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11:06 AM.The quicksilver guitar of Mdou Moctar, a wonderful new track from Anthonie Tonnon, and Tracey Thorn's homage to her friend Lindy Morrison. Read more Audio

10:36 AM.Leah McFall reviews Sorrow and Bliss by Meg Mason, published by HarperCollins. Sorrow and Bliss is the second novel by ex-pat Kiwi, Meg Mason, compared to Fleabag's Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Joan Didion… Read more Audio

10:06 AM.American health writer and queer feminist activist Heather Corinna is one of the first nonbinary people to publish a book about menopause. What Fresh Hell is This? Perimenopause, Menopause, Other… Read more Audio

9:51 AM.The Olympics will take place without spectators in Tokyo as a Covid resurgence forces Japan to declare a state of emergency in the capital that will run throughout the Games. Ed White is a… Read more Audio

9:37 AM.Research has found New Zealand's burgeoning health-tech sector has significant economic potential but access to lucrative foreign markets is being slowed by hurdles in the earlier stages of… Read more Audio

9:08 AM.Australia's four phase pathway to transition from suppressing Covid 19 to living with it - once enough of the population is vaccinated.Prime Minister Scott Morrison outlined the general plan earlier… Read more Audio

11:49 AM.Film and TV reviewer Laumata Lauano joins Kathryn to look at the fifth season of Canadian comedy Workin' Moms (Netflix), Kevin Hart's new film Fatherhood (Netflix) and provocative new show Sex/Life… Read more Audio

11:28 AM.Closed borders in the last year or so have forced many people to have enforced long periods away from loved ones living overseas. Researcher, writer and anthropologist Helen Ellis knows all about… Read more Audio

11:06 AM.Technology commentator Bill Bennett joins Kathryn to talk about Amazon opening its Australian store to New Zealand customers and what that might mean for New Zealand retailers and other online stores… Read more Audio

10:52 AM.Phil Vine reviews The Vixen by Francine Prose, published by HarperCollins. Read more Audio

10:14 AM.Melbourne journalist Mimi Kwa seemed to be living her best life - "in the suburbs, gorgeous kids... a cavoodle dog and a Burmese cat" - when she was sideswiped by her own father deciding to sue her in… Read more Audio

10:06 AM.Kiwi performance and England coach Owen Eastwood talks to Kathryn post-match from the Cotswolds. Read more Audio

9:37 AM.England football correspondent Matt Dathan reports from Wembley. Read more Audio

9:22 AM.ESR virologist Dr Sue Huang is calling for more, and urgent, research into the contagious and potentially fatal respiratory virus RSV, as case numbers soar among babies and children, inundating… Read more Audio

9:08 AM.Fire and Emergency, dogged for years by reports of bullying and harassment, has its first ever woman chairperson. Rebecca Keoghan has been appointed by the Internal Affairs Minister Jan Tinetti to… Read more Audio

11:46 AM.Legal commentator Garth Gallaway looks at how difficult it can be to prove a charge of recklessness in workplace prosecutions after a recent case involving Waste Management. He'll also look at the… Read more Audio

11:29 AM.Sarah Powell is an emerging Wellington author. At 23, she's just written her first book Alyssa:Welcome to New York a young adult dystopian adventure novel set in New York, the first in series. It's a… Read more Audio

11:08 AM.Yadana gets in the Matariki spirit, with a track from Maisey Rika's 2020 album Nga Mata o te Ariki Tawhirimatea, a song from Dimmer to celebrate I Believe You Are a Star which turns 20 this year and… Read more Audio

10:42 AM.Holly Walker reviews Stranger Care by Sarah Sentilles published by Text Publishing. Audio

10:10 AM.As a child growing up in the suburbs of London in the 1980s, Adam Andrusier became obsessed with collecting autographs of the rich and famous - Ray Charles, Elizabeth Taylor, Neil Armstrong, Nelson… Read more Audio

9:49 AM.Karen joins Kathryn for the latest on the Covid outbreaks in Australia as it's expected Sydney will face another week of lockdown, the NRL reels from another scandal as it was revealed 13 players from… Read more Audio

9:30 AM.New research into post-cardiac arrest care has turned treatment advice on its head and will lead to significant clinical changes in intensive care units in New Zealand and internationally. A study… Read more Audio

9:08 AM.The Covid death toll in Fiji has risen to 39, with six more deaths due to the Delta variant and an additional 636 cases in the past 24 hours. Kathryn speaks to Sun Fiji News' Suva chief Jyoti Pratibha… Read more Audio

11:50 AM.Newsoom's coverage of Oranga Tamariki, which includes court action over one story, and the closure of an OT youth home following another story featuring a video showing the mistreatment of children by… Read more Audio