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2:10 PM.Friendships, workmates, love, whatever the status relationships are tricky. Navigating the highs and the lows can be challenging especially when it involves having tricky conversations. That's why… Read more Audio

1:35 PM.The 2025 Wilding Pines conference is currently taking place in Twizel The aim of the conference is to share knowledge, boost morale and hopefully attract new funding to the problem Funding which -… Read more Audio

1:20 PM.Several of our universities have given up running student essays through AI detection software. Because for the most part, they say it didn't really work. But at a time when essays and written… Read more Audio

1:16 PM.GrabOne - the website which offered discounted deals on experiences, products, and travel has gone into liquidation. It was once one of New Zealand's largest daily deals websites and used to be high… Read more Audio

1:10 PM.Some sad news today that former Prime Minister Jim Bolger has died. He led the country throughout much of the 1990s, through a time of great economic change, he oversaw the first of many Treaty of… Read more Audio

3:10 PM.A quiet family lunch ends with three dead, one barely alive, and the world taunted by the question: did Erin Patterson serve up death cap mushrooms in the Beef Wellington lunch on purpose? That… Read more Audio

2:16 PM.It's Wednesday which means time to talk Easy Eats; a recipe that isn't too taxing on your time but still delivers on taste. Our regular Easy Eats contributor Kelly Gibney is away so we've got the… Read more Audio

2:11 PM.Music 101 producer and host Tony Stamp joins us to share some music. Today we've got: Birdlings Flat 'I am afraid' Eden Burns 'Goodbye Jingle' Audio

1:50 PM.Time for our weekly travel adjacent segment - Heading Off. The longer we've run this, the more it's become your feature with loads of you getting in touch with the adventures you'd like to share… Read more Audio

1:35 PM.After being closed for three years, next month will see Auckland's Point Chevalier library reopen. And opening day will be more than a ribbon cutting- it's going to have its own soundtrack. Musicians… Read more Audio

1:25 PM.For centuries durum wheat has been recognised as the gold standard of wheats for making great pasta and bread. Much like the rest of our wheat supplies, almost all of it is imported. But, thanks to… Read more Audio

1:10 PM.Speaker of the House Gerry Brownlee has announced he is cracking down on Parliamentary behaviour, and one of the issues he's keen to look at is standard of dress. When asked about it on Morning Report… Read more Audio

2:30 PM.It's time for our music feature and today we're playing some of the songs found in a mysterious old leather-bound ledger labelled 'Banned records' in the RNZ offices. Started sometime in the 1950s… Read more Audio

2:20 PM.Time to find out what's hitting the headlines in Australia, our usual guy Brad Foster is on a well-deserved holiday, so we're pleased to have TVNZ's One News' Australia correspondent Jacob Johnson… Read more Audio

2:10 PM.We're going to chat books now and a new collection coming out in November is celebrating Auckland and some of the reasons people choose to live there. To share the details Anna Rankin joins Jesse, she… Read more Audio

1:45 PM.Tim shares details of a massive deal announced last week whereby AMD is giving OpenAI 10% of the company. It's caused a lot of chat about the incredibly strange financial arrangements between three… Read more Audio

1:35 PM.The ice cream brand Tip Top turns 90 years old this month. From a small Wellington milk bar to a huge Auckland factory - the story of this company is a remarkable one. The ubiquitous summer treats are… Read more Audio

1:20 PM.Love Actually is one of the most popular Christmas films of all time. And according to Wikipedia it's the 9th highest grossing Christmas film ever, just below Batman Returns, so take from that what… Read more Audio

1:10 PM.New Zealanders are leaving the country in record numbers, the latest figures from Stats NZ show overall migrant arrivals dropped 16% to 138,600, while departures increased 13% to 127,900. Nearly 48… Read more Audio

3:10 PM.Drink, quit, relapse. For nearly 20 years, that was the exhausting cycle that ruled Katie Herzog's life. A journalist and podcaster, she tried everything: quitting cold turkey, 12-step programs, sheer… Read more Audio