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11:37 AM.Sports commentator Brendan Telfer talks to Kathryn about the two very different versions of what actually happened inside the Capetown McDonald's, as lawyer Steph Dyhrberg investigates whether… Read more Audio

11:06 AM.Snotty lyrics, fast guitars and a determination to grow old disgracefully- tomorrow night in Auckland is PUNK IT UP IV, the latest in a series of sporadic reunions of Auckland's punk community for a… Read more Audio

10:40 AM.Jessie Bray Sharpin reviews Attraction by Ruby Porter, which is published by Text Publishing. Audio

10:06 AM.Gianni Russo didn't need acting experience for the role he's best known for - Carlo Rizzi, the husband of Connie Corleone, in the iconic 1972 film The Godfather. That's because he began working in… Read more Audio, Gallery

9:52 AM.RNZ Pacific journalist Koro Vaka'uta with a wrap of reaction from Pacific nations to Scott Morrison's coalition win in Australia. And the first visit to the Pacific of United Nations… Read more Audio

9:40 AM.Wainuiomata's Dahlia Malaeulu is a teacher, an advocate for Sāmoa and Pasifika education and also an author. She has written series of children's books Milas' My Gagana. The first three of the six… Read more Audio, Gallery

9:20 AM.Queenstown accommodation providers are fearful of the outcome of the referendum currently underway on a bed tax for tourists. Voting forms are pouring in as rate payers in the Queenstown Lakes… Read more Audio

9:09 AM.Insulation providers say they're seeing a last minute rush of landlords wanting rental properties insulated by the government's deadline of July 1, and there's no way they can meet the demand in time… Read more Audio

11:27 AM.CEO of Spectrum Education Karen Boyes says the job of mums and dads is to ensure that kids can parent themselves by age 18 - and that one day, they leave home! She says the path towards this starts as… Read more Audio

11:07 AM.Tech correspondent Mark Pesce looks at how legislation to tighten data protection in the EU has had an unexpected benefit to everybody - and what that might mean for the success of the Christchurch… Read more Audio

10:37 AM.Phil Vine reviews Everything is F*cked: A Book About Hope by Mark Manson, which is published by HarperCollins. Audio

10:07 AM.Journalist and author Meredith May was just five when her parents divorced and her mother took them to live with her grandparents. As her mother retreated into herself, Meredith spent much of her time… Read more Audio

9:46 AM.In 2005 the Pacific Music Awards moved from under the New Zealand Music Awards and struck out on their own. What's changed within Pacific music in that time? Kathryn talks to someone who's been there… Read more Audio

9:24 AM.Sixteen months out from a deadline to effectively ban the use of methyl bromide as a fumigant in the export log industry, the Environmental Protection Agency or EPA is to undertake a reassessment of… Read more Audio

9:08 AM.UK correspondent Matt Dathan joins us for the latest in British politics: leader of the House of Commons Andrea Leadsom has resigned after Prime Minister Theresa May resisted pressure on her to step… Read more Audio

11:48 AM.11:45 Octopus farm, bacteria-busting viruses and old bedbugs

Science commentator Siouxsie Wiles looks at why researchers believe we shouldn't farm octopuses, how a 15-year-old cystic fibrosis patient… Read more Audio

11:32 AM.In October, Marten Rabarts takes over from Bill Gosden as Director of the New Zealand International Film Festival. Marten, who was born in the Coromandel and is of Ngati Porou and Ngapuhi descent, has… Read more Audio

11:06 AM.It's 25 years since some of the most seminal albums of modern times were released. Music commentator Yadana Saw looks back at the memorable, the local...and the forgettable. Read more Audio

10:38 AM.Louise O'Brien from quarterly review periodical New Zealand Review of Books Pukapuka Aotearoa reviews The Unreliable People by Rosetta Allan, which is published by Penguin Books New Zealand. Audio

10:06 AM.Award winning writer Stephanie Johnson talks with Kathryn Ryan about her new non-fiction book, West Island, a portrait of five twentieth-century New Zealanders who found fame and notoriety in… Read more Audio

9:53 AM.Australia correspondent Donna Field joins Kathryn to look at the fallout from the election; what's happening with planned tax cuts, who's in the running to take over the Labor leadership from Bill… Read more Audio

9:42 AM.Kathryn speaks with Stanford University Associate Professor of Medicine, Jeremy Goldhaber-Fiebert, who has evaluated the effectiveness of a predictive risk assessment tool developed by a New Zealand… Read more Audio

9:19 AM.Dr Mark Berry will stand down as chairman of the country's consumer and competition watchdog after 10 years at the helm. He joins Kathryn to talk about how the Commerce Commission has been using its… Read more Audio

9:08 AM.A pilot programme launched by the National Foundation for the Deaf is hoping to understand the increase in hearing loss in New Zealand children. A study into students at Rutherford College in Auckland… Read more Audio