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10:35 AM.Laura Caygill reviews The Accidental Duchess by Emma Manners the Duchess of Rutland, published by Pan MacMillan Read more Audio

10:30 AM.Emergency housing in motels has been a huge issue in Rotorua for three years, starting in the first Covid lockdown and it has proliferated since then. Felix says the main issue is its concentration… Read more Audio

10:05 AM.Briton Danielle Brown is a double Paralympic gold-medalist and five-time world champion in archery. She was also the first disabled athlete to represent England in an able-bodied category at the… Read more Audio

9:45 AM.Ron says there's lots of talk in Washington about the makeup of Senate majority due to one Democrat who is now an independent. There are ongoing questions about whether Republicans will be able to… Read more Audio

9:30 AM.It's warming up, but swimming is off limits at many of Auckland's beaches after heavy rain at the weekend resulted in high levels of faecal bacteria. St Heliers, Herne Bay, Takapuna, and Titirangi… Read more Audio

9:25 AM.Three Labour Ministers and three MPs are to leave parliament at the next election. The Prime Minister made the announcement a short time ago. RNZ's Deputy Political Editor Craig McCulloch has the… Read more Audio

9:05 AM.Immunologist Anna Brooks talks to Kathryn about how New Zealand is coping with the pandemic's enduring impact and she looks ahead to what could be a deadly summer of reinfection. With restrictions… Read more Audio

11:30 AM.It's full of flavour and it's made from grapes. Kathryn talks about gin made from the by-product of Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc with Strange Nature Gin part-owner Rhys Julian. The distilleries… Read more Audio

11:06 AM.Brigitte and Lamia join Kathryn to look at Labour's continuing slide and the polls and a weekend win for National in Hamilton West. Which portfolios are continuing to give the Government a headache… Read more Audio

10:39 AM.Phil Vine reviews Novelist as a Vocation by Haruki Murakami, published by Penguin Random House. Audio

10:32 AM.The Kaipara Council karakia controversy rolls on, doctor shortages force cut backs at Rawene Hospital and it's been a year since the Kaimaumau Fires, which yielded a 9 million dollar emergency… Read more Audio

10:07 AM.Historical novelist, playwright, and author of the best-selling Burning Chambers series and the Languedoc Trilogy, Kate Mosse is also a champion of women in literature. She's the founder director of… Read more Audio

9:50 AM.Seamus Kearney joins Kathryn to talk about the shock in Germany at an alleged plot to overthrow the government and install an ex-member of the royal family of head of state. At least 25 people have… Read more Audio

9:38 AM.Recreational fishers land over 4,000 tonnes of snapper annually. Fisheries New Zealand commissioned research carried out by NIWA (National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research) into the… Read more Audio

9:07 AM.This year has seen the beginning of a complete overhaul of the health system, from our hospitals to primary care, and everything in between. Rob Campbell is the chair of Te Whatu Ora / Health New… Read more Audio

11:08 AM.Louise Ward of Wardinis Bookshop in Havelock North reviews The Little Match Girl Strikes Back by Emma Carroll, published by Simon & Schuster. Read more Audio

10:35 AM.The Christchurch City Council is pushing ahead with the first step towards partially selling its blue chip assets, a complaint about Christchurch mayor Phil Mauger's election campaigning has been… Read more Audio

10:10 AM.Urvashi Roe is a Great British Bake-off participant who's taken a life-time of snacking delicious food cooked by numerous aunts, uncles and cousins and turned it into a book called Biting Biting.  Read more Audio

9:45 AM.China appears to be finally calling time on zero-Covid after three years, Ed talks about what has forced Xi Jinping to make a U-turn on one of his hallmark policies. Also, China farewells former… Read more Audio

9:35 AM.Elsha Bulmer, Jenna Willis and Morgan Passey from Otago Girls High School have taken out this year's top prize at the Young Enterprise Scheme Awards. They created a colour-matching dry shampoo… Read more Audio

9:20 AM.Children and families in Afghanistan are facing a growing humanitarian crisis, as mid-winter bites hard. Following decades of conflict, poverty, recurrent natural disasters, and the continuing impacts… Read more Audio