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1:35 PM.Richard Easther from the physics department at the University of Auckland talks about Te Ao Mārama - the Centre for Fundamental Inquiry. A new centre looking for the answers to life's biggest… Read more Audio

1:20 PM.What does it take to be a leader in New Zealand? Wellington leadership specialists, Andrea Thompson and Nick Sceats, have talked to some of this country's most successful business leaders and they've… Read more Audio, Gallery

1:15 PM.Fire and Emergency services are now saying a better response to the massive Port Hills fires earlier in the year could have saved some houses. Read more Audio

3:23 PM.Today Mikela Dennison is with us from Blenheim to tell us about her thesis looking at why Public Relations gets such a bad reputation. It's titled An analysis of public relations discourse and its… Read more Audio

2:16 PM.Fixed, floating, revolving, long-term, short-term... How do you work out which mortgage is best for you? A mortgage is a "huge big loan" that it's worth putting some thought into, says personal… Read more Audio

1:36 PM.Stuart Julian has designed an emergency breathing device after a friend died at Whistler in Canada when he fell into in a snow-filled hole around a tree. Read more Audio

1:26 PM.Later today the Te Awa cycle bridge will open - it's the longest suspended cycle bridge in the country. Sarah Ulmer helped get that project over the line, alongside the Te Awa Trust. Read more Audio

1:17 PM.What's being touted as the biggest game yet at the Rugby League World cup is this weekend - it's Tonga vs Samoa. But the rivalry between the two teams has led to chaos in the buildup to the game. Read more Audio

3:09 PM.Helen Pearson talks about her book on the 70,000 children in the longest running study of human development in the world. Read more Audio

2:17 PM.Pete Rainey has been nurturing teenage music talent for nearly 30 years with fellow school teacher Glenn Common. They rescued Rockquest in 1990 as it was about to be dumped by a radio station. Read more Audio

2:09 PM.20 years ago musician Bic Runga released her breakthrough album, Drive - her first of many multi-platinum records. Read more Audio

1:34 PM.The Pramazons were one of the country's grassroots protests that helped end nuclear testing in the Pacific. Their story has been crafted into a book this year, He Mihi ki te Tai Rawhiti. Read more Audio, Gallery

1:27 PM.Laurie Winkless is an Irish born physicist-turned-science-writer looking at how cities are built and the interesting ways around the world of keeping up with population growth. Read more Audio

1:19 PM.The Labour-led Government says it will repeal the three strikes law by the end of next year. Read more Audio

1:10 PM.Lord Echo is the solo project of Wellington producer and musician, Mike Fabulous. He's about to perform live in Wellington and Auckland. Read more Video, Audio

2:22 PM.Joyce Yang is performing Sergei Rachmaninov's Piano Concerto No. 3 in D minor with the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra. Read more Audio

2:09 PM.Author Paula Morris did a Little House on the Praire pilgrimage, and found out many of the secrets behind the Laura Ingalls Wilder books. Read more Video, Audio