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1:20 PM.Poet Paula Green talks about this year's Phantom Billstickers National Poetry Day, plus listeners send wax poetic in the inaugural Jesse Mulligan 1 - 4pm Flash Poem Contest. Read more Audio, Gallery

1:15 PM.A blow for low decile schools struggling to attract new recruits after a 10 thousand dollar incentive scheme has been introduced Auckland wide. Read more Audio

3:21 PM.Today we meet Dr. Raj Aich, from the Department of Anthropology at the University of Canterbury. His thesis is about the affective impact of humans and White sharks encountering each other through… Read more Video, Audio, Gallery

3:11 PM.Today's story is My Beautiful Balloon by Carl Nixon. And we are giving away a copy of Carl's last novel The Virgin and the Whale to the writer of the best email on that story. Jesse@radionz.co.nz And… Read more Audio

2:24 PM.Where should your money be going – to your credit card debt, mortgage or KiwiSaver account? Mary Holm weighs in. Read more Audio

1:36 PM.If you're one of the many who struggles to know your IPAs from your IBUs or your pilsners from your porters, beer expert Michael Donaldson has done all the work for you. He's updated his… Read more Audio

1:24 PM.When Sinead O'Sullivan from Armagh Northern Ireland was 15, she won the golden ticket; a chance go to NASA's space camp. It changed her life. Read more Audio

1:14 PM.There is renewed hope the wreckage of missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 could be located. It comes as satellite footage from just two weeks after the plane's disappearance has been released. Read more Audio

3:09 PM.In many of the most popular movies of the last 50 years, women are often portrayed as sidekicks or the good girl encouraging the male hero to do the right thing. Former LA times film critic Carina… Read more Audio

2:24 PM.Peter Dunne held the Ōhāriu seat for 33 years before ending his parliamentary career in 2017. He talks to Jesse Mulligan about what inspires him, what makes him laugh and the lessons he’s learnt so… Read more Audio

1:49 PM.No Need to Argue is the second studio album by the Irish rock band The Cranberries. It was released on 3 October 1994 and is their best selling, with 17 million copies sold worldwide. It also contains… Read more Audio

1:39 PM.In the kitchens of mid-1960s New Zealand, broccoli was an unknown and cooking oil was a dirty word. The former food editor of the New Zealand Women's Weekly, the late Tui Flower, passed away last… Read more Audio

1:29 PM.A stoush has erupted over a massive Norfolk pine thought to be more than 150 years old at Snells Beach north of Auckland. Read more Audio

1:19 PM.Peter Griffin, the founding manager of the Science Media Centre argues that there is a worrying trend towards hype and sensationalism in press releases issued by research institutions. Read more Audio

1:09 PM.Today's first song is from touring Australian banjo playing guitar maker Nigel Wearne. Read more Audio, Gallery

3:09 PM.Rewards and punishments don't work, so adults and kids need to work together to solve behavioural problems, says psychologist Ross Greene. Read more Audio

2:19 PM.Godfrey De Grut teaches popular music theory at the University of Auckland, covering composition, music theory and piano studies. He tells us about songwriting, jazz, playing keyboards for Kanye West… Read more Audio

1:35 PM.Chef, restaurateur and food blogger, Jenny Gao was born in Chengdu, the capital of the Sichuan province of China - where the flavours are quite different from what you would find at a Chinese… Read more Audio