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9:20 AM.Artificial Intelligence is increasingly being used by employers and recruiters as a way to increase efficiencies and to find suitable workers. Read more Audio

9:05 AM.Hundreds of international nurses attracted here by overseas recruiters are tens of thousands of dollars out of pocket, and without work. Read more Audio

11:47 AM.Science correspondent Dr Jen Martin joins Kathryn to talk about a large-scale study with 34 researchers across various fields that examined how different cultures perceive wisdom. Ants started farming… Read more Audio

11:29 AM.Clinical Psychologist Karen Nimmo joins Kathryn to talk about navigating friendships and how to tackle gnarly issues.  Read more Audio

11:07 AM.Music correspondent Yadana Saw shares music from the winners of last night's APRA Silver Scroll Awards. Read more Audio

10:50 AM.Hawke's Bay may have lost the Ranfurly Shield, but they're still winners off the field financially - Chris has the details. Read more Audio

10:43 AM.Erin Helliwell of Bookety Book Books reviews There are Rivers in the Sky by Elif Shafak published by Penguin Random House. Read more Audio

10:34 AM.New Zealand and Samoan officials have just finished a meeting to decide the next steps for the sunken HMZNS Manawanui.  Read more Audio

10:08 AM.Josh Cesan started dancing around the age of four. It's a family affair, with his mother and brothers also heavily involved in dance. Josh is founder of Identity Dance Company - and master of… Read more Audio

9:50 AM.Australia correspondent Karen Middleton looks at Parliament's failed attempt to mark the first anniversary of the October 7 Hamas attacks on Israel with a commemorative motion. Read more Audio

9:35 AM.When Deeyana Amosa launched a fitness programme she had just one person in mind: her 15-year-old daughter Roman.  Read more Audio

9:31 AM.Fonterra is typically the country's second biggest burner of coal, but it doesn't expect to get out of the fossil fuel for more than a decade. Chris Kane, Fonterra's director of global engineering and… Read more Audio

9:08 AM.Health New Zealand Commissioner Lester Levy it has "too many nurses for its budget", following a recruitment campaign where he says 'the results were way beyond what was anticipated'. The Nurses… Read more Audio

11:30 AM.When May - not her real name - broke up with her boyfriend, he wouldn't let her go. He'd be waiting for her at the gym and he'd repeatedly show up at her house Read more Audio

10:47 AM.Officials are trying to get their heads around two murders on opposite ends of town; Daniel Rikiti admits in court that he drove the car that killed Richard Martin; and beloved country singer Eddie… Read more Audio

10:40 AM.Jane Westaway reviews Precipice by Robert Harris, published by Penguin Random House. Read more Audio

10:08 AM.For decades it was the place in New Zealand to be wined, dined...and seen. Antoine's was a fine dining restaurant in the heart of Auckland's Parnell run by chef Tony Astle and his wife Beth. Read more Audio

9:55 AM.Ron joins Kathryn to talk about the deadlocked presidential race where neither candidate seems to have an advantage.  Read more Audio

9:35 AM.Today marks a year since conflict erupted between Israel and Hamas. On the 7th of October 2023, Hamas took 250 people hostage and killed up to twelve hundred. Read more Audio

9:25 AM.The rain that battered the south at the end of last week has only added to what has been a woeful spring season for Southland and Otago farmers.  Read more Audio

9:08 AM.Environmental groups are questioning how the government will be able to stand up enough expert panels. Read more Audio

11:45 AM.Why do we have lawns? Bill McKay explains how they started and why they've stayed. Read more Audio

11:30 AM.A Wellington fruit and vege co-op is using its buying power to bypass supermarkets in a bid to get better deals for both consumers and suppliers.  Read more Audio