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10:10 AM.South African-born executive director of Greenpeace International. Mr Naidoo is the first African Greenpeace boss and first to be appointed from outside the organisation. He is visiting NZ to lend… Read more Audio

9:52 AM.Another dramatic standoff between the Republican Congress and President Obama. Audio

9:30 AM.The EEO Commission has drafted a new Pay Equality Bill because it says the gender pay gap has been an 'enduring inequality for women and is a fundamental breach of human rights'. Audio

9:09 AM.The turnaround in ACC's finances may mean that levies can be reduced for workers and businesses. Audio

11:51 AM.Why urban brains behave differently from rural ones. Audio

11:32 AM.Paul Liebrandt melds the tradition of classical cuisine with a contemporary, personal approach to ingredients and technique and a uniquely graphic visual style. John Hawkesby provides the wine… Read more Audio

11:08 AM.The ACT Party's recent newspaper advertisement and Labour's capital gains policy. Audio

10:38 AM.Written by Ben Mezrich, published by Heinemann, reviewed by Lance Wiggs. Audio

10:07 AM.Sean Simpson is the co-founder, and head of the science team at Lanzatech - a privately owned, NZ-based company which has developed and patented a microbe that eats polluting gases and excretes… Read more Audio

9:52 AM.Europe's words with credit ratings agencies, French investigators open Dominique Strauss-Kahn probe and and an EU clampdown on cross-border driving offences. Audio

9:28 AM.Dr Caroline Orchiston has a background in earth sciences and tourism studies at Otago University and has studied the impact of a serious quake on the Alpine Fault on the tourism industry. Audio

9:10 AM.The recent phone hacking scandal sends tremors through the UK political establishment. Audio

11:49 AM.With Radar and Sarah Harper. Audio

11:36 AM.The Netball World Champs, the British Golf Open next week and the White Ferns draw with Mexico in the World Cup. Audio

11:06 AM.The songs are 'You Should Do Better' off the album Hollow by the artist Cut Off Your Hands, 'You've Got the Kind of Nerve I Like'off the album Some Were Meant For Sea by the artist Tiny Ruins, 'You… Read more Audio

10:35 AM.Ralph McAllister reviews 'Iron House' by John Hart, published by John Murray. Audio

10:10 AM.Her film Circumstance offers a rare glimpse of forbidden love in today's Iranian youth culture. It will screen at the New Zealand International Film Festival later this month. Audio

9:51 AM.ACT leader Don Brash's comments on Fiji, the special earth of Easter Island and the significance of "rare earths" in Pacific mud. Audio

9:21 AM.Rob Morrison is the chair of the newly-formed Pure Advantage group of business leaders, who include Warehouse founder Sir Stephen Tindall and Air NZ CEO Rob Fyfe. Audio

9:08 AM.The UK's biggest Sunday newspaper the News of the World is shut down amid the escalating hacking scandal. Audio

11:50 AM.Graeme reviews 'Potiche' a 2010 French-Belgian comedy film directed by François Ozon and staring Catherine Deneuve and Gerard Depardieu. Audio

11:24 AM.He is a Hawkes Bay paediatrician, who has just taken over the job of Children's Commissioner - a role he will do part-time. Audio

11:09 AM.Google's new social network (Google Plus) and the prospects for Facebook and Twitter given this new entrant into the social networking space; some of the legal battles happening in the digital world… Read more Audio

10:39 AM.Gail Pittaway reviews 'Afterwards' by Rosamund Lupton, published by Piatkus. Audio

10:10 AM.Foundation Professor of Palliative Care at Flinders University in Australia, the first president of the Australian Association for Hospice and Palliative Care and of the Australian and New Zealand… Read more Audio