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11:10 AM.Rod Oram chats to Kathryn about Fonterra's big write down of assets and no dividend this financial year. Also, the RBNZ's very surprisingly deep OCR cut, and the way it announced it. Read more Audio

11:07 AM.Jessie Bray Sharpin reviews Ask Again, Yes by Mary Beth Keane, which is published by Penguin Random House. Read more Audio

10:07 AM.Nancy Silverton is a Californian culinary queen whose name has become synonymous with innovation.  Read more Audio

9:52 AM.Susan takes as look at gun control legislation following the two most recent mass killings in the US. Also, the apparent suicide in custody of American financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey… Read more Audio

9:35 AM.Auckland barrister Sandra Grant says older couples need to consider how they want their assets to be treated, under current property law and under proposed changes.  Read more Audio

9:08 AM.Chris Fleming, the head of Southern DHB says there's no need for a public inquiry into its treatment of bowel cancer patients, and major failings are being addressed.  Read more Audio

11:39 AM.Spherification, gelification, and foam emulsion, it's time for some molecular gastronomy. Master Cuisine Chef Francis Motta talks to Kathryn Ryan about how to bring science into the kitchen and has… Read more Audio

11:06 AM.Kathryn chats to Matthew Hooton and Neale Jones about the political stories making headlines, including abortion law reform and the effect on the economy of the Reserve Bank's OCR cut. Audio

10:41 AM.Catriona Ferguson has been reading Do Not Feed The Bear by Rachel Elliot, which is published by Hachette New Zealand. Audio

10:12 AM.Pacific Academic Albert Refiti is off to New York to do a research placement at the The Metropolitan Museum of Art. The senior Art and Design lecturer at AUT says museums are an important physical… Read more Audio, Gallery

9:51 AM.CBC Parliamentary reporter Katie Simpson, from Ottawa Canada says police are waiting for the autopsy results of two teenagers who are suspected of of killing an Australian tourist and his US… Read more Audio

9:08 AM.A Wellington woman who complained to the Medical Council about the disgraced GP Deane Drew says the process was intimidating, too slow, and focused on the doctor not the victims. Drew was struck off… Read more Audio

11:49 AM.Comedians James Elliott and Justine Smith chew over the findings of a US food delivery survey, which reveals one in four takeaway food drivers admit to helping themselves to something to eat, before… Read more Audio

11:33 AM.Brendan looks ahead to tomorrow night's trans-Tasman rugby clash in Perth. Also what has happened to golfer, Lydia Ko's form?. Read more Audio

11:06 AM.Jeremy Taylor from SlowBoat Records is going full noise on 80's Norwegian electro-pop trio a-ha, who tour NZ in March for the first time ever. A lifelong fan, Jeremy is very excited, and curates a… Read more Audio

10:36 AM.Tilly Lloyd of Unity Books reviews Out of Our Minds: What We Think and How We Came to Think It by Felipe Fernández-Armesto. Published by Oneworld Publications.  Read more Audio

10:07 AM.Melbourne based writer Simon Barnard's new book James Hardy Vaux's 1819 Dictionary of Criminal Slang - and other impolite terms as used by the convicts of the British Colonies of Australia reproduces… Read more Audio

9:50 AM.Ed White reports from Asia, where violence and unrest continues to escalate in Hong Kong as fears rise over a potential crackdown from China.  Read more Audio

9:37 AM.The question of how to improve women's representation in senior positions is a tricky one, but could there be a simple way to smash the glass ceiling?  Read more Audio

9:08 AM.Organised volunteers are going home but has the West Coast but how close is it to being returned to a pristine environment? 'Operation Tidy Fox' comes to an end on Sunday, following a devastating… Read more Audio, Gallery

11:48 AM.Film and TV reviewer Tamar Munch looks at new gritty British drama The Virtues on Rialto, Two Sketches which is streaming on The Spinoff platforms and My Māori Midwife, which is on TVNZ on Demand. Read more Audio

11:25 AM.More young people than ever before are accessing pornography, and with more frequency, according to research by the Office of Film and Literature Classification.  Read more Audio

11:10 AM.Technology commentator Sarah Putt looks at how NZ telcos and media are pondering their future when it comes to digital convergence.  Read more Audio

10:39 AM.Bronwyn Wylie-Gibb of University Book Shop in Dunedin reviews 10 Minutes 38 Seconds in This Strange World by Elif Shafak. Published by Viking.  Read more Audio