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10:35 AM.Quentin Johnson reviews Walking With Ghosts by Gabriel Byrne, published by Pan Macmillan. Read more Audio

10:08 AM.Bernardine Evaristo won the Booker Prize two years ago for her novel Girl, Woman, Other, but she has been writing plays, poetry, short stories and novels for over four decades. She's just published… Read more Audio

9:50 AM.Australia correspondent Karen Middleton joins Susie to talk about rising Covid case numbers in schools and how Canberra is at 90 per cent double vaxxed, meaning restaurants and nightclubs can reopen… Read more Audio

9:35 AM.West Coast street lights are turning off at night again this summer to protect the Westland Petrel - or taiko. Waka Kotahi has settled on darkness on a short section of State Highway 6 through… Read more Audio, Gallery

9:08 AM.A South Auckland doctor is concerned the death rate of people with Covid isolating at home will rise, as many GPS don't have the resources or equipment to monitor them. Around 2000 people with the… Read more Audio

11:45 AM.Liz talks to Kathryn about the impending massive shift of KiwiSaver funds on 1 December. In particular, those people in default funds need to be aware of what is happening to their investment, and it… Read more Audio

11:30 AM.A Wellington-based former physiotherapist turned entrepreneur has been hailed for making "the world's healthiest desk". Bart De Vries' attractive and easily adjustable birchwood Limber desks help… Read more Video, Audio

11:05 AM.Business commentator Rebecca Stevenson explains why global food prices have hit the highest level in over a decade. Read more Audio

10:05 AM.While the Ministry of Education works on a new curriculum to teach Aotearoa's history in schools, the fight is on for what that taught history should be. Dr Richard Shaw is a Professor of Politics at… Read more Audio, Gallery

9:45 AM.In a political win for the US President, Congress has approved $1 trillion in spending on infrastructure. It is also proof that Democrats can overcome some of the divisions that have prevented them… Read more Audio

9:30 AM.Journalist Rod Oram joins Susie from the COP26 climate change summit in Glasgow. Read more Audio

9:05 AM.Health professionals say they need covid boosters shots rolled out immediately and they are frustrated at delays by the Ministry of Health. Medsafe has granted consent for Pfizer booster vaccines for… Read more Audio

11:45 AM.Kennedy visits "the cloak of the south," Te Korowai o te Tonga, South Kaipara Peninsula, one of two thumbs of land that enclose Kaipara Harbour, one of the largest harbours in the world. It's a place… Read more Audio, Gallery

11:30 AM.Wellington chef Vicky Ha had a "strong vision" when she started her own dumpling company back in 2012. This year, House of Dumplings took out the Supreme Award at the NZ Artisan Awards. Read more Video, Audio

11:05 AM.Stephen, Ben and Susie discuss the latest Covid management measures, including the rapidly dumped idea of scheduling Aucklanders departure for Christmas holidays. Cabinet meets today and will decide… Read more Audio

10:35 AM.Luke Finnegan reviews Kurangaituku by Whiti Hereaka published by Huia Publishers. Read more Audio

10:05 AM.Taranaki born, Darcy Nicholas (Te Āti Awa, Ngāi Te Rangi, Taranaki, Ngāti Ruanui and Ngāti Hauā) has been at large in Aotearoa's and the international arts scene since the 1960's.  Read more Audio, Gallery

9:45 AM.Sebastian has the latest on Lebanon's crisis with Gulf countries over war in Yemen that Saudis are still fighting, and Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi has survived an assassination attempt… Read more Audio

9:30 AM.How are libraries reinventing themselves to stay relevant and continue to serve and embrace their communities? Jane Stratton leads the Sydney-based non-profit Think+DO Tank Foundation, which tries to… Read more Audio

9:05 AM.The End of Life Choice Act has come into force and assisted dying is now legal in New Zealand. The first assisted death here is expected to happen sometime in December. Eligible patients can now begin… Read more Audio

11:45 AM.A few laughs with Comedians Te Radar and Karen O'Leary - Always blow on the pie - in this case across the Tasman, it's party pies in the shape of Australia! Read more Audio

11:30 AM.Sam gives his take on the head trauma issue resurfacing in rugby amid confirmation that former All Black Carl Hayman's early onset dementia diagnosis. Read more Audio

11:05 AM.Grant reckons the self-titled fourth album by Los Angeles trio La Luz is a gorgeous haunting marvel. We'll hear two tracks from that today, alongside some blistering Afro-funk from Nigeria's The… Read more Audio

10:35 AM.Briar Lawry of Unity Books Auckland The Country of Others by Leïla Slimani, published by Faber & Faber. Read more Audio