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9:26 AM.A new study reveals what our oldest of old people need to be able to live independently in small rural communities. In a first, research carried out by AUT shows what people aged over 85 (our fastest… Read more Audio

9:09 AM.The numbers of Māori and Pasifika working at New Zealand universities remains stubbornly low, despite attempts by the eight institutions to increase diversity. According to new research Māori… Read more Audio

11:47 AM.Science correspondent Siouxsie Wiles looks at new research suggesting kanuka produces compounds with the ability to paralyse the spores that spread kauri dieback. Could differences in the shape of the… Read more Audio

11:27 AM.Brent Heavener is the founder of the number one Instagram feed @tinyhouse. His new book, "Tiny House: Live Small, Dream Big" contains over 250 striking images of the world's most creative small homes… Read more Audio, Gallery

10:40 AM.Elisabeth Easther reviews The Secret Hours by Santa Montefiore, which is published by Simon & Schuster. Audio

10:07 AM.Colson Whitehead has based his book The Nickel Boys on the horror happenings that have come to light since a Florida reform school closed. The Dozier School for boys closed in 2011 and subsequently 50… Read more Audio

9:51 AM.Australia correspondent Karen Middleton looks at Scott Morrison's announcement Australia and New Zealand were proposing a voluntary set of reporting protocols to get social media companies to report… Read more Audio

9:39 AM.According to Joe Norman remembering what you love is a key part of revising for exams, acing essays and doing well at school. Joe Norman has been a tutor of children aged 10 - 13 for fifteen years to… Read more Audio

9:25 AM.What is the impact on healthy siblings of the diagnosis of a serious illness in a brother or sister? Massey University Masters student Katie Armstrong is researching the unmet needs of the siblings of… Read more Audio

9:08 AM.Principals across the country have until the end of the week to decide whether to boycott the recruitment of learning support coordinators for children with special needs at around 1000 schools… Read more Audio

11:07 AM.RNZ's Business Editor, Gyles Beckford takes a look at National's economic programme, the earnings season and market volatility. Audio

10:39 AM.Harry Ricketts from quarterly review periodical New Zealand Review of Books Pukapuka Aotearoa, reviews two or more islands by Diana Bridge. Published by Otago University Press. Read more Audio

10:07 AM.With plenty of unique and incredible stories to tell, his friends told him to write a book. Multiple-award winning wildlife cameraman of over 30 years, Gavin Thurston tells Lynn Freeman about his… Read more Audio, Gallery

9:50 AM.Lisa Hagen talks to Lynn about the landmark decision which has found the giant drug company Johnson & Johnson liable for its part in fuelling an opioid epidemic in the US state of Oklahoma. It's been… Read more Audio

9:40 AM.Scientists in Scotland have developed an 'artificial tongue' that can detect subtle differences between drams of whisky to help in the fight against counterfeit beverages. The tiny gadget can also be… Read more Audio

9:28 AM.New York Times technology journalist Kashmir Hill tells Lynn Freeman about her experiment showing just how much the "frightful five" tech giants control the digital world she interacts with. Acting on… Read more Audio

9:08 AM.The rate of hearing loss in prisoners is double that of the general population and legal and disability advocates are calling for all remand prisoners to have their hearing checked. Louise… Read more Audio

11:50 AM.With the 10th International Penguin Conference under way in Dunedin this week, Kennedy Warne talks to Lynn about the increasingly perilous world of penguins. He also pays tribute to a pair of… Read more Audio

11:35 AM.Russian and Ukrainian born Wellingtonians, Natalia Beliaeva and Iuliia Pashchuk share secrets to slavic cooking. They have recipes for beetroot salad, kasha, borsht and blini. On Saturday September… Read more Audio, Gallery

11:06 AM.A look at the Government's planned independent policy costing unit and Simon Bridges response to it, petrol pricing and the Prime Minister says she'll visit Ihumatao. Matthew Hooton is an… Read more Audio

10:40 AM.David Hill reviews A Dream About Lightning Bugs by Ben Folds. Published by Simon & Schuster. Audio

10:06 AM.South African clinical psychiatrist Professor Pumla Gobodo-Madikizela has dedicated her life to reconciliation and reparation. She talks to Lynn Freeman about to the power that forgiveness can bestow… Read more Audio