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2:28 PM.Nancy Wake was a secret agent during World War Two. She was born in New Zealand, grew up in Australia and moved to France, joined the French Resistance, and earned the title of the most decorated… Read more Audio, Gallery

1:38 PM.The charming yet cheeky Weka may soon be considered much more than a sandwich stealing rare native bird thanks to the work of Jo Carpenter, a University of Canterbury Ecology PhD student.  Read more Audio

1:27 PM.As part of Auckland's Going West festival Gary Stalker's presenting a solo performance at the Arataki visitors centre, which provides the perfect backdrop to his play, Ghost Trees.  Read more Audio

1:17 PM.The countdown is on for Paraone Gloyne speaking only Te Reo Māori for the month of September. The Māori language advocate started the Mahuru Māori movement five years ago to normalise the language. Read more Audio

1:12 PM.School of Rock - The Musical is just days away from beginning its New Zealand run. The cast is chock-full of talented young performers and, of course, the man who plays Jack Black's famous role of… Read more Audio

3:09 PM.Journalist Rachel Monroe looks at four women who became fixated on real crimes to uncover why the attraction is more than just morbid curiosity in Her new book, Savage Appetites: Four True Stories of… Read more Audio

2:23 PM.Bookmarks today is with poetry, short story author and sheep and beef farmer Tim Saunders. Read more Audio, Gallery

1:52 PM.Each week we bring you stories from New Zealanders who were forced to leave their homelands and have resettled here. Today we are speaking to Kodrean Eashae from the Assyrian Community from Iraq… Read more Audio

1:37 PM.The voices of New Zealanders who served during World War II are being digitised as part of a project by Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision. Sarah Johnston explains what they're doing. Read more Audio, Gallery

1:28 PM.The CEO of Diversity Australia Council, Lisa Annalese, is in New Zealand as special guest for the 2019 Diversity Awards this evening. She talks about the differences between Australia and New Zealand… Read more Audio

1:22 PM.A link between our body clocks and obesity and diabetes has been uncovered by researchers at Otago University.  Associate Professor Alexander explains. Read more Audio

1:14 PM.Bowen Matthews wowed audiences at the recent Stand Up Stand Out heats with his rap performance, and is now heading to the finals next month. He is also blind. Read more Audio

3:14 PM.In a sea of white men, Poppy Northcutt, had a seat in front of the consoles in Mission Control, monitoring the Apollo spacecraft that went to the Moon. She talks about being the first female engineer… Read more Audio

2:17 PM.The Glenn Miller Orchestra is coming to town and Musical Director Rick Gerber steps into our Music Feature today to tell us why the band that was around for just four years had such a huge impact on… Read more Audio

1:36 PM.Lani Wendt Young is a Samoan author and Pacific Laureate. She's challenging what she says is the 'white castle' of publishing in New Zealand. Read more Audio

1:28 PM.A giant raft of pumice, thought to have originated near Tonga could potentially wash up on our shores. GNS science volcanologist Brad Scott explains how it has formed. Read more Audio

1:19 PM.Adolescents who become chronically ill are often not having their needs met when they're being cared for in the health system. Otago University researcher Dr Judith Sligo explains what they have… Read more Audio

1:16 PM.Marc Martel's singing talents were used in Bohemian Rhapsody for Rami Malik in the lead role as Freddy Mercury. He's in for today's first song. Read more Audio, Gallery

3:08 PM.Economist Allison Schrager talked to legal sex workers, surfers and papparazzi for lessons on managing risk. She says a few key principles these risk takers follow can be applied to financial… Read more Audio

2:32 PM.The science of gathering forensic evidence at crime scenes has come a very long way in the past few decades. Steve Steve Cordiner from ESR talks about how crime is solved today with DNA testing… Read more Audio, Gallery