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1:25 PM.An unusual but colourful event will be celebrated on Motuihe Island early next month. October 8th marks one hundred years of the escape of a German prisoner of war being held on the Hauraki Gulf… Read more Audio

1:15 PM.On this day in 1893 New Zealand became the first nation in the world to grant women the right to vote. Times have certainly changed since then but the fight for equality in our country continues. We… Read more Audio

3:30 PM.Some Indian students are turning to self-harm or suicide because they are under pressure to get residency and being exploited by unscrupulous employers, a group representing migrant workers says. In… Read more Audio

3:10 PM.What we eat says a lot about who we are, says culinary historian Laura Shapiro. In her new book What She Ate, Shapiro serves up dietary portraits of Eleanor Roosevelt, Eva Braun and four other notable… Read more Audio

2:38 PM.Etiquette expert and life coach Susie Wilson is a New Zealander based in Melbourne. With so many of us now "plugged into devices" decorum is in danger, but it's more important than ever, she tells… Read more Audio

1:32 PM.The Block had its final last night and many people aren't happy with the result. Ashley Church from the Property Institute gives us his thoughts on the final auction. Read more Audio

1:19 PM.We're pretty well aware of the negative influence humans have had on plants and animals around the world but what affect are we having on bacteria? Professor Michael Gillings tells us about how we… Read more Audio

1:09 PM.Our first song today is being played by an internationally recognised guitar virtuoso who has been member of a number of well known bands over the last few decades, including Dragon, but he's best… Read more Audio

3:25 PM.DoC's threatened species ambassador, Nicola Toki tells us all about the native plants Clianthus puniceus and Clianthus maximus - known as the kaka beak.  Read more Audio

3:08 PM.Next week is Meat Free Week, so Cuisine magazine's senior food writer Ginny Grant shares a recipe for Corn Tortillas with black beans, corn and green grape salsa. Read more Audio

2:26 PM.American-born jazz-trained singer Reb Fountain explores trust, betrayal and survival on her new album Little Arrows. She plays us a couple of tracks. Read more Video, Audio

2:08 PM.Only around a quarter of partners at the country's biggest law firms are women, despite female graduates outnumbering men since the 1990s.  Read more Audio

1:38 PM.The Festival of Architecture has an event tomorrow which ties in nicely with Maori language week. The Tamaki Makarau Hiko is led by Pita Turei, a noted story teller and respected orator who's hoping… Read more Audio

1:28 PM.TVNZ presenter and former silver fern, Jenny-May Clarkson, began learning Te Reo six years ago. Now she's teaching it to her twin sons. Read more Audio

1:19 PM.One of NASA's 20 year old spacecrafts is scheduled to have a fiery end to it's mission later tonight. After two decades in space The Cassini will tonight be guided into Saturn's atmosphere where it… Read more Audio, Gallery

1:10 PM.Today's First Song is performed by a well traveled award winning band who release their long-awaited debut album today. The Modern Maori Quartet have toured the UK and Europe and have recently played… Read more Audio

3:22 PM.Rebekah Graham has not only completed her thesis, she's also won the Pyschological Society's Postgraduate Psychology Student Social Justice Research Scholarship. Her thesis looks at the experience of… Read more Audio

3:09 PM.Our story for this week is Two Girls in a Boat by Emma Martin. Let us know your thoughts, and the writer of the best email wins a copy of her collection of short stories. Jesse@radionz.co.nz Read more Audio