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9:10 AM.A former drug dealer, who's spent half his life in prison, says gangs are a scourge and must be outlawed. Rotorua based Bill McFarlane once ran a large methamphetamine operation in the Bay of Plenty… Read more Audio

11:45 AM.Siouxie talks to Kathryn about a new study which finds a potential biomarker for Sudden Infant Death Syndrome present at birth. Also the use of sniffer dogs to detect Covid infection and researchers… Read more Audio

11:30 AM.Kathryn speaks with an 18 year old from Hokianga, who translated Shakespeare into Te Reo and is now representing Aotearoa at the Globe. Mahanga Mitchell hadn't performed theatre, let alone… Read more Audio

11:05 AM.Music commentator Kirsten Zemke joins Kathryn to look at the influence classical music has had on other genres - from disco to rock and even rap. She'll look at the classical backgrounds of some of… Read more Video, Audio

10:40 AM.Leah McFall reviews The Palace Papers by Tina Brown, published by Penguin Random House NZ. Read more Audio

10:05 AM.Manurewa community icon Shirley Maihi is the country's oldest school principal. At 80, she leads decile one Finlayson Park School, championing bi-lingual education and social wellbeing initiatives… Read more Audio

9:45 AM.With the Australian election looming this Saturday, the polls still have the Labor Opposition ahead but are narrowing to suggest it could be a tight result. Karen is on the Scott Morrison/Anthony… Read more Audio

9:30 AM.In a first ever study of day-long influences, a University of Otago experiment has found what we smell and taste can trigger food choices hours later, possibly causing overeating and exacerbating… Read more Audio

9:15 AM.New research into the protests at parliament earlier in the year has explored how social media inflamed tensions and finds a dozen local accounts spreading disinformation were at the heart of it. The… Read more Audio

9:05 AM.The door is reopening to international students but not in the way it was pre-pandemic. The Government is allowing 5-thousand new international students into the country from the middle of the year… Read more Audio

11:30 AM.Playing in nature can build a positive mindset, enable cooperation and build courage and resilience in tamariki. Celia Hogan from Little Kiwis Nature Play is a passionate advocate for nature play. Read more Audio, Gallery

11:05 AM.How outside investment is revving up motor racing: could the same formula work for the All Blacks? Also, is it end times for crypto investing. Read more Audio

10:40 AM.Louise O'Brien reviews Book of Night by Holly Black, published Penguin Random House NZ. Read more Audio

10:33 AM.A just-released report has found the Covid-19 pandemic could lead to growing inequalities, spanning beyond the health sector to all parts of society, unless countries cooperate more. Casting out over… Read more Audio

10:05 AM.When Dr Michael Sampson embarked on a Fulbright Scholarship late last year he was expecting to continue the research and teaching he's devoted his life to. Instead his time in Ukraine was cut short by… Read more Audio

9:47 AM.Ron Elving is Senior Editor and Correspondent on the Washington Desk for NPR News. He talks to Kathryn about Buffalo's racially-motivated supermarket killings, the pushback from supporters of abortion… Read more Audio

9:30 AM.Kathryn speaks with Climate Commission Chair, Dr Rod Carr about the government's first Emissions Reduction Plan released yesterday. The plan is the government's response to the Climate Change… Read more Audio

9:05 AM.Sporting chiefs respond to the findings of a damning independent report into athlete welfare and the code's culture. The inquiry review panel suggest the high performance model is broken and needs to… Read more Audio

11:45 AM.Kennedy Warne visits the Hundertwasser Art Centre in Whangarei, initiated in 1993 and which finally opened in February this year. Austrian-born Friedensreich Hundertwasser lived the last 30 years of… Read more Audio, Gallery

11:30 AM.A successful restaurateur turned celebrity chef, Angelo Georgalli - also known as the Game Chef - has over 25 years experience in cooking, with a particular passion for hunting, fishing, archery and… Read more Audio, Gallery

11:05 AM.Shane, Brigitte and Kathryn look ahead to the Government's Emissions Reduction Plan, Thursday's Budget, also reflecting on the border reopening, immigration reset and the Maori Party's decision not to… Read more Audio

10:35 AM.Mary Fawcett of Schrödinger's Books in Petone reviews Bookseller at the End of the World by Ruth Shaw, published by Allen and Unwin Read more Audio

10:05 AM.When Keri Bloomfield upped sticks and planted herself in Denmark - she found it wasn't all hygge and pastries. She'd flown to the other side of the world to join her partner, with the four-month-old… Read more Audio

9:45 AM.Amid the gloom of war, Ukraine's Eurovision win has lifted spirits, with a decisive win for the Kalush Orchestra, with their entry 'Stefania'. The group has just released the video of their song… Read more Audio