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10:35 AM.Gail Pittaway reviews The Ghost Ship by Kate Mosse published by Macmillan Read more Audio

10:05 AM.Science writer Jennifer Ackerman's essays specialising on creatures in the avian world have appeared in a range of publications including : The New York Times, Scientific American, and National… Read more Audio

9:45 AM.Ximena joins Kathryn to talk about Congress looking to pass the annual defence bill but there have been some snags along the way. Joe Biden's relection campaign fund is looking healthy - he's raised… Read more Audio

9:30 AM.During the early days of the Covid-19 pandemic, Californian mum Kodye Elyse, like many, found comfort in sharing her life with her friends online. But after one video went viral, attracting hundreds… Read more Audio

9:05 AM.There's been a slight delay to the start date for the big changes coming to the national cervical screening programme offering a new option for women to test themselves. Currently women and people… Read more Audio

11:45 AM.Urban issues correspondent Bill McKay joins Susie to talk about the differences between the use of concrete and timber in the building industry and the carbon footprint created by their use. Bill… Read more Audio

11:30 AM.It's a family affair for mother and daughter team, Rowan and Lucy Miller who sell their hugely popular fritters at the Packhouse Market in Kerikeri. The hot green lipped offerings from Mrs Miller's… Read more Audio

11:05 AM.Neale Jones and Brigitte Morten join Susie to talk about the devastating poll slump for Labour - which suggests rising odds of a change of government. Campaigning is kicking off, with Labour unveiling… Read more Audio

10:45 AM.Whakatane District Council staff there are back in their own building after the controversial redevelopment. And an emotional day for Maori ward campaigners is being commemorated on the walls of the… Read more Audio

10:35 AM.Kiran Dass reviews Hungry Ghosts by Kevin Jared Hosein published by HarperCollins Read more Audio

10:05 AM.From cat fleas to sequoia trees, nature's secret ingredients inspire new materials, some stronger than steel. Susie speaks with Professor Oded Shoseyov, renowned for his work in plant molecular… Read more Audio

9:45 AM.Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has been trying to calm tension with a visit ot the West Bank city of Jenin. Three government officers had been forced to leave a funeral for two fighters killed in… Read more Audio

9:30 AM.A group of volunteer divers with a mission to clean up Wellington Harbour have found their third piece of unexploded and potentially dangerous WW2 ammunition. Ghost Divers pulled up a small brassy… Read more Audio

9:05 AM.New Zealand has a dismal record of deaths and injuries in the workplace, and there are concerns about what could happen if a post-graduate health and safety course at Victoria University is among… Read more Audio

11:45 AM.Film and TV reviewer James Croot joins Kathryn to deliver his verdict on Mission Impossible: Dead Reckoning, the seventh film in the franchise - does it measure up? He'll also look at local Kiwi black… Read more Audio

11:30 AM.Kathryn talks with parenting coach and education consultant Joseph Driessen about parents can help their children develop independent learning habits. Read more Audio

11:05 AM.Technology correspondent Paul Matthews joins Kathryn to look at some of the latest impressive advances brought to market in the last few years - including "electronic skin", storing energy as heat in… Read more Audio

10:50 AM.Matt talks to Kathryn about the difficulties in donating blood in Marlborough, a boost for Blenheim's pool facility, the cost of fixing the region's roads damaged by flooding earlier this year and how… Read more Audio

10:40 AM.Louise O'Brien reviews What About Men? by Caitlin Moran published by Penguin Random House Read more Audio

10:05 AM.Genius, persistence and good luck have been critical to the great discoveries of modern physics, says Melbourne-based physicist Suzie Sheehy. She investigates the experiments which paved the way… Read more Audio

9:55 AM.UK correspondent Matt Dathan joins Kathryn to talk about the one story that's dominated the news headlines since Friday - the high profile BBC presenter who allegedly paid a young person for explicit… Read more Audio

9:30 AM.Matariki is the star cluster most commonly known across the world as Pleiades. For Maori the rising of Matariki signal te Matahi o te Tau, the Maori New Year, and is a time to reflect on the past… Read more Audio

9:05 AM.A large stockpile of the potentially explosive ammonium nitrate is being stored in the small Waikato town of Te Kowhai, without resource consent. Ammonium nitrate is the chemical that caused a major… Read more Audio

11:30 AM.Hira Nathan takes that Kiwi can-do attitude into everything he does, from doing up houses, working as a sparky, to his latest venture - creating the worlds first bilingual gratitude journal with te ao… Read more Audio