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10:07 AM.From its creation in 2010, to being sold to Facebook, to becoming a $100-billion company complete with digital influencers and personal brands. Until now the Instagram story has never been told in so… Read more Audio

9:54 AM.The data coming in on the United States economy is “absolutely grim,” US correspondent Ron Elving told Nine to Noon. Read more Audio

9:47 AM.The government has just announced a big boost for hospital and health service funding. It's to spend an additional $980 million a year over the next four years for District Health Boards. There's also… Read more Audio

9:39 AM.A 25 year veteran of the cafe industries is warning Covid restrictions under Level 2 will see cafes and restaurants fall like nine pins. Paul Baker is the General Manager of Vivace Espresso which has… Read more Audio

9:31 AM.The new normal involves greater requirements to register your presence wherever you go - at work, out shopping or for recreation. What does that mean for your privacy? Kathryn talks to Privacy… Read more Audio

9:09 AM.As New Zealand moves into level two and restrictions lift, the ability to quickly and efficiently trace our contacts will be critical to keeping any future covid outbreaks under control. Many… Read more Audio

11:50 AM.Today, as we anticipate stepping down to the next alert level, Kennedy talks to Kathryn about consolations and diversions and resolutions during these times of closure. Consolations - nature and the… Read more Audio

11:39 AM.Fran Mazza and her husband Aaron Carson have set up and run some of Auckland's most successful cafes, including Winona Forever in Parnell, Barbarinos in Avondale and Sugar at the Chelsea Sugar Factory… Read more Audio

11:08 AM.Political commentators Stephen Mills and Brigitte Morten talk about the expectations of a nation as the Prime Minister is about to announce when we move to alert level two, also a look ahead to… Read more Audio

10:07 AM.Tamara Birchall was born and raised in Kaikohe in the Far North, but it was a year living on First Nation reservations in Canada as a teenager which inspired her to become a doctor and give back to… Read more Audio

9:52 AM.South America correspondent Katy Watson joins Kathryn to talk about the weekend jet-ski jaunt by President Jair Bolsonaro, who continues to downplay the seriousness of the Covid-19 outbreak - even as… Read more Audio

9:40 AM.Education leaders say the mood among teachers has shifted considerably in the last week, towards a desire to return to class. Depending on what the government announces later, schools could be back as… Read more Audio

9:32 AM.As schools, universites and early childhood centres wait to find out when they can be fully operational again, the level 3 and 4 lockdown has claimed casualties in the education sector. The Early… Read more Audio

9:09 AM.As the economy shows further signs of strain, what can the government do in this week's Budget to get us on the road to economic recovery? 41,000 more people have gone on to the benefit since… Read more Audio

11:47 AM.Our comedians Te Radar and Michele A'Court. Read more Audio

11:35 AM.Dana and Kathryn talk about the impact of Covid-19 on sport at community and regional level. The impact on national organisations has been well traversed, but what about the consequences for… Read more Audio

11:08 AM.British music writer Jon Savage is in love with the 7'' inch vinyl 45, and who could blame him? He's compiled a double vinyl album, The High Sixties on 45, in which each of the four sides is devoted… Read more Audio

10:17 AM.Best-selling historical novelist Lauren Chater speaks with Kathryn Ryan about re-imagining Gulliver's long-suffering wife, Mary, who made her own luck while he was in Lilliput. In what could be… Read more Audio

10:06 AM.RNZ Pacific's News Editor Koro Vaka'uta discusses proposed controversial constitutional amendments in Samoa, and the Solomons' government threatens to suspend an outspoken and popular provincial… Read more Audio

9:54 AM.Opera singers Wade Kernot and Emma Pearson usually perform in concert halls, but with venues closed, they're taking music to the people. With permission from Healthline, the Wellington couple has… Read more Video, Audio, Gallery

9:43 AM.Retailers are looking forward to getting shops open again - potentially next Thursday. Under the guidelines announced by the Prime Minister yesterday, larger retail stores and shopping malls will be… Read more Audio

9:09 AM.Domestic travel could begin as soon as mid-May. What will it mean for our crippled tourism industry, and regions facing soaring unemployment? And what will air travel look like once it resumes… Read more Audio