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2:07 PM.Dom Corry is in the studio to talk what's on in the theatres. He reviews Heretic, starring Hugh Grant; a Lucy Lawless directed documentary Never Look Away and the drama Memory, featuring Peter… Read more Audio

1:53 PM.Listener Rick explains how his life has been marked by incredible coincidences. Read more Audio

1:35 PM.A couple of months ago there was a campaign for Hamilton to redesign its coat of arms... Spoiler alert - The mayor said it's not going to happen. But that got us thinking.... Why do our cities even… Read more Audio

1:24 PM.Yesterday Steve Gurney joined us for Sporting History. You can still listen to that conversation with the nine-time Coast to Cost race champion on the RNZ website Near the end of our conversation he… Read more Audio

1:15 PM.Human or Horse? Who would win a 40 km race? It sounds like the kind of question you'd toss around after a few too many beers at the pub... and that is exactly where the idea for 'The Only Fools and… Read more Audio

3:20 PM.Dr Grant from Victoria University looks at the history of mass protests in New Zealand and how they stack up against Tuesday's hikoi to Wellington. Read more Audio

3:15 PM.Publicist Ali Jones says she has the answer to poor health outcomes for mothers and newborns: a health system where midwives are front and center. It's an approach advocated for by the WHO in a new… Read more Audio

2:30 PM.Adventure racer and multisport triathlete Steve Gurney joins us for this week's NZ Sporting History. Steve is most well-known for winning the 243km Coast to Coast race a record 9 times and… Read more Audio

2:10 PM.RNZ News reader Evie Ashton reviews an eclectic bunch of podcasts that can help send you off to sleep. Read more Audio

1:45 PM.Staff at an Upper Hutt Wildlife reserve are devastated after the alleged theft of its "loving and talkative" Cockatoo 'Pepper' Staglands staff believe the 6-year-old sulphur crested cockatoo was taken… Read more Audio

1:35 PM.For over a decade, an irreplaceable ring laser has been trapped in a cavern 30m below Christchurch port hills. The Carl Zeiss laser was installed in an old World War Two bunker in 1997 until a… Read more Audio

1:25 PM.Beef cattle account for roughly 10% of Aotearoa New Zealand's total greenhouse gas emissions. There's plenty of research looking into methods to reduce emissions - vaccines, seaweed-based feed, and… Read more Audio

1:15 PM.A new study has found that native plants in Tongariro National Park are being hit hard by the spread of invasive heather, with a 40 to 50 percent decline in native species in some areas. Dr Julie… Read more Audio

3:35 PM.Our Changing World goes in search of one of Aotearoa’s rarest plants – the stunning kakabeak, or ngutukākā. 

Its clusters of bright red blooms, each shaped like a parrot’s beak, make it a popular… Read more Audio

3:10 PM.Data is more than numbers on a chart according to graphic designer Dr Giorgia Lupi. Data is a way to tell stories. Read more Audio

2:30 PM.Hera has published two books, and some of her poems have gone viral and received international attention, and she's on Bookmarks with Jesse Mulligan.  Read more Audio

2:20 PM.This recipe loosely steals its inspiration for the classic French salad. Get the recipe here. Read more Audio

2:10 PM.Zac Arnold from Naked PR & indie record label Sunreturn plays two new songs from local artists Womb and Caru. Read more Audio

1:45 PM.Jesse talks to the authors of Pilgrimage Aotearoa, a guidebook outlining a New Zealand route for Pilgrims. Read more Audio

1:35 PM.While you're enjoying the summer this year, a group of student scientists will spend it checking for E. coli and enterococci. Read more Audio

1:25 PM.Wellington's first 6 Green Star building - 8 Willis St - has been lauded both here and overseas. Read more Audio

1:15 PM.Why do crowd estimates differ so much? And how do experts accurately measure crowd sizes?  Read more Audio

3:10 PM."We only deserve it if we share it." This was the unwritten rule in the home where food writer and entrepreneur Lola Millholland grew up. Her parents always welcomed exchange students, friends… Read more Audio