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9:08 AM.A major report from the Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment warns tourism - both domestic and international - is putting the country under major pressure and eroding the very attributes… Read more Audio

11:50 AM.Science correspondent Malvindar Singh-Bains joins Kathryn to talk about how the human brain is the final frontier of medical research: You can replace a kidney, a lung, a liver, even a heart, but it… Read more Audio

11:26 AM.The Icehouse's Andy Hamilton talks to Kathryn Ryan about his two decade mission helping small and medium-sized enterprises to maximise their potential. But now after 18 years he is moving from the top… Read more Audio

11:07 AM.RNZ music journalist Yadana Saw shares and strategies and songs to get you through the festive season. Audio

10:36 AM.Gina Rogers reviews Red Can Origami by Madelaine Dickie, published by Fremantle Press. Audio

10:07 AM.Gamal Fouda had just begun his sermon at Friday prayers on March 15th, when bullets began tearing through the Al Noor Mosque. 51 people died there and at the Linwood mosque that day or after - in the… Read more Audio

9:50 AM.This year New Zealanders were reminded of just how dangerous measles could be, as cases spiked around the country - and particularly in Auckland. The epidemic turned deadly in Samoa, where 73 people -… Read more Audio

9:37 AM.Australia correspondent Bernard Keane joins Kathryn to talk about the bushfires still raging as temperatures soar in a heatwave hitting parts of the country, while Prime Minister Scott Morrison is… Read more Audio

9:09 AM.School's out for the long summer holidays this week, and while everyone else is getting a break, what let-up is there for families of disabled children? Chair of advocacy group Disability Connect… Read more Audio

11:45 AM.Social media giants continue to siphon off a large portion of the traditional media's advertising dollar. Is it time they paid for content? Gavin joins Kathryn to talk about the NZME/Stuff 'Kiwishare'… Read more Audio

11:30 AM.Lorna Jane Harvey has had her own fair share of switching countries. She's a British, Canadian, and Swiss writer now living in New Zealand. Lorna tells Kathryn Ryan about her new book 'Somewhere… Read more Audio

11:05 AM.Rod Oram talks to Kathryn about the just released Primary Sector Council's vision, the departure of Fisher & Paykel Appliance's CEO, and women take the top three posts in NZ's Artificial Intelligence… Read more Audio

10:35 AM.Harry Ricketts, from quarterly review periodical New Zealand Review of Books Pukapuka Aotearoa, reviews Listening In by Lynley Edmeades . This poetry collection is published by Otago University Press.

10:05 AM.In 1992, the economist Francis Fukuyama declared we were at the end of history with the worldwide transition to liberal democracies. Today, that picture looks a lot different as developing countries… Read more Audio

9:45 AM.USA correspondent Susan Milligan joins Kathryn to talk about moves to impeach Donald Trump this week as divisions between Republicans and Democrats deepen. She'll also talk about who's left in the… Read more Audio

9:20 AM.Ocean Cleanup oceanographer Laurent Lebreton speaks with Kathryn Ryan about the results of their first mission. Floating barriers creating an artificial coastline have been shoring-up plastic rubbish… Read more Audio, Gallery

9:05 AM.Non-bank lending is experiencing a boom, as more banks turn down borrowers and more borrowers sign up for "buy now, pay later schemes". KPMG has released its Non-Bank Financial Institutions… Read more Audio

11:05 AM.Matthew Hooton is an Auckland-based public relations consultant and lobbyist. Neale Jones was Chief of Staff to Labour Leader Jacinda Ardern, and prior to that was Chief of Staff to Andrew Little. He… Read more Audio

10:35 AM.Clarissa Dunn reviews Sing New Zealand: The story of choral music in Aotearoa by Guy E. Jansen, published by Massey University Press. Audio

10:05 AM.In 2019, Joe Williams became the first Māori judge appointed to the Supreme Court. He talks to Kathryn Ryan about his hopes for a New Zealand justice system that better incorporates Tikanga Māori… Read more Video, Audio

9:50 AM.Europe Correspondent Seamus Kearney joins Kathryn to discuss the reaction in Europe following the landslide victory of Boris Johnson in the UK. Audio

9:35 AM.A look back at this year's wildfires in Nelson and Tasman District - New Zealand's largest aerial firefight on record and the largest since 1955. Read more Audio

9:05 AM.Researcher Professor Cliona Ni Mhurchu, from the University of Auckland's Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences say health experts want packaged food and drink to carry compulsory health star… Read more Audio