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9:50 AM.UK correspondent Hugo Gye joins Kathryn to talk about the UK nearing the milestone of having vaccinated half its adult population against Covid. Audio

9:35 AM.Twenty-three pre-schoolers drowned in New Zealand in the past five years. Four out of five of these deaths were boys, which is a marked increase on previous years. Read more Audio

9:09 AM.Small local councils say the government-led three-waters reform underway could lead to their demise. Read more Audio

11:49 AM.Law commentator Dr Dean Knight joins Kathryn to look at how the legal year in the courts, parliament and elsewhere is shaping up, and some high-profile hearings before the Supreme Court. Dr Dean… Read more Audio

11:24 AM.Six academics from the fields of computer science, law and philosophy have collaborated on A Citizen's Guide to Artificial Intelligence. It's a recognition of AI's potential, decoding how AI already… Read more Audio

11:07 AM.Music 101 host Charlotte Ryan joins Kathryn to celebrate the Jojo Rabbit soundtrack, which won a Grammy yesterday. She'll also look at The Clean's re-release of their two albums on vinyl and the first… Read more Audio

10:35 AM.Harry Ricketts reviews Where We Swim by Ingrid Horrocks. Published by VUP. Read more Audio

10:07 AM.Dr. Susan Liautaud advises clients globally - including world leaders,huge corporates, NGOs and government institutions on complex ethics matters. She is the founder and managing director of Susan… Read more Audio

9:49 AM.Australia correspondent Karen Middleton joins Kathryn to talk about the rallies held around the country against sexual assault, discrimination and harassment of women and what impact recent… Read more Audio

9:29 AM.The United Nations is piling pressure on countries with foreign nationals in Syria to repatriate them quickly. The UN estimates more than 64,000 individuals, mostly women and children, are currently… Read more Audio

9:08 AM.The America's Cup is on knife-edge with Team New Zealand potentially just one race away from victory over challengers Luna Rossa. Team New Zealand won yesterday's only race against Luna Rossa; the… Read more Audio

11:47 AM.A look at newspaper readership and how that is tracking, also research from the US highlighting huge growth in digital media from streaming and smart phones. Andrew will also touch on the Mediaworks… Read more Audio

11:28 AM.Author Mark Stevenson watched his daughter wrestle with anxiety from the tender age of three. He says what his daughter went through, and his own experience of feeling helpless as a parent, was the… Read more Audio

11:13 AM.Is it the sale of the century?. Kiwi retail software company Vend has been sold to its long-time friend and competitor, Lightspeed, for $480 million after being courted by a long list of suitors. And… Read more Audio

10:39 AM.Quentin Johnson reviews Later by Stephen King. Published by Hachette NZ. Read more Audio

10:06 AM.Suzi McAlpine was a senior executive, mother of three, her husband busy with his first CEO role, when she first realised she was experiencing burnout. It's a phenomenon on the rise: a 2019 Gallup… Read more Audio

9:52 AM.Ron talks to Kathryn about the sweeping nature of US President, Joe Biden's $1.9 trillion covid stimulus bill, the ongoing Republican resistance to it and fears of another crisis at the Mexican… Read more Audio

9:39 AM.Older people are continuing to suffer the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic, even as New Zealand returns to a relative sense of normality, according to new research. While the country has avoided mass… Read more Audio

9:08 AM.The government is pushing ahead with its three waters reform programme, the biggest shakeup in local government in decades. It comes as residents in two coastal Otago towns are still unable to drink… Read more Audio

11:48 AM.Kennedy talks about the rest of the Kopiko cycle ride across the North Island. Last time he chatted to Kathryn he had ridden as far as Ongarue. Now for some stories from the second part of his… Read more Audio, Gallery

11:38 AM.We're all guilty of throwing out stuff in the fridge that's gone to waste - but when you add it up, Kiwis are chucking out over 157-thousand tonnes of food a year. Sarah Burtscher describes herself as… Read more Audio

11:06 AM.Stephen and Trish talk to Kathryn about the way the government has been announcing Covid 19 alert level changes and the reaction to the process, particularly from businesses. Was anything learnt by… Read more Audio

10:38 AM.Carole Beu of the Women's Bookshop reviews Her Say: Survivors of Domestic Abuse Tell Their Own Stories by Jackie Clark and The Aunties. Published by Penguin Random House. Read more Audio

10:07 AM.David Coventry always knew he wanted to be a writer - but says, like many things in his life, it took a while for him to get there. His award-winning debut novel The Invisible Mile, published in 2015… Read more Audio

9:52 AM.Europe correspondent Seamus Kearney looks at how rising infections across Italy has put the more than half the country back into lockdown, as more European nations suspend the use of the AstraZeneca… Read more Audio