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2:24 PM.Christchurch neo-soul pop duo Dillastrate take their name from the American record producer and rapper J Dilla. Right now Henare “H” Kaa (drums, lead vocals) and Tim Driver (keyboards, loops, vocals)… Read more Video, Audio

1:47 PM.Steve Braunias makes his annual announcement of the winners of his Surrey Hotel Steve Braunias Memorial Writers Residency Award. Read more Audio

1:35 PM.Plans to turn the Rhododendron Lawn at Hamilton Gardens into a carpark has infuriated some locals, who say the lawn is a popular performance space. Read more Audio

1:26 PM.17 year old Okirano Tilaia who led Cashmere High's response to the mosque attacks in Christchurch has been named  the inaugral Blake Youth Leader. Read more Video, Audio

1:14 PM.Knitted golliwogs are dividing the New Zealand crafting community, with calls for images of them to be banned from crafting facebook groups and websites Read more Audio

9:06 PM.Toxic algae expert Jonathan Puddick has a Marsden Grant to find out if toxic cyanobacteria share their toxins with non-toxic species. Read more Audio

3:08 PM.Financial journalist and author, Mary Holm participated in The Mindful Money Conference in Auckland this week and discusses some of the key points raised. Read more Audio

2:31 PM.In 1967, Denny Hulme became the first – and so far only – New Zealand driver to win the Formula One World Championship. Historian Michael Clark tells Jesse Mulligan how an unassuming kid from Te Puke… Read more Audio

1:45 PM.A group of women in Hawke's Bay takes unwanted woollen blankets and cuts them down to baby-size, so premature and sick babies have a nice snuggly warm blanket to keep them warm as they recover in the… Read more Audio

1:28 PM.Love is a curious thing – and nobody knows that better than Jonty Trietsch. His year-long romantic relationship with a fictional anime character named Rem is the subject of a new short documentary 2D… Read more Video, Audio

1:22 PM.The measles outbreak in New Zealand is really concerning for LOTS of people, particularly the parents of unimmunised children. Read more Audio

1:18 PM.The government has just made a big announcement aimed at cleaning up New Zealand's waterways. Read more Audio

7:00 AM.The 1985 Live Aid concert was broadcast all around the world. But it very nearly wasn't seen here. Produced by Katie Scotcher. Read more Audio

3:08 PM.Most of us think of our immune system as our own army waging war on the stuff that makes us sick. But it's so much more than that ... Read more Audio

2:21 PM.There are few last names that resonate in New Zealand as much as Blake does. Read more Audio

1:41 PM.Today in our weekly visit to the sound archives of Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision we turn our ears to recordings about the great New Zealand pie Read more Audio

1:32 PM.The conversation around farming in New Zealand can get very, very heated - sometimes to the point where it seems a bit adversarial and oversimplified Read more Audio