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1:45 PM.We've got a terrific vinyl to give away to today's lucky link three winner, it is the new album from Unknown Mortal Orchestra. It's called Curse and while there are only six songs they are super… Read more Audio

1:25 PM.There's a call for our councils to be more proactive and strategic when it comes to creating cemetery space. It follows concerns that burial spaces are running out - particularly in our urban areas… Read more Audio

1:15 PM.From 2026 prescriptions are changing from three months to twelve months. The rule change means that patients on some long-term medications won't have to return to the GP every 12 weeks as they do… Read more Audio

3:35 PM.Time now for Our Changing World, and this week we're catching up with William Ray who has been out in the bush around Wellington with a crew of conservationists looking to bring a rare native plant… Read more Audio

2:30 PM.It's time for Bookmarks where we invite an interesting person on the show to share their favourite cultural picks with us. Today master New York dance teacher Richard Chen See joins Jesse. Richard has… Read more Audio

2:20 PM.Eggs are an easy dinner option midweek. Here they create a savoury spin on French toast, This is a flavour-packed version where eggs are whisked together with parsley, ham, cheese and a little… Read more Audio

2:12 PM.Music critic Sarah Thomson shares new music: Troy Kingi & MA - Afters Amamelia - Summerlong Read more Audio

1:45 PM.Time for our weekly travel segment Heading Off. Many of you will have been on holiday and been desperate to stay longer than planned - usually logistics and life get in the way. But that wasn't the… Read more Audio

1:35 PM.Dr Patrick Savage is a musicologist at the University of Auckland who studies how music has evolved across time, languages and cultures. He won an early career research excellence award for His latest… Read more Audio

1:25 PM.In some exciting news for their fans, or anyone who wants to relive the 90s, Push Push is reuniting to celebrate 35 years of that hit single. I'm joined by the band's frontman, the one and only Mikey… Read more Audio

1:15 PM.Aucklanders, this is news you need to know, congestion charging is coming. A Government bill to bring it in passed its third reading in parliament, and that means it will pass into law. Congestion… Read more Audio

1:10 PM.If you've heard any news at all today, you'll be aware the Independent Police Conduct Authority has released a report into the Police's handling of complaints about former Deputy Commissioner Jevon… Read more Audio

3:10 PM."Just be yourself" is one of the worst pieces of advice out there says Psychologist Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic. Authenticity and some diversity programs that encourage people to 'be themselves' often… Read more Audio

2:30 PM.Today in the Tuesday music feature we're turning our attention to Ry Cooder's 2005 album 'Chavez Revine.' To celebrate the album turning 20, Jesse is joined by RNZ Operations Team Lead and host of two… Read more Audio

2:20 PM.Let's find out what's happening in Australia now Brad Foster is with us now to tell us what everyone is talking about across the Tasman. Today's topics - How a Neo-Nazi rally in Sydney on Saturday got… Read more Audio

2:10 PM.A few weeks ago Pip Adam was lucky enough to be part of the launch of Laura Vincent's new novel Hoods Landing. Today she chats to Jesse about three book things related to Hood's Landing. Overseas… Read more Audio

1:45 PM.Tim Batt joins Jesse to explain why he hates smart devices. This is off the back of Google no longer supporting some of its smart thermostats in the United States. Read more Audio

1:35 PM.Babe Martin, also known as Zoe Larsen-Cumming, is back with a new EP called "Not a Bee, but a Wasp". It's officially out this Friday and later this month she's performing with a seven-piece band for… Read more Audio

1:20 PM.Sir Ernest Shackleton's Trans-Antarctica Expedition - between 1914 and 1917 - has been described as one of the greatest adventures of all time. While photos were taken during the expedition - the full… Read more Audio, Gallery

1:15 PM.Nearly 3,000 hectares of Tongariro National Park have been turned to ash by fires that started on Saturday. That's about three thousand full size rugby pitches of old growth and native plants burnt -… Read more Audio

1:10 PM.An article by RNZ journalist Gaurav Sharma takes readers behind the scenes of the Indian business community in the Auckland suburb of Papatoetoe and reveals the lengths many shop owners are going to… Read more Audio