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1:39 PM.New Zealand actor and photographer Dean O'Gorman has a personal connection to the Battle of Passchendaele in World War 1 - his great uncle fought there. Read more Audio

1:33 PM.There wouldn't be many people familiar with the back country of North Korea, but New Zealander Roger Shepherd is one of them. He has been visiting the Baekdu Daegan mountain range in North and South… Read more Audio

1:21 PM.Gisborne has a desperate need for a methamphetamine detox and rehab centre with support for P users in the region stretched to breaking point. Read more Audio

1:15 PM.The British percussion group, Stomp is in New Zealand for performances in Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch. They use their bodies and ordinary objects to create musical theatre. Read more Audio

3:08 PM.Two hundred million book sales isn't bad for the wimpy kid who grew up to be one of the most successful children' authors of all time. Jeff Kinney produced his first book in the Diary of a Wiimpy Kid… Read more Audio

2:18 PM.Songs that ended wars. Songs that sparked political coups. Songs that brought walls down and threw the closet doors open on celebrating gay culture. Yes, it's Eurovision. Read more Audio, Gallery

2:07 PM.Our book critic Elizabeth Heritage has been looking at gender in children's books. Read more Audio

1:29 PM.War historian Glyn Harper tells the story of a tiny canary who helped a band of tunnellers survive the First World War. The story is in the form of a children's book and is based on a real-life… Read more Audio

1:23 PM.When a cinema in the Taranaki town of Hawera banned patrons from wearing pyjamas, dressing gowns, dirty gumboots and onesies to their screenings it likely didn't expect to become a global story. Read more Audio

1:14 PM.Wellington wants to become the nation's Te Reo capital and encouraging street names to be in Te Reo Maori, is part of that push. Read more Audio

3:07 PM.Canadian musician and author Jann Arden says caring for her mother Joan as her memory failed has given her an appreciation for each moment she could have learnt no other way. Read more Audio

2:32 PM.The octopus – an inquisitive escape artist with three hearts that can recognise itself on video – is one of the most intriguing of sea creatures. Dr Jean McKinnon knows more than most about the ways… Read more Video, Audio, Gallery

1:44 PM.Carmel Cedro is doing a PhD on baking, nostalgia and femininity at the Auckland University of Technology. She has been looking at Anzac biscuits and some of the myths that surround them. Read more Audio

1:37 PM.Every year, 40 to 50 New Zealand babies die from Sudden Unexpected Death in Infancy (SUDI). Preschoolers educated about safe sleep through doll-play could help combat SUDI now and in the future, says… Read more Video, Audio

1:25 PM.With the days getting shorter, have we stored enough vitamin D from the summer sun to get us through the winter? Dr Pamela von Hurst explains how long our vitamin D stores last, and the best ways to… Read more Audio

1:14 PM.A once-neglected part of Invercargill has come to life in recent years thanks to a volunteer-led rejuvenation project. Read more Audio

8:00 AM.Teachers from Czech schools around the country have produced the bilingual book Annie and Johnny’s Diary: A Year in New Zealand to help Czech-Kiwi kids connect to their European heritage. Read more Audio, Gallery

3:28 PM.It's World Fish Migration Day on 21 April - a global bi-annual event that shines a light on migratory fish and their need for open river systems. Read more Audio

3:21 PM.Last week it was the Routeburn, this week we look at the Milford track in Fiordland. David Slack walked it late last year, and tells us about this incredible walk. Read more Audio, Gallery

2:22 PM.Nick Atkinson and Tim Stewart make up the duo of Hopetoun Brown and for today's NZ Live they're joined by regular contributors to their shows, Finn Scholes and Steve Abel. Read more Audio