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10:35 AM.Anne Else reviews The Boyfriend by Laura Southgate, which is published by Victoria University Press. Read more Audio

10:07 AM.The work practices and ethos of online selling giant - Amazon has been attracting criticism from many quarters for years now. Author and Bloomberg News technology editor, Brad Stone's previous book… Read more Audio

9:52 AM.A day-long meeting of leaders of 18 member countries and territories has ended with disagreement over action against climate change. RNZ Pacific's Moera Tuilaepa-Taylor has the details. Also the… Read more Audio

9:41 AM.Are women better suited physiologically to endurance events than men? Ultra marathoner Katie Wright beat off all participants in the backyard ultra through Auckland's Riverhead Forest a couple of… Read more Audio

9:28 AM.More mass pro-democracy demonstrations are expected in Hong Kong this weekend. The ten week long crisis has escalated in the past few days with protests forcing the cancellation of nearly 1,000… Read more Audio

9:08 AM.Are doctors being set up to fail ahead of proposed changes to medicinal cannabis regulations? Submissions closed last week on the Medicinal Cannabis Scheme, which would set new regulations for the… Read more Audio

11:48 AM.Film and TV reviewer Lara Strongman looks at the Blacklist, dark British comedy Flowers and Anima, a short film made around three of the songs on Thom Yorke's new album. Read more Audio

11:21 AM.John Marsden, Australian educator, principal and acclaimed author of more than 40 books for teenagers and children, talks about his new book The Art of Growing Up.  Read more Audio

11:06 AM.Technology commentator Mark Pesce reports on why it's taking longer than expected to deliver on driver-less cars. Driving, as it turns out, is a very human problem. Read more Audio

10:44 AM.Ralph McAllister reviews Nailing Down the Saint by Craig Cliff, which is published by Penguin Random House. Read more Audio

10:07 AM.New York Times best-selling author, and economic and investment advisor James Rickards says the past decade is proof that the most devastating financial crisis is just around the corner.  Read more Audio

9:51 AM.UK correspondent Matt Dathan reports on the new war Prime Minister Boris Johnson has opened up with Remainer MPs in his own party, accusing them of "collaborating with the European Union".  Read more Audio

9:35 AM.With about a month to go before voting begins in the 2019 local elections, new research is revealing the influence of central party politics in local government, especially in Auckland.  Read more Audio

9:09 AM.What is the role of internet service providers in blocking harmful content from the public? The controversial website 8chan - linked to several mass shootings in the past six months - has gone… Read more Audio

11:47 AM.Science commentator Siouxsie Wiles looks at a study which discovered why sharks glow in the depths of the ocean, researchers have created an artificial 'eye-on-a-chip' complete with a blinking eyelid… Read more Audio

11:34 AM.It's hard to find a more maligned animal than the rat, but a new book examines whether Australia's native long-haired rat deserved to be caught up in the rodent bias settlers often brought with them… Read more Audio

11:09 AM.Music correspondent Yadana Saw looks at songs getting a second lease at life including: Kirin Callinan's version of The Waterboys' The Whole of the Moon, The Bird and The Bee's take on Van Halen's… Read more Audio

10:40 AM.Louise O'Brien from New Zealand Review of Books Pukapuka Aotearoa reviews Whatever it Takes by Paul Cleave. This book is published by Upstart Press. Read more Audio

10:13 AM.Today's feature guest has really got to know some of the world's hot spots. Ben Kennedy is a volcanologist based at the University of Canterbury and his research has taken him around New Zealand and… Read more Audio, Gallery

9:53 AM.Australia correspondent Annika Smethurst reports on Prime Minister Scott Morrison's visit to the Pacific Islands Forum as a rift opens in Australia's ruling coalition over an MP's comparison of the… Read more Audio

9:31 AM.An evaluation of the country's first sexual violence court finds cases proceed to a jury trial a third faster than on average. The pilot was established nearly three years ago in the Auckland and… Read more Audio

9:09 AM.Last year's botched census saw a 20 per cent drop in the response rate among Maori to 68 per cent - the worst ever. Andrew Sporle is an Auckland University sociologist and statistican and a founding… Read more Audio

11:50 AM.Gavin casts an eye over the recent media summit and asks whether it achieved anything more than a plea for more money from NZ on air?. Gavin Ellis is a media commentator and former editor of the New… Read more Audio

11:34 AM.26 year Christchurch journalist Luke Chivers talks with Kathryn about his four year struggle with bulimia and body dysmorphia.  Read more Audio

11:25 AM.The head of Stats NZ has resigned following the release of a report into the botched 2018 online census.  Read more Audio