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9:30 AM.Seven weeks on from the initial carnage hardest hit communities are still clearing debris. The day after the cyclone hit, we spoke with Bridget Parker whose property is near Tolaga Bay. She… Read more Audio

9:05 AM.A local cloud computing specialist is warning about the dangers of our critical data being held on cloud services owned by international companies. Data held onshore by an overseas owned cloud… Read more Audio

11:45 AM.Matatu stun red hot favourites Chiefs Manawa to win Super Rugby Aupiki, meanwhile in Super Rugby Pacific, the top teams are starting to take shape. The Warriors are in the top four of the NRL after… Read more Audio

11:30 AM.Gemma Rasmussen, head of Communications and Campaigns for Consumer NZ joins Kathryn to discuss whether the amount charged by Wilson Parking for overstaying allotted parking time is out of proportion… Read more Audio

11:05 AM.The RBNZ monetary policy statement is due next week, Pattrick discusses whether another 25 basis points rise is on the cards? Or more? He says much seems to rest on whether the fragility in US and… Read more Audio

10:45 AM.A Wellington couple fears their home is in negative equity after two slips on their Vogeltown property, raising the question of whether people need to get a engineer's report before buying property… Read more Audio

10:40 AM.Jenna Todd reviews Strange Sally Diamond by Liz Nugent, published by Penguin NZ Read more Audio

10:05 AM.World chess champions Dana Reizniece-Ozola and Anastasia Sorokina are in New Zealand as part of a global initiative by the World Chess Federation to promote chess, especially among women and girls… Read more Audio

9:50 AM.Donald Trump is facing four criminal investigations that Ximena says are very much on the front burner even as the former president is trying to seek re-election. This includes the New York hush money… Read more Audio

9:35 AM.Last week the National Party released its 'Teaching the Basics Brilliantly' policy for primary and intermediate schools. It would require an hour of reading, writing and maths each day, twice-yearly… Read more Audio

9:15 AM.A centralised approach to growing food specifically for export is affecting the country's food security, according to advocacy group, Eat New Zealand. Growing food in places that make it easy to… Read more Audio

9:05 AM.The number of people caught up in the hacking of data from financial company Latitude is higher than first thought - so what options are there for affected Kiwis? Latitude was hacked two weeks ago… Read more Audio

11:45 AM.Bill McKay looks at Auckland Council's proposed budget - it's the last day for Aucklanders to make a submission - and an old Auckland mental hospital is being demolished to make way for a brownfield… Read more Audio

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