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11:30 AM.With Paris 2024 in the rear view mirror, there's no flying under the radar for the All Blacks this week. Sports commentator Sam Ackerman looks at the changes and the chances of Argentina doing the… Read more Audio

11:05 AM.Going full indie guitar bands, with top drawer reissues from The Triffids, Cocteau Twins and David Kilgour, plus a new release from bass ace to the stars, Mike Hall. Read more Audio

10:35 AM.Roger Christensen of Unity Books Auckland reviews Glasgow Boys by Margaret McDonald published by Faber Read more Audio

10:35 AM.The hospital wing of the Westport health facility has had to close 11 times due to under-staffing, and locals are petitioning to get staffing up.  Read more Audio

10:07 AM.23 years ago Jai Waite became disabled in a freak accident while diving into a wave on a beach in Greece on his OE.  Read more Audio

9:45 AM.Japan is set to get a new Prime Minister, and in Tokyo names are already being floated about who might take over from Fumio Kishida. Hong Kong pro-democracy activist, Owen Chow has been jailed for… Read more Audio

9:35 AM.Kiwi country music queen Tami Neilson has some big news. She's bound for the home of country music - Nashville - to play the iconic Grand Ole Opry.   Read more Audio

9:20 AM.It's been two years to the day since the skies opened on Nelson and it did not stop raining for five days.  Read more Audio

9:05 AM.Jonathan Mosen, who is blind has been a disability advocate for decades. He is joining a growing chorus of concern about the lack of consultation with the disabled community to sweeping change.  Read more Audio

10:45 AM.Georgina on the latest from the capital, including the earthquake issues at Wellington Girls' College. Read more Audio

10:35 AM.Gina Rogers reviews Girl Falling by Hayley Scrivenor published by Pan Macmillan Read more Audio

10:05 AM.It's been a hard road to Harvard University for Felicity Powell.  Earlier this year she had brain tumour surgery after battling the health system for two years to get to that point. Now she's running… Read more Audio

9:45 AM.Dan Bloom is deputy editor of Politico London Playbook Read more Audio

9:35 AM.One of Dunedin's best-known live music venues, which has been closed on and off for years,  is reopening under new management next month.  Read more Audio

9:20 AM.David Sanger is the White House and National Security Correspondent for the New York Times, where he's worked for more than four decades and covered five American presidents. Read more Audio

9:05 AM.For the first time in four years the official cash rate was cut by quarter of a per cent with the central bank governor Adrian Orr saying it was time to take the foot off the economic brake.Stephen… Read more Audio

11:45 AM.Science communicator Allan Blackman looks at a trial that's been labelled a "game-changer" in HIV prevention.  Read more Audio

11:35 AM.David Miller remembers a time when if he shot and delivered a deer to buyers he'd rake in more than a week's pay. Read more Audio

11:05 AM.Music correspondent Ian Chapman remembers his friend Martin Phillipps, front man for The Chills, and credited with the creation of the Dunedin sound.  Read more Audio

10:45 AM.What the latest probe into pollution at the former Dow chemical plant in Paritutu has revealed and the Mayor's reaction.  Read more Audio

10:35 AM.Jenna Todd of Time Out Bookstore reviews The Hypocrite by Jo Hamya published by Orion Publishing Read more Audio

10:05 AM.Eric Beecher is a journalist, editor and media owner who has written an excoriating new book about his experiences working as an editor for Rupert Murdoch's NewsCorp. Read more Audio