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5:00 AM.People and livestock gobble so much fish that the seas soon won’t keep up. Is the answer to grow fish on land? Kate Evans meets scientists figuring out the puzzles of how to farm some of New Zealand’s… Read more Audio

3:35 PM.People and livestock gobble so much fish that the seas soon won’t keep up. Is the answer to grow fish on land? Kate Evans meets scientists figuring out the puzzles of how to farm some of New Zealand’s… Read more Audio

3:10 PM.When most teenagers his age were playing Hendrix and Led Zepplin, David Becker only wanted to play jazz guitar. David Becker is in New Zealand to take audiences on that journey too. Read more Audio

2:30 PM.There was one Pacific student enrolled in Christchurch's Broadcasting School in the class of 1995. Now she's on the radio, she's on TV screens, our very own Marama T-Pole. We get to know her better in… Read more Audio

2:20 PM.A long time fascination with radios that has given rise to a museum, specifically Whanganui Vintage Radio Museum. Graham Hawtree's dedication to buying, repairing, and revitalising old radios has seen… Read more Audio

1:45 PM.For this week's Heading Off travel fun feature we're going to take a closer look at New Zealand's great cycle trails. We've got a great guide on what to do with general manager Nga Haerenga New… Read more Audio

1:35 PM.Coastal plants and species may one day establish themselves in Antarctica, researchers predict. As sea ice melts around the Antarctic coast, species like bull kelp could first travel to and establish… Read more Audio

1:25 PM.Bay of Plenty Regional Council's decision to stop "calling the bar" will cost lives, says Whakatane Sport Fishing Club president Heyden Johnston. He speaks to Jesse about what's going on. Read more Audio

1:15 PM.Big Dig Energy - the National Excavator Operator Competition - is described as the heavy metal showdown not to be missed. Greg Lumsden is the competition organiser and has been around since its… Read more Audio

3:10 PM.It's not depression. It's not burnout. Languishing is a sense of low-grade mental weariness. It's a term coined by sociologist Dr Corey Keyes during the pandemic when so many people felt like we were… Read more Audio

2:30 PM.D'Angelo is a singer, songwriter, producer and multi-instrumentalist who was at the forefront of the neo-soul movement in the 1990s. RNZ producer Sam Hollis is a super fan, he's with Jesse to go… Read more Audio

1:35 PM.A '55 meals for $50' video  saw Stacey Scott aka the Farmers Wife Homestead blow up. Since then, the reluctant youtuber has reached almost 14,000 subscribers and the viral video 140,000 views. Read more Audio

1:25 PM.The hihi (stitchbird) was once found throughout the North Island the species suffered catastrophic declines resulting in near extinction.  Hihi Conservation Charitable Trust spokesman Kevin Parker… Read more Audio

1:15 PM.Restaurants across New Zealand and Australia are all saying the same thing - we need chefs!  Christchurch-based chef and caterer Jonny Schwass talks to Jesse about the heat in the kitchen and what… Read more Audio

3:10 PM.Rambling emails and inefficient rules; these are the kind of things that make employees go spare. They're forms of friction that chip away at initiative and grind down workers says Stanford University… Read more Audio

2:30 PM.Some people have too much stuff, which might find a perfect home with someone else. For our Expert Feature today we speak to  Louise Clark. Read more Audio

1:35 PM.Whether you're a fan of the royal family or not, it's been hard to avoid the recent hurricane of questions, conspiracies and memes taking over the internet, asking where on earth the Princess of… Read more Audio