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10:25 AM.Jonathan West reviews Marilyn Waring: The Political Years, the autobiographical account of Waring's unprecedented parliamentary career. This book is published by Bridget Williams Books. Read more Audio

10:05 AM.Dr Elizabeth Economy is an author and academic specialising in China's domestic and foreign policy, named by Politico Magazine as one of the '10 Names That Matter on China Policy'. The director for… Read more Audio

9:25 AM.Investors in New Zealand's biggest ponzi scheme expect more to join their ranks in taking legal action against ANZ bank. 700 clients were defrauded of more than $115m they had invested in Ross Asset… Read more Audio

9:05 AM.Parents may end up footing a higher bill for childcare as a shortage of teachers in the sector stretches on. Some centres are forking out nearly double the average hourly wage on relief teachers… Read more Audio

11:30 AM.Brendan and Kathryn chat about the Black Caps improbable win over India in the CWC semi-final, and now face off against England in the final. Also women's football is growing rapidly, numbers are up… Read more Audio

11:09 AM.Jeremy Taylor from SlowBoat Records finds that forty years on from its release, Joy Division's debut is still a towering achievement, also a Jon Savage compilation of the 60s and Sharon Van Etten gets… Read more Audio

10:35 AM.Cassie Richards from Unity Books reviews The Erratics by Vicki Laveau-Harvie, which is published by 4th Estate. Winner of the 2019 Stella Prize. Read more Audio

10:09 AM.What happens when you take six pilgrims from New Zealand and Australia and film them walking 800 kilometres of the Camino de Santiago? You get a great film that documents six very personal, and often… Read more Audio, Gallery

9:45 AM.Asia correspondent Ed White with the latest from Hong Kong as weeks of protests continue and a serious dispute is brewing between Japan and South Korea with its roots in Japan's treatment of South… Read more Audio

9:20 AM.Some rural mayors and city councillors are calling for a big increase in funding for a scheme to help young people become more employable by learning to drive.  Read more Audio

9:08 AM.Some commuters in Wellington are questioning the need for more consultation about failures within the bus network, saying if the regional council doesn't know what the problems are by now there must… Read more Audio

11:45 AM.Film and TV reviewer Tamar Munch looks at The Loudest Voice, starring Russell Crowe as Fox News' Roger Ailes.  Read more Audio

11:30 AM.Hunter Johnson is the co-founder of the Australian organisation The Man Cave - a preventative mental health and emotional intelligence program for teenage boys. Read more Audio

11:05 AM.Technology commentator Sarah Putt looks at the concept of ownership in the digital world, as Microsoft closes its e-book store. Read more Audio

10:40 AM.Harry Broad reviews Close to the Wind by David B. Hill (Huia Publishers). Read more Audio

10:05 AM.Lawyer and member of parliament for Western Australia, Antonio Buti prepared Stolen Generations submissions for the national inquiry 'Bringing Them Home' and has now written 'A Stolen Life, The Bruce… Read more Audio

9:50 AM.UK correspondent Kate Adie looks at the drawn-out battle between Boris Johnson and Jeremy Hunt and how the public is feeling about it. Read more Audio

9:40 AM.This school holidays, the NZ Dance Company is traveling around Auckland to bring young dancers onto the floor with them in the premiere season of Matariki for Tamariki. Read more Audio

9:25 AM.ew research from Australian husband and wife scientists rewrites the received scientific wisdom of the origins of life, and offers new hope for treating disease. Read more Audio

9:05 AM.The Ministry of Health has released its proposed regulations which cover cultivation, licensing, manufacture and supply of medicinal cannabis. What could this mean for GPs who will be on the… Read more Audio

11:46 AM.Arts commentator Courtney Johnston looks at the 150th anniversary of New Zealand painter Frances Hodgkins' birth, and an exhibition and several publications from the Auckland Art Gallery are the… Read more Audio, Gallery

11:24 AM.Thirty years ago botanist Dr Hugh Wilson had a novel idea for trying to make hilly farmland on Canterbury's Banks Peninsula and turn it back into native forest. It was 1987, and the suggestion that… Read more Video, Audio, Gallery

11:06 AM.Music commentator and University of Otago lecturer Graeme Downes has been continuing his seminar series with his students and finds the songs that students connect with are the ones their grandparents… Read more Audio