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9:50 AM.Correspondent Matt Dathan joins Kathryn to talk about the UK's latest Covid-19 stats, and how Cabinet Minister George Eustice has warned people may not be able to to hold big festive gatherings this… Read more Audio

9:39 AM.Hundreds of previously declined ACC claims over surgical mesh injuries could be reassessed under new guidelines just issued.The changes follow a restorative justice process commissioned by the Health… Read more Audio

9:08 AM.Today Kathryn looks the issue of what to do with communities threatened by coastal erosion. A recent RMA review panel recommended legislation to deal with the managed retreat from areas affected by… Read more Audio

11:48 AM.This week in our visual arts slot Mark Amery looks at three rather unusual, truly diverse and ambitious art projects borne of, or reflecting the conditions, that lockdown and Covid19 have placed on… Read more Audio

11:25 AM.Massey University Distinguished Professor in Humanities and Social Sciences, Paul Spoonley, joins Kathryn to discuss whether the new-look House of Representatives is truly representative. Read more Audio

11:06 AM.Music 101 host Charlotte Ryan joins Kathryn to look at the artists in line for today's Silver Scroll awards and how the ceremony's being held this year. Read more Audio

10:36 AM.Phil Vine reviews Trio by William Boyd, published by Penguin Random House. Read more Audio

10:06 AM.Award-winning poet, Karlo Mila talks about her new poetry collection and her work tapping into ancestral knowledge to inspire leadership. 'The Goddess Muscle' was written over a decade and explores… Read more Audio

9:51 AM.Australia correspondent Karen Middleton joins Kathryn to look at the easing of restrictions in Melbourne and Victoria, and Australia's economy officially grew in September - meaning it's technically… Read more Audio

9:34 AM.The MacDiarmid Institute in Wellington has been recognised for the fourth time as a Centre of Research Excellence and received $48 million in funding. The Institute was founded in 2002 by Victoria… Read more Audio

9:07 AM.Where should Wellington's future ferry terminal be built? Two new rail ferries are due in 2024, but new terminals are needed in the capital and Picton to accommodate them. Kiwirail which operates the… Read more Audio

11:50 AM.Andrew talks to Kathryn about Newshub's political editor Tova O'Brien becoming even more well known, with an opinion piece for The Guardian on her Jami-Lee Ross interview. And he has an update on the… Read more Audio

11:36 AM.Christchurch-based Margo and Rosa Flanagan, better known as Two Raw Sisters, build their delicious recipes starting with vegetables, unprocessed and whole food pantry staples. The meat, dairy, fish or… Read more Audio

11:06 AM.A discussion on what the shape of the Labour Government may look like, will there be Green involvement? Stephen Mills is the executive director of UMR Research, which is the polling firm used by… Read more Audio

10:40 AM.Quentin Johnson reviews To Sleep in a Sea of Stars by Christopher Paolini, published by Macmillan. Audio

10:07 AM.New Zealand's only Professor of Psychotherapy Keith Tudor has recently received the prestigious international Eric Berne Memorial Award for his work in the field of Transactional Analysis. It's a… Read more Audio

9:54 AM.It's a week out from the US election, Trump versus Biden. Ron Elving is Senior Editor and Correspondent on the Washington Desk for NPR News. Audio

9:40 AM.Pharmac director of operations Lisa Williams talks to Kathryn about the Covid 19 disrupted manufacturing and supply chain which means some commonly prescribed medications are scarce. This is affecting… Read more Audio

9:08 AM.Hard financial decisions are facing universities trying to balance the books and deliver full student services next year - this after each 2020 semester has been affected with Covid disruptions… Read more Audio

11:30 AM.Big changes are coming at Sport NZ, with Peter Miskimmin's replacement due to be announced soon. The Silver Ferns play the NZ men tonight and three challengers for the America's Cup are now out on the… Read more Audio

11:08 AM.Mysterious London collective Sault has put out four albums over the past 18 months, two of them double LPs. We'll hear two tracks from the band today, alongside a single from bedroom pop auteur Gareth… Read more Audio

10:40 AM.Chris Tse reviews Violet Bent Backwards Over the Grass by Lana Del Ray. Published by Simon & Schuster. Read more Audio

10:08 AM.A new book in the BWB Texts series highlighting a period of Auckland's late 20th century history The Platform by Melani Anae explores the legacy of the Polynesian Panthers. It's also the author's… Read more Audio

9:50 AM.Tahiti and Guam are feeling the brunt of Covid infection in the Pacific with death tolls rising, and Fiji police will not be conducting further investigations into a stoush involving Chinese and… Read more Audio