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9:43 AM.Greg Robinson tells Kathryn how his hometown of Raymond in Alberta wants to be the first town in Canada to power itself using only solar panels. Read more Audio, Gallery

9:30 AM.Dry and irritating, hacking, chesty, barking, whooping, throaty, raspy, wheezy ....the cough is the soundtrack to winter for many. What is a cough? Why do some last so long, and what is the best way… Read more Audio

9:08 AM.Priced out of the city the Auckland bedding manufacturer Sleepyhead beds is building a town for its workers. The plan is to spend one billion dollars on an affordable town for workers to live and work… Read more Audio

11:50 AM.Film and TV reviewer Sarah McMullan looks at the new Netflix documentary on Facebook and Cambridge Analytica, The Great Hack. She'll also talk about whether the second season of Big Little Lies… Read more Audio

11:31 AM.Education consultant and parenting coach Joseph Driessen says it's understandable when parents give in to anger, frustration and even depression when dealing with difficult children. But he says over… Read more Audio

11:10 AM.Technology commentator Paul Matthews looks at the ethical dilemma that's come with the development of facial recognition technology - where is it useful and how accurate is it? He'll also talk to… Read more Audio

10:12 AM.It's a story from World War Two that had never really been told before - one of a Polish man who volunteered to infiltrate Auschwitz and get word to the Allies about what was happening inside. The… Read more Audio

9:53 AM.Boris Johnson’s cabinet shuffle is “carnage”, says UK correspondent Matthew Parris. Read more Audio

9:43 AM.Helping children to reduce their screentime can be as simple as remembering what you did as a child - encouraging outdoor play. In the US, there is a growing demand for screen-free parenting coaches… Read more Audio

9:08 AM.The Government has tasked itself with overhauling the Resource Management Act - but what could a transformed RMA look like? The law is often blamed for excessive and complex delays to housing planning… Read more Audio

10:39 AM.Holly Walker reviews Peat by Lynn Jenner, which is published by Otago University Press. Audio

10:07 AM.It is hard to escape the influence of George Orwell's Nighteen-eighty Four. Phrases and concepts like, 'Big Brother', the 'Thought Police', 'Room 101', 'Doublespeak' and even 'Orwellian' have… Read more Audio

9:36 AM.Over 100 businesses, including some of the country's biggest, have signed up to the year-old Climate Leaders' Coalition. 60 businesses including Z Energy, Fonterra, Air New Zealand, Kiwi Rail, Ngai… Read more Audio

9:21 AM.The days of a straight 50-50 property split in the event of a relationship breakdown could be numbered if Law Commission recommendations are adopted by the government. The commission has released its… Read more Audio

9:07 AM.Boris Johnson is the new Prime Minister of Britain, beating out leadership rival Jeremy Hunt. He's promised to deliver Brexit by Halloween on October 31 - but how realistic is that? Kathryn speaks… Read more Audio

11:48 AM.Gavin says a US analyst and academic has added her support to the New Zealand media's decision to minimise the coverage of the Christchurch mosque shooter's ideological beliefs. Also Gavin examines… Read more Audio

11:30 AM.The quest for romance is never simple which award-winning Australian feature writer and journalist, Stephanie Wood found out the hard way through an on-line encounter, that became a relationship, and… Read more Audio

11:06 AM.Rod Oram talks to Kathryn about the dairy sector's response to last week's climate change proposals from the government. Also, Fonterra's latest announcement about its energy emissions, and staying… Read more Audio

10:42 AM.Quentin Johnson reviews An Impeccable Spy: Richard Sorge, Stalin's Master Agent by Owen Matthews. This book is published by Bloomsbury. Audio

10:07 AM.Carbon's ubiquitous presence in fossil fuels can sometimes give it a bad rap - but it is also the element of life, of energy, of climate, and of the environment. It's a building block for everything… Read more Audio