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10:45 AM.The Dunedin City Council has voted to take a proposed 17.5 percent rates hike for the coming year to the public. Tess backgrounds what is driving the rise. The council is also considering a proposal… Read more Audio

10:35 AM.Airini Beautrais reviews The Unsettled: Small stories of colonisation by Richard Shaw published by Massey University Press Read more Audio

9:45 AM.Asia correspondent Ed White discusses rising tensions between China and the West as the United States House of Representatives passes a bill offering TikTok's owner ByteDance an ultimatum. Read more Audio

9:25 AM.RNZ's political editor Jo Moir discusses the latest turmoil in the Green Party. Read more Audio

9:25 AM.Brothers Stefan and James Powell are the founders of Dawn Aerospace - which they describe as helping customers who want to get into orbit and space. Read more Audio

9:05 AM.The man widely regarded as the godfather of artificial intelligence, Dr Geoffrey Hinton,  is worried the technology is becoming too powerful for humanity's own good. Read more Audio

11:45 AM.Film and TV correspondent Chris Schulz joins Kathryn to talk about local production Dark City: The Cleaner (Neon), based on the bestselling book by New Zealand author Paul Cleave. He'll also look at… Read more Audio

11:30 AM.School refusal is a different kettle of fish than a child simply wanting to stay home for a day. It's a situation where they become so anxious or fearful - and it can be for a variety of reasons -… Read more Audio

10:45 AM.Things are looking up for Whanganui's international pilot academy with the District Council investing $2.78 million in 10 additional planes. The academy has recently signed a new contract with Indian… Read more Audio

10:40 AM.Ash Davida Jane reviews Poetry Aotearoa Yearbook 2024 Edited by Tracey Slaughter published by Massey University Press Read more Audio

10:05 AM.E. H. Gombrich's 1950 book The Story Of Art is one of art history's seminal texts. Now on it's 16th edition, it has sold over eight million copies and been translated into more than 30 languages. But… Read more Audio

9:45 AM.UK correspondent Dan Bloom unravels the controversy over major Tory donor Frank Hester, who reportedly said black female MP Diane Abbott "should be shot". It's led to calls for Prime Minister Rishi… Read more Audio

9:35 AM.In 1937, Amelia Earhart's historic attempt to circumnavigate the globe ended in tragedy when her plane vanished over the vast South Pacific. The mystery of her disappearance has captivated aviation… Read more Audio

9:25 AM.A group representing thousands of scientists has written to the Cabinet saying the government's plan for fast tracking consenting is retrograde and values development over the environment. The… Read more Audio

9:05 AM.Supermarket staff feel threatened, frustrated, fearful and powerless over shoplifters wheeling out goods by the trolley load. This is the daily experience in some stores around the country. Staff at… Read more Audio

11:45 AM.Financial wellbeing commentator David Boyle digs into the latest KiwiSaver report which found more than 703,000 people are not contributing.  Read more Audio

11:30 AM.Despite their presence in whakapapa, and purakau (oral traditions), very little is on record showing early Māori  interactions with dolphins and whales.  Read more Audio

11:05 AM.Music commentator Kirsten Zemke asks the question - why do people write songs about food? It's a surprising phenomenon, and once you start looking you find so many Read more Audio

10:45 AM.John looks at two big events in the Coromandel - the world's biggest fishing event, Mercury Bay Fishing Club's Kubota Billfish Classic and Whangamata's Beach Hop. Read more Audio

10:35 AM.Lisa Finucane reviews To The River by Vikki Wakefield published by Text Publishing Read more Audio

10:05 AM.Afghan migrant Bariz Shah is well known for his work in the community in the aftermath of the 2019 Christchurch terrorist attack, but his life has had some dark times. He speaks about his new memoir… Read more Audio

9:45 AM.Australia correspondent Annika Smethurst talks about the $4b remote housing package for the Northern Territory aimed at building hundreds of homes in Indigenous communities. Read more Audio

9:20 AM.Ihorangi Reweti Peters is a young man with a mission to make sure children in state care get the mental health support they need. Read more Audio