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9:28 AM.The International Red Cross says it still holds out hope that New Zealand nurse Louisa Akavi may be alive - five and a half years after her capture by ISIS. Ms Akavi and two Syrian colleague were… Read more Audio

9:09 AM.A massive fire at French landmark, the Cathedral of Notre Dame in Paris has collapsed the church's main spire. Huge crowds are watching as the fire rages. Our Europe correspondent, Seamus Kearney is… Read more Audio

11:50 AM.Bill McKay talks to Kathryn about the RMA and Resource Consents. This against a backdrop of Briscoes boss Rod Duke has been trying to get consent for a helipad at his Herne Bay beachfront property. It… Read more Audio

11:43 AM.From a herbal medicine to a much loved spirit deriving its predominant flavour from juniper berries, the history of gin has a storied past. Kathryn Ryan talks to Chris Reid from Reid + Reid gin in… Read more Audio, Gallery

11:11 AM.Stephen Mills and Trish Sherson talk to Kathryn about the select committee report on voluntary euthanasia, also a look at intelligence agencies and the latest political polls. Stephen Mills is the… Read more Audio

10:40 AM.Ralph McAllister reviews My Brother's Name is Jessica by John Boyne. Audio

10:07 AM.Three seemingly uninteresting grey lumps of stone are shedding new light on the voyages of early Maori settlers, and suggesting direct links between Southland and Tahiti. Retired geologist Dr Ross… Read more Audio

9:49 AM.Now that Brexit has been delayed for a second time (to October 31 unless a deal is reached beforehand), Europe correspondent, Seamus Kearney says there has been a dramatic drop in the number of… Read more Audio

9:20 AM.New Zealand's biggest investment funds are pushing on with efforts to pressure Facebook, Google and Twitter into taking action over offensive online material. Matt Whineray, CEO of the NZ Super Fund… Read more Audio

9:09 AM.Louisa Akavi, a New Zealand nurse working for the Red Cross, was captured by Islamic State in Syria, more than five years ago and there are now public pleas for any information, that could help bring… Read more Audio

11:32 AM.Sports commentator Brendan Telfer talks to Kathryn about how the Australian Rugby Union is dealing with Israel Folau's latest homophobic outburst, and the talent of teen sprinting sensation, Edward… Read more Audio

11:06 AM.Music reviewer Grant Smithies has a four-course tasting platter of delicious sonic treats today, with the first three made from ethically sourced local ingredients. We'll tuck into boss tunes from… Read more Audio

10:38 AM.Louise Ward from Wardini Books reviews two children's books:The Encyclopaedia of Grannies by Eric Veille and Where's My Jumper? by Nicola Slater. Published by Gecko Press ($29.99) / Simon & Schuster… Read more Audio

10:07 AM.Dr Stacy Sims is an expert in how gender dictates athletes' training, nutritional, recovery and hydration needs. Working on the premise that women are not small men the exercise physiologist… Read more Audio

9:51 AM.RNZ Pacific journalist, Johnny Blades talks to Kathryn about the outcome of the Solomon Islands election, the Kiribati parliament asking New Zealand to take more i-Kiribati workers in their seasonal… Read more Audio

9:30 AM.A new foundation has been established to help defence force veterans transition to life in civvies. Post Transition has been founded by former SAS soldier and Victoria Cross recipient Willie Apiata… Read more Video, Audio

9:20 AM.The UN register of designated terror entities, released last week, lists 445 groups as terrorist organisations. Of the 1962 individuals on the list, none are associated with white supremacism. Yet the… Read more Audio

9:08 AM.The Wikileaks founder's seven-year stay in a London embassy is over. Julian Assange took refuge in the Ecuadorian embassy in 2012 to avoid extradition to Sweden over a sexual assault case. The case… Read more Audio

11:48 AM.Chris Schulz reviews the second season of Killing Eve - can it match the first? He also reviews the US version of What We Do in the Shadows and just in time for the school holidays - The Lego Movie 2… Read more Audio

11:20 AM.Speech and language therapist Christian Wright discuss the top five speech sound errors in five-year-olds and tips and tricks to fix them. Read more Audio

11:07 AM.Technology commentator Mark Pesce joins Lynn to look at how Gmail - which has just turned 15 - now has 1.5 billion users. But there are other issues to take the shine off that Google milestone, like… Read more Audio

10:38 AM.David Hill reviews Glyn Harper's For King and Other Countries: The New Zealanders who fought in other services in the First World War. The book is published by Massey University Press ($59.99). Audio

10:07 AM.Bill Helmreich walked every block of NYC to write his award winning book The New York Nobody Knows back in 2013. Now he has re-walked most of Manhattan-over 1000kms-to write this new, one-of-a-kind… Read more Audio