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11:50 AM.The climate change conference in Glasgow throws up highly complex issues which demand detailed knowledge by reporters there. Andrew believes Stuff is the strongest local outlet, with a dedicated… Read more Audio

11:35 AM.With the Covid-19 pandemic putting more people under financial pressure, the Citizens Advice Bureau says it's pushed people to the very limits of their financial resilience. Read more Audio

11:07 AM.Pattrick has been closely following the Supermarkets inquiry, where the rubber is meeting the road with the duopoly terrified of being required either to divest stores to create a competitor or to… Read more Audio

10:40 AM.Mary Wadsworth of Dorothy Butler Children's Bookshop Auckland reviews Pony by R J Palacio, published by Penguin Random House. Read more Audio

10:07 AM.Pioneering British psychiatrist and psychotherapist, Gwen Adshead has spent more than spent 30 years working inside prisons and with offenders at Broadmoor Hospital - this is where some of the UK's… Read more Audio

9:50 AM.Ron Elving explains why President Joe Biden's appearance at COP26 will be a test of him on a world stage. Also the US Supreme Court tackles abortion and guns, huge spending bills are on the brink in… Read more Audio

9:30 AM.As more Covid 19 positive patients are allowed to isolate at home, family doctors are planning for how to care for them. Recently we spoke with Bryan Betty from the College of GPs about the shortage… Read more Audio

9:07 AM.The government's plans to push ahead with its three waters reforms have been called the "theft of local assets" , "disappointing", "devastating" and "unacceptable" by some councils, while others are… Read more Audio

11:50 AM.Urban issues correspondent Bill McKay join Kathryn to talk about the further RMA reforms announced last week, which aim to improve housing supply by speeding up National Policy Statement on Urban… Read more Audio

11:35 AM.Pierogi dumplings are a delicious Polish staple which some Canadians have adopted as their national dish. Kate Grater, who hails from Vancouver makes and sells them in Christchurch, at The Pierogi… Read more Audio

11:07 AM.Cabinet meets today to decide whether to move the two regions out of alert level 3, step 1, as retailers plead with the government to ease alert level restrictions in Auckland and Waikato, to allow… Read more Audio

10:40 AM.Melanie O'Loughlin from Lamplight Books in Auckland reviews A Luminous Republic by Andrés Barba, published by Granta. Audio

10:07 AM.At just eight years old, an aggressive bone cancer threatened Jess Quinn's life. When endless rounds of chemotherapy failed to shrink the tumour, she was put forward for rotationplasty, a pioneering… Read more Audio

9:53 AM.Europe hosts 'last chance' climate talks at G20 & COP26, Paris & London clash over post-Brexit fishing rights, the EU Parliament takes EU Commission to court and the Netherlands breaks record of… Read more Audio

9:35 AM.Intensive Care Specialist at Middlemore Hospital, Dr Carl Horsley talks to Kathryn about how one of the country's busiest intensive care units is adapting and changing to prepare for the spread of… Read more Audio

9:09 AM.The critical COP26 climate change summit is underway in Glasgow, bringing countries together to accelerate action towards the goals of the Paris Agreement and the UN Framework Convention on Climate… Read more Audio

11:35 AM.Dana talks to Kathryn about the Black Caps Twenty20 World Cup campaign's rocky start with an opening loss to Pakistan, but of bigger concern was some of the fan reaction commentary around the game… Read more Audio

11:07 AM.Jeremy has tracks from a vinyl reissue for Lawrence Arabia's Taite Prize winning Chant Darling, Canadian singer songwriter Allison Russell, and the 50th anniversary of David Crosby's solo debut. Read more Audio

10:40 AM.Catriona Ferguson reviews Bodies of Light by Jennifer Down published by Text Publishing. Read more Audio

10:09 AM.Peter Hamilton's 35 years as a diplomat have him convinced that to grow as a nation, New Zealand must become a republic.  Read more Audio, Gallery

9:50 AM.Amnesty International is closing its Hong Kong offices in the latest blow for democratic freedom and the government is doubling down on its zero Covid strategy. In China Xi Jinping is pushing ahead… Read more Audio

9:35 AM.Announcing the winners of the first ever Nine to Noon Short Story Competition! Judges Tina Makareti and Harry Ricketts have selected five stand-outs among almost 1,500 stories entered into the… Read more Audio

9:09 AM.A mysterious outbreak of tics in girls and young women in some western countries has now surfaced in New Zealand. The teenagers are presenting with Tourette's-style ticks, but the malady has no… Read more Audio