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1:25 PM.Studies have found that girls are twice as likely to call it quits on sports by the age of 14 than boys are. CoachMate and Team Heroine have put together a How to Guide titled "Keeping Girls in the… Read more Audio

1:15 PM.It's estimated between seven and eight percent of primary and high school struggle with Developmental Language Disorder, or DLD.  Western Sydney University has proven a new strategy for helping these… Read more Audio

3:35 PM.The health of the Waihi estuary is in decline, threatening its important role as a mahinga kai, or food-gathering site. Justine Murray meets the team trying to turn things around. Read more Audio

3:10 PM.The Danish have Hygge, the art of coziness. The Swedish have the art of death cleaning. This is not tidying up to change your life. Death cleaning is sorting out your stuff so other people don't have… Read more Audio

2:25 PM.For Bookmarks this week we meet Alison Talmage, she's a music therapist, doctoral student and co-founder of a very special choir - the CeleBRation Choir. Read more Audio

1:48 PM.The Chip Packet Project is likely to be one of the more unique charity initiatives you've heard of, but it's one that is aiming to both help our homeless population and ease the strain on our… Read more Audio

1:35 PM.Sadly for our many rural communities new research shows that rural residents have a higher death rate than their urban peers. Lead author of the study Professor Garry Nixon talks to Jesse. Read more Audio

1:25 PM.A new collaboration will see of New Zealand's most beloved musicians take a step into the world of visual art. Tiki Taane talks to Jesse about the special performance. Read more Audio

1:13 PM.Funding for the arts sector has been a hot topic for a while now, and another sector that's been struggling to maintain funding is tertiary education. Dr Dugal McKinnon, the Deputy Director of the New… Read more Audio

3:10 PM.We know what Frances Haugen did. She's the Facebook whistleblower who smuggled 22-thousand documents out of the tech giant's Silicon Valley headquarters. She speaks to Jesse about her book on why she… Read more Audio

2:30 PM.We're all familiar with the likes of The Temptations and Stevie Wonder, but these stars weren't the only ones responsible for pioneering the Motown sound. Read more Audio

1:50 PM.Photographer Jono Kraettli is on a mission to highlight hidden gems, and recently captured what, he says, could be New Zealand's most beautiful road, Kent Road in Taranaki. Jono talks to Jesse. Read more Audio

1:35 PM.New Zealand's first National Walking Plan will be released later this month. We'll know more about that soon. I Landscape ecologist Dr Colin Meurk is passionate about walking. He talks to Jesse. Read more Audio

1:25 PM.Barrister and solicitor Liam Hehir believes you should join the political party you tend to vote for because it's important for democracy. Read more Audio

1:15 PM.Christchurch singer Bunny Reid is about to head to L.A to take part in a massive performing competition. She's entered the World Performing Arts Competition which will be held in Anaheim later this… Read more Audio

3:10 PM.We need less growth to put less demand on the planet's resources and slow down climate change, but we do need more art, more plays and works of fiction to bring to both sides of that argument to life… Read more Audio

2:20 PM.This week in our expert feature we're talking about traversing the aisles of Asian supermarkets which have sprung up all over the country. To help navigate through them we talk to former Master chef… Read more Audio

1:35 PM.17 players are heading to the handball World Championships in Croatia this August. It's a huge milestone for New Zealand's U19 National Team...handball is one of the most popular sports in Europe. Read more Audio

1:25 PM.Every Tuesday, the owner of Woodville's Smoke 'n Wood restaurant puts on a community dinner. Karen Joblin serves home style comfort food to around 70 people for a pay-what-you-can donation. Read more Audio

1:15 PM.An extract from dahlia flower petals has been found to improve blood sugar regulation in a clinical trial led by the University of Otago. Alexander Tups is an Associate Professor  at the Centre for… Read more Audio

3:35 PM.Sea butterflies are the flying snails of the sea. They belong to the scientific order Pteropoda - which means 'wing-foot' in Ancient Greek - because of the wing-like 'foot' they flap to swim. Read more Audio