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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

9:10 AM.A highly critical review has found Fire and Emergency has failed to fix its poor workplace culture and recommends setting up an independent complaints body. The Internal affairs Minster has said work… Read more Audio

11:45 AM.Film and TV correspondent Laumata Lauano is along to talk about the third season of Educators, which is on TVNZ+. She'll also talk about the new documentary about Lizzo and Zootopia+ - six episodes… Read more Audio

11:40 AM.A damning independent report has found Fire and Emergency's workplace culture is poor and its complaints process deepens trauma experienced by complainants. The report was conducted for the Public… Read more Audio

11:25 AM.Kathryn talks with parenting coach and education consultant Joseph Driessen about how to protect teenagers from the dangers of using drugs and excess alcohol. Audio

11:05 AM.Technology correspondent Dr Mahsa Mohaghegh joins Kathryn to discuss the latest mind-blowing AI chatbot from OpenAI, the use by Foodstuffs of facial recognition technology in North Island supermarkets… Read more Audio

10:35 AM.Catriona Ferguson reviews The Next Girl by Pip Drysdale, published by Simon & Schuster Audio

10:30 AM.It's been the subject of lengthy legal battles, but progress is being made on the 280 million dollar Mt Messenger bypass project in North Taranaki. Motorists are now able to see a 1.1km cableway being… Read more Audio

10:05 AM.Keith Woodley's fascination with shore birds is decades long, and includes following the the epic migration of godwits from Aotearoa to China, North and South Korea and Alaska. His book, In Pursuit of… Read more Audio, Gallery

9:45 AM.UK correspondent Harriet Line joins Kathryn to look at the series of strikes happening across the UK this month - the latest to join are border force workers who will walk off the job for eight days… Read more Audio

9:30 AM.To study how psychedelic drugs can help treat mental illness, Dr Paul Liknaitzky is giving Australian trial participants high doses of psilocybin – a hallucinogenic compound found in some fungi… Read more Audio

9:20 AM.With summer upon us, so comes outdoor living, barbecues .. and mosquitoes. Dr Maria Elena De Obaldia from Rockefeller University and the Howard Hughes Medical Institute is the lead author of a study… Read more Audio

9:05 AM.A dud batch of aviation gas has sent ripples through the airline sector - they've been told they'll be supplied with less fuel than usual in the coming weeks - right at the busiest travel time of the… Read more Audio

11:45 AM.In Money Matters, David Boyle explains why some of the old adages, like saving for a rainy day is a key to managing your money and ensuring you are prepared for unforeseen emergencies. He talks to… Read more Audio

11:20 AM.If you're thinking about getting a dog, how do you choose the best breed for your household and circumstances? Do you want bouncy and energetic, or gentle and slow? Do you want a smart dog who can be… Read more Audio

11:05 AM.In this December season of giving and receiving gifts, it seems fitting to dive into some music about generously giving of oneself, about experiencing generosity, and about music itself as a gift that… Read more Audio

10:35 AM.Kim Pittar from Muir's Independent Bookshop Gisborne reviews Landlines by Raynor Winn, published by Penguin Read more Audio

10:30 AM.A large number of candidates are standing in the Hamilton West by-election, but Andrew says interest is lukewarm. Also what's in the 50 year urban and business growth strategy for Hamilton, and… Read more Audio

10:05 AM.Te Riu-a-Maui - or Zealandia - is the world's eighth continent and is right underneath us. It is the world's youngest, smallest, thinnest and most submerged continent, with about 94 per cent of it… Read more Audio

9:45 AM.Australia correspondent Karen Middleton joins Kathryn to talk about Prime Minister Anthony Albanese getting Covid for a second time, which has delayed some crucial talks aimed at trying to resolve the… Read more Audio

9:30 AM.The race is on in California to ensure enough infrastructure is in place to support expected wave of electric vehicles when all new vehicles sold in the state must meet zero fossil fuel requirements… Read more Audio