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9:50 AM.Europe correspondent Seamus Kearney has the latest on the deadly explosion in Istanbul. He also talks to Kathryn about Russia's major military defeat as its troops withdrew from Kherson as Ukraine… Read more Audio

9:35 AM.Contact Energy has launched a new paid parental leave policy it believes is among one of the most generous in the country.  Read more Audio

9:30 AM.Toots, not tweets. Extinct mammals, not birds. As more users seek to leave an Elon Musk-run Twitter they're turning to Mastodon. But how does it work? Read more Audio

9:10 AM.Submissions close at the end of this week, on the government's agricultural pricing emissions plan. Last month the government made what farmers say are significant changes to the proposals reached by… Read more Audio

11:45 AM.Comedians Te Radar and Donna Brookbanks with a few laughs, including a warning from the National Park Service in the US about the Sonoran Desert Toad, it is toxic and should not be licked!. Read more Audio

11:30 AM.Dana Johannsen talks to Kathryn about tomorrow's Black Ferns final and whether they can trump England. We're also into the crunch point in the tournament for the Rugby League World Cup, and the Kiwis… Read more Audio

11:05 AM.The Beatles boldest record gets a revolutionary stereo makeover, plus local heroes Thrashing Marlin and Erny Belle and a tribute to Low's Mimi Parker. Read more Audio

10:35 AM.Tilly Lloyd of Unity Books reviews Remainders of the Day: Diaries from the Bookshop, Wigtown by Shaun Bythell, published by Profile Books. Read more Audio

10:05 AM.Debut crime writer Jacqueline Bublitz burst onto New Zealand's crime writing scene last year with Before You Knew My Name, it has now sold over 100,000 copies in Australia and New Zealand alone - an… Read more Audio

9:45 AM.Asia correspondent Ed White reports from South Korea where the country is still reeling from the Halloween crowd disaster in Seoul, with attention very much turning to who should be held responsible. 

9:30 AM.More than 50 of Aotearoa's loveliest gardens feature in the new hardcover book New Zealand Gardens to Visit. It's the work of former NZ House and Garden journalist Rosemary Barraclough and… Read more Audio

9:05 AM.New research from the Growing Up In New Zealand longitudinal study shows how much easier it is for families to fall into disadvantage than it is to claw a way out. Dr Kate Prickett is a lead… Read more Audio

11:25 AM.For many new parents, getting out of the house can be a mission with nappies, change of clothes, food, buggy or front pack. Ceana Priest says - don't be daunted by that. She's mum to six year old… Read more Audio

11:05 AM.Technology commentator Mark Pesce joins Kathryn to talk about the 11,000 jobs being cut from Facebook's parent company Meta, the explosion in generative AI, a programming tool that can write code in a… Read more Audio

10:35 AM.Ash Davida Jane reviews Tauhou by Kotuku Titihuia Nuttall, published by Te Herenga Waka University Press Read more Audio

10:07 AM.The award winning children's show Bluey is among the top ten most streamed shows on TVNZ On Demand. Animator Kiwi Rich Jeffery was lured across the Tasman to work on the show. He speaks to Kathryn… Read more Audio

9:53 AM.UK correspondent Harriet Line joins Kathryn to look at the first resignation from Rishi Sunak's cabinet, nurses are set to go on strike at some of the country's biggest hospitals and Home Secretary… Read more Audio

9:35 AM.Susan Marshall is back home and earning a well-deserved break after running from 6am to 11pm.... for 50 days. She was the first woman - and fifth overall - across the line in the Sri Chinmoy… Read more Audio

9:20 AM.One of the country's biggest investment funds, ACC, has launched a $100 million Climate Change Impact Fund. Kathryn speaks to James Muir, ACC's Climate Change Impact Fund Manager. Read more Audio

9:07 AM.It's still too early to say what the final results will be in the US midterm elections as counting continues in many states. . US correspondent Ron Elving discusses the complexities. Read more Audio

11:30 AM.Author and documentary filmmaker Bill Morris takes us back in time in his new book The Road to Gondwana - in search of the lost supercontinent. Bill says without Gondwana the planet and the trees… Read more Audio

11:07 AM.Canadian music fanatic, record collector, editor and publisher Matthew Goody has just released a book on Flying Nun - it's a labor of love - a comprehensive discography including the bands and the… Read more Audio

10:35 AM.Lisa Finucane reviews Invincible by W J Moloney, self published. Read more Audio