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11:08 AM.Business commentator Rebecca Stevenson talks to Kathryn about New Zealand's supermarket duopoly, now that food and supply shopping is top of everyone's mind during the level 4 alert lockdown. Also a… Read more Audio

10:39 AM.Quentin Johnson reviews The Watermill by Arnold Zable, Text Publishing. Audio

10:12 AM.Welcome to the weird and wonderful comedy of Melbourne's Atlanta Colley, public health nerd, science communicator, and keeper of bees. Her comedy is always crammed packed with fun facts and cool… Read more Audio

9:52 AM.Ron Elving talks to Kathryn about President Trump's response to the Covid-19 virus ravaging New York and its devastating swathe through other states. Ron also observes that Donald Trump's crisis… Read more Audio

9:44 AM.Foster care families around the country are under pressure during the lockdown due, with children with developmental trauma, financial worries, pressure from birth families for access and no or… Read more Audio

9:35 AM.How are essential workers managing childcare during the lockdown if they don't have family members who can help? The government is funding home-based childcare for this group via three agencies -… Read more Audio

9:06 AM.GPs are calling for urgent financial assistance as they make the quantum shift to virtual consulting due to Covid-19. They warn already doctors are subsidising their practices and some may be forced… Read more Audio

11:50 AM.Outdoors man Kennedy Warne is, like the rest of us, temporarily restricted to home. But that doesn't mean we can't benefit from getting out into nature, or take comfort in music or a good book - like… Read more Audio, Gallery

11:34 AM.Northland's Veggie Tree Cook School creator Anna Valentine with tips on making nutritious and satisfying lockdown meals from your pantry including : Tomato & Basil Risotto Penne 'n' Cheese and Chunky… Read more Audio

11:06 AM.Politics commentators Matthew Hooton and Neale Jones join Kathryn to discuss the government's economic response to Covid-19, how the Prime Minister's office is keeping a tight rein on the flow of… Read more Audio

10:36 AM.Harry Broad reviews Aspiring by Damien Wilkins, published by Massey University Press. Audio

10:07 AM.Meet William Close, the inventor of the musical and engineering wonder The Earth Harp. It's an instrument with a sound that is part string part environment, with strings that can be over 300 metres… Read more Audio, Gallery

9:42 AM.Some medical centres nationwide have been commenting about having trouble getting supplies of the vaccine, despite there being large stocks in the country. For an update on the distribution problem… Read more Audio

9:29 AM.With supermarket home delivery services inundated, Grey Power say they'd like to see set hours introduced for older shoppers who can't get on-line or people to help them out. Grey Power's National… Read more Audio

9:09 AM.What is the situation for the six thousand children in state care during Covid 19 lockdown? Nine to Noon has been told some children in foster care were rapidly returned to whanau before the travel… Read more Audio

11:31 AM.Sam talks to Kathryn about a sports world in turmoil due to the global Covid-19 outbreak. What sports will flourish and what codes are hardest hit? Read more Audio

10:54 AM.Dr Craig Harrison is the Director of the Athlete Development Academy at AUT Millennium. He tells Kathryn Ryan the four week lock down is a great opportunity to create a new habit or focus in on an… Read more Audio

10:40 AM.We head around the the country to check in with how four households are coping with pandemic isolation. In Napier - 84 year old Erica Toomey who has her own villa at the Summerset retirement village… Read more Audio

10:32 AM.Hannah August reviews The Mirror and the Light by Hilary Mantel, published by HarperCollins. The wheel of fortune turns for Thomas Cromwell in this conclusion to Mantel's brilliant trilogy about the… Read more Audio

10:16 AM.Most of us will be spending a fair bit of time with our whanau over the next four weeks. Courtney and Heta Dawson are daughter and father comedians from Auckland who know a thing or two about the… Read more Audio

9:49 AM.Supplies of the flu vaccine have arrived in the country but many medical centres are reporting difficulties getting deliveries. One South Island practice has told us they got through their first 300… Read more Audio

9:25 AM.With a cluster is of Covid-19 cases confirmed at a Hamilton rest home and a possible cluster of cases at a rest home in Hawkes Bay what is the aged care sector doing to keep this under control… Read more Audio