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11:25 AM.A new VICE documentary attempts to track down the overseas billionaires building boltholes in New Zealand. "Hunt for the Bunker People" follows freelance journalist Baz Mcdonald as he investigates why… Read more Audio

11:10 AM.Business commentator Rod Oram looks at the tourism sector's strategy for future growth, and Xero turns in its first profit, with its record share price making its founder a billionaire. Read more Audio

10:39 AM.Sonja de Friez reviews When We Remember to Breathe by Renee Liang and Michele Powles , which is published by Magpie Pulp. Read more Audio

10:07 AM.With all the talk of artificial intelligence and machine learning - does the technological revolution really mean that robots are knocking on the door to take many of our jobs? New Zealand economist… Read more Audio

9:52 AM.US correspondent Susan Milligan talks to Kathryn about the ongoing fallout and coverage of the state of Alabama passing a virtual ban on abortion and Missouri effectively following suit. What are the… Read more Audio

9:45 AM.Los Angeles has long been associated with entertainment, but it has booming industries in the manufacturing, aerospace and tech sectors. If it were a country, LA county would be the 20th largest… Read more Audio

9:39 AM.A new initiative to bridge the gap between research and clinical care for Traumatic Brain Injuries (TBI) has been announced by Auckland University of Technology. Currently, 36,000 New Zealanders… Read more Audio

9:08 AM.The overseas mining company seeking to expand its operation next to a fossil rich geological site of international significance in Otago, says it has good motives, and is surprised by the negative… Read more Audio, Gallery

11:47 AM.Outdoor adventurer Kennedy Warne talks to Kathryn about a night out with the petrelheads, being an evening in the Auckland suburb of Cornwallis, banding grey-faced petrels, and the excellent 2019… Read more Audio, Gallery

11:36 AM.Anyone who's tried to feed a fussy toddler knows what a challenge it can be. Catherine Henderson is behind an Auckland start-up, Tot's Pantry, that aims to provide healthy - and tasty - meals for… Read more Audio, Gallery

11:07 AM.Stephen Mills and Trish Sherson dissect the Australian election result and also a look at what's happening on the NZ political front, including talk of an Alfred Ngaro led Christian Party. Stephen… Read more Audio

11:06 AM.Quentin Johnson reviews Cari Mora by Thomas Harris, which is published by Penguin Random House. Full of dry, cynical humour and set in Florida, this is Harris' fourth book on Hannibal Lecter. Read more Audio

10:09 AM.A window into the world of plant decision-making, without the benefit of a brain. British plant developmental biologist Dame Ottoline Leyser talks to Kathryn about her research which uses the hormonal… Read more Audio

9:50 AM.Middle East correspondent Sebastian Usher talks to Kathryn about deteriorating US-Iran relations, with the Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif saying people around Donald Trump are "pushing… Read more Audio

9:33 AM.Court ordered sales of houses in divorce cases appear to be on the rise as the cost of breaking up, takes a financial toll on separating couples. Auckland family lawyer, Jeremy Sutton has noticed an… Read more Audio

9:09 AM.Does earthquake insurance need a fundamental rethink as private insurers trim their books and EQC gets out of contents insurance? Kathryn Ryan speaks with the minister responsible for the Earthquake… Read more Audio

11:32 AM.Sports commentator Brendan Telfer speaks to Kathryn about Tiger Woods being handed a wrongful death lawsuit on the eve of the year's second major golf championship THE USPGA. Also the Phoenix football… Read more Audio

11:07 AM.Music reviewer Jeremy Taylor from SlowBoat Records says it's been a six year wait for a hefty new set from Vampire Weekend. Also an introduction to Japanese 'City Pop' - a nebulous genre that seems to… Read more Audio

10:39 AM.Tilly Lloyd of Unity Books reviews Lotharingia: A Personal History of Europe's Lost Country by Simon Winder. Following bestsellers Danubia and Germania, this book is the third and final instalment in… Read more Audio

10:10 AM.Jill Abramson was the first woman to become executive editor of The New York Times before she was fired in 2014, becoming a poster-girl for working women described as "too pushy". In her book… Read more Audio

9:49 AM.Asia correspondent, Edward White examines the rising tension between the US and North Korea after a return by by Kim Jong Un to weapons testing and a revelation from the US that it has seized a North… Read more Audio

9:34 AM.From 2022 Canadian children aged 12 and younger will no longer be able to play the fullest version of American football to protect them from long-term cognitive problems resulting from repetitive head… Read more Audio

9:09 AM.Warnings a modern day gold rush is underway as productive farm land is sold to make room for lucrative forestry. Farmers and community leaders in Wairoa have become the latest group to raise concerns… Read more Audio