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9:45 AM.Seamus says there's been an historic shift as Germany sends weapons to Ukraine and the taps have been turned off on the Russia to Germany gas pipeline project. Hungary's Prime Minister who is normally… Read more Audio

9:30 AM.One of the country's largest commercial landlords wants to see businesses encourage workers back into central city offices, before it's too late. Many CBD employees have been working from home in the… Read more Audio

9:05 AM.Western powers have condemned Russian President Vladimir Putin's order to put nuclear forces on "special alert" - in response, he says, to NATO "aggression". The United States is calling it "totally… Read more Audio

11:33 AM.Sad news coming from the world of sport, Sam discuses the loss of another cult hero in Va'aiga Tuigamala - Inga the Winger, and looks at a big week for New Zealand Cricket. Read more Audio

11:05 AM.We'll hear two tracks today from a new classic funk compilation on French label, Wagram, followed by a new song from New Brighton shoe-gazer Blair Parkes and a dusty sound-system classic from Jamaican… Read more Audio

10:33 AM.John Duke from Unity Books reviews Mothers, Fathers, and Others by Siri Hustvedt, published by Sceptre. Read more Audio

10:10 AM.We imitate other people's behaviour but we also subconsciously imitate what they desire, says entrepreneur Luke Burgis. In the new book Wanting, he argues that by "desiring differently" we can become… Read more Audio

9:45 AM.Universities are steeling themselves for Omicron outbreaks within their student populations, with an outbreak already tearing through Otago University's student precinct. All of the country's eight… Read more Audio

9:32 AM.Kathryn speaks with Dmitri Alperovitch, a US-Russian cybersecurity specialist and geo-political analyst based in Washington DC. He says the West must tailor its sanctions to forestall economic… Read more Audio

9:10 AM.Ukraine is under full-scale Russian attack - with troops reportedly advancing from the north, east and south. The Russian Defence Ministry claims to have "neutralised" all Ukraine's airbases and air… Read more Audio

11:45 AM.Film and TV reviewer Laumata Lauano joins Kathryn to talk about Pax Assadi's new comedy Raised by Refugees (Prime, Neon, Sky) based on his family's experiences of moving to New Zealand. She'll also… Read more Audio

11:33 AM.Neuroplasticity educator and parenting expert, Nathan Wallis discusses children and Covid. What is the impact on children of having to wear face masks at school? And what are the common features we… Read more Audio

11:10 AM.Technology commentator Mark Pesce joins Kathryn to talk about whether Google search has optimised itself to deliver ads, rather than worthwhile search results. What happens if Google continues to… Read more Audio

10:35 AM.Elisabeth Easther reviews Again, Rachel by Marian Keyes, published by Penguin Random House NZ. Read more Audio

10:30 AM.The Reserve Bank Governor joins Kathryn to discuss interest rates, inflation and the economy following yesterday's increase in the official cash rate. Read more Audio

10:10 AM."Davos Man: a member of the global billionaire class that controls the majority of the world's wealth". In his new book, New York Times global economics correspondent Peter S. Goodman contends that… Read more Audio

9:50 AM.UK correspondent Matt Dathan joins Kathryn to talk about how some in Boris Johnson's party don't feel sanctions against Russia over Ukraine go far enough, but he's defended them, saying the UK is "out… Read more Audio

9:33 AM.Three generations of the Hitchings family have helped collect and document more than 50,000 specimens of mayflies, including 15 previously undiscovered species.

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9:10 AM.A $280 million plan to build the country's first purpose-built large-scale film studio complex near Wanaka has the green light - but the fast-tracked process has raised concerns. The complex, by… Read more Audio

11:45 AM.Science commentator Dr Siouxsie Wiles joins Kathryn to talk about why a booster shot is important in this omicron outbreak, and the differences between the BA.1 and BA.2 strains of omicron. Associate… Read more Audio

11:35 AM.Landscape designer and gardener Xanthe White provides some tricks and tips relating to planting, pruning and harvesting. Read more Audio

11:10 AM.Music reviewer Jess Fu joins Kathryn to talk about indy record label Sunreturn's 10 track sampler that's out next month and play the first track from it: I Love My Friends by K M T P. She'll also… Read more Audio

10:35 AM.Paul Diamond reviews 30 Queer Lives by Matt McEvoy, published by Massey University Press. Audio

10:10 AM.The last time Christine Leunens joined Nine to Noon it was from LA, just hours ahead of the Oscars, where Taika Waititi would win Best Adapted Screenplay for JoJo Rabbit. It was adapted, of course… Read more Audio