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11:05 AM.Political Commentators Lamia Imam and Liam Hehir join Kathryn to talk about the National Party's weekend conference and its pledge to introduce harsher sentences as part of its law and order policy… Read more Audio

10:45 AM.A rates rise in on the card when the Thames Coromandel District Council meets tomorrow to discuss the annual plan and weekend rain has caused more roading problems on the Coromandel Peninsula. John… Read more Audio

10:35 AM.Jane Westaway reviews Independence Square by Martin Cruz Smith, published by Simon & Schuster. Read more Audio

10:05 AM.Traci Houpapa has been named amongst the BBC's 100 most influential women in the world and as one of the top ten most influential women in NZ agribusiness. Traci Houpapa has an extensive CV, she is an… Read more Audio

9:55 AM.Europe correspondent Seamus Kearney joins Kathryn to talk about the silence from Vladimir Putin following the weekend's extraordinary armed mutiny and march on Moscow by Wagner mercenaries. Leader… Read more Audio

9:25 AM.Two separate probes are underway into legal protection for Retirement Village residents, but advocates say they're taking so long, many won't be around to see the results. 55,000 New Zealanders live… Read more Audio

9:10 AM.Special security measures remain in place in Moscow after the weekend's short-lived rebellion by the Wagner mercenary group. The measures were introduced when Wagner's leader Yevgeny Prigozhin… Read more Audio

11:45 AM.Comedians Te Radar and Michele A'Court with some eye raising stories including the exuberant Price is Right contestant in the US who dislocated his shoulder while gesticulating on the show. Read more Audio

11:30 AM.The All Whites stand against racism has the football world talking.- but will the sport's governing body back them up? Sam also looks at what happens next and questions why the All Blacks stole the… Read more Audio

11:05 AM.Jeremy Taylor from SlowBoat Records with a swag of all new releases - Jenny Lewis, Janelle Monae, Meshell Ndgeocello and King Krule. Read more Audio

10:45 AM.The mystery of a new Hawke's Bay Hospital. Te Whatu Ora says it's too soon to be talking about the possibility of one, but Chris says that's what everyone's been doing for the past month or so. The… Read more Audio

10:35 AM.Tilly Lloyd from Unity Books Wellington reviews The Future of Geography: How Power & Politics in Space Will Change Our World by Tim Marshall, published by Simon & Schuster. Read more Audio

10:05 AM.New Zealander Nathan Thomas has spent 10 years working as a freelance writer while travelling around the world. He explores the rewards and challenges of the digital nomad life in his new book Untethe… Read more Audio

9:45 AM.Fears are mounting that Manipur, in North East India, is on the brink of civil war. The state, which boarders Myanmar, is strategically significant, but tensions have long brewed with different armed… Read more Audio

9:35 AM.Director Russell Chadwick's documentary Good Boy follows a very furry friendship and work relationship between US animal trainer Doug Seus and a 680 kilogram bear. Good Boy refers to a massive Kodiak… Read more Audio

9:06 AM.Tai Rawhiti residents are on edge as a state of emergency is in place again after being battered by heavy rain, with more expected tonight and over the weekend. A severe red weather warning the… Read more Audio

11:45 AM.Film and TV correspondent James Croot joins Kathryn to talk about a new offering from Disney, Elemental, which is in cinemas. Jennifer Lawrence has a new romantic comedy out called No Hard Feelings… Read more Audio

11:30 AM.Sex therapist Jo Robertson on navigating the porn talk with neuro-divergent children, rainbow kids and children with disabilities. Jo is the Research and Training Lead for The Light Project, a… Read more Audio

11:00 AM.Technology correspondent Bill Bennett joins Kathryn to talk about the Commerce Commission's Telecommunications Monitoring Report and why rural telecoms is now the main political and regulatory… Read more Audio

10:50 AM.The New Plymouth District Council has pushed ahead with an average rates rise of 12.4 percent despite being faced with an at times hostile Civic Centre crowd. Robin also has the latest on what's… Read more Audio

10:40 AM.Laura Caygill reviews This Is Not a Pity Memoir by Abi Morgan, published by HarperCollins Read more Audio

10:05 AM.Kiwi swimming star Lewis Clareburt has his sights firmly set on next year's Paris Olympics and is considered a real medal prospect, but as a top international swimmer he's chosen an unconventional… Read more Audio

9:50 AM.UK correspondent Matthew Parris joins Kathryn to talk about Prime Minister Rishi Sunak opting out of endorsing a report that his predecessor Boris Johnson mislead Parliament over Partygate. It comes… Read more Audio

9:40 AM.More "banging" noises have been heard from the ocean in the search for a missing submersible that had been visiting the wreck of the Titanic, but authorities still don't know what the sounds are… Read more Audio

9:30 AM.Toxic landfill under a South Dunedin seaside sportsfield is presenting an expensive barrier to shoring up against coastal erosion. Kettle Park tops a former landfill site, where rubbish was dumped in… Read more Audio