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9:26 AM.What role can government and business play in getting more electric vehicles on our roads? Norway has been hailed as the undisputed world-leader in EV uptake. The reasons for this aren't just… Read more Audio

9:09 AM.The UN Convention on Biological Diversity is holding its 14th meeting of the Conference of the Parties in Egypt to thrash out the main ways to achieve global biodiversity targets, for managing the… Read more Audio

11:06 AM.New music with Jeremy Taylor including a curated selection from Saint Etienne's Bob Stanley and Pete Wiggs on the Ace reissue label. This time, rather than a specific nationality or culture, a… Read more Audio

10:07 AM.Roger Young and Potti Wagstaff have been doing business in Wellington's Cuba Street for more than two decades. They're the owners of Fidels cafe, Havana Bar, and a more recent business Havana Brothers… Read more Audio

9:49 AM.Asia correspondent Anna Fifield on Xi Jinping's charm offensive across south-east Asia, his latest stop being the Philippines, and there's drama in Japan with the arrest of Nissan's chairman for… Read more Audio

9:37 AM.Silicon dioxide, the raw material found in sand, is an earth abundant resource. However, beach and riverbed sand, isn't the only source of silicon dioxide and this is where the potential lies. Dr Erin… Read more Audio

9:27 AM.A Hawkes Bay church wants to build a mega solar farm to help to reduce energy poverty in the region. The plan being developed by St Andrew's Presbyterian Church in Hastings involves installing up to… Read more Audio

9:08 AM.Claims the Department of Conservation is allowing tourism operators to flout their own rules by allowing tourists to fly into restricted areas of Fiordland. Federated Mountain Clubs says several… Read more Audio

11:48 AM.Paul Casserly has been watching TVNZ ondemand's stylish new series, The Little Drummer Girl starring Florence Pugh, Alexander Skarsgård and Michael Shannon. He's also been re-living a childhood… Read more Audio

11:28 AM.One working mother's tips on where to cut corners. Learn to live with chaos is advice Australian journalist, Wendy Tuohy wishes she had believed! The Melbourne mother-of-three and editor of Fairfax's… Read more Audio

11:07 AM.Spark faces political problems getting 5G - which isn’t for phones anyway; phone brands are set for a bloodbath; and the Trade Me offer likely isn’t good news for regular Kiwis, tech journo Bill… Read more Audio

10:07 AM.Lynda La Plante is no stranger to plot twists in both her life and her career penning killer fiction. Kathryn Ryan talks to her about how the creator of the award winning 'Prime Suspect' crime… Read more Video, Audio, Gallery

9:32 AM.Is the denuclearisation of North Korea getting closer? At the historic summit between the Donald Trump and Kim Jong Un in June, the North Korean leader announced the closing of the Punggye-ri nuclear… Read more Audio

9:08 AM.New research is showing that babies who are born via elective caesarean are more likely to be overweight when they turn one. Caesarian rates have more than doubled globally in the past 20 years, and… Read more Audio

11:49 AM.Arts correspondent, Courntney Johnston pays tribute Peter Peryer, one of New Zealand's best known photographers, who died last weekend. Courtney says while Peter was a photographer, he was also an… Read more Audio, Gallery

11:28 AM.Graeme Downes asks why Beethoven's Symphony No 9 is still such a big deal? Ahead of the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra's performance on Friday and Saturday, Graeme takes Kathryn through the symphony… Read more Audio

11:12 AM.Wellington-based author Shona Riddell's great great great grandparents sailed from England in 1849 with three children under the age of five to be part of a new but ultimately doomed whaling and… Read more Audio, Gallery

10:07 AM.Dacre Stoker is a descendant (great-grand nephew) of Bram Stoker, who introduced the world to Count Dracula in the late19th Century. Dacre has teamed up with bestselling dark thriller writer JD… Read more Audio