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9:10 AM.A multi-sector rural coordination group met in Gisborne yesterday to draw up a blueprint to help farmers, growers and families work through the monumental challenges left in Cyclone Gabrielle's wake… Read more Audio

11:45 AM.NZME premium sports editor Steve Holloway chats to Kathryn about the action-packed weekend of sport, the Super Rugby Pacific competition kicking off, an update on the cricket in Wellington and an… Read more Audio

11:30 AM.As the US gets to grips with the massive implications of the overturn of Roe v Wade last year, how has abortion legislation in New Zealand changed over the years? It's the subject of a new book from… Read more Audio

11:05 AM.editor and co-founder of BusinessDesk Pattrick Smellie talks to Kathryn about what he describes as the smoke, mirrors and delay of National's three waters policy. Also Trade Window's big fail in an… Read more Audio

10:45 AM.Multimedia Journalist for the Whanganui Chronicle Mike Tweed talks to Kathryn about what's happening in his patch, including the NZ Masters Games, who is running for the Whanganui seat at this year's… Read more Audio

10:35 AM.Anne Else reviews I Have Some Questions For You by Rebecca Makkai, published by Hachette Read more Audio

10:05 AM.Fifteen years ago Andy Sninsky was diagnosed with the incurable blood cancer Multiple Myeloma. Now aged 75, he's been cycling around the world for years raising money for research and New Zealand is… Read more Audio

9:45 AM.US correspondent Ximena Bustillo speaks to Kathryn about the train derailment in East Palestine, and the latest NPR poll which shows American voters lean in favour of raising the debt ceiling, but are… Read more Audio

9:30 AM.Australia's intelligence chief says the country is being spied on at an "unprecedented" level by foreign agents.  Kathryn talks to ANU Professor of International Security John Blaxland about the level… Read more Audio

9:20 AM.14,000 New Zealanders are treated in acute mental health units each year, but new research finds they languish on the periphery of hospital grounds, which could impact both mental and physical… Read more Audio

9:05 AM.Flooding in Gisborne has seen homes evacuated in parts of the city which don't usually flood. Mangapapa resident Kory Moorcock tried to evacuate from his Shelley Road home but couldn't get far because… Read more Audio

11:50 AM.Bill McKay joins Kathryn to look at the gap between the desire to build back after a natural disaster and the political will to do it.

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11:35 AM.Wonky Box is a fresh fruit and vegetable subscription service which delivers produce that would otherwise go to waste to consumers. Co-founders Angus Simms and Katie Jackson explain why wonky is… Read more Audio

11:05 AM.Parliament resumed last week, with Christopher Luxon and Chris Hipkins going head to head for the first time. Neale Jones and Liam Hehir also discuss the political response to Cyclone Gabrielle, the… Read more Audio

10:45 AM.Peter Newport highlights two recent situations where visitors have caused local problems and then headed overseas. Also, questions are being raised about some of the Queenstown Lakes District… Read more Audio

10:35 AM.Shaun Barnett reviews Still Pictures: On Photography and Memory by Janet Malcolm; introduced by Ian Frazier; afterword by Anne Malcolm, published by Text Publishing. Read more Audio

10:05 AM.One of the best things we can do for our sleep cycle – and therefore mental health – is head outside for 30 minutes of daily daylight, says world-leading neurobiology researcher Anna Wirz-Justice… Read more Audio

9:50 AM.Europe correspondent Seamus Kearney joins Kathryn to talk about how Russian President Vladimir Putin is trying to recast the war in Ukraine as a battle for Russia's survival, and just days after Italy… Read more Audio

9:30 AM.Fungi botanists, local health professionals, rongoa practitioners and medical researchers are planning a clinical trial this year into the therapeutic benefits of psychadelics. Project coordinator is… Read more Audio

9:10 AM.How do we rebuild with in-built resilience post Cyclone Gabrielle? Kathryn speaks with Helen Davidson, Chief Executive of ACE New Zealand, about the immediate opportunities of rebuilding with… Read more Audio

11:30 AM.Sports commentator Sam Ackerman takes a squint at the boardroom and back office dramas over who the new All Blacks coach will be - and how this overshadows actual sport. He also looks at what to… Read more Audio

11:05 AM.Music reviewer Grant Smithies joins Susie with a selection of new music from Running Club a new collaboration between New Brighton musician Blair Parkes and Auckland's Stephen Reay and a new song from… Read more Audio

10:45 AM.Alisha talks to Susie Ferguson about council plans that will displace sports clubs from their century old homes. And one of the district's parks is getting a name change from Maungatapu park to Opupu… Read more Audio

10:35 AM.Olly Clifton of Unity Books Auckland reviews Pirate Enlightenment, or the Real Libertalia by David Graeber, published by Penguin Random House Read more Audio