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9:17 AM.Justice Minister Kris Faafoi has released a discussion document on potential reform of New Zealand's adoption laws, including the Adoption Act, which hasn't been updated since 1955. There have been… Read more Audio

9:07 AM.A top Covid-19 modeller says the tools that worked to fight Covid-19 last year are not enough to battle the Delta variant, and points to Sydney where the virus is outpacing efforts to control it… Read more Audio

11:50 AM.Film and TV reviewer James Croot joins Kathryn to talk about Stanley Tucci's new foodie-travel show Searching for Italy (CNN). Stanley is also in Limetown with Jessica Biel about the disappearance of… Read more Video, Audio

11:25 AM.Stuttering is a normal part of learning to speak, particularly when a pre-schooler's language abilities can't keep up with what they want to say. Most children outgrow this phase but for some, the… Read more Audio

11:07 AM.Technology correspondent Mark Pesce looks at how the increasing sophistication of computers is also resulting in them producing random, unpredictable errors. Read more Audio

10:45 AM.Ralph McAllister reviews Diary of a Film by Niven Govinden, published by Dialogue Books. Read more Audio

10:08 AM.Kathryn Ryan discusses Australia and China's increasingly fractious and deteriorating relationship with Peter Hartcher political editor and international editor for the Sydney Morning Herald and The… Read more Audio

9:50 AM.Matthew joins Kathryn to discuss a surprise by-election victory by the Liberal Democrats that overturned a Conservative majority in a seat that had only ever elected a Tory MP, all adults aged over 18… Read more Audio

9:40 AM.People are rushing to be swabbed for Covid across the Wellington region on the first full day of level 2 restrictions. The scare was sparked after an Australian man, who had spent the weekend in the… Read more Audio

9:20 AM.A survivor of Lake Alice tracked down the former head of the psychiatric hospital, Dr Selwyn Leeks, and confronted him about the abuse he had endured as a child. Read more Audio

9:08 AM.The Black Caps are at the top of the cricket world this morning, winning the inaugural World Test Championship final, beating India by eight wickets on the last day of the match in Southampton. Read more Audio

11:50 AM.Nina joins Kathryn to talk about the role art and artists play in voicing stories about the Dawn Raids, ahead of the government's apology this week to Pasifika communities affected by them. She'll… Read more Audio

11:37 AM.Sarah Aiono is a teacher and in-school consultant on a mission to bringing more play into the primary school classroom. She's founded Longworth Education, a company which supports teachers to… Read more Audio

11:29 AM.The Covid 19 Minister Chris Hipkins has spoken briefly to media at parliament about the Australian traveler who has texted positive for Covid 19. RNZ's Political Editor Jane Patterson. Read more Audio

10:45 AM.Louise Ward of Wardini Books reviews Cardboard Cowboys by Brian Conaghan, published by Bloomsbury. Read more Audio

10:07 AM.Jenny Valentish was researching a book about addiction and substance abuse she noticed something curious. Some people who treated drug taking like an Olympic sport, would, upon getting sober, hurl… Read more Audio

9:49 AM.The Sydney case who visited Wellington sparking the latest Covid scare here has not been confirmed as having the Delta variant of the virus, but the Director General of Health Ashley Bloomfield says… Read more Audio

9:25 AM.Health Minister Andrew Little joins Kathryn to talk about the pressure the government is under to roll out its record $1.9b investment in mental health, after revelations just $9m of $235m fund for… Read more Audio

9:09 AM.Health authorities are scrambling to work out where a Covid-positive visitor from Australia went when he and his partner visited Wellington over the weekend June 19 - 21. Four close contacts have been… Read more Audio

11:30 AM.New Zealanders make take it for granted that we live in a clean, green part of the world but just how fresh is the air we breathe? Many Kiwis would be surprised by what we're breathing in, says… Read more Video, Audio

11:05 AM.Rebecca examines the contribution K-pop supergroup, BTS has made to the Korean economy and the New Zealand links. Read more Audio