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9:05 AM.The Environmental Law Initiative is concerned re-classification of Stewardship land is being pushed through too quickly, with potentially disastrous consequences, including that some of our public… Read more Audio, Gallery

11:05 AM.Today we'll hear two key songs from the revolutionary 1968 album that served as a musical manifesto for Brazil's Tropicalia movement, alongside gems from Liverpool "sedated urban blues" duo King… Read more Audio

10:35 AM.Melissa Oliver from Unity Books Wellington reviews Remember Me by Charity Norman, published by Allen and Unwin Read more Audio

10:30 AM.RNZ journalist Andrew McRae with the latest on flooding in Tairawhiti. Read more Audio

10:05 AM.The eyes of the world may be on Ukraine right now, but Dr Jeffrey Veidlinger has focused on a largely forgotten period of history that once captured international attention there too. At the end of… Read more Audio

9:45 AM.Pacific countries have Covid community transmission for the first time since the pandemic began in 2020, Susana looks at how well are they coping. Lockdown is a significant option as their medical… Read more Audio

9:30 AM.A polar bear, a blue fox and a honey badger are all up for grabs in Dunedin this weekend at an auction of taxidermied animals. Stuffed animal collectors are an eclectic group – young and old, male and… Read more Audio, Gallery

9:15 AM.Demand for mental health support amongst Asian New Zealanders has soared since the beginning of the pandemic, but the community remains underserved. One provider, Asian Family Services, is trying to… Read more Audio

9:05 AM.After nearly a decade languishing in off-shore detention centres, 450 refugees in Australia will be resettled in this country over three years. The Australian government agreed to the deal yesterday -… Read more Audio

11:45 AM.Film and TV correspondent Laumata Lauano joins Lynn to talk about sci-fi flick The Adam Project (Netflix) starring Ryan Reynolds, new fraud documentary Bad Vegan (Netflix), a Hitchcockian thriller… Read more Audio

11:25 AM.Russia's war in Ukraine is dominating the headlines, so what can parents, grandparents or educators do to help children understand what they're seeing? And how can that message be delivered in an… Read more Audio

11:05 AM.Technology correspondent Bill Bennett joins Lynn to look at why there appears to have been a lack of cyber-attacks during Russia's month-long war with Ukraine. He says, in reality, there IS a… Read more Audio

10:35 AM.Luke Finnegan reviews Paradais by Fernanda Melchor, published by Text Publishing. Read more Audio

10:30 AM.Evacuations have taken place in the middle of the night and Tolaga Bay Civil Defence expects some residents to remain cut off for four days or more, as a result of this week's flooding. A helicopter… Read more Audio

10:05 AM.Adam Nicolson has been obsessed with the landscape we live in his entire life. Recently Adam has been staring into rockpools, trying to work out what might stare back. The journalist, broadcaster and… Read more Audio

9:45 AM.UK correspondent Matt Dathan joins Lynn to look at what was in Rishi Sunak's spring mini-budget, including a 5p per litre cut in fuel tax and a future 1p reduction in income tax. It comes as Brits -… Read more Audio

9:20 AM.A volunteer firefighter who made a complaint of sexual harassment against a senior officer has been stood down for two years waiting for the case to be resolved, while the respondent involved has… Read more Audio

9:05 AM.Lynn Freeman speaks with Professor Sir David Skegg, chair of the Covid 19 Public Health Advisory Group, about the pathway forward for the country. The government announced yesterday that vaccine… Read more Audio

11:48 AM.A look at how researchers have developed a natural antibacterial texture for use on food packaging based on the bacteria-killing properties of cicada and dragonfly wings. Read more Audio

11:40 AM.His latest co-written work opens at Circa Theatre in Wellington on Saturday, with a season at Auckland's Centerpoint to come. Called Timberrrr!, it is set in Taranaki in the 1940s in the world of… Read more Audio, Gallery

11:15 AM.Music 101 host Charlotte Ryan joins Lynn to talk about Aldous Harding releasing her fourth album 'Warm Chris' this week, she'll play a track from Arcade Fire's new album coming out in May. Read more Audio

10:35 AM.David Hill reviews Burning Questions by Margaret Atwood, published by Penguin Random House NZ. Read more Audio