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1:10 PM.Whangarei band Otium are our first song performers today. The band released their first self-titled EP last year and are about to kick off an 8-stop tour of the North Island.  Read more Audio

3:25 PM.In rich, healthy 'litter-layers' on forest floors all over New Zealand, our critter this week is busy doing its thing - but you'd hardly know! DOC's Threatened Species Ambassador, Nicola Toki, shines… Read more Audio

3:17 PM.Vicki Angland from I Walk Waiheke tells us about about the island's five day walk, Te Ara Hura - the path of discovery. Read more Audio, Gallery

3:07 PM.Kira Ghidoni, the new head chef at The Grove restaurant, tells us about the new role and shares her spring recipe - Mushrooms with poached egg and asparagus. Read more Audio

2:23 PM.Fables are an Auckland based band led by singer-songwriter Jessica Bailey. She's joined in each iteration of the band by a rotating cast of instrumentalists and singers, creating a different sound… Read more Audio

1:35 PM.Dominic Harvey is probably best-known as the host of The Edge's morning show from 6-10am weekdays, but he's also a running addict. He joins us to talk a bit about the beauty of running, and to answer… Read more Audio

1:24 PM.What are your plans for your 90th, if you're lucky enough to make it that far? Long-time RNZ listener Margaret Hawkins recently reached the milestone, and celebrated it in style - by launching herself… Read more Video, Audio

1:16 PM.Judge Brett Kavanaugh's nomination to the US Supreme Court is in jeopardy, after several women stepped forward to accuse him of sexually harrassing and assaulting him while at high school. Read more Audio

7:00 AM.Why is a Soviet ship lying on the bottom of the Marlborough Sounds? Produced by Justin Gregory. Read more Audio

9:07 PM.Melanie Bussey studies concussion in sport, and how the human body reacts to impacts that might cause damage to the brain. Read more Audio

2:38 PM.Disneyland, Movie World, Universal Studios…Rainbow's End. Our regular historian, Grant Morris of Victoria University looks at New Zealand's rather limited history of theme parks and place it in… Read more Audio

2:24 PM.Today we talk to sheep and beef farmer and rural issues writer Steve Wyn Harris, who's looking at a crisis facing the world - how to feed a potential population of 10 billion people by 2050? Read more Audio

1:40 PM.Earlier this week the Blood Service sent out a plea, as its reserves of O-negative blood were running dangerously low. But why is it so important to have stocks of different types of blood? Read more Audio

1:31 PM.It's been 200 years since Mary Shelley's magnum opus was published - and its influence extends to the realms of medical history and bioethics Read more Audio

1:21 PM.Over the past decade or so some athletes have been banned from their sports for up to a decade simply for using cannabis Read more Audio

1:11 PM.We are lucky enough to have the winners of both the Smokefree Rockquest and Tangata Beats in our studio today to play a song for us. Read more Audio

3:08 PM.Going with your gut is OK when you can't decide which color jersey to buy, but making big decisions with big consequences requires skills few of us really know and understand. Read more Audio

2:22 PM.Musician, singer, actor and side-splitting comedian Bill Bailey is one of Britain's most beloved performers, whose skill-set includes playing music, writing jokes, performing stand-up, and acting in… Read more Video, Audio