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9:48 AM.Australia correspondent Bernard Keane looks at the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission's Digital Platforms Inquiry which examined the dominance of Facebook and Google. He'll also talk about… Read more Audio

9:32 AM.Can we produce packaging that isn't going to seriously harm the environment? The answer may lie with bioplastics but, there is a great deal of confusion about what alternatives there are. Unlike… Read more Audio

9:08 AM.Calls for a national register for building products. The Building Industry Federation says there's an urgent need for a more robust way to prove a product meets the requirements of the building code… Read more Audio

11:47 AM.Gavin says recent moves in the US, France and Australia suggest a squeeze is coming on Facebook and Google. Also a look at Stuff's Homicide Report, and a research review for the BSA emphasises the… Read more Audio

11:25 AM.The electricity sector is ripe for disruption by new technologies and new business models. Are we ready for the likes of Amazon or uber to provide us with our power ? What could it mean for consumers… Read more Audio

11:07 AM.Rod talks to Kathryn about a mix of business stories, including the Climate Leaders Coalition having signed up more than 100 companies in its first year, the founding CEO of the Icehouse… Read more Audio

10:42 AM.Harry Ricketts from quarterly review periodical New Zealand Review of Books Pukapuka Aotearoa, reviews Landfall Magazine 237:Autumn 2019, edited by Emma Neale. Audio

10:07 AM.Dr Johanna Wood is President of New Zealand Football - the first woman to hold the role. She is the only woman on the FIFA Council - the strategic body that sets the vision for FIFA and global… Read more Audio

9:51 AM.From the US, Susan Milligan with news that has followed from Robert Mueller's latest testimony. Tthe chair of the Judiciary committee has commented that President Donald Trump "richly deserves… Read more Audio

9:39 AM.Dangerous and murky waters in our ports and marinas can make it hard for divers to carry out biosecurity checks for introduced organisms. Niwa has been doing marine surveillance on behalf of MPI for… Read more Audio, Gallery

9:08 AM.Ear Nose and Throat Surgeons say they're frustrated and dismayed over a lack of government funding for cochlear implants for adults - saying 200 people a year are eligible but only 40 will receive the… Read more Audio

11:46 AM.Kennedy sips the beauty of Lake Chalice, learns about survivor cars at the Picton ferry terminal and discusses the whakapapa of Queequeg for the bicentenary of Herman Melville's birth. Audio

11:35 AM.Steph Rollinson runs Snow Country Gardens ltd with her husband Bruce, in Ohakune, where they grow parsnips, Brussels sprouts, swede and kallette, supplying supermarkets, soup pack providers and other… Read more Audio

11:07 AM.Matthew Hooton and Stephen Mills look at the National Party conference, the Ihumatao dispute and the Prime Minister's trip to Tokelau. Matthew Hooton is the managing director of the PR and lobbying… Read more Audio

10:38 AM.Elisabeth Easther reviews The Behaviour of Love by Virginia Reeves, which is published by Simon & Schuster. Audio

10:11 AM.Pio Terei has had a any number of highs in his career as a comedian, actor and presenter - but his personal low was the loss of his 17-year-old son Teina three years ago to leukaemia. He and his wife… Read more Audio

9:51 AM.Correspondent Katy Watson tells Kathryn about the latest government data from Brazil shows that the Amazon rainforest is being cleared at the rate of three football pitches a minute. Also Venezuala… Read more Audio

9:41 AM.Olive oil that's actually canola, flour bulked up with chalk, fruit juice with no fruit in it. These are just some of the many examples of food fraud, which is estimated to cost the global industry… Read more Audio

9:08 AM.The Reserve Bank's official cash rate sits at a record low of 1.5 per cent but the central bank has strongly indicated that could be cut further if the global economic outlook worsens and the local… Read more Audio

11:49 AM.Why you need to be careful where you make coffee in Venice, and cuddling cows for stress relief. Read more Audio

11:36 AM.Brendan talks to Kathryn about the late financial windfall for the Netball World Cup victorious Silver Ferns. Read more Audio

11:12 AM.Singer-songwriters of various persuasions have Jeremy Taylor's attention - bold new albums from Lloyd Cole, David Berman's return as Purple Mountains, Thom Yorke's solo effort, and a reissue of… Read more Audio

10:40 AM.Melanie O'Loughlin of Unity Books reviews Places and Names by Elliot Ackerman, which is published by Allen Lane. A new kind of war reporting, written by a former US Marine who saw combat in… Read more Audio

10:06 AM.James Ellroy is regarded as one of the best literary crime writers in the world, with his books painting vivid portraits of the seedier side of Los Angeles and the underworld. Some of his well known… Read more Audio

9:51 AM.Tense times in the skies between South Korea and Japan with Russia and China stepping up military co-operation in the region. And there's not much rest for the South Korean military with the North… Read more Audio