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9:45 AM.An Auckland man has donated 10,000 pairs of shoes to children in the Pacific. Frazer Mataitonga has been continuing the charitable work that his mother used to carry out in Tonga. Together with his… Read more Audio

9:35 AM.Air New Zealand has deferred its plans to raise capital until 2022, after the government says it is unable to support the equity raise in the current economic environment. Read more Audio

9:09 AM.A plan for New Zealand to gradually re-open to the world was outlined by the Prime Minister yesterday. The four phase approach starts with a ramping up of the vaccine rollout, to get first doses into… Read more Audio

2:10 PM.Gemma Rasmussen from Consumer NZ tells us the top five complaints that come their way from the New Zealand public - including one winter-specific suburban gripe. Read more Audio

11:25 AM.Imaginary friends - why do kids have them and what do they mean? We're still not quite sure, psychologist Sarb Johal tells Kathryn Ryan, but it's very common and usually nothing parents should worry… Read more Audio

11:15 AM.Technology commentator Mark Pesce joins Kathryn to talk about a well-intended move that’s ended up being controversial for Apple. It was to enable the scanning of people’s photos for child sex… Read more Audio

11:07 AM.Harry Ricketts reviews What You Made of It by C.K. Stead, published by AUP. Read more Audio

10:35 AM.The Government has set out its plan to reconnect New Zealand with the world in the Covid-19 pandemic. It plans to speed up the vaccination roll out and prioritise getting first doses into more people… Read more Audio

10:10 AM.Tā Mark Solomon spent 18-years at the helm of Ngāi Tahu. He was elected to the role in 1998 just as the iwi was about to sign its $170 million historic Treaty of Waitangi settlement. Today Ngāi Tahu's… Read more Audio

9:50 AM.Matt Dathan discusses the British embassy worker in Berlin who has been arrested on suspicion of taking a cash bribe to pass sensitive documents to a Russian intelligence agency. Also 15-18 year-olds… Read more Audio

9:35 AM.A senior medical specialist says patients are losing out as insurance companies use heavy-handed tactics to control what they can and can't receive from providers. Dr Dean Corbett is an Auckland based… Read more Audio

9:09 AM.Federated Farmers says New Zealand's farm environment management system has been rocked to the core by the release of a report criticising the widely used farm nutrient modelling system Overseer… Read more Audio

11:25 AM.Nearly enough, sort of enough, almost enough...what happens where there is not enough? Sarah Johnson and Deborah Hinde have written and illustrated a children's book that is based around Hana, who is… Read more Audio

11:06 AM.Charlotte joins Kathryn to mark three years since Aretha Franklin's death just as a new movie into her life is released. It's music award season: Waiata MÄori, Pacific, Silver Scroll and Aotearoa… Read more Audio

10:38 AM.Sally Wenley reviews The Enemy Within by Tim Ayliffe, published by Simon & Schuster. Audio

10:07 AM.Shaking hands hasn't been so popular in social distancing Covid times, but it is a widely accepted gesture that has existed for thousands of years. The handshake ritual Is deeply embedded in a range… Read more Audio

9:51 AM.Annika joins Kathryn to look at the Covid crisis in New South Wales, where a record 356 new cases were identified, 254 of whom were infectious while in the community. Hundreds of people have been… Read more Audio

9:42 AM.The Southern Hemisphere's first fully electric ferry is about to be launched on Wellington waters next month. The East by West Ferry company operates between Queen's Wharf in Wellington's CBD and Days… Read more Audio

9:25 AM.Beef and Lamb New Zealand is calling for limits on carbon offsetting as new research reveals over a third of sheep and beef farms sold have gone into carbon-only titles. Beef and Lamb NZ has… Read more Audio

9:09 AM.The electricity generator and retailer Genesis says it's been unfairly singled out for blame by the Energy Minister over the widespread power cuts on Monday night - one of the coldest of the year… Read more Audio

11:49 AM.Media commentator Andrew Holden looks at the release last week of a report into the culture at Mediaworks and whether anything will change into its "boys' club". He'll also look at Hilary Barry being… Read more Audio

11:06 AM.Business commentator Pattrick Smellie joins Kathryn to look at the government's impending announcement this week about how New Zealand will open up to the world again. What decisions will need to be… Read more Audio

10:46 AM.The Energy Minister Megan Woods wants answers from the national grid operator Transpower after thousands of households were left without power on the coldest night of the year. Transpower has… Read more Audio