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Black Dogs
11:15 AM.Our unenlightened forebears had some strange superstitions regarding animals, including ones about black dogs: "It's good luck if a black dog follows you at home, but bad luck if it follows you on the… Read more Audio
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Auckland Arts Festival - Miriama McDowell
11:08 AM.The Auckland Arts Festival is on between the 8th and 26th of March. One of the plays being prepared for the festival is co-written and co-performed by Miriama McDowell, who is well known to New… Read more Audio
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Home for Christmas - Rebecca Denton
10:50 AM.Rebecca Denton is on the cusp of releasing her first book. She's originally from Dunedin and left Logan Park High School with an impressive outstanding 54 detentions. Audio
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What are you reading?
10:43 AM.Maori Party MP Marama Fox tells us what she has been reading this Summer. Audio
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Employee of the Month - John Rae
10:30 AM.Musician John Rae offered to be an employee of the month during the Nelson Jazz festival. We were a bit late getting back to him, and the festival is over and John's gone fishing. Nonetheless, John… Read more Audio
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Hector's dolphin calf sighted in Otago waters
10:20 AM.A very young Hector's dolphin calf has been spotted in Otago waters this week. It was sighted by crew on the Monarch Wildlife Cruises and Tours boat on Tuesday. Naturally, Dr Liz Slooten, a whale and… Read more Audio
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Chilean telescope to be modified in search for life
10:10 AM.A huge telescope in Chile is going to be modified so that it can look for signs of life in the Alpha Centauri star system, the system closest to us. The European Southern Observatory's Very Large… Read more Audio
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Thoughts on The Lighthouse
9:37 AM.Aucklanders are divided on the brand new piece of public art at Queens Wharf – Michael Parekowhai's The Lighthouse. Read more Audio
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Curio Bay carpark threatens penguins, says volunteer ranger
9:20 AM.A volunteer ranger says the Department of Conservation is putting the yellow-eyed penguin at risk to build a capark in Southland's Curio Bay. The South Catlins Charitable Trust is building a… Read more Audio
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Sports and alcohol advertising
9:10 AM.A study has found New Zealand children are exposed to up to 200 ads per hour when they watch sport on television, many of them alcohol ads. Given alcohol-related injury and illness cost the country… Read more Audio
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Professor Justin S Vaughn on Obama's Legacy
11:05 AM.Is Obama's most significant legacy...Donald Trump? Audio
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Encouraging backyard biodiversity
10:49 AM.Auckland City Council biodiversity advisor Ben Paris can explain this and so many more ingeneous ideas as to how you can spend your holidays in the outdoors. Read more Audio, Gallery
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Employee of the Month -Greg Stanley
10:30 AM.Today's employee of the month is a Ranger for Environment Canterbury Audio
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Life with less
10:10 AM.Following the great Christmas splurge, minimalist Ryan Nicodemus has some tips for how to de-clutter our lives. Read more Video, Audio
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Fungus
10:10 AM.Comedian Paul Ego found a growth in his home... Audio
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Do you know what this growth is?
9:30 AM.Do you know what this is? Paul Ego doesn't. Audio
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Get your children reading this Summer!
9:15 AM.If we parents are being honest with ourselves ... the iphone, the computer and the X-box are probably also pretty big draws for our children. But educationalists believe there should be one more… Read more Audio
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Time running out for great southern lakes
9:07 AM.A veteran water quality campaigner says even deep, clean South Island lakes such as Lake Wanaka are showing signs of stress. Read more Audio
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Vintage Weekend - Auckland Aotea Square
11:15 AM.It's Vintage Weekend - taking you back in time with music, dance, fashion and a vintage market. Jesse Mulligan talks to organiser Rose Jackson. Audio
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'Tis the season for atonement
11:07 AM.It’s the season of atonement for many of us, when the dues are paid for the holiday bacchanal. But is this a wrong-headed mindset? Read more Audio
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What are you reading? - Gareth Morgan
10:50 AM.Philanthropist and businessman Gareth Morgan is reading Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis. Audio
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Everybody has rats
10:40 AM.John Innes is a scientist at Landcare Research and an expert on rats among other things. He was the man who helped bring tui back to Hamilton. Audio
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Music lovers seek authenticity in plastic
10:20 AM.From urban gardeners to bin-diving vinyl nuts, Professor Karen Fernandez discusses the resurgence of retro in our digital age. Read more Audio
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Employee of the Month Edwina Clarke
9:25 AM.Today's Employee of the month is Edwina Clarke - formerly of Okarito on the West Coast - these days she can be found in Central Otago. Audio
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