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9:50 AM.Australia commentator Karen Middleton joins Kathryn to talk about the reopening of Australia's borders after 704 days, who are the first arrivals likely to be? Australian tech billionaire Mike… Read more Audio

9:30 AM.Fatigue among pilots, air traffic control and other aviation workers could lead to an aviation disaster - according to a leading union.The Airline Pilots Assocation or NZALPA - which represents which… Read more Audio

9:10 AM.The new hospital being built on the former site of Dunedin's Cadbury factory has resurrected the thorny issue of what to do with the city's one-way street system.  Read more Audio

11:46 AM.Financial Planner Liz Koh discusses the best investment strategy when markets are volatile, how investors can best protect themselves from losses and the implications for KiwiSaver especially for… Read more Audio

11:30 AM.Douglas Lloyd Jenkins is a well-known design writer and his landmark book At Home: A Century of New Zealand Design was the Montana Book Awards Non-Fiction Winner in 2004. He was a co-author of The… Read more Audio

11:10 AM.2021 was a bumper year for mergers, acquisitions and takeovers and Rebecca says this year it is shaping up to be the same, with the NZ tech sector in particular is off to a flying start. The total… Read more Audio

10:35 AM.Bronwyn Wylie-Gibb of University Book Shop Dunedin reviews This Mortal Coil: A History of Death by Andrew Doig, published by Bloomsbury. Bronwyn says: It's a fascinating history of how and why we've… Read more Audio

10:10 AM.A small Hamilton company has been credited with saving hundreds of film festivals around the world since the outbreak of the pandemic. Shift72 provides a secure and personalised online video platform… Read more Audio, Gallery

9:50 AM.In US politics, President Joe Biden tries for diplomacy with Russia while former President Donald Trump faces legal challenges. Also Ron says Covid is easing but tensions over restrictions persist… Read more Audio

9:34 AM.Scientists are claiming a landmark in the process to create sustainable low carbon nuclear fusion energy, in an experiment which recreated the energy process that powers the stars. The experiment… Read more Audio

9:10 AM.As Omicron infections escalate, so is concern from Pasifika outreach organisations about whether Government and public health initiatives endorsing home isolation, and community care are going to keep… Read more Audio

11:50 AM.Kennedy has the story of "Lucky," a kereru chick that is being raised by its parents on photographer Rod Morris's property in Broad Bay, on the Otago Peninsula. He also talks to Kathryn about a kereru… Read more Audio, Gallery

11:35 AM.Foods high in dietary fibre support gut health but most of us don't consume enough of them, says Australian research dietitian, Megan Rebuli. She tells Kathryn Ryan why fibre - especially resistant… Read more Video, Audio

11:10 AM.Neale, Ben and Kathryn will discuss the future of the mandates and look at the political management and messaging around the ongoing and growing protest at Parliament. Read more Audio

10:34 AM.Sally Wenley reviews Dark Horse by Gregg Hurwitz, published by Penguin Random House. Read more Audio

10:10 AM.Kathryn speaks with an accomplished horse rider, archer, martial artist, gymnast and sword fighter who can fall from high places and emerge from fire unscathed! If she sounds like a modern day Wonder… Read more Audio

9:50 AM.The drought in Horn of Africa, Debora outlines how it is affecting Somalia and Ethiopia. She also looks at instability in many parts of the continent, including coups in Sudan and Burkina Faso, and… Read more Audio

9:32 AM.A community health clinic in Auckland says during last year's Delta outbreak, it became the default provider of medical and welfare care for self-isolating patients, because the Ministry of Health was… Read more Audio

9:10 AM.New Zealand's key exporters are chartering private ships to ferry produce to foreign markets, amid a Covid-driven cargo crisis. Meat producers and fresh fruit and vege producers are struggling to get… Read more Audio

11:30 AM.NZ Rugby has finally got the Silverlake deal over the line, with confirmation of the sale of a stake of a new commercial entity to the American private-equity business. This comes in the same week NZ… Read more Audio

11:06 AM.Jeremy Taylor picks three debut albums of a very different nature - Bernard Butler, Yard Act, and Roberta Flack. Read more Audio

10:40 AM.Gina Rogers reviews Will by Mark Manson and Will Smith published by Penguin Random House. Read more Audio

10:06 AM.Rosemary Sullivan is the author of a controversial book on a cold case investigation into what led to young Jewish girl Anne Frank and her family being discovered by the Nazis. The Betrayal of Anne… Read more Audio

9:45 AM.As the Winter Olympics draw to a close, from China, there are new signs that Beijing is deepening its support for Russia as the Ukraine crisis stands on a knife's edge. Grim times loom for Hong Kong… Read more Audio