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1:37 PM.It used to be that you got famous for something you achieved, but today's celebrities are often famous for being themselves. Matilda Rice is one of them, she's best known for winning the first season… Read more Audio

1:27 PM.For some sleep comes easy, for others it's a constant struggle. The issues, problems and disorders many people suffer preventing them from getting some shut eye is being discussed at an annual sleep… Read more Audio

1:19 PM.For this first time, there will be a national day of commemoration of the New Zealand Land wars. The day of recognition, Ra Maumahara, came about after a students from Otorahanga High School went to a… Read more Audio

1:14 PM.It was meant to squash the conspiracy theories once and for all, but Donald Trump has held back on releasing all of the JFK assassination files. Nearly 3000 previously unseen government files have… Read more Audio

3:22 PM.Patrick Houlahan tells us about his thesis looking at "The Mother of All Budgets" delivered by Ruth Richardson in 1991, titled Arguing about Welfare: Changes to the Welfare state 1990-1992. Read more Audio

3:08 PM.we discuss two poems with poet Louise Wallace. Read more Audio

2:32 PM.Victoria University's Grant Morris uses history to explain why Catholicism is the only traditional Christian denomination which is not in major decline. Read more Audio

1:40 PM.Can penguins and humans co-exist? Specifically the world's smallest penguin - the little blue penguin or kororā. Read more Audio

1:30 PM.There's been a lot of political turmoil recently here and overseas, calls for a change to MMP, protests in the streets of Catalonia - a lot of tension but not a lot of love. That's what two kiwis have… Read more Audio

1:16 PM.The Government's one billion a year regional spending plan aims to get more jobs in the regions with roles in planting and nurseries to plant 100 million trees a year - with the goal of planting a… Read more Audio

3:09 PM.One minute, David Litt is writing for the satirical magazine the Onion, the next he's roaming the halls of the White House as the youngest ever speech writer for a President of the United States. At… Read more Audio

2:22 PM.Joan started behind the counter at London Bookshops in Dunedin and worked for a couple of publishers for the next 15 years or so, and has been with the Whitcoulls Group ever since. It's the perfect… Read more Audio

1:37 PM.There's a lot of focus nowadays about making cities more livable, adding more trees, improving public transport, but there's one thing that's often ignored: how do we make our cities more… Read more Audio

1:24 PM.One of the Green Party's four ministers in the new government is Eugenie Sage, who has taken up the mantle of Conservation. We discuss what her plans are in this role. Read more Audio

1:15 PM.Incoming Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern today announced the country's new government ministers. Two new key roles were announced, Crown/Maori relations and Child poverty reduction. Ms Ardern will take… Read more Audio

3:10 PM.Mention the word poetry and many of us will flashback to the time when we were forced to recite from Homer's Odyssey, a poet from the US says we are over-complicating a simple pleasure. Read more Video, Audio

2:19 PM.If you went to Big Day Out during its lifetime you might have heard Marcus Powell performing. He was the guitarist for Blindspott, the alternative metal band out of West Auckland. Marcus is also the… Read more Audio