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10:05 AM.Kathryn speaks with screen writer and director Michael Bennett. He was the 2020 recipient of the Te Aupounamu Maori Screen Excellence Award, given in recognition of significant contributions to the… Read more Audio

9:45 AM.Karen says the republic debate is rumbling following the Queen's death. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and the Government have been saying is not the time to discuss future governance, that it should… Read more Audio

9:40 AM.GeoNet has increased the alert level for the volcano below Lake Taupō for the first time, after a swarm of quakes around the lake this year. The super-volcano has been rattled by 40 tremors a week… Read more Audio

9:30 AM.It's just over two weeks to kick-off in the Women's Rugby World Cup - delayed of course from last year thanks to Covid. The team will play a warm-up test match this weekend against Japan at Eden Park… Read more Audio

9:05 AM.A UK based energy company has been granted approval to develop a solar farm in Waikato which will generate electricity to power 30,000 homes. The Environmental Protection Authority has approved… Read more Audio

11:45 AM.Simran Kaur is the co-host of the podcast Girls That Invest. She speaks to Lynn about how rising inflation and the reduction in house prices affect millennials, and a new study which reveals women in… Read more Audio

11:30 AM.Lynn speaks to the Grammy award-winning composer and conductor, Eric Whitacre. Usually based in Los Angeles, he's currently in New Zealand touring one of his most recent compositions 'The Sacred… Read more Audio

11:05 AM.Business commentator Rebecca Stevenson discusses the case against the agricultural giant John Deere by farming groups in the United States, fighting for the freedom to repair machinery without being… Read more Audio

10:35 AM.David Hill reviews Haven by Emma Donoghue, published by Macmillan Audio

10:05 AM.Author Lauren Roche has lived a life of constant reinvention. She was a high school drop out, who stowed away on a ship to the US at the age of 16. After being deported home she turned to prostitution… Read more Audio

9:30 AM.New legislation addressing sexual harassment in the workplace will extend the time a person has to report sexual harassment from three months to a year. The Employment Relations (Extended Time for… Read more Audio

9:20 AM.In 2011 the Ministry of Education embarked on a 10 year strategy to rejuvenate New Zealand's ageing classrooms. Millions of dollars were spent building open plan classrooms and implementing student… Read more Audio

9:05 AM.The second Elizabethan era drew to a close with the state funeral overnight for the 96-year-old monarch, attended by the royal family and 500 world leaders and dignitaries. Hundreds of thousands of… Read more Audio

11:45 AM.Kennedy takes us off the beaten track to Bruny Island, off the coast of Hobart, and returns to Uluru, where climbing of the sacred rock ceased in 2019, but tourism is bigger than ever. Read more Audio

11:35 AM.Linda Duncan was an accountant for 25 years before turning her budgeting skills to writing a best-selling series of cookbooks, called The World's Easiest Recipes. All her recipes are designed to have… Read more Audio

11:07 AM.Political commentators Neale Jones and Tim Hurdle join Lynn to talk about the Prime Minister joining other world leaders at the Queen's funeral, the latest Curia-Taxpayers' Union poll and will the hip… Read more Audio

10:35 AM.Gail Pittaway reviews The Bullet That Missed by Richard Osman, published by Penguin Random House NZ. Read more Audio

10:07 AM.Con artists - we just can't get enough of them, going by the number of podcasts and TV shows devoted to revealing their treachery and ferreting out their victims. Scamfluencers, Scam Likely, Persona… Read more Audio

9:45 AM.Europe correspondent Seamus Kearney joins Lynn to talk about the pressure building on Hungary to urgently address concerns about its commitment to democracy and the principles on which the EU was… Read more Audio

9:35 AM.A new plain language bill now before parliament aims to do away with jargon laden documents and make official government documents more accessible and understandable. However, there is little detail… Read more Audio

9:07 AM.Dementia patients are having home help reduced or withdrawn due to staff shortages and poor funding according to advocates, who say the situation will only get worse. Alzheimers New Zealand says there… Read more Audio

11:45 AM.The week that was with Te Radar and Donna Brookbanks Audio

11:30 AM.Dana reviews the thrilling Bledisloe Cup win by the All Blacks last night in Melbourne, looks at the Black Ferns' line-up for the Rugby World Cup and considers the Silver Ferns vs Jamaica this… Read more Audio

11:05 AM.Globe-straddling Otautahi singer songwriter Marlon Williams gets fun and funky on his third album, the peerless Bobbie Gentry gets a comprehensive career overview, and schoolboy punks the Ambitious… Read more Audio