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Pro Trump protesters storm Capitol building in Washington DC - Simon Marks
9:15 AM.We cross live to Washington DC where thousands of pro Trump protesters are clashing with police outside the US Capitol building. Read more Audio
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Covid-19: Franz Josef businesses in limbo
9:07 AM.Since Boxing Day, Franz Josef has seen a small boost in business but many are worried about the long-term future due to the lack of international visitors - the town's bread and butter. We speak to… Read more Audio
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Live Rust - Brett Adams and Jol Mulholland
11:35 AM.Some of the country's best musicians have been touring the country playing three albums that have helped define rock and pop music Called Come Together - the tour has included the likes of Delaney… Read more Audio
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Bookmarks: Pip Adam
11:10 AM.For Bookmarks today, we're talking to someone who writes books for a living and often joins us on Afternoons as our book critic. Pip Adam joins us in the Wellington studio to share some of her… Read more Audio
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Andy Miller on reading the books time forgot
10:06 AM.Andy Miller reads dead people. He reads books written by authors who have slipped away or slipped off the radar or both.
Then he talks about them with co-host John Mitchinson on a hugely popular… Read more Audio
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The innovative women of 'Beethoven's Vienna'
9:36 AM.We go to Vienna - to an era - around 1800 - which is commonly considered 'Beethoven's Vienna' At that time women weren't really allowed to play music in public - and it was expensive to go to a… Read more Audio
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Councils downplay powers to enforce healthy home standards
9:28 AM.Councils have been downplaying the powers they have in enforcing healthy homes Renter advocacy group Renters United has found that across 68 councils only 14 repair orders have been issued by council… Read more Audio
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Call for more protections over Covid app data
9:18 AM.There are calls for legislation to be put in place to protect how the data collected by the Covid tracer app is used. Dr Andrew Chen from Auckland University has written to Health Minister Chris… Read more Audio
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Covid-19: New lockdown for England
9:10 AM.A new coronavirus lockdown announced by the British government is expected to last until at least mid-February. We cross to the UK to speak to New Zealander, Michael Oliver, who has lived in London… Read more Audio
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Regional Round Up
11:51 AM.Felix Desmaris - where is he? We'll ask him for some hints, and listeners can text in their guesses. Audio
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Local music - OdESSA
11:42 AM.One of Wellington's favourite live bands, is back! OdESSA frontman Matthew Pender joins Jesse Mulligan for a chat. Read more Audio
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Bookmarks: Simon Wilson
11:10 AM.This summer we're talking to some of RNZ's favourite hosts and contributors about their favourite books, songs, podcasts and more. Today, it's NZ Herald senior writer, Simon Wilson, who often joins us… Read more Audio
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Finding happiness in 52 weeks
10:05 AM.The story of Lauren Keenan's life wasn't going according to script in the winter of 2017. The Wellington writer's marriage had broken down, loneliness soared while her confidence plummeted. . She took… Read more Audio
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Imperfect flowers bringing perfect joy
9:36 AM.Emma Bass is a photographer who creates beauty to help lighten the darker aspects of life She takes flowers that are imperfect - and turns them into big, colourful works of art During lockdown she… Read more Audio
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Photographing the country's fish
9:27 AM.You all would have seen it - the poster detailing the fish of New Zealand's waters in every fish and chip shop in the country. Read more Audio
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Swapping chief executive role for climate change campaigning
9:19 AM.Conor Twyford has shepherded Wgtn Sexual Abuse Help through some tough times in the past few years and surprised many when she stepped down from the chief executive's role after lockdown to go to NZEI… Read more Audio
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Where is safe to swim?
9:11 AM.Now to a question a lot of New Zealanders may be asking themselves, just where is it safe to swim this summer?
This comes as the Auckland Council's Safeswim website showed a 'high risk' of illness… Read more Audio
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The Story of the Old Slaughterhouse
11:53 AM.David Bridger bought a piece of land in Westport 30 years ago with an old abbatoir that used to provide for the local townships. It closed down in the 1940s, and the remains of the old slaughterhose… Read more Audio
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Getting wetapunga back in the treetops where they belong
11:42 AM.One of the world's biggest insects is now back in Northland tree tops after more than 180 years. More than 120 wetapunga - the biggest of New Zealand's 11 species of giant weta - were released earlier… Read more Audio
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Summer Bookmarks Paula Morris
11:00 AM.The University of Auckland's director of the Master of Creative Writing, associate professor Paula Morris chats about her favourite books, a much-loved K-Pop group, K-dramas on Netflix and Sonya… Read more Audio
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Jacob Goldstein - the fiction of money
10:12 AM.Those coins jangling in your pocket or the numbers on the ATM screen are part of the greatest fiction ever created. That's how Jacob Goldstein thinks of money. It's only worth something only because… Read more Audio
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Sea swimming: Feeling the freezing cold and doing it anyway
9:42 AM.David McGowan never imagined he would enjoy waking up at 5.30 on a weekday before going to a full time challenging job, but a friend persuded him to meet at 6:15am for a dip on Wellington's Freyberg… Read more Audio
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Camping hacks from Dwights Outdoors
9:34 AM.Forty years ago, David Dwight's dad set up a company in Upper Hutt north of Wellington called Dwight's Canvas. They sold big canvas tents and Kiwis loved them. Now they're called Dwights Outdoors and… Read more Audio
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How the Stoics can help today
9:13 AM.Stocism is a school of philosophy that came about in ancient Greece. But thousands of years later - it can still be used to help us manage disappointment, and misfortune. William Irvine is a… Read more Audio
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Finding ways to fix waste problems
8:51 AM.Now to a young entreprenuer who's doing more than his part in the battle to reduce waste. Jayden Klinac is the founder and chief executive of For The Better Good - a bottled water company that… Read more Audio