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9:32 AM.Grey Power is calling for a change to elderly driver assessments. Read more Audio

9:08 AM.Two drugs for type 2 diabetes are being restricted to only those already prescribed them, due to a global shortage.  Read more Audio

11:47 AM.Today Kennedy Warne discusses the proposed Te Kuha opencast coal mine in the hills above Westport getting an invite to have consent considered under the fast-track regime. Read more Audio

11:30 AM.Beside Christchurch's Avon River, Otakaro Orchard Community Garden and Food Forest has 96 different fruit trees, and an underscrub filled berries, herbs and medicinal plants.  Read more Audio

11:07 AM.Fletcher Tabuteau is a former NZ First MP from 2014 to 2020, former deputy leader of the party, and former Parliamentary Under-Secretary to the then Minister of Foreign Affairs Winston Peters and the… Read more Audio

10:46 AM.David looks at leaked documents that show the Canterbury arm of Te Whatu Ora had been told to save $13.3m by July.  Read more Audio

10:41 AM.Kim Pittar from Muir's Independent Bookshop in Gisborne reviews The Frozen River by Ariel Lawhon published by Simon and Schuster. Read more Audio

10:06 AM.Adam Kay has been very open with what turned him off working as a doctor and into a successful writer and comedian.  Read more Audio

9:50 AM.Israel is preparing for an offensive in the southern Gaza city of Rafah as the UK considers sending its troops to help deliver aid via a new sea route.  Read more Audio

9:35 AM.Black wood pellets are seen as a potential silver bullet replacement for coal by major industrial users in New Zealand like Fonterra and Genesis Energy.  Read more Audio

9:25 AM.The Mental Health Foundation warns preparing the sector to pick up all mental health-related emergency calls could take a decade.  Read more Audio

9:05 AM.The police pay dispute is now in the hands of a third party, who will decide whether or not they should be earning more.  Read more Audio

11:45 AM.Comedians Michele A'Court and Irene Pink look at the lighter moments of the week. Read more Audio

11:30 AM.Sports commentator Sam Ackerman Read more Audio

11:05 AM.Music commentator Jeremy Taylor has reissues from Air, Spice Girl Emma Bunton and Kirsty MacColl, plus an outlier track from the new Taylor Swift album. Read more Audio

10:45 AM.Peter Newport is Managing Editor, Crux, based in Arrowtown Read more Audio

10:35 AM.Gail Pittaway reviews How to Solve Your Own Murder by Kristen Perrin published by Hachette Read more Audio

10:05 AM.Mansoor Hamayun has grown his Bboxx company out of a university project that set up six villages in Rwanda with electricity - and now he wants to expand that to tens of millions more people in… Read more Audio

9:45 AM.The marathon Indian election is underway with Prime Minister Narendra Modi eyeing up his third five-year term in power. Also: espionage arrests in China, and Taiwan debates the death penalty. Read more Audio

9:30 AM.In the past six months, redundancies have been signalled across both the private and public sectors.  Read more Audio

9:20 AM.From next week, the kids will be back. But TikTok and messaging in the classroom won't be. The government's cellphone ban kicks in from term two. Read more Audio

9:05 AM.Moves to make reporting of suspected child abuse mandatory should be treated with caution, says Safeguarding Children group. Read more Audio

11:45 AM.As thousands of jobs are cut, particularly through the public sector, Lisa joins Kathryn with some of her tips on what to do if you're being made redundant. Read more Audio

11:30 AM.Taranaki seniors are showing it's never too late to summon strength, pulling off deadlifts and squats in a community gym group. Dane Carr, head coach at the Lion's Den Gym & Fitness Centre, tells… Read more Audio

11:05 AM.Music 101 host Charlotte Ryan joins Kathryn to discuss the winner of last night's Taite Music Prize, play a track from Arooj Aftab (who was on Nine to Noon earlier this year) and celebrate Earth Day… Read more Audio