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11:30 AM.Tupu'anga café is owned and operated by a Tongan family and in amongst the usual café fare there a distinctly Pasifika element in the baked goods such as pineapple pie - and use of taro leaves in… Read more Audio

11:05 AM.Sue Moroney is a former MP with the Labour Party, and now chief executive of Community Law Centres Aotearoa. Sue is also the chair of the Waikato Labour Electorate Committee. Liam Hehir is a… Read more Audio

10:45 AM.Auckland mayor Wayne Brown is back in the office today after his longest break since being elected, joining a trade delegation to India. Todd Niall tells Susie what Mayor Brown missed while he was… Read more Audio

10:35 AM.Gail Pittaway reviews House of Odysseus by Claire North published by Hachette Read more Audio

10:05 AM.DC Central Kitchen is America's most ambitious community kitchen, serving up 13,000 meals daily to those in need. Founded in 1989 and located in the heart of Washington, D.C., a city battling some of… Read more Audio

9:45 AM.Katy Watson discusses growing speculation that Brazils' former president Jair Bolsonaro, known for his tough stance on crime, could be close to arrest following a scandal involving millions of… Read more Audio

9:30 AM.New Zealand based Griefity is an organisation with a very specific mission: to make a difference for those experiencing grief and loss. Death and the grief that comes with it is something every one of… Read more Audio

9:20 AM.A petition has been launched to establish an officially recognised Moriori Language Week, in an effort to save the language from extinction. Moriori are the original inhabitants of Rēkohu, the Chatham… Read more Audio

9:05 AM.There are concerns pyramid schemes disguised as mentorships are targeting a wave of young people. If it sounds too good to be true, it probably is, says Massey University business school marketing… Read more Audio

11:30 AM.We're in for a huge 24 hours of sport with the All Blacks World Cup campaign finally getting underway, and the Warriors - at last - back in the NRL playoffs. Sports Commentator Sam Ackerman speaks… Read more Audio

11:05 AM.Americana is a musical style that is hard to pin down. A broad umbrella term, it can encompass folk, gospel, blues, country, jazz, bluegrass... even rhythm and blues and a bit of rock 'n' roll. Today… Read more Audio

10:45 AM.Nelson City Council has voted to publicly notify a plan change that will enable greater housing intensification in the city. It aims to make building up easier - instead of just building out. Mayor… Read more Audio

10:35 AM.Ray Shipley reviews Bellies by Nicola Dinan published by Penguin Books Read more Audio

10:05 AM.A question central to the new novel from author Nicholas Sheppard is this: are monsters born or bred? His new work, How to Disappear Completely, is a psychological portrait of a young college dropout… Read more Audio

9:45 AM.RNZ Pacific Editor Koroi Hawkins discusses a vote of no confidence in Vanuatu which has led to a sudden change of government. And the latest on the fallout after an Indonesian official tried to bribe… Read more Audio

9:30 AM.Being neurodivergent in a neurotypical world can be a lot to navigate. But for one young woman with Aspergers, ADHD, and Tourettes - music has become something of a roadmap. Fourth year Otago… Read more Video, Audio

9:20 AM.Hay fever season is descending, and for the unlucky among us who develop seasonal allergies, it might feel worse than usual this year. Climate change is thought to be driving a significant increase in… Read more Audio

9:05 AM.Rheumatic fever rates are on the rise, and have now returned to pre-Covid levels. Despite other high income nations reducing or near eliminating rheumatic fever, New Zealand is still struggling to… Read more Audio

10:45 AM.NZTA has finished building physical safety improvements between Masterton and Carterton. There's a new wire median barrier and three roundabouts. Flynn says locals have been campaigning for the… Read more Audio

10:35 AM.Ralph Mcallister reviews House of Doors by Tan Twan Eng published by Canongate. Read more Audio

10:05 AM.Scientific research has taken Dr Chandrika Nath from pole to pole. As a glaciologist she has worked in Lapland and Antarctica, spending 100 days in the latter collecting data samples in extreme… Read more Audio