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3:06 PM.Claire Mabey and Jesse discuss Damien Wilkens story, The World of Children's Books. Email us your thoughts on the story. Jesse@radionz.co.nz. Read more Audio

2:17 PM.In a four-part series, Mary talks about the risks described in the newly updated Upside Downside - a guide to risk for savers and investors. In this session: too complicated, too much borrowing, not… Read more Audio

1:46 PM.Highway 61 Revisited is the sixth studio album by the poet-laureate of 60's pop, Bob Dylan. It's named for the main road which once stretched from the Canada-US border through Dylan's home town of… Read more Audio

1:40 PM.It may not be perceived as glamorous, but if you’re looking for a well-paid job, with world travel prospects, manufacturing is crying out for people, its peak body says. Read more Audio

1:31 PM.Luxury real estate agency Sotheby's is reporting a record-breaking year, with a 65 per cent increase in sales volume on the year prior. And they say, it's due to an increasing interest in luxury… Read more Audio

1:23 PM.The small Bay of islands town of Paihia is about to get its first ever set of traffic lights, and some locals are not happy. Read more Audio

1:12 PM.Last night the 2017 Music Managers Awards were announced. And Julie Foa'i won the New Zealand Music Commission International Achievement award for her work with Te Vaka. Julie licensed 13 songs to the… Read more Audio

3:08 PM.Epochal change is coming and we are asking the wrong questions and looking in the wrong direction, David Rothkopf of Foreign Policy magazine argues. Read more Audio

2:29 PM.Carolyn Henwood was one of the first women to be appointed a district court judge, she's a trustee of The Henwood Foundation whose mission is to establish effective strategies for young offenders, she… Read more Audio

2:09 PM.The government has outlined its plan to deal with what it calls, New Zealand's 'unenviable record of extinction'. The draft Threatened Species Strategy is designed to halt the decline of New Zealand's… Read more Audio

1:33 PM.The 1950's were the heyday of radio, which had the New Zealand airwaves all to itself until television came along in 1960. That meant it was a golden era for radio when it came to advertising - the… Read more Audio, Gallery

1:27 PM.Musician, Marcus Powell, is the former guitarist for Blindspott and is now guitarist with City of Souls. Though he's had real success with his bands, Marcus is also the founder and chief executive of… Read more Audio, Gallery

1:13 PM.A leading health IT expert says clinics and doctors' rooms as we currently know them, will become things of the past. And health facilties in the future, won't have any patients in them, but will be… Read more Audio

3:07 PM.Kory Stamper is responsible for adding "bodice-ripper" to the Webster dictionary. She argues that the job of lexicographer today is not to be the "word police" but rather to keep tabs on the way… Read more Audio

2:18 PM.Andrew Hampton is an expert on American indie rock of the 80s and 90s. He also happens to be the director of the Government Communications Security Bureau. Read more Audio

1:47 PM.Goodbye Yellow Brick Road is Elton John's best selling album. Read more Audio

1:29 PM.Chris Kraus's 1997 book I Love Dick is a semi fictional memoir which explores her obsession with an English critic called Dick. The book has now been made into a television series starring Kevin… Read more Audio

1:17 PM.Are we at risk of entering a re-extinction vortex? Read more Audio

1:10 PM.New Zealand actress and singer, Ali Harper, is obsessed with Doris Day. She's bringing her one-woman show 'A Doris Day Special' to Auckland for Mother's Day. Read more Audio

3:30 PM.Nina Powles describes herself as a 'hungry girl.' This talented young Eurasian writer talks about food, feminism, life in Shanghai and her blog 'Dumpling Queen.' Read more Audio, Gallery