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1:35 PM.Like many Invercargill woman Brit MacDonald tried her hand at sour dough making during COVID lockdowns. What sets her apart is that has turned into her owning her own bakery as well as receiving a… Read more Audio

1:25 PM.In 2021 Dr Ally Gibson launched a research project which required participants to submit short stories in response to a prompt about dating.To find out more about how AI ruined her research Dr Ally… Read more Audio

1:15 PM.The annual Bangers to Bluff rally concluded this week raising around $100k for the Multiple Sclerosis society. One of this years drivers Rosemary Hedge talks to Jesse about the 2024 event. Read more Audio

3:08 PM.Growing up Robin Reames saw first hand at the dinner table, why conspiracy theories flourish and how misinformation spreads. Now a professor at the University of Illinois-Chicago, Reames believes the… Read more Audio

2:32 PM.Tick tock - today's expert is all about time. Blair Shallard is an horologist and owner of Time Central in Rotorua. He's our expert today talking about all things time pieces. Read more Audio

2:21 PM.Traditionally the strawberry growing season winds up around now. The locally grown varieties disappear. That is except for "counter seasonal" grower 26 Seasons.  Chief executive Grant Leach speaks to… Read more Audio

1:35 PM.The NZ comedy fest season is fast approaching meaning a host of funny people are set to hit our stages here in Aotearoa. Among the talent this year is He Huang - she grew up in China but now calls… Read more Audio

1:26 PM.Last week the Global Agritourism Network and AgritourismNZ ran a webinar which included people from 50 countries. One of the presenters was Amber Tyrrell, who owns and operates Valley Views Glamping… Read more Audio

1:15 PM.A new community-wide initiative has launched in Lower Hutt today called 'Mouri Tupu - Planting for the Future'. The goal is to plant one tree for every person in the city, that's 114,000. Lower Hutt… Read more Audio

3:35 PM.You might have come across the creamy white spiral shells of this week's critter on the beach. The enigmatic ram's horn squid, Spirula spirula is a squid-like cephalopod mollusc. Read more Audio

3:25 PM.Lynda Hallinan talks Gardening Read more Audio

2:20 PM.Invercargill-born artist Sam Cullen joins Jesse in the Auckland studio to share songs from his brand new EP, Love Again.  Read more Audio

1:45 PM.Our weekly segment where we ask listeners to share their strange and spooky stories. Read more Audio

1:35 PM.Some of Aotearoa's best locally produced foods have been recognised in the Outstanding NZ Food Producer awards. Read more Audio

1:25 PM.It's long been thought that where you choose to sit your driver's licence test impacts how easy or difficult it will be to pass. Now, new data released by Waka Kotahi has given credence to this. Read more Audio

1:15 PM.For the past five years the Department of Conservation has been working hard to rid the Emerald Lakes near the summit of Mt Tongariro of invasive weeds. This morning, they announced the mission a… Read more Audio

2:30 PM.Today's NZ Sporting History guest is from a family of well known sporting achievers. Golfer Ryan Fox has just finished competing at the Masters in the US and he's also New Zealand's highest ranked… Read more Audio