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Australia Correspondent - Donna Field
9:45 AM.Australia correspondent Donna Field talks to Megan about the latest issues and news from across the Tasman including the incredible recent heatwave during which temperature in Sydney soared to 47… Read more Audio
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Southside Boys To Southside Giants
9:35 AM.As year 13 students prepare themselves for the next step after high school, Arizona Leger from the Auckland University of Technology explores the stories of South Auckland to find out what it takes to… Read more Audio
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The vloggers turning tweens on to brands
9:10 AM.Today's tweens are getting introduced to commercial content earlier than ever before via the intense influence of YouTube vloggers, AUT lecturer Kate Jones says. Read more Audio
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Entertainment: Movies with Dom Corry
11:40 AM.Movie critic Dom Corry speaks to Summer Times to tell us about the movies coming up and what he would recommend we make the effort to head to the cinema for. Today he also talks about reaction the… Read more Audio
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Road Trip Music with Peter Griffin
11:10 AM.Peter Griffin has a big year ahead of him. He's finishing his role as the Head of the New Zealand Science Media centre after 10 years. From March this year he's embarking on a new chapter of his… Read more Audio
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Science of Life - Pets with Kate Robinson
10:45 AM.Each week Wellington vet Kate Robinson will talk Summer Times about keeping your animal family members safe and out of harms way in the summer heat. This week she has more advice on how to keep pets… Read more Audio
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Is the job you have giving you the life you want?
10:10 AM.Mike Lewis gave up a well-paying job as a futures investor to chase his dream of becoming a squash pro. He hopes his book When to Jump will give others permission to take a leap. Read more Audio
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US Correspondent - Harry Horton
9:45 AM.Feature Story Correspondent Harry Horton talks to Megan about the Golden Globes and the big winners on the night. He also discusses whether or not Oprah Winfrey's speech at the ceremony was actually… Read more Audio
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Call of the Cold - AUT student documentary
9:25 AM.Our series of documentaries from the students at Auckland University of Technology. Audio
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Graeme Jennings: Photographing history on the Hill
9:10 AM.American politics has our attention in a way it never has before. Graeme Jennings has had a front row seat to it all. A photojournalist for the Washington Examiner, the 39-year-old Aucklander is the… Read more Audio
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Entertainment: Books with Pip Adams
11:45 AM.Book critic Pip Adams joins Megan in the studio to talk about the Icelandic tradition of giving books on Christmas eve and why the longstanding exchange was cemented during World War Two. She then… Read more Audio
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Road Trip Music with Michele A'Court
11:10 AM.Today's road trip playlist is compiled by comedian and writer Michele A'Court. She spent a lot of time on the road during 2017 and is also releasing a book later in 2018. She talks to Megan about how… Read more Audio
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'If you're not going to use thoughts to change behaviour, get rid of them'
10:45 AM.Returning to work in the new year can feel like an extreme case of Mondayitis. Question your unwanted thoughts and soften the language you talk to yourself with, says psychologist Gwendoline Smith. Read more Audio
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Mark Williams: 'All these kids would roll up and dance'
10:10 AM.The new compilation album Heed The Call! is a celebration of New Zealand's '70s disco scene of which Mark Williams was at the forefront. He talks to Megan Whelan about those heady days. Read more Audio
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Correspondent - Emma Keeling
9:45 AM.Emma Keeling is an ex-pat journalist in London who has the latest on the issues and news across the UK and Europe. She talks about the outcry over the release from prison of the man dubbed the black… Read more Audio
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Interview - Jessica Morgan
9:30 AM.The Golden Globes red carpet will be darkened today as actresses pledge to wear only black gowns to protest the sexual harassment which has gone on in the entertainment industry for decades. Fashion… Read more Audio
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Feature Interview - Helen Clark
9:10 AM.Former Prime Minister Helen Clark speaks to Megan about the legacy of Jim Anderton who was her deputy Prime Minster, senior cabinet minister and the mastermind behind Kiwibank. He passed away… Read more Audio
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Music with Melody Thomas
11:50 AM.Melody talks about the internet's shocking takes on the topless woman at Rhythm and Vines, plus - what makes a 'summer jam'? Including recommended listening. Read more Audio
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Road Trip Music - Richard Wagstaff
11:05 AM.Today's RTM guest is NZ Council of Trade Unions president Richard Wagstaff. Audio
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Kitchen science: sugar
10:45 AM.Michelle 'Nanogirl' Dickinson talks us through two simple recipes that use the science of sugar. Read more Audio
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Chloe Benjamin - The Immortalists
10:10 AM.How do you think your life would be, if you knew exactly when you were going to die? Chloe Benjamin has played that out in her latest book which spans the decades following a group of siblings who… Read more Audio
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Sports correspondent - Matt Chatterton
9:45 AM.ASB Classic marred by rain as day four completely washed out, Black Caps destroy a weak West Indies, NZ teenager signs with Major League Baseball team the Philadelphia Phillies, and an upset in the… Read more Audio
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Pacific Islands Family Study reveals the importance of cultural connection
9:13 AM.Dr Dan Tautolo is following the lives of nearly 1,400 Pacific Island babies born at Middlemore Hospital in the year 2000 for the Pacific Islands Family Study. Read more Video, Audio
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Worst of wild weather over for Auckland
9:10 AM.Auckland is breathing a sigh of relief that the worst of the wild weather is over as the storm moves down the country. The fire service had around 200 calls last night, nearly double a normal nights'… Read more Audio
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Entertainment: Television with Linda Burgess
11:50 AM.Linda Burgess joins Megan in the studio to talk about what series are coming up and what's worth having a look at or not. Audio