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9:30 AM.New Zealand has its first national wastewater standards - after Cabinet agreed to new rules that will come into force on December 19.  Read more Audio

9:25 AM.The Social Investment Agency has revealed the first organisations to be given backing from its $190 million fund. Read more Audio

9:05 AM.Stats NZ admits there is work to be done to ensure data collected under the modernised census plan is robust. Read more Audio

11:45 AM.Science commentator Jen Martin joins Kathryn with three fascinating studies.  Read more Audio

11:25 AM.One hundred years after it was first published, the substantial history of Tuhoe, "Children of the Mist" by ethnologist Elsdon Best, is back in bookshops.  Read more Audio

11:10 AM.Music correspondent Dave Wilson joins Kathryn to discuss brass band traditions in a few locations around the world.  Read more Audio

11:05 AM.Harry Broad reviews Over Alps and Plains in Cobb's Name by Peter Savage, published by Peter Savage. Read more Audio

10:45 AM.Waikato Times editor Jonathan Mckenzie with news from the region. Read more Audio

10:40 AM.The latest statistics are out on what books were most borrowed from libraries this year.  Read more Audio

10:30 AM.A variety of a well-known mushroom touted as having brain boosting qualities is being cultivated at scale in New Zealand for the first time. Read more Audio

10:05 AM.New Zealand's operating theatres are severely under pressure, but a big blue articulated truck has been travelling up and down the country helping out with day surgery for 23 years. Read more Audio

9:45 AM.Australia correspondent Karen Middleton on the PM's wedding, a national plan on artificial intelligence has been released, but it won't include "mandatory guardrails" like risk-management systems. And… Read more Audio

9:35 AM.A leading world expert in lead poisoning says there's still more work to be done on reducing exposure. The latest New Zealand data shows total lead absorption notification rates increased for both… Read more Audio

9:25 AM.A US political analyst says New Zealand needs to ride out the current America first focus of President Donald Trump's second term, and that opportunities are there to strengthen relations.  Read more Audio

9:05 AM.Stats experts warn the cost of getting government data up to scratch could far outweigh the millions saved by scrapping the Census. Read more Audio

11:45 AM.Glen assesses the Black Caps' chances against the West Indies in Christchurch in the first test match of the summer, looks ahead to the second Ashes test which gets underway later this week and other… Read more Audio

11:30 AM.Statistics NZ's population insights analyst Rebekah Hennesy joins Kathryn to unpack the numbers. Read more Audio

11:05 AM.The latest in the Du Val saga as former employees speak out. There's an election at Fonterra with three well known candidates putting their hands up. And the new Air NZ chief executive is off to a… Read more Audio

10:45 AM.Jimmy Ellingham talks to Kathryn about how the latest from the Manawatū. Read more Audio

10:35 AM.Leah McFall reviews, Nadia's Farm Kitchen by Nadia Lim, published by Nude Food Inc. Read more Audio

10:05 AM.Michael Eaglen on his 25 years in the marine industry and the electricification of Auckland's ferries.  Read more Audio

9:45 AM.President Trump demands closure of Venezuelan airspace and denied reports that his defense secretary ordered the killing of a drug-smuggling boat's crew. Read more Audio

9:35 AM.The Southerner's back with a new name as passenger rail to the South Island main trunk line.  Read more Audio

9:20 AM.Intermediate schools say it should be easier to keep pupils on past year 8, and grow a year 9 and 10 roll. Read more Audio

9:05 AM.Regional councils own assets worth billions of dollars, but what could happen to them with plans to scrap regional councillors? Read more Audio