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11:06 AM.British record label Mr Bongo has been releasing musical gems for over 30 years, and we'll hear a couple today - some killer funk from Al "Man" Muntzie and an obscure Brazilian cut from Waldir Calmon… Read more Audio

10:43 AM.Briar Lawry from Unity Books reviews the YA debut New Zealand novelist Cristina Sanders' Displaced, published by Walker Books. Read more Audio

10:16 AM.Australian Beau Miles spent years adventuring around the globe including kayaking 2,000 km around the southern tip of Africa and running 650 km through the Australian Alps, making films about them.  Read more Video, Audio

10:07 AM.A mutual ceasefire between Israel and Palestinian militants in Gaza will begin in about an hour - Israel hasn't yet confirmed the exact time. The ceasefire agreement follows a security cabinet… Read more Audio

9:52 AM.The road to recovery for Cook Islands tourism, Samoa's Head of State has agreed to convene parliament in order to swear in the members elected in April's general election and more World War Two… Read more Audio

9:44 AM.As our population ages, could daily care robot assist the elderly with tasks?. Residents from two Auckland retirement villages have taken part in a University of Auckland study looking at how they… Read more Audio

9:08 AM.The Finance Minister Grant Robertson discusses the 2021 Budget which he says will undo some of the damage from what was dubbed 'Mother of All Budgets' 30 years ago - delivered by the then National… Read more Audio

11:49 AM.Film and TV reviewer Tamar Munch joins Kathryn to look at 1971: The Year That Music Changed Everything, Heaven & Hell - The Centrepoint Story, and The Circus. Read more Audio

11:24 AM.Kathryn checks in on a parenting programme pilot in Nelson set up to help new fathers. The free 10 week course is available to all new dads, step dads and also includes men awaiting the birth of their… Read more Audio

11:06 AM.Tony joins Kathryn to talk about the latest developments from the cyber attack on the Waikato DHB. Audio

10:40 AM.Bronwyn Wylie-Gibb of University Book Shop Dunedin reviews Mrs Death Misses Death by Selina Godden, published by Canongate. Audio

10:06 AM.Marina Wheeler is a London based barrister and QC, the former wife of the UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson, whose new memoir explores her Indian heritage. The Lost Homestead tells the story of her… Read more Audio

9:54 AM.Matt Dathan is Home Affairs Editor at The Times. Audio

9:40 AM.Jeremy Jones is a former cyber warfare operations officer at the UK Ministry of Defence and is now the head of data security for the digital technology company, Theta, based in Auckland. He says he… Read more Audio

9:08 AM.Ministry of Education figures show more than 60,000 students are classified as chronically absent, missing at least three days of school every fortnight. Almost 40 percent of pupils are not going to… Read more Audio

11:50 AM.Science commentator Siouxsie Wiles joins Kathryn to look at research out of Japan that found mammals can use their intestines to help them breathe, an analysis of the skull and teeth of the extinct… Read more Audio

11:30 AM.What started as a hobby for Shem Phillips has flourished into an internationally acclaimed board-game company called Garphill Games. Read more Audio

11:07 AM.Music 101 host Charlotte Ryan joins Kathryn to share a new single from Crowded House's new album, one from St Vincent's new album and play a tune from Mara TK - son of legendary musician Bill TK… Read more Audio

10:40 AM.Luke Finnegan reviews Unsheltered by Clare Moleta, published by Simon and Schuster. Read more Audio

10:10 AM.You've heard of algorithms, but how about a herd farmed by "cowgorithms"? Kiwi agri-tech company Halter created electronic collars that use sound and vibration to guide and contain individual cows… Read more Audio, Gallery

9:53 AM.Annika joins Kathryn to look at the speed of the Covid vaccine rollout and whether it might get Australians travelling sooner, as business complains about the borders being closed through to 2022. Read more Audio

9:40 AM.Award-winning structural engineer and designer of low-cost technology to make buildings more resilient in earthquakes, Dr Ashkan Hashemi has developed a means of absorbing and dissipating seismic… Read more Audio

9:08 AM.Lake Dunstan was formed from the Clutha River after the completion of the Clyde Dam in 1992 - but it's slowly turning back into a river, leaving the community of Cromwell with a sludgy mess. Read more Audio, Gallery

11:50 AM.The International Federation of Journalists has called for the Israeli Government to be held accountable after the latest violence in Gaza and the bombing of the building which housed Associated Press… Read more Audio

11:30 AM.Most people bump into emotions they've never come across before when cancer turns up in their world, says Australian clinical psychologist Dr Toni Lindsay. After working with cancer patients and their… Read more Audio