongoing… Read more Audio

9:35 AM.Calls are growing for the new Government to urgently address the hefty bills facing owners of earthquake-prone buildings. Former Wellington owner Hazel Kirkham is warning many simply cannot afford the… Read more Audio