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9:08 AM.Work to clean up rubbish contamination in South Westland is being stopped because the Westland District Council says it can't afford to continue it. It's eight weeks since the Fox River landfill… Read more Audio, Gallery

11:37 AM.A boutique icecream maker in Wellington has been working hard over the past eight years to make great icecream from local ingredients while giving back to the community at the same time. Wooden Spoon… Read more Audio

11:07 AM.Matthew Hooton and Stephen Mills take a look at the latest happenings on the political front, including the lead-up to Thursday's budget, bullying in parliament, Christian parties and the looming… Read more Audio

10:39 AM.Holly Walker reviews Shirley Smith: An Examined Life by Sarah Gaitanos, which is published by Victoria University Press. Audio

10:07 AM.Kiese Laymon is an author and academic whose memoir about his childhood in Mississippi has been described by reviewers as "astonishing" and "an act of truth telling unlike any other". Heavy: An… Read more Audio

9:50 AM.Europe Correspondent Seamus Kearney reports on the EU elections - with the future of Europe at stake. More than half of MEP seats have been held by the European People's Party and the Socialists &amp… Read more Audio

9:38 AM.High School students have been canvassed to help the writers of a new theatre show which addresses consent and healthy relationships. Working with 16 to 18-year-olds from three high schools, Eleanor… Read more Audio

9:09 AM.A new report calls for an independent regulator to oversee the use of artificial intelligence by government agencies. Analysis by Internal Affairs and Statistics New Zealand last year documented 32… Read more Audio

11:50 AM.The week that was with comedians Te Radar and Melanie Bracewell - they take a look at comedian Tim Batt's online protest geared towards Brian and Hannah Tamaki's Coalition Party, which was announced… Read more Audio

11:37 AM.Sports commentator Brendan Telfer talks to Kathryn about the two very different versions of what actually happened inside the Capetown McDonald's, as lawyer Steph Dyhrberg investigates whether… Read more Audio

11:06 AM.Snotty lyrics, fast guitars and a determination to grow old disgracefully- tomorrow night in Auckland is PUNK IT UP IV, the latest in a series of sporadic reunions of Auckland's punk community for a… Read more Audio

10:40 AM.Jessie Bray Sharpin reviews Attraction by Ruby Porter, which is published by Text Publishing. Audio

10:06 AM.Gianni Russo didn't need acting experience for the role he's best known for - Carlo Rizzi, the husband of Connie Corleone, in the iconic 1972 film The Godfather. That's because he began working in… Read more Audio, Gallery

9:52 AM.RNZ Pacific journalist Koro Vaka'uta with a wrap of reaction from Pacific nations to Scott Morrison's coalition win in Australia. And the first visit to the Pacific of United Nations… Read more Audio

9:40 AM.Wainuiomata's Dahlia Malaeulu is a teacher, an advocate for Sāmoa and Pasifika education and also an author. She has written series of children's books Milas' My Gagana. The first three of the six… Read more Audio, Gallery

9:20 AM.Queenstown accommodation providers are fearful of the outcome of the referendum currently underway on a bed tax for tourists. Voting forms are pouring in as rate payers in the Queenstown Lakes… Read more Audio

9:09 AM.Insulation providers say they're seeing a last minute rush of landlords wanting rental properties insulated by the government's deadline of July 1, and there's no way they can meet the demand in time… Read more Audio

11:27 AM.CEO of Spectrum Education Karen Boyes says the job of mums and dads is to ensure that kids can parent themselves by age 18 - and that one day, they leave home! She says the path towards this starts as… Read more Audio

11:07 AM.Tech correspondent Mark Pesce looks at how legislation to tighten data protection in the EU has had an unexpected benefit to everybody - and what that might mean for the success of the Christchurch… Read more Audio

10:37 AM.Phil Vine reviews Everything is F*cked: A Book About Hope by Mark Manson, which is published by HarperCollins. Audio

10:07 AM.Journalist and author Meredith May was just five when her parents divorced and her mother took them to live with her grandparents. As her mother retreated into herself, Meredith spent much of her time… Read more Audio

9:46 AM.In 2005 the Pacific Music Awards moved from under the New Zealand Music Awards and struck out on their own. What's changed within Pacific music in that time? Kathryn talks to someone who's been there… Read more Audio