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1:41 PM.This Friday is the 75th anniversary of the Battle for Crete in World War II. The Governor General and others are attending commemorations of the battle which took place when thousands of elite German… Read more Audio

1:30 PM.Every month there are seven potentially serious cyber attacks targeting New Zealand organisations. They are stopped by the GCSB's cyber security programme Cortex. Now, in a 12.2 million dollar… Read more Audio

1:17 PM.Another major doping crackdown is underway by the International Olympic Committee. Thirty one athletes from 12 countries and six sports could be banned from this year's Rio de Janeiro Olympics.After… Read more Audio

3:10 PM.Give a monkey a keyboard and eventually, it will type out a line from Shakespeare. Is a miracle or just maths? Retired mathematics professor Joseph Mazur explains how likely the unlikely really is in… Read more Audio

2:20 PM.The great New Zealand album today features one of the original members of a band whose debut album in 2002 was not only a break through for them, but for kiwi music in General. "Riverhead" not only… Read more Audio

2:10 PM.The chip in the station's cupola window is less than a centimetre across and was most likely caused by something extremely small, like a flake of paint or a tiny piece of metal. As astronaut Tim Peake… Read more Audio

1:25 PM.Fifth time lucky and it's finally happened. NASA has finally managed to launch its super pressure balloon in Wanaka. The team has had to abort previous attempts since 1 April at Wanaka Airport. And… Read more Audio, Gallery

1:12 PM.A sensitive land purchase in Central Otago was green lit by the Overseas Investment Office, on the basis the foreign buyers would donate $100,000 to the local high school. David Chuang and Lim Mee… Read more Audio

3:30 PM.Some migrant and former refugee Africans in New Zealand say they are tired of being painted in the media as symbols of perversion, poverty, crime and shame. The 'I AM' project aims to turn this… Read more Audio, Gallery

3:10 PM.Pitchfork magazine music critic Steven Hyden looks at 19 rock and roll rivalries from the Stones vs the Beatles to Miley Vs Sinead in his new book, 'Your Favorite Band Is Killing Me: What Pop Music… Read more Audio

1:33 PM.Ukraine snatched the Eurovision Song Contest off Australia over the weekend. Jamala won the 2016 edition of Europe's Favourite TV Show with the song 1944. Up to 180 million people watch the spectacle… Read more Video, Audio

1:23 PM.The New Zealand Rugby board has been in existence for 124 years and in all that time there has never been a woman on the board. Brent Impey is the chairman of New Zealand Rugby, and he's vowing to… Read more Audio

1:10 PM.In the past many parts of Auckland used natural forms of weed control in parks, playgrounds and roadsides, such as hot water and machinery and natural weed killing agents. But the chair of the… Read more Audio