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1:35 PM.Dame Malvina Major is one of New Zealand's foremost opera sopranos and has just gifted her personal archives to Waikato University. Dame Malvina speaks to Jesse. Read more Audio

1:25 PM.This summer DOC is encouraging us all to be 'citizen scientists' and to share sightings of protected marine species.  Clinton Duffy is DOC's Marine Technical Advisor. He speaks to Jesse. Read more Audio

1:15 PM.The new chief children and young person's commissioner started the job at the beginning of this month and is wasting no time getting down to business by launching a survey asking mokopuna what's… Read more Audio

3:15 PM.This week on Solving the World's Problems retired Hawke's Bay farmer Steve Wyn-Harris shares his thoughts on his hobby of star gazing. Read more Audio

2:25 PM.For NZ Sporting history this week we speak to New Zealand's most successful rally driver, the only New Zealander to win the World Rally Champs with 8 WRC podiums, Hayden Paddon. Read more Audio

1:25 PM.Professor Hamish Spencer says mohua, are not only one of our most accomplished vocalists, but visually striking species. Hamish speaks to Jesse. Read more Audio

1:14 PM.In the new six-part video series The Turning Point, a new generation of kaitiaki across Aotearoa take on the challenge of protecting and restoring our natural environment. Director Steph Miller speaks… Read more Audio

3:35 PM.A New Zealand team of scientists and engineers are preparing to test their brand-new superconducting magnet and flux pump design on the International Space Station in 2025. Could this Kiwi tech make… Read more Audio

3:10 PM. Leaning into anger can boost persistence and performance on the road to overcoming big challenges in a way that happiness just can't according to a new study by Dr Heather Lench. Read more Audio

2:20 PM.Our Bookmarks guest today has brought the gift of storytelling, reading and writing to thousands of tamariki in Aotearoa over the past four decades. Read more Audio

1:35 PM.Forget the bird of the century hubbub - the Air Force Museum's got their own competition for 2023, the inaugural Aircraft of the Year competition. Read more Audio

1:25 PM.Unbeaten in all nine games of the Cricket World Cup so far India go into tonight's semi-final against the Black Caps. Here in the RNZ office Black Caps fan, Jesse discusses the match with colleague… Read more Audio

1:15 PM.Te Hokinga Mai: The Return is an eight-part series addressing the urban drift of the last century when Maori were swept away from their kainga and into cities.  Read more Audio

1:06 PM.Kristin Hersh fans can rejoice after the American singer, guitarist and songwriter added a fifth show to New Zealand tour. The indie icon's playing music from her Throwing Muses rock band era and solo… Read more Audio

3:10 PM.Dr. Rajiv J. Shah doesn't just talk about solving some of the world's biggest problems, he does something about it.  He offers his philosophy in his new book, Big Bets: How Large-Scale Change Really… Read more Audio

2:30 PM.Our resident book critic and Verb founder Claire Mabey has a wonderful way of taking song lyrics and turning them into poetry. She's been done this a few times for our music feature and is back again… Read more Audio

1:40 PM.Back in the early 2000s Nelson music teacher John Phillips was frustrated by the tired old songs being sung in school assemblies. Now that his song is a social media sensation John is now releasing a… Read more Audio

1:25 PM.Garden to Table is a programme to teach tamariki to grow, harvest and prepare food.  Oropi primary, a rural school near Tauranga has been running the programme for the past 10 years. Heron Rickard is… Read more Audio