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9:05 AM.Would-be EV owners are flocking to dealers around the country and rushing to get their applications in for the clean car rebate, ahead of its demise on December 31. Anyone applying for the rebate on… Read more Audio

11:45 AM.Kennedy is in Northland, where he recently took a visit to the Waitangi Treaty grounds on his recent National Geographic voyage. Read more Audio

11:30 AM.Wellingtonian Lis Cowey's  book 'A feeling for food' had its genesis in sending recipes to her sons who left home. There's a story behind every recipe which are cross cultural and intergenerational. Read more Audio

11:05 AM.Neale Jones and Tim Hurdle take a look at how the opposition is challenging the new Government. And, how the three-way coalition makes seating in the House a little different. The panellists also… Read more Audio

10:45 AM.Georgina talks to Kathryn about the rumour mill being in overdrive surrounding Wellington Mayor Tory Whanau admitting that she has a problem with alcohol. Also local reaction to Wellington's road cone… Read more Audio

10:35 AM.Harry Ricketts reviews Landfall 246: Spring 2023 Edited by Lynley Edmeades published by Otago University Press Read more Audio

10:05 AM.Few of us live out our childhood dreams, let alone meet the hero that set us on our life path. Chadden Hunter, Australian biologist and wildlife filmmaker, has spent the better part of two decades in… Read more Audio

9:45 AM.Seamus Kearney discusses the EU's political deal on the world's first legislative rules governing the use of artificial intelligence, which comes after months of legal wrangling. And in Russia… Read more Audio

9:25 AM.Since November 2021 terminally ill New Zealanders have had the right to seek a medically assisted death, provisioned by the End of Life Choice Act. Since then, from more than 1400 applicants, 565… Read more Audio

9:05 AM.What's in store for the massive patch of land in Carrington Road's residential development. Over the next decade more than 4,000 homes are destined for the almost 40 hectares site which is seven… Read more Audio

11:45 AM.Comedians Te Radar and Donna Brookbanks with a few laughs and reaction to what's been hailed as the world's smelliest cheese going on sale in the UK. Read more Audio

11:30 AM.Rain washed out day two of the second test Black cups versus Bangladesh, but Sam says there's still plenty of heat being directed towards selectors. The home summer of cricket has started with a… Read more Audio

11:05 AM.Jeremy plays tracks off debut solo albums from Harp and Andre 3000, plus the epic prog-folk of Dublin's Lankum. Read more Audio

10:45 AM.It's the beginning of a hot, dry, El Niño summer for the top of the South Island and water restrictions have been introduced in Nelson and Tasman already, Sam talks to Kathryn about a group of… Read more Audio

10:35 AM.A wounded NZ fighter lies in a crowded ward in a makeshift hospital as the Ukrainian/Russian war rages outside . He is being cared for by a Ukrainian medical team and develops a faltering connection… Read more Audio

10:30 AM.Martene McCaffrey of Unity Books Auckland reviews Crooked Plow by Itamar Vieira Junior published by Verso Read more Audio

10:05 AM.Elizabeth Cracroft is the creator of the theatre show REHAB which aims to break down the stigma of addiction. The show was on at Auckland's Basement Theatre last month, and had it's first showing in… Read more Audio

9:45 AM.Arrests have been made in Nepal after a gang was accused of smuggling people and forcing them into the Russian military to fight in Ukraine. The people trapped in the scheme and extorted were young… Read more Audio

9:40 AM.It's an end-of-the-year dilemma for many parents - how to say thank you to their child's teacher. As the school year grinds to an end, what gifts are appropriate for the person who's been guiding your… Read more Audio

9:20 AM.The new government says its tougher-on-crime approach will see up to 400 more people sent to prison in the coming year. But the union representing corrections workers says it is already facing chronic… Read more Audio

9:05 AM.The Minister for Tertiary Education says the super-institute Te Pukenga will be gone within six to eight months, replaced by 8 to 10 institutions. Yesterday Penny Simmonds instructed the organisation… Read more Audio

11:45 AM.Film and TV correspondent Laumata Lauano has been working her way through the new Christmas offerings so you don't have to! Read more Audio

11:20 AM.Speech and Language Therapist Christian Wright on what NOT to say to parents concerned about their child's speech and language development. And he'll share strategies for dealing with these questions… Read more Audio

11:05 AM.Technology correspondent Bill Bennett joins Susie to talk about a report that Europe's most toxic nuclear site, Sellafield in the UK, has been the target of a cyber attack. Not only that, it happened… Read more Audio

10:45 AM.The Hamilton City Council has been considering its draft long term plan budget, with the Mayor, Paula Southgate saying tough decisions will need to be made. The beach-side community of Raglan, in… Read more Audio