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10:50 AM.What was once a commercial airport is now struggling to retain users and investment. Mary talks to Kathryn about whether Masterton's Hood Aerodrome is stagnating. She also elaborates on why Wairarapa… Read more Audio

10:40 AM.Cynthia Morahan reviews The Quiet Tenant by Clemence Michallon, published by Penguin Read more Audio

10:05 AM.A challenge to swim every lake in the South Island, no matter how cold the water and how hard they are to reach, has brought together a Queenstown swimming club. Members of the Southern Lakes Swimming… Read more Audio

9:45 AM.The US secretary of state Antony Blinken has just visited China meeting with leader Xi Jinping and other officials. He has described the Beijing talks as candid, substantive and constructive. His… Read more Audio

9:30 AM.After two years in the making a new disability centre for pre-schoolers has opened in Napier aimed at helping children with developmental differences. The Pudney Hub is the creation of Esk Valley… Read more Audio

9:05 AM.Dairy owners are vying for a place on a scaled-back list of retailers who will hold on to their smoked tobacco licence by the year's end. Only one in 10 shops who currently sell cigarettes will still… Read more Audio

11:45 AM.Urban issues correspondent Bill McKay jumps back in history to a time when the Railways Department ran a successful building programme in the 1920s that ensured its employees had somewhere to stay… Read more Audio

11:40 AM.Rewena baker George Jackson's bread flies off the shelves of his Whanganui shop which opens three days a week. The Rewena recipe has been in his family for generations. George Jackson says it's all… Read more Audio

11:20 AM.Neale and Tim join Kathryn to discuss the campaign for the rural vote, particularly between National and Act. National has put off pricing farming emissions until 2030 and there's been two failed… Read more Audio

11:05 AM.The Government has released its draft plan for the Emissions Trading Scheme to incentivise greater emissions reductions instead of just planting trees. The scheme is a government-run market where… Read more Audio

10:45 AM.NZ Herald Supercity reporter Bernard Orsman says it's been a few weeks of drama around the Auckland Council budget, which finally passed last week after months of public debate and contentious final… Read more Audio

10:35 AM.Michelle Rahurahu reviews Mana Wahine Reader 1987-2022 vols 1 and 2, published by Te Wananga o Raukawa Read more Audio

10:05 AM.The FIFA Women's World Cup kicks-off at Eden Park on July 20th. It's in the league of being the most attended women's sporting event ever. Kathryn speaks with FIFA's Chief Women's Football Officer… Read more Audio

9:45 AM.Debora talks to Kathryn about whether Vladimir Putin come to South Africa for BRICS? The summit comprising Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa will be held in Johannesburg in August. Also… Read more Audio

9:30 AM.University of Auckland Audiology Professor, Grant Searchfield says older people with undetected and untreated hearing loss are at risk of more rapid cognitive decline. With an ageing population, in… Read more Audio

9:05 AM.The Commerce Commission is investigating whether food delivery service HelloFresh has breached the Fair Trading Act for charging customers for meal kits they haven't ordered, sometimes even sending… Read more Audio

10:48 AM.Kelly Makiha has been covering the case of Jodie Nicoll who has spoken out about being sexually abused for nearly 3 decades at hands of her step-father. He has been sentenced to 10 years preventive… Read more Audio

10:37 AM.Carole Beu of the Women's Bookshop in Auckland reviews Where Light Meets Water by Susan Paterson, published by Simon & Schuster Australia. Read more Audio

10:07 AM.A spectacular collection of Persian and oriental handmade carpets, all hand-picked by Wellington man Richard Pointon, are being celebrated in an exhibition, a final tribute before his business closes… Read more Audio, Gallery

9:49 AM.RNZ Pacific Editor Koroi Hawkins has a raft of stories including a United States Government official, Bill Russo saying Washington needs to be judged by its actions as it recommits to greater… Read more Audio

9:40 AM.The adventuring began a few years ago when Brad Ryan realised his Ohio based Grandmother, Joy Ryan had never seen a mountain. A plan was hatched for them to visit all 63 US national parks. Now aged… Read more Audio

9:32 AM.An energy drink that has nearly twice the legal limit of caffeine is banned in New Zealand, but is still for sale on Facebook marketplace. Prime energy drinks contain 597 milligrams of caffeine per… Read more Audio