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11:45 AM.Bill joins Kathryn to talk about Waka Kotahi announcing a round of consultation on the next Auckland Harbour crossing, and whether there was much in the government's latest updates on its RMA reforms… Read more Audio

11:30 AM.This year, Auckland restaurant Dante's Pizzeria Napoletana was named the 65th-best pizzeria in the world. Co-owners Kevin Morris and Enis Bacova tell Kathryn Ryan about what makes a great pizza and… Read more Audio, Gallery

11:05 AM.In politics with Gareth Hughes and Liam Hehir, we look at the government's RMA reforms and whether National leader Christopher Luxon was really prepared for it. Was he also caught short on the details… Read more Audio

10:35 AM.Quentin Johnson reviews Cinema Speculation by Quentin Tarantino, published by Hachette Read more Audio

10:05 AM.Actor and playwright Morgana O'Reilly is bringing back her solo theatre show Stories About My Body to Auckland after sold out seasons earlier in the year. She talks with Kathryn about the frankness… Read more Audio

9:45 AM.CBS News foreign correspondent Debora Patta has been in Somalia witnessing harrrowing scenes of famine and drought. She says climate change induced starvation is killing children and almost half the… Read more Audio

9:25 AM.New research reveals over half Kiwi kids aren't learning to swim because lessons are unaffordable. The majority of Kiwis live within 5 kilometres of the sea Last year ninety New Zealanders drowned… Read more Audio

9:05 AM.New Zealand's electricity sector can deliver massive reductions in our carbon emissions but rapid transformation must start now - according to a new report. Report co-author Richard Hobbs joins… Read more Audio

11:05 AM.Conceived as a loving tribute to trippy 60s pop, RESET is a collaboration between Panda Bear (Noah Lennox) from Animal Collective and Sonic Boom (Pete Kember) from Spacemen 3. We'll hear two key… Read more Audio

10:35 AM.Martene McCaffrey from Unity Books Auckland reviews Nevada by Imogen Binnie published by Picador. Read more Audio

10:05 AM.Leading Egyptologist Joyce Tyldesley's new book unwraps the story of the boy pharoah who captured the world's imagination. Tutankhamun inherited the pharonic throne age eight years old. His intact… Read more Audio

9:45 AM.Koroi talks to Kathryn about COP27 and the frustration that some Pacific countries are feeling. A Canadian deep sea miner, the Metals Company, has announced the completion of a controversial mining… Read more Audio

9:20 AM.The Correspondence School Te Aho o Te Kura Pounamu is celebrating its centenary with a new book tracking its rich and colourful history. The school which began in 1922 with only a few dozen students… Read more Audio

9:05 AM.The National party wants to bring back military style bootcamps to "re--programme" young repeat offenders. The policy announced yesterday would see repeat offenders aged between 10 and 17 convicted of… Read more Audio

11:50 AM.Film and TV reviewer Tamar Munch joins Kathryn to talk about new doco series Brave New Zealand World (Prime) which looks at the impacts of climate change, nuclear war, pandemics and AI could have on… Read more Audio

11:28 AM.Counsellor Cat Levine talks about the risk factors that predispose children to anxiety - and what parents can do to help. Read more Audio

11:07 AM.Technology commentator Bill Bennett joins Kathryn to talk about fast-moving situation with Twitter, how the collapse of the world's second largest crypto exchange is casting a dark shadow over the… Read more Audio

10:35 AM.Cynthia Morahan reviews Life: What Nat to Do by Nat's What I Reckon, published by Penguin Random House. Audio

10:07 AM.Cricket is a game layered in statistics, mythology and history. But in their new book journalist Tim Wigmore and sports economist Stefan Szymanski use data and statistical analysis to understand the… Read more Audio

9:46 AM.UK correspondent Matthew Parris joins Kathryn to talk about Dominic Raab, the deputy Prime Minister, who's accused of bullying officials when he held previous government roles. He's denied the… Read more Audio

9:32 AM.A new residential centre for people with eating disorders – set to open next April – already has a lengthy waiting list. Recovered Living NZ founder Kristie Amadio had a severe eating disorder herself… Read more Video, Audio

9:07 AM.COP27, the UN's climate conference, is drawing to a close in Egypt - leaving delegates from nearly 200 countries with the job of settling on an agreement that lays out the ways forward for tackling… Read more Audio

11:45 AM.In today's science slot, Professor Allan Blackman looks at the case of Kathleen Folbigg - dubbed 'Australia's worst female serial killer' over the deaths of her four children. A second inquiry into… Read more Audio