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9:05 AM.Rural families across the motu are furious at a government review that could see hundreds of school bus routes axed or changed.  Read more Audio

11:05 AM.16 years since their last new music, and goth rock veterans The Cure deliver a late period masterpiece. Read more Audio

10:45 AM.David discusses how Canterbury's councils are reacting to a report from the Office of the Auditor-General which is calling councils to work together to tackle climate change. The Hurunui District… Read more Audio

10:35 AM.Paul Diamond reviews Remembering and Becoming: Oral history in Aotearoa New Zealand Edited by Anna Green and Megan Hutching published by Otago University Press Read more Audio

10:30 AM.Stephanie Dryfhout has just become the latest New Zealander to win the international tree climbing competition.  Read more Audio

10:05 AM.Annette O'Sullivan and Jane Ussher have captured the stories of the people and the history of 15 woolsheds in heartland Aotearoa.  Read more Audio

9:45 AM.Ed explains how Xi Jinping's administration is preparing for a new era of trade hostilities and geopolitical tension with the US under a Donald Trump presidency. Read more Audio

9:35 AM.Tomorrow is the big day for those in the arts and Whanganui residents.

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9:20 AM.A New Zealand insurer has changed its policy to cover majority of the cost of cochlear implants.  Read more Audio

9:05 AM.The Australian government is to legislate for a ban on social media for children under 16.  Read more Audio

11:45 AM.James Croot reviews The Critic (cinemas), which stars Ian McKellan as a powerful London theatre critic who is caught in a web of deceit and murder.  Read more Audio

11:25 AM.Clinical psychologist Jacqui Maguire discusses how baby-parent attachment shapes infant brain development.  Read more Audio

11:05 AM.Tech commentator Mark Pesce looks at a study into job application sorting via AI, which found there was a bias against women and minorities.  Read more Audio

10:50 AM.Elisabeth Easther reviews The Royal Free by Carl Shuker published by Te Herenga Waka University Press Read more Audio

10:30 AM.The Walk1200km challenge was born as a way to encourage people with time on their hands into the outdoors, with the aim of logging 100 kilometres each month.  Read more Audio

10:15 AM.Tim has been covering the second phase of the inquest into the Al Noor mosque massacre - which has been examining how the terrorist got his gun licence and the laws surrounding firearms licensing… Read more Audio

10:05 AM.Kamala Harris delivers her concession speech at Howard University, in Washington DC - her alma mata. She has already called former President Donald Trump and congratulated him on his victory.  Read more Audio

9:55 AM.UK correspondent Harriet Line says Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has congratulated Donald Trump on his victory - but there may be some bridges to be mended.  Read more Audio

9:25 AM.The family of a man who's accrued thousands of dollars of fees from shifting from a retirement village to aged care, says regulation change can't wait another year.  Read more Audio

9:05 AM.Vice President Kamala Harris is expected to deliver her concession speech in about an hour after the emphatic re-election of Republican Donald Trump to the Presidency Read more Audio

11:45 AM.Science commentator Samuel Purdie joins Kathryn to talk about research he's been involved with into lizard eDNA, the regional conservation statuses of reptiles through Otago and field surveys of… Read more Audio

11:30 AM.Peter Shaw never really had Japan on his radar. But 29 trips later, the self-confessed Japanophile, has tried to capture in a new book exactly what it is about the country he loves so much Read more Audio

11:15 AM.Charlotte pays tribute to Quincy Jones, plays new music from Moana & the tribe and a new local album produced by Marlon Williams. Charlotte Ryan is host of RNZ's Music 101 programme Read more Audio