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11:26 AM.Professor Hala Zreiqat is a visionary in the field of biomaterials and tissue engineering. She has invented the world's first 3D printed porous synthetic bone - the replacement body part mimics the… Read more Audio

11:06 AM.Business commentator Nikki Mandow talks to Kathryn about the commitment from some companies to brining te reo and Maori culture into the workplace. Also, what lies ahead for outgoing Spark boss, Simon… Read more Audio

10:40 AM.Harry Ricketts from quarterly review periodical New Zealand Review of Books Pukapuka Aotearoa reviews Selected Poems by Brian Turner, which is published by Victoria University Press. Audio

10:06 AM.Lynn Hill is considered something of a pioneer in the rock climbing community and continues to influence the current generation of female climbers. In the 1990s she basically changed the definition of… Read more Audio, Gallery

9:33 AM.A new study has found that for Pacific youth, gambling is an activity that begins at home with friends and family. Almost a third of 17-year-olds in the survey, which was funded by the Ministry of… Read more Audio

9:08 AM.Former California Governor Jerry Brown talks to Kathryn about becoming an international leader on climate action. He has helped to foster global cooperation despite the Trump administration pulling… Read more Audio

11:48 AM.The annual garden bird survey is on this week, and Kennedy talks to Kathryn about what ten years of backyard bird counts have revealed, along with some thoughts on closing the gap between humans and… Read more Audio

11:28 AM.Australia's national science agency, CSIRO has conducted three decades of research looking at the effect diet and lifestyle have on health and wellbeing. One of the focuses has been on the role… Read more Audio, Gallery

11:13 AM.Matthew Hooton and Stephen Mills discuss movement in National's ranks and the Prime Minister's first cabinet reshuffle. Also in the public sector, new legislation planned by Chris Hipkins Stephen… Read more Audio

10:07 AM.It's 30 years since Tracy Edwards and her all-women crew completed the Whitbread Round the World Race on Maiden, defying all the odds as well as the yachting fraternity who said it couldn't be done… Read more Video, Audio, Gallery

9:50 AM.Debora Patta talks to Kathryn about the latest unrest in Sudan, ebola spreading from the Democratic Republic of Congo to neighbouring Uganda and Botswana scrapping anti-gay laws. Audio

9:42 AM.Japan is resuming its commercial whaling activities from today, following a three-decade hiatus, but to do this legally Japan's fleet will now be confined to is own waters, up to 200 miles offshore… Read more Audio

9:08 AM.From today Oranga Tamariki takes on a host of new responsibilities and requirements for an ever increasing number of children. Young people can now stay in state care till age 21 with transition… Read more Audio

10:38 AM.Melanie O'Loughlin of Unity Books reviews On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong, published by Penguin Press. A stunning novel in the form of a letter; Vuong paints an authentic picture of… Read more Audio

10:06 AM.Many Kiwis end up living on the Gold Coast, but few have made more of a name for themselves than The Koi Boys. The group, made up of Kevin Keepa, Ngahere "Nuz" Ngatai and Danny Fai Fai - have been… Read more Audio

9:50 AM.Asia correspondent Ed White with the fears for the safety of an Australian student who has reportedly been detained by authorities in Pyongyang. Also, the G20 summit gets underway in Osaka. Ed White… Read more Audio

9:40 AM.A new generation of never-before-seen plastic pollution has been discovered on the shoreline of the volcanic island of Madeira. Scientists are calling it 'plasticrust' as it forms a grey-blue crust on… Read more Audio

9:23 AM.Brexit will devastate Britain's National Health Service, says public health expert Martin McKee. Already the UK's sluggish economy and paralysed government are putting it at grave risk, he tells Lynn… Read more Audio

9:08 AM.The orphaned children of two Australian ISIS fighters are on their way back to Australia. Prime Minister Scott Morrison made the announcement earlier this week saying "children should not be punished… Read more Audio