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10:07 AM.Former Parisian model and beachwear designer from Los Angeles Jill Dodd was also a pleasure wife to one of the world's richest men in the 1980s: Adnan Khashoggi, the billionaire Middle Eastern arms… Read more Audio

9:52 AM.From the US, Washington bureau chief of The Guardian, David Smith reports on the devastation caused by the wildfires sweeping California, with 31 dead and more than 200 people still unaccounted for… Read more Audio

9:41 AM.Juliet Arnott talks to Lynn Freeman about the Necessary Traditions Festival on in Christchurch, which showcases 40 crafts people who keeping traditional skills alive. Skills such as mandolin making… Read more Audio, Gallery

9:29 AM.'Home' is collection of drawings by Syrian children, curated by prize winning Australian artist Ben Quilty. The drawings are simple but honest accounts of a brutal civil war from the perspective of… Read more Audio, Gallery

9:08 AM.A secondary school principal says the failure of a server which saw potentially thousands of students have an on-line exam interrupted is cause for concern. Students sitting their first ever digital… Read more Audio

11:49 AM.Bill McKay talks about the concept of Naked Housing, that may appeal to the young and energetic - Generation Rent, but not to everyone. It involves getting rid of car parking which in turn, slashes… Read more Audio

11:31 AM.Anissa Helou's new cookbook, "Feast: Food of the Islamic world" is a mighty, beautiful tome that runs over 500 pages, contains more than 300 recipes and encompasses nearly 1,500 years, of Islamic… Read more Audio

11:06 AM.Stephen Mills and Brigitte Morten discuss whether the Government is likely to hold the line on the teachers strike, what the figures are showing for business confidence and Winston Peters' move to… Read more Audio

10:40 AM.Harry Ricketts from quarterly review periodical New Zealand Books, reviews Off the Road with Sam Hunt by Colin Hogg, which is published by HarperCollins NZ. Audio

10:10 AM.One of Hollywood's most iconic actors, Sally Field talks to Kathryn about her deeply personal memoir, In Pieces. She has been acting for more than 50 years, winning Oscars for lead roles in the movies… Read more Audio

9:51 AM.Seamus Kearney reports on the marking by many European nations of the centenary of the end of World War One. As they do, issues of unity and collective defence within the European Union have come to… Read more Audio

9:36 AM.The numbers of older New Zealanders battling driving anxiety, and what can be done to fix it. Driving anxiety can range from anything between driving reluctance to driving phobia, which in turn can be… Read more Audio

9:08 AM.Reintroducing wild kiwi to Wellington within the next five years is no doubt an ambitious plan but it's also achievable, says Paul Stanley Ward, the founder and leader of the conservation project… Read more Audio, Gallery

11:07 AM.Jeremy Taylor from Slow Boat Records takes a deep dive into the latest reissues from the twin pinnacles of Dadrock - The Beatles and Bob Dylan. Audio

10:37 AM.Tilly Lloyd reviews In My Mind's Eye: A Thought Diary by Jan Morris, which is published by Faber. Read more Audio

10:10 AM.Aucklander Lorraine Thomson describes walking El Camino de Santiago as a physical, mental and spiritual journey. She's a former magazine publisher, now independent director, who completed the 800… Read more Audio

9:50 AM.The ABC's Anne Barker on the first clues emerging about the doomed Indonesian airliner that crashed into the Java Sea over a week ago, killing all 189 people onboard. She also discusses the ongoing… Read more Audio

9:44 AM.Malia Johnston is the director and choreographer of a performance commissioned for the Armistice centenary, He Wawa Waraki Roaring Chorus 2018: a twenty minute piece weaving historic text… Read more Audio

9:31 AM.Leading infectious disease specialist Dr Stephen Mcbride is painting a grim picture of how new drugs have failed to keep pace with new breeds of superbugs. Dr McBride, who is Clinical Head of… Read more Audio

9:08 AM.Four of the country's largest independent energy retailers have laid a joint complaint with the Electricity Authority over claims it is failing to regulate the electricity sector, leaving customers… Read more Audio

11:46 AM.Tamar Munch reviews the BBC drama The Bodyguard, and the final season of the Netflix series House of Cards. Which one hits the mark? Audio

11:30 AM.How much sleep do teenagers really need and why do they feel the urge to stay up so late? Teenagers need more sleep than adults and their circadian rhythms are actually different, says parenting… Read more Audio

11:07 AM.Tech commentator, Robbie Allan discusses the rideshare revolution. This week a young law student started a female only ridesharing company DriveHer in New Zealand, just as Indian giant Ola enters the… Read more Audio