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09:05 A new initative to tackle Auckland's housing crisis

Auckland housing

Auckland housing Photo: 123rf.com

Housing strategist, Leonie Freeman,  who's held senior roles in the property sector in both public and private, talks to Kathryn Ryan about the new independent initiative she believes will solve the Auckland housing crisis. She's launched a website to explain her plan, which she's unveiling at a housing conference in the city this morning.

09:20 Predicting earthquakes

Friedemann Freund thinks he's on the trail of the holy grail of seismology - a way to accurately predict earthquakes. His theory is that just before an earthquake the stress put on rocks cause them to generate enormous electric currents which can be detected above ground and possibly even in out space. A former NASA scientist, Dr Freund is in New Zealand hoping to form partnerships with local seismologists to conduct more research.

The recent 7.1 magnitude earthquake left large cracks in the sand at Rangitukia Beach near Te Araroa.

09:45 Australia correspondent Bernard Keane

Australia's Solicitor-General has quit after a stoush with the Attorney-General and Tony Abbott and Malcolm Turnbull at daggers drawn in the wake of an intra-party conflict over over gun laws.

10:05 A family divided by the Berlin Wall

What is it like to live in a world split in two? Nina Willner a former US Army Intelligence Officer, traces her family's incredible history on both sides of the Iron Curtain. Her mother Hanna was just 20 years old when she escaped from the stifling world of East Germany to the West. Years after Hanna's brave escape, Nina found herself leading secret operations just miles away from the family her mother was forced to leave behind. 

In East Germany, two years after Hanna fled, a new family portrait was taken. (Front row, from left:) Klemens, Oma with baby Heidi, Opa with Helga, an aunt with Tutti, and Kai. (Second row, standing:) Roland’s wife, Roland, Tiele, and Manni. Courtesy of the Willner family

East Germans, young and old, flee into West Berlin on August 12, 1961. Courtesy of Habans/Getty Images

Oma, behind the Iron Curtain. Courtesy of the Willner family

Albert with the family in Klein Apenburg. Courtesy of Michael Nelson

Albert with Opa. Courtesy of Michael Nelson

Cordula international road race

Cordula wearing the bathing suit. Courtesy of the Willner family

10:35  NZ Books Review - "Night Fishing" by Brian Turner

Reviewed by Harry Ricketts, published by VUP.

10:45 The Reading

Passing Through by Coral Atkinson read by Amanda Billing (Part 2 of 14)

11:05 Marty Duda's artist of the week

Marty features the music of multi-instrumentalist, producer, songwriter and singer Steven Wilson

11:20 What is a refugee ?

A guide to the complex question of what is a refugee and an exploration of their shrinking prospects. Kathryn Ryan talks to Professor William Maley from the Asia-Pacific College of Diplomacy at the Australian National University. He is also is a Barrister of the High Court of Australia, vice-president of the Refugee Council of Australia and has been a visiting research fellow in the Refugee Studies Programme at the University of Oxford.

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11:45 Legal commentator Charles McGuiness

Employment lawyer Charles McGuiness discusses enforcement by government labour inspectors regarding minimum rights and breaches.