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11:25 AM.Children aged 5-11 are now eligible for the Covid vaccine, and the first week and a half of the immunisation programme has seen strong demand. But not all children will be jumping at the chance - so… Read more Audio

11:10 AM.Paul talks to Kathryn about supercomputers, the Metaverse and the future of the Internet. And help is on the way for the workforce shortfall in the tech sector. Late last year the Government announced… Read more Audio

11:06 AM.The annual inflation rate has jumped to 5.9 percent, the highest annual rate since mid-1990. Consumer prices rose 1.4 percent in the three months ended December. RNZ Business Editor Gyles Beckford is… Read more Audio

10:32 AM.Harry Broad reviews three of his favourite books from last year: Wai Pasifika by David Young published by OUP, Too Much Money by Max Rashbrooke published by BWB and Performer a Memoir by Paul Maunder… Read more Audio

10:06 AM.Kathryn speaks with Al Anderson, lead guitarist on No Woman No Cry, the song that put Bob Marley and the Wailers on the map. Bob Marley and Al's work together includes platinum award winning albums… Read more Audio

9:50 AM.Harriet talks about the pressure on Boris Johnson over 'Partygate', the latest on Covid, and the cost of living crisis. Read more Audio

9:32 AM.Gloria Hakken of Waikanae tells Kathryn the remarkable story of her parents-in-law who were members of the Dutch resistance and who hid a Jewish toddler, Elli, in their house in Amsterdam for two… Read more Audio

9:10 AM.Analysis by a financial journalist has found the Government's Covid-19 policies have made the wealthy hundreds of billions of dollars richer, while the poor sunk $400 million further into debt to the… Read more Audio

11:45 AM.With the advent of Omicron in the community, Science commentator Dr Siouxsie Wiles answers listeners questions about this highly transmissable Covid strain. Read more Audio

11:30 AM.The natural world has always held a fascination for people, and James Ryan is no different - but he HAS taken it one step further than his peers. The 12-year-old Cantabrian has written a book about… Read more Audio, Gallery

11:10 AM.Ethnomusicologist Kirsten Zemke plays some tracks featuring lap steel guitar from across the decades, including Buddy Merrill, Elmore James and the late Bill Sevesi. Read more Audio

10:35 AM.Paul Diamond reviews three of his favourite books from last year: The Disappearance of Lydia Harvey by Julia Laite published by Allen and Unwin; The Forgotten Coast by Richard Shaw published by Massey… Read more Audio

10:10 AM.Night time for Waitakere-based author Annette Lees, is magical and beguiling. It transforms the senses and the landscape. But most of us miss out on it most the time. It's when the nocturnal world… Read more Audio

9:50 AM.Across the Tasman, on Australia Day there is much finger-pointing over who is responsible for the inability to buy rapid antigen tests, or RATs, as parents prepare to send their kids back to school… Read more Audio

9:32 AM.Warnings we can't afford to retire unless Kiwis save up to $800,000 to top up the pension are coming from a research centre interested in improving the financial wellbeing of New Zealanders. The… Read more Audio

9:10 AM.The Children's Commissioner and one of her predecessors are speaking out against plans to scrap the Commissioner role and overhaul the monitoring of Oranga Tamariki. The bill would replace the… Read more Audio

11:45 AM.Financial Planner Liz Koh with new research revealing the skills - and challenges - for women handling finance. Audio

11:30 AM.An exploration of lifestyles around New Zealand's coastlines and waterways through Derek Morrison's book, Living the Dream. Derek was NZ Geographic's 2018 Photographer of the Year. His book has… Read more Audio

10:35 AM.Lisa Finucane reviews three of her favourite books from last year: Castle Shade by Laurie R. King published by Allen and Unwin; Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro published by Penguin Random House… Read more Audio

10:05 AM.Roland Ennos says humanity owes a huge debt to the most humble of materials; wood. His book The Wood Age: How One Material Shaped the Whole of Human History takes us on a sweeping ten-million-year… Read more Audio

9:45 AM.All eyes are on Russia and Ukraine and whether the US should impose sanctions on Russia for raising tensions and threatening, or wait for them to invade. Ron says it comes down to how much economic… Read more Audio

9:30 AM.Monica Araya is at the forefront of a global campaign to get rid of fossil fuel vehicles in favour of emissions free transport, and says the next five years are utterly critical. She is a member of… Read more Audio

9:05 AM.The Office for the Privacy Commission is cracking down on property managers and landlords who risk breaching the Privacy Act in how they handle tenants' personal information. Renters groups call the… Read more Audio

11:45 AM.Kennedy talks to Kathryn about his summer of islands and the places he's visited during voyages from the Hauraki Gulf to Whangaroa Harbour, and also the tsunami damage to Tutukaka marina. Audio