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11:35 AM.On a Far North beach, in Taipa, James Moore can often be found barefoot, shlepping buckets of sea water from the ocean to his truck. Back home, James runs the water through his solar-powered… Read more Audio, Gallery

11:08 AM.Gareth and Tim join Kathryn to talk about the protests that greeted Posie Parker in Auckland over the weekend and forced her to leave the country ahead of her Wellington event. They'll also look at… Read more Audio

10:47 AM.David joins Kathryn to look at a big day on the area's calendar: the return of the Oxford A&P show. Agricultural shows are vital to the district's economy, which really took a hit through… Read more Audio

10:37 AM.Sally Wenley reviews I Will Find You by Harlan Coben, published by Penguin Random House. Read more Audio

10:08 AM.Krysten Cottrell definitely doesn't suffer from a boring nine to five, splitting her time between hunting for possums in Hawkes Bay during the week, then heading to Auckland to play for the Blues in… Read more Audio

9:49 AM.Europe correspondent Seamus Kearney joins Kathryn to talk about French President Emmanuel Macron's refusal to budge over a plan to raise the pension age, even as demonstrations and strike action… Read more Audio

9:36 AM.Scentian Bio is a local start-up developing a biological electronic nose that can detect human diseases. The company is harnessing insect smell receptors to help detect diseases such as tuberculosis… Read more Audio

9:08 AM.A new survey finds family doctors are cutting services such as childhood immunisations due to chronic staff shortages and underfunding, amid what they are calling a crisis. The General Practice Owners… Read more Audio

11:30 AM.The Robertson name has been in the headlines for the right and wrong reasons this week - commentator Sam Ackerman looks at the fall from grace from Olympian now drugs cheat Zane Robertson and the… Read more Audio

11:05 AM.The 19th album by Maryland's Bill Callahan is called Reality, and it's finally out on crispy double vinyl. We'll hear a key song from that today, alongside a Bill Callahan cover by the late Gil… Read more Audio

10:45 AM.The issue of karakia at public gatherings has come to a head at a recent Otago Regional Council meeting. Also the Gore District Council has been sentenced on a WorkSafe charge of failing to perform a… Read more Audio

10:35 AM.Mellissa Oliver from Unity Books Wellington reviews Really Good, Actually by Monica Heisey, published by Harper Collins Read more Audio

10:05 AM.In 2006, Albert Park College in inner city Melbourne was closed after enrollments plummeted. A group of determined parents rallied and convinced the education department to give the publicly funded… Read more Audio

9:45 AM.RNZ Pacific Journalist Koroi Hawkins Read more Audio

9:30 AM.Three Bay of Plenty friends are turning up the heat on the centuries-old Scandinavian tradition of sauna and giving it a distinctly kiwi twist. They're building handcrafted mobile saunas which can be… Read more Audio

9:25 AM.Museum and heritage leaders say they are caring for precious taonga but outside of Te Papa in Wellington, there is no government funding for this work. They say they are also struggling with… Read more Audio

9:05 AM.The National Party has released its education policy, the same week a government document redefining the curriculum has also been released, termed a common-practice model. This is against a backdrop… Read more Audio

11:45 AM.Film and TV correspondent James Croot joins Kathryn to look at local movie Red, White and Brass (cinemas), about a Tongan church group that formed a marching band to get into a World Cup rugby match… Read more Audio

11:25 AM.The average Kiwi child first encounters internet porn at 12. To prevent the unsafe and unrealistic sex depicted in porn from being normalised for a child, therapist Jo Robertson recommends parents… Read more Audio

11:05 AM.Technology correspondent Bill Bennett joins Kathryn to talk about the difficulties people face in recovering their social media accounts - particularly Facebook - if they've been subject to a hack or… Read more Audio

10:45 AM.There's some course shrinkage at UCOL Te Pukenga Whanganui this year, controversy over plans to set up a water bottling plant in the city continues, an annual musical fundraiser for child cancer has… Read more Audio

10:35 AM.Quentin Johnson reviews A Small Town in Ukraine by Bernard Wasserstein, published by Penguin Random House Read more Audio

10:05 AM.British-Trinidadian award-winning poet, novelist, lecturer and much-admired musician, Anthony Joseph won this year's T.S. Eliot Prize for his collection of poetry called "Sonnets for Albert", based on… Read more Audio

9:45 AM.Kathryn is joined by UK correspondent Matt Dathan to talk about former PM Boris Johnson explaining his position on Partygate at a heated select committee hearing overnight, telling MPs that… Read more Audio