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10:35 AM.Leah McFall reviews Olveston: Portrait of a Home by Jane Ussher and John Walsh Read more Audio

10:05 AM.What draws someone to fight for a country that's not their own, unsanctioned by their government ... sometimes, never having held a gun before? Read more Audio

9:45 AM.Prince Harry is meeting King Charles for the first time in over a year and Banksy's been scrubbed from a London court building. Read more Audio

9:30 AM.The Winter Olympics are just months away in Italy, and New Zealand snow sports athletes are hoping a new 2.3 million dollar dry slope in the Cardrona Valley will be a game changer for some.  Read more Audio

9:20 AM.Researchers at the Liggins Institute at Auckland University believe a capsule of healthy gut bugs could change the future of obesity treatment.  Read more Audio

9:05 AM.The tax department has ramped up efforts to crack down overseas student loan debtors - with more than a billion dollars owed by people that IRD has no contact information for.  Read more Audio

11:45 AM.Science commentator Ximena Nelson joins Kathryn to talk about two studies that give us some insights into bumblebee and spider behaviour.  Read more Audio

11:20 AM.Kathryn talks with Christchurch podiatrist Simon Wheeler about toes and how to take care of them.  Read more Audio

11:05 AM.Music correspondent Dave Wilson joins Kathryn to look at a capella singing traditions around the world.  Read more Audio

10:45 AM.Ian Allen Editor for Stuff based in Marlborough Read more Audio

10:35 AM.Lucy Black reviews Lest They Have Eyes by Bonivon Dyer, published by Torn Curtain Publishing. Read more Audio

10:05 AM.The incredible tale of Oleg Lyalin, a KGB officer based in London in the 1970s who turned defector for rather untraditional reasons Read more Audio

9:45 AM.Australia correspondent Karen Middleton joins Kathryn to talk about the thousands of jobs being cut at ANZ. Read more Audio

9:35 AM.The Sorted website will soon be able to send users to a Financial Advice search tool. Read more Audio

9:30 AM.The United Nations' top official on disaster risk is visiting New Zealand.  Read more Audio

9:05 AM.Inland Revenue is stepping up efforts to track down overseas student loan debtors. Read more Audio

11:45 AM.The All Blacks win a tight encounter with South Africa at Eden Park, while the Black Ferns top their group at the Rugby World Cup with a triumph over Ireland. In the NRL the Warriors prepare for their… Read more Audio

11:30 AM.Bonivon Dyer spent 13 years creating her version of what happens to Earth after the world as we know it is destroyed by nuclear warfare. What she's constructed is so elaborate she's constructed guides… Read more Audio

11:05 AM.Several fast-track listed projects have hit stumbling blocks as the Government seeks a list of businesses that can transition off natural gas. Oli also discusses which company might have received the… Read more Audio

10:45 AM.Kelly discusses parking tickets, a local police officer and a haircut, a family urging action over driving while tired after daughter is killed in crash and a netball tournament marks 90 years. Read more Audio

10:35 AM.Quentin Johnson reviews The Traitors Circle by Jonathan Freedland, published by Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand. Read more Audio

10:30 AM.Police at the highest levels are on the ground following the fatal shooting yesterday of Tom Phillips, the serious injury to a police officer, and the return of the child who have been missing for… Read more Audio

10:05 AM.It's an author's dream, getting signed to a publisher with only the first chapter of your first book written. But it's been a dream come true for Zoe Rankin who has just published her psychological… Read more Audio

9:45 AM.President Trump continues to threaten Chicago with Federal troops. He has been threatening to send troops there as well as Baltimore and New Orleans in a bid, he says, to curb crime and carry out… Read more Audio

9:30 AM.New research has found bringing authors into New Zealand schools can bolster children's enthusiasm for reading and writing. Read more Audio