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11:31 AM.Brent Williams and Jude Horrill moved home to New Zealand after 30 years abroad, and found themselves the perfect patch of land to live sustainably at Ohau, just south of Levin. The couple chose to… Read more Audio

11:09 AM.RNZ’s Political Editor Jane Patterson discusses the new landscape since Labour's landslide victory on Saturday night, winning an outright majority - the first time this has been achieved under MMP… Read more Audio

10:34 AM.Arihia Latham reviews Te Mahi Oneone Hua Parakore: A Maori Soil Sovereignty and Wellbeing Handbook edited by Jessica Hutchings and Jo Smith. Published by Freerange Press. Audio

10:07 AM.The Villages is a self-proclaimed "Disneyland for Retirees" in Florida which has more than 100,000 residents. Filmmaker Lance Oppenheim was only 23 when he spent almost two years hanging out with… Read more Video, Audio

9:48 AM.How the African continent is coping with covid and police brutality is in the spotlight in South Africa after the fatal shooting of a young mixed race teenager. Audio

9:34 AM.With 64 seats, Labour has more than enough to govern alone, and does not need the Green party's 10 seats.The Green party was part of the coalition government for the last three years with three… Read more Audio

9:08 AM.Trish, Neale and Kathryn dissect the election result. Neale Jones was Chief of Staff to Labour Leader Jacinda Ardern, and prior to that was Chief of Staff to Andrew Little. He is the director of… Read more Audio

11:06 AM.Jeremy takes a deep dive into the Prince vaults, plus new music from bluegrass whiz Molly Tuttle and local faves The Phoenix Foundation. Read more Audio

10:38 AM.Melanie O'Loughlin of Unity Books reviews Memorial Drive by Natasha Trethewey, published by Bloomsbury. Born to a black mother and a white father in a still-segregated Mississippi, Natasha’s… Read more Audio

10:06 AM.Kathryn speaks with Oscar Thomas about his passion for birds which started with a primary school trip ten years ago and has earned him an international book deal. A London Publisher has picked up this… Read more Audio, Gallery

9:49 AM.An escalation of pro-democracy protests in Thailand, Bangladesh's cabinet approved an amendment that allows the death penalty for convicted rapists and North Korea has revealed previously unseen… Read more Audio

9:06 AM.Labour leader Jacinda Ardern joins Kathryn for an extended intervew on why she should lead the government for another three years. Read more Audio

11:48 AM.Film and TV reviewer Chris Schulz joins Kathryn to talk about The Vow, a documentary series that examines the "self-improvement" group NXIVM, whose leader Keith Raniere was convicted on multiple… Read more Audio

11:26 AM.Advocate of outdoor nature education, Wendy Pirie says there are so many benefit of children running around outside and exploring their environment. She is the founder of an Early Learning Centre in… Read more Audio

11:06 AM.Technology commentator Bill Bennett joins Kathryn to talk about new research which suggests confidence in governments started dropping with the advent of 3G networks. Five Eyes wants access to… Read more Audio

10:37 AM.Anahera Gildea reviews Fire Front: First Nations poetry and power today edited by Alison Whittaker. Published by University of Queensland Press. Curated and introduced by Alison Whittaker, this is a… Read more Audio

10:10 AM.Dr Melanie Fillios is an archaeologist who specialises in the study of animal remains to tell help tell the story of human civilisations. For the last ten years she has studied Australia's native dog… Read more Audio

9:46 AM.UK correspondent Harriet Line covers the new daily record of daily Covid-cases reported overnight in the UK, as Labour calls for a "circuit-breaker" - a two week national lockdown to stem the tide of… Read more Audio

9:06 AM.Judith Collins joins Kathryn Ryan for an extended interview on why National should form the next government with herself as Prime Minister. Read more Audio

11:50 AM.Law commentator and family court Simon Jefferson QC examines who represents the voice of children in the Family Court system and the statutory provisions to have their views taken into account.

He… Read more Audio

11:32 AM.Touched by Pink is a Dunedin-based social enterprise offering attractive and comfortable underwear for 'breast cancer survivors and thrivers', founded by Andrea Samson and Lucy Warren. The friends… Read more Audio, Gallery

11:07 AM.Graeme squeaks in two years early on the commemoration of the 30th anniversary of Nirvana's Smells Like Teen Spirit! He joins Kathryn to deconstruct the song and discover what made it such an instant… Read more Audio