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9:45 AM.AUKUS is causing anger & soul-searching in EU. Seamus says it's a diplomatic row that's unprecedented in modern times, with France recalling its ambassadors from the US and Australia. There's been… Read more Audio

9:20 AM.A New Zealand biotech company hopes results from a clinical trial it plans to run in Auckland could ultimately reduce the need for MIQ and limit vaccine wastage around the world. Auckland-based Pictor… Read more Audio

9:05 AM.Concerns the boom in carbon farming will dictate the future of New Zealand's sheep, beef and production forestry, and questions over who has oversight over what one academic is calling "the biggest… Read more Audio

11:50 AM.Comedians Te Radar and Gemma Gracewood with a few laughs and the story of the godwit en route to Aotearoa who gave up and doubled back to Alaska. Read more Audio

11:35 AM.The All Blacks have made a massive 12 changes to the starting 15 that beat Argentina last week - and will still be odds on to do it again. But Sam says it's risky, all momentum gone and this is the… Read more Audio

11:07 AM.Jeremy plays a diverse selection, including Halsey, Iron Maiden, MĀ and Anna Coddington featuring Louis Baker, in celebration of Māori language week. Read more Audio

10:40 AM.Harry Ricketts reviews Beeswing: Fairport, Folk Rock and Finding My Voice, 1967-75 by Richard Thompson, published by Allen and Unwin. Read more Audio

10:07 AM.The history and uses - benign and sinister - for 26 prickly, stinky, tricky, troublesome fruit are told in a new book by American essayist and poet Kate Lebo. The Book of Difficult Fruit is the title… Read more Audio

9:50 AM.The announcement of AUKUS has sent shock waves around Asia. How is this major new defence arrangement seen by key US allies in the region and the government in Beijing?. And after the surprise… Read more Audio

9:42 AM.Rob Knowles is an artist, organic farmer and for the last twenty-one years a member of the Motueka Men's Support Group. It's a group of guys who sit around a fire in a tipi on a Monday night… Read more Audio, Gallery

9:32 AM.A new accreditation has been launched for education organisations which take steps to make themselves more dyslexia-friendly. The New Zealand Dyslexia-Friendly Quality Mark is a collaboration between… Read more Audio

9:07 AM.The new security pact between the US, UK and Australia has already been denounced by China as "irresponsible", "narrow minded" and a "cold war mentality". The AUKUS pact will see Australia build a… Read more Audio

11:50 AM.Film and TV reviewer James Croot joins Lynn to talk about the reimagined Scenes from a Marriage (Neon, SoHo), starring Jessica Chastain, Taika Waititi's new TV series Reservation Dogs (Disney+) about… Read more Audio

11:30 AM.Being a grandparent is a wonderful role. All care and no responsibility, as the saying goes. But these days many grandparents are involved in helping raise their grandchildren, to support working… Read more Audio

11:07 AM.Tech commentator Paul Matthews joins Lynn to look at Apple's recent announcement of a suite of tools to tackle child sexual abuse material on devices, and why its had to hit pause on the plans, the… Read more Audio

10:40 AM.Paul Diamond reviews The Survival of Māori  as a People by Whatarangi Winiata, published by Huia Publishers. Read more Audio

10:06 AM.After being the victim of relentless trolling by people who objected to his last book, Irish writer John Boyne has turned the tables on them in his new satirical novel, The Echo Chamber. Read more Audio

9:52 AM.UK correspondent Matthew Parris joins Lynn to talk about how England plans to tackle Covid this winter, the dinner invitation from Boris Johnson that no former PM - except Theresa May - accepted, the… Read more Audio

9:43 AM.A new mapping app has been launched by Ara HÄ«koi Aotearoa the New Zealand Walking Access Commission which hopes to open up new tracks for Kiwi hikers. Pocket Maps is a mobile app which puts charts… Read more Audio

9:35 AM.New research finds over-breeding is causing some puppies' health to fail. The study from Sweden suggests some dogs carry a large amount of potentially harmful genes. Of those studied the Cavalier King… Read more Audio

9:08 AM.What needs to be done to shore-up our hospitals if, and when, we open up our borders and stop having lockdowns? The government has indicated a change of direction in how we respond to Covid-19 -… Read more Audio

11:45 AM.Arts commentator Nina Tonga joins Lynn to talk about how galleries around the country have reopened their doors at level two - and got creative online. She'll look at Dane Mitchell's installation Post… Read more Audio

11:20 AM.Dimitrius Schuster-Koloamatangi plays the main role of Will Ilolahia in the The Panthers' TV show. Set in 1974, the six-part series tells the story of the activists, the Polynesian Panthers during the… Read more Audio

11:05 AM.Music reviewer Jess Fu joins Lynn to share two tracks for Te Wiki o Te Reo Maori, or Maori Language Week and one that gives a Bee Gees favourite an Arab twist. Read more Audio