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9:30 AM.Annafinau Tukuitoga is a trailblazing bluegrass musician from Paeroa who is inspiring other Pasifika youth, both inside and outside of music. Read more Audio

9:20 AM.University of Auckland law lecturer Alex Allen-Franks is keenly awaiting the outcome of a case that has been before the Supreme Court - where a passenger in a car that was pulled over, had his photo… Read more Audio

9:05 AM.Tairawhiti's largest GP practice has closed its books to new patients and will no longer open at weekends or afterhours.  Read more Audio

11:45 AM.The Warriors' home ground will be known as Shaun Johnson Stadium this week as the club honours its departing playmaker.Johnson will make the last NRL playing appearance at his Auckland home ground… Read more Audio

11:35 AM.Lily Clague grew up on a sheep station in West Otago - a place so remote Gore was considered a thriving metropolis. Read more Audio

11:05 AM.The Penlink highway to improve a new state highway between the Whangaparaoa Peninsula and central Auckland is going to take until at least 2028 to complete - two years later than originally forecast. 

10:45 AM.Tess has been covering the inquest into Lachlan Jones' death.  Read more Audio

10:40 AM.Lisa Finucane reviews By Any Other Name by Jodi Picoult published by Allen & Unwin Read more Audio

10:05 AM.Few have traversed the world of music as extensively as Andrew Ford, an Australian broadcaster, composer and writer.  Read more Audio

9:50 AM.Danielle is in Chicago covering the Democratic National Convention and says it's a wildly different race for the Presidency than when the Republican National Convention happened in Milwaukee last… Read more Audio

9:35 AM.Retail banks have been cutting interest rates since the Reserve Bank dropped the official cash rate last week. Meanwhile the Commerce Commission has just released its final report into… Read more Audio

9:25 AM.It's been a tumultuous few months for the Democrats, with Joe Biden pulling out of the election, replaced by Kamala Harris as the party's preferred candidate. Read more Audio

9:05 AM.Councils around the country are unanimously against proposed changes by the New Zealand Transport Agency to reduce and restrict emergency funding.  Read more Audio

11:45 AM.Kennedy joins Kathryn to talk about recent research into humpback whales, and how researchers are now able to use an AI tool to identify individual whales using an online platform called Happywhale. 

11:25 AM.The lords of toasties have taken Picton and its many transit visitors by storm.  Read more Audio

11:08 AM.Neale, Brigitte and Kathryn discuss the mounting pressure on the Health Minister, the Prime Minister's trip to Canberra, and the long-awaited OCR cut. Read more Audio

10:45 AM.Diane McCarthy of the Whakatane Beacon runs through the major issues in the region. Read more Audio

10:35 AM.David Hill reviews A House Built on Sand by Tina Shaw published by Text Publishing. Read more Audio

10:30 AM.The Moutoa floodgates between Foxton and Shannon are now open to relieve pressure on the Manawatū River.  Read more Audio

10:06 AM.In 1981, as Australian agronomist Tony Rinaudo was dropping trees off to be planted in Niger, he was struck by the despair of a mostly hopeless task - most planted trees were failing. Read more Audio

9:50 AM.Thomas Sparrow talks through the jewellery heist that shocked Germany: in 2019, thieves stole 4,300 diamonds and other precious stones from 21 jewellery items from Dresden's Green Vault.  Read more Audio

9:40 AM.Te Kahukura Boynton (Ngati Kahungunu, Ngai Tuhoe, Te Whakatohea) has been reading personal finance bestsellers, since she was eight - now her podcast Māori Millionaire has over 30,000 followers. Read more Audio

9:30 AM.Former long-time Hastings mayor and electorate MP Lawrence Yule has been given the role of solving Wairoa's flooding problems.  Read more Audio

9:08 AM.A mother of two children with additional learning needs is exasperated by the lack of in-school specialist support after wrestling with the education system for over a decade.  Read more Audio

11:45 AM.Comedians Te Radar and Pinky have a few laughs with Paddy. Read more Audio