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1:41 PM.It's an illness that's often described as 'hidden'. Thousands of kids around the world, and here in New Zealand, too unwell to go to school or even get up off the bed.  Read more Audio

1:29 PM.It's no secret New Zealand is facing a shortage of skilled trades workers, and one Wellington company says it's focused on changing the "builder's crack" image to recruit women, older people and those… Read more Audio

1:19 PM.New Zealand’s older population are largely healthy – but renters are at a disadvantage as they age, a Massey University study has found.  Read more Audio

1:09 PM.Australian blues guitarist Lloyd Spiegel has been touring since he was just 11. He's won the Australian Blues Award seven times and has played with some of the biggest names in music, including Bob… Read more Audio

3:08 PM.There probably isn't another creature on the planet more taken for granted than the humble bee. For every third bite of food you eat, you can thank a bee. Bees visit about 75% of the most popular and… Read more Audio

2:18 PM.Gold has inspired and enchanted humans for thousands of years. It's helped to end wars - and to start them! - and adorns many of the buildings and works of art we place the greatest value on.  Read more Audio

1:36 PM.Russian biologists have come across a huge surprise when they dug up frozen soil from the Arctic. They've thawed out permafrost sediment frozen for the past 40,000 years and discovered living… Read more Audio

1:27 PM.Mars has been in the news quite a bit recently, last week it was revealed scientists had discovered an underground lake on the planet. So what are the possibilities here, could food be grown there… Read more Audio

1:17 PM.Conservationists are looking at using the emerging “gene drive” genetic editing technology to wipe out populations of invasive species, but scientists are warning the wider consequences could be… Read more Audio

7:00 AM.In this episode of Voices, Amelia Langford talks to Chinese New Zealand film director Willie Ying, who is netting international awards with his action-comedy feature film The Final Blade. Read more Audio

3:30 PM.DOC's Threatened Species Ambassador, Nicola Toki explains that, even with a nose-peg, it is quite a difficult task to give a helping hand to this endangered plant. Read more Audio

3:21 PM.Tricia Hewlett tells us about the 3 day Banks Track walk in Banks Peninsula, which crosses farmland, runs alongside the Flea Bay marine reserve and through Hinewai Reserve. Read more Audio, Gallery

3:10 PM.Jacqui Dixon from Italian food store Sabato shares her recipe for scalloped potatoes made with porcini mushroom powder and capers. Read more Audio

2:09 PM.Riddle + Squizz is now streaming on HEIHEI – a free website and app for Kiwi kids aged five to nine.  Read more Video, Audio, Gallery

1:32 PM.Karina Lester from First Languages Australia wants to help revive the hundreds of languages spoken by indigenous Australians - and her organisation is starting off in the country's schools. Read more Audio

1:16 PM.Dr Christoph Bartneck from Canterbury University joins us to talk about a new study showing humans have the same racial biases towards robots as they do towards other humans Read more Audio

9:07 PM.Bags of bone fragments are casting a genetic spotlight on New Zealand's lost natural world, and on the impact of early Polynesians on its biota. Read more Audio