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Streaming of students in New Zealand schools has been common over the last hundred years, but calls are growing for it to be tossed out. The ministry of education is already looking at "moving away"… Read more Audio

Produce growers in the Eastern region ravaged by heavy rain storms this week are warning there'll be slim pickings this weekend for those wanting leafy greens to eat. Severe weather has cut Gisborne… Read more Audio

Hayden Donnell joins Karyn to discuss the launch of TodayFM, the media coverage of anti and pro mandate pundits and some interesting stories that have grabbed his eye. Read more Audio

World tennis No 1 twenty five year old Australian Ash Barty is retiring from the sport professionally. It was a shock announcement made today on her personal Instagram channel. Melbourne based tennis… Read more Audio

We heard the Prime Minister earlier emphasising how hard it's been, and how tired people are after over two years of the pandemic being in Aotearoa. But now we all have new decisions to make about how… Read more Audio

The days of Covid vaccine mandates are almost over. Today a broad range of changes to Covid-19 settings were announced by Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern. Chief Executive of Retail-New-Zealand Greg… Read more Audio

Over 1500 people participated in the Broadcasting Standards Authority online survey "Language That May Offend in Broadcasting", and they were questioned about their general attitudes towards 31 words… Read more Audio

Builders are having to stop work, simply because can't get the materials they need. We spoke last night to the head of the Building Federation Julian Leys about the macro trends in play. But what does… Read more Audio

We've heard a lot about Vladimir Putin and his actions in the past weeks. But what is the context that informs the way he behaves and makes decisions? Tom Burgis is the investigations correspondent at… Read more Audio

BBC World Service correspondent Pete Ross joins Karyn to discuss the war in Ukraine, European political reactions to it and ongoing negotiations over the future of Afghanistan. Read more Audio

In 1915 during the First World War a New Zealand soldier in his early twenties by the name of Bert Cooke from South Taranaki was on the island of Malta in the Mediterranean receiving medical care… Read more Audio

Builders are having to stop work because they just can't get the wood. Some sites are waiting up to 6 months just for Gib boards to turn up. Materials have become extremely scarce around the country… Read more Audio