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9:35 PM.There are only a few dozen genetic counsellors like Sally Jackson working in New Zealand, and currently no local training programmes, meaning Kiwis have to train abroad or study remotely. Read more Audio

9:25 PM.A finalist in the local hero of the year category at the 2025 New Zealander of the Year awards, Kahira Rata Olley is the founder of the Save Our Babies charitable trust. Read more Audio

8:30 PM.Úna ní Fhlannagáin is an award-winning Celtic harpist, from county Galway, and she's in New Zealand wrapping up a five week tour. Read more Audio

10:30 PM.He's back, and no doubt ready to inform, educate and entertain us with an array of eclectic music. Read more Audio

10:17 PM.Professor Richard Easther from the University of Auckland on celebrating 14 March, or International Pi Day. Read more Audio

9:35 PM.Dan Slevin reviews Black Bag (2025), Japanese Netflix show Asura (2025), and nostalgia trip Farscape (1999-2003) streaming on YouTube. Read more Audio

8:30 PM.TAHI presenter So'omalo Iteni-Schwalger is in New Plymouth for WOMAD 2025. Read more Audio

10:45 PM.Also known as "Tarzan", Brenden is hoping his feat of endurance will also spark conversations around mental health and raise funds for charity I Am Hope.  Read more Audio

10:30 PM.Situated in the affluent Auckland suburb of Grey Lynn sits a house covered in mold inside and out, with a collapsed floor and a leaky roof. But new owner Steve Partridge says it's got good bones. Read more Audio

10:18 PM.Meanwhile, across the country, it appears voluntary drug testing is on the rise. Drug Foundation NZ's communications director Hayden Eastmond-Mein joins Mark Leishman. Read more Audio

9:35 PM.The Christchurch-based 79-year-old has illustrated for Joy Cowley in books like Cowshed Christmas, as well as his own books, most recently Atua: Māori Gods and Heroes. Read more Audio

9:25 PM.Philosophy man Dan Weijers is exploring whether or not we should be compelled to be Good Samaritans, and should the law require us to help those in need. Read more Audio

8:30 PM.A group of Kiwi medical specialists are seeking a doctor to travel over to the remote mountains of Ladakh on the border of India and Nepal to provide free healthcare to the region's nomadic peoples. Read more Audio

10:30 PM.A team of scientists have achieved the first step in reviving the woolly mammoth: creating the woolly mouse.

Colossal Biosciences is a Texas-based company looking to do the impossible, using ancient… Read more Audio

10:17 PM.Why a new ruling by the Supreme Court of New Zealand has major implications for creators in New Zealand. Read more Audio

9:25 PM.Last year the Auckland Writers Festival smashed all previous attendance records - this year looks to be even bigger.  Read more Audio

8:30 PM.Uncertainty due to the rollout of the US's tariffs has put some people's shares into a spin.  Read more Audio

10:45 PM.In the past nine months, two Huntsman spiders have been spotted in the same Napier suburb, leading arachnologists to suggest that the Australian native may already be establishing itself in the area.

10:30 PM.Can we afford to keep plopping thousands of new houses further and further away from basic amenities like schools, supermarkets and healthcare providers? Read more Audio

10:18 PM.New Zealand's two-way trade relationship with India is worth almost $3 billion a year but a free trade deal remains elusive. Read more Audio

9:35 PM.Principal policy advisor at AA Terry Collins joins Emile to explain. Read more Audio

9:25 PM.Nights' bionic man, Finn Hogan, joins Emile Donovan in the Auckland studio to talk about the current space race and how Rocket Labs has put fears of a delay to their new rocket to bed, and a former… Read more Audio

8:30 PM.One person bravely calling for a standardised scoop size for the proud fish'n'chip nation of New Zealand is Wellington food blogger Bryer Oden, also known as Health Sensation online. Read more Audio

Canada has a new Prime Minister who isn’t even a sitting MP, US and Ukrainian officials are set to meet in Saudi Arabia to discuss a framework for peace between Ukraine and Russia and It’s been five… Read more Audio

RNZ digital sports reporter Jamie Wall joins Emile Donovan in the studio to talk about the weekend of sport. Read more Audio