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11:45 AM.Kennedy discusses the future of atolls, ahead of a visit to the Micronesian nation of Palau.  Read more Audio

11:25 AM.Siblings Paul and Jane Rangiwahia have teamed up to produce the book Kai and Kindness focusing on food to nourish the body and soul.  Read more Audio

11:05 AM.Gareth, Ben and Kathryn will discuss Gareth Hughes is a former Green MP and now works for the Wellbeing Economy Alliance Aotearoa.  Read more Audio

10:45 AM.Hawkes Bay Today editor Chris Hyde with the latest news from the region.  Read more Audio

10:35 AM.Kiran Dass reviews three of her favourite books from last year Read more Audio

10:05 AM.Jane Smiley has written close to 20 novels, including the best seller, King Lear inspired A Thousand Acres, for which she received the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1992.  Read more Audio

9:45 AM.Thomas Sparrow is a political correspondent for Deutsche Welle, based in Berlin Read more Audio

9:25 AM.Technology and social media may be helping criminals but it's also being put to use to help retailers stem their losses.  Read more Audio

9:05 AM.Tough decisions lie ahead for councils up and down the country, some of which are facing rates rises in the double digits unless they tighten their belts.  Read more Audio

11:32 AM.After a whirlwind year, Ardie Savea is loving a change of scene in the Japanese mountains. "It's refreshing. I feel like a kid going to school for the first time," the World Rugby Player of the Year… Read more Audio

11:20 AM.Sharon Hastie and Kath Hall have spent the last two years travelling the country in their home on wheels, a housebus named 'Ladies in Red". It was Kath's breast cancer diagnosis that made them… Read more Audio

11:09 AM.Wellington chamber choir Nota Bene sing Chrismas songs, and - Te Radar, Irene Pink, Kennedy Warne, Sam Ackerman and Kirsten Zemke bid farewell to 2024. Read more Audio

11:05 AM.Nota Bene sing Chrismas songs Read more Audio

10:30 AM.Slowboat Records' Jeremy Taylor looks back on what he's been listening to this year, and shares his favourite tracks of 2023. Read more Audio

10:09 AM.As far as ultra-running goes - it doesn't get much bigger than trying to cross Canada. But that's the goal Kiwi Jon Nabbs set for himself all the way back in May. He started the 7500-kilometre journey… Read more Audio

9:45 AM.Brigitte Morten, Gareth Hughes, Rebecca Stevenson and Alan Blackman look back on a tumultuous year. Read more Audio

9:35 AM.Walking across a tightrope suspended hundreds of metres above a lake sounds like a terrifying nightmare for most people. But for Gavin Alexander Lewis it is a way to focus and relax. Alexander Lewis… Read more Audio

9:20 AM.18 year old Leo Guo is relaxing at a Coromandel beach after stunning achievement in his final year of High School. He was the runner up to dux at Lindisfarne College in Hastings last year, this year… Read more Audio

9:08 AM.Brigitte Morten, Gareth Hughes, Rebecca Stevenson and Alan Blackman look back on a tumultuous year. Read more Audio

11:45 AM.Chris Schulz wraps up his top five shows that were worth viewing in 2023. Read more Audio

11:25 AM.If you're the eldest child, the stereotype would have us believe you're responsible, conscientious and a bit bossy. Second born - more chilled out and creative and the youngest? Spoilt! But does birth… Read more Audio

11:05 AM.Tech commentator Juha Saarinen joins Kathryn to talk about what's happened in the tech sector this year, including a lot of large staff layoffs - with the exception of Apple. He says that's in… Read more Audio

10:35 AM.Lynn Freeman reviews Day by Michael Cunningham published by 4th Estate. Read more Audio