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11:05 AM.Technology correspondent Paul Matthews joins Kathryn to look at some of the latest impressive advances brought to market in the last few years - including "electronic skin", storing energy as heat in… Read more Audio

10:50 AM.Matt talks to Kathryn about the difficulties in donating blood in Marlborough, a boost for Blenheim's pool facility, the cost of fixing the region's roads damaged by flooding earlier this year and how… Read more Audio

10:40 AM.Louise O'Brien reviews What About Men? by Caitlin Moran published by Penguin Random House Read more Audio

10:05 AM.Genius, persistence and good luck have been critical to the great discoveries of modern physics, says Melbourne-based physicist Suzie Sheehy. She investigates the experiments which paved the way… Read more Audio

9:55 AM.UK correspondent Matt Dathan joins Kathryn to talk about the one story that's dominated the news headlines since Friday - the high profile BBC presenter who allegedly paid a young person for explicit… Read more Audio

9:30 AM.Matariki is the star cluster most commonly known across the world as Pleiades. For Maori the rising of Matariki signal te Matahi o te Tau, the Maori New Year, and is a time to reflect on the past… Read more Audio

9:05 AM.A large stockpile of the potentially explosive ammonium nitrate is being stored in the small Waikato town of Te Kowhai, without resource consent. Ammonium nitrate is the chemical that caused a major… Read more Audio

11:30 AM.Hira Nathan takes that Kiwi can-do attitude into everything he does, from doing up houses, working as a sparky, to his latest venture - creating the worlds first bilingual gratitude journal with te ao… Read more Audio

10:45 AM.Stuff Senior Auckland Affairs Journalist Todd Niall takes us behind the bus drivers strike in the city and talks about the complex funding formula in which the budget constraints at Auckland Council… Read more Audio

10:35 AM.Jessie Bray Sharpin reviews Ink Blood Sister Scribe by Emma Törzs published by Penguin Random House Read more Audio

10:05 AM.Author Emily Perkins has been brewing the concept of her new novel for a long time. And after many, many drafts, Lioness finally hit the shelves last week. It's her first new release in a decade, and… Read more Audio

9:45 AM.Australia correspondent Bernard Keane joins Kathryn to talk about the damning royal commission report into the Robodebt scheme, where beneficiaries were chased for debt and private debt collectors… Read more Audio

9:30 AM.The government supported the need for electricity retailers to introduce mandatory minimum standards to protect vulnerable consumers - so why, four years later has nothing happened?. Consumer… Read more Audio

9:20 AM.All five major banks lifted their home loan rates over the last week. While most commentators are expecting the official cash rate to stay at 5.5 percent today, other countries' central banks are… Read more Audio

9:10 AM.Home loan interest rates are still rising despite the Reserve Bank signalling at its last review that cash rate hikes may be at an end for now. The central bank will release its latest official cash… Read more Audio

11:25 AM.There was a time when the Ford Cortina was ubiquitous in New Zealand. A hugely popular family car, or hotted up racer, seen up and down the country. Now a new book pays homage to all the Cortinas… Read more Audio

11:05 AM.Business commentator Rebecca Stevenson joins Kathryn to talk about expansion plans for Supie, the online-only supermarket that was founded two years ago and is seen as a third challenger to the… Read more Audio

10:45 AM.Kelly Makiha is a senior journalist with the Rotorua Daily Post Read more Audio

10:35 AM.Jenna Todd from Time Out Books reviews In Memoriam by Alice Winn published by Penguin Read more Audio

10:05 AM.A decade after opening their food truck, Auckland couple Sarah and Otis Frizzell still love making sweet tacos together. Read more Audio

9:45 AM.Ron says Ukraine and NATO are top of mind this week. Congress has returned but is very much at loggerheads. And former President Donald Trump continues to get bad news on the legal front but dominates… Read more Audio

9:30 AM.KiwiSaver balances are, not surprisingly, in retreat, as the recession bites. But research just released by the Retirement Commission shows the gender gap when it comes to KiwiSaver balances has grown… Read more Audio