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11:07 AM.Technology correspondent Tony Grasso looks at Microsoft's rollout of a security patch for some critical flaws, including one being actively used in conjunction with Chrome. Apple is also moving to… Read more Audio

10:36 AM.Jonathan West reviews A Long Time Coming: The story of Ngāi Tahu's treaty settlement negotiations with the Crown by Martin Fisher. This book is published by Canterbury University Press. Read more Audio

10:06 AM.Shilo Kino has written a novel for young adults, which, she hopes, their parents will read too. Journalist with TVNZ current affairs show Marae, Shilo's first book is The Pōrangi Boy, about Northland… Read more Audio

9:49 AM.UK correspondent Matthew Parris joins Philippa to talk about the approval of the Pfizer/BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine that could be rolled out next week - but who gets it first? PM Boris Johnson has… Read more Audio

9:27 AM.As the government declares a climate emergency and the Prime Minister promises to follow it up with action, Philippa talks to two companies that aren't waiting around. The ToitÅ« carbon assess… Read more Audio

9:09 AM.Justice reform advocates call for change after newly published police data shows only 4 out of 10 hate crimes are being dealt with correctly. The police only started recording hate crimes after last… Read more Audio

11:30 AM.Richard Fairgray is a creator of comics and picture books and he's been making his own books since childhood. Growing up in Auckland, the award-winning author now spends his time between Canada, and… Read more Audio

10:40 AM.Louise Ward of Wardini Books reviews The Great Escape from Woodlands Nursing Home by Joanna Nell, published by Hachette. A poignant, hilarious, joyful novel of ageing as you like it. Adventure… Read more Audio

10:07 AM.Why does coriander smell like soap to one person, but fragrant and delicious to another? Professor Ann-Sophie Barwich is a cognitive scientist, empirical philosopher and science historian who… Read more Audio

9:50 AM.A new virtual museum aims to open up cultural heritage across the Pacific. The pilot digital museum contains over 60,000 digitised items from across the region gathered from collections around the… Read more Audio

9:33 AM.Australia correspondent Annika Smethurst looks at the fallout from a tweet depicting an Australian soldier holding a knife to the throat of an Afghan child, as Scott Morrison took to WeChat to press… Read more Audio

9:08 AM.New research shows not only are MÄori and Pasifika under-represented in the New Zealand university workforce - they're also likely to be paid less and less likely to be promoted. Using New Zealand's… Read more Audio

11:50 AM.Andrew unpacks Stuff's apology to Māori and looks at what the response has been to the media outlet's admission of years of racist portrayal of Māori. Audio

11:30 AM.Hiria Faofua is a West Auckland business owner and the founder of Kids Korowai. Read more Audio

11:07 AM.Rod talks to Kathryn about the many NZ small business coming through the pandemic in reasonably good shape, the IRD turning up the heat on property investors and Kathmandu's chief executive leaves for… Read more Audio

10:35 AM.Kiran Dass reviews Xstabeth by David Keenan, published by White Rabbit Books. Audio

10:10 AM.It was 2005 when one of New Zealand's most important artists, Ralph Hotere, asked his friend, the writer, poet and biographer Vincent O'Sullivan, to write his life story. Read more Audio

9:50 AM.Susan has the latest on President Elect Joe Biden's transition to power, as Donald Trump still challenges the election result. Audio

9:30 AM.One of the key factors blamed for the runaway housing market is a shortage of supply, which is in turn, blamed, largely on red tape and outdated planning laws. Read more Audio

9:09 AM.From Monday, New Zealand-based employees of global consumer goods giant Unilever will start trialing a four-day working week. Read more Audio

11:30 AM.We're off to South Bend, Indiana to meet the couple who in non-Covid times host a Thanksgiving dinner for around 60 guests, many of them black students from a predominantly white University. Read more Audio

11:08 AM.Neale, Brigitte and Kathryn discuss Grant Robertson's letter to the Reserve Bank, and the furore surrounding Oranga Tamariki. Read more Audio