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9:08 AM.An extraordinary series of events is playing out in the National Party in the wake of the Botany MP Jami-Lee Ross's resignation. Yesterday Mr Ross went to the police about a $100,000 dollar donation… Read more Audio

11:28 AM.Xanthe has tips, tricks and suggestions to get your garden growing this spring, including seeds, rotation and how to establish healthy watering patterns now that will make your garden robust for the… Read more Audio

11:07 AM.RNZ's Kirsten Johnstone previews some of the acts that will be performing at next year's WOMAD festival. She's got music from Angelique Kidjo, Silk Road Ensemble and Teeks. Read more Audio

10:38 AM.Phil Vine reviews Killing Commendatore by Haruki Murakami which is published by Penguin Random House. Read more Audio

10:07 AM.British historian Dan Jones, and Brazilian artist Marina Amaral have collaborated on the book, The Colour of Time. Using digital techniques, 200 black and white photographs of defining people and… Read more Audio

9:50 AM.Australia correspondent, Karen Middleton on the Government's surprise announcement that it could move its Israel Embassy to Jerusalem. It comes just days before a by-election in an area with a… Read more Audio

9:37 AM.Where can a science degree take you? Co-Director of the MacDiarmid Institute  Assoc Prof Justin Hodgkiss and Victoria University Post-Doctoral Fellow, Brendan Darby tell Kathryn there are many… Read more Audio

9:25 AM.New research finds older migrants are meeting their health needs within their own ethnic groups, and are also benefiting wider communities' well-being through volunteering. Associate Professor Valerie… Read more Audio

9:09 AM.The rogue former National MP Jami-Lee Ross will go to the Police today with the evidence he says backs up his explosive claims about breaches of electoral law by the National leader Simon Bridges… Read more Audio

11:47 AM.Media commentator Gavin Ellis says a disarmingly honest editorial in Hawkes Bay Today addressed delivery issues related to printing the newspaper in Auckland. So why did the editorial disappear from… Read more Audio

11:30 AM.RNZ's political editor Jane Patterson reports on the future for the National MP Jami Lee Ross, and the National party leadership. In a stand-up that lasted almost an hour, Jami Lee Ross alleged Mr… Read more Audio

11:19 AM.After last week's IPCC report on how fast and how drastically we need to cut greenhouse gas emissions to keep climate change to 1.5C, business commentator, Rod Oram discusses climate change and the… Read more Audio

11:03 AM.National MP Jami-Lee Ross is to resign his seat and step down from the National Party, and will stand as an independent in any by-election for his Botany seat. Audio

10:38 AM.Kiran Dass from Timeout bookstore reviews Human Relations and Other Difficulties by Mary-Kay Wilmers, which is published by Profile Books. Audio

10:06 AM.Writing a book is simply something a sitcom actress must do, according to actor and comedian Ellie Kemper. She is the star of the Netflix series, The Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt and a fan favourite of… Read more Video, Audio

9:51 AM.Voters in the US will decide control of Congress on 6 November. Washington bureau chief of The Guardian, David Smith says polls suggest that Republicans will retain the Senate but, in a blow to Trump… Read more Audio

9:41 AM.Denise Ritchie is the founder of "Stop Demand" an Auckland based charity which addresses rape in war and sexual slavery. She's returning to the north east of Nigeria to distribute menstrual cups .The… Read more Video, Audio

9:31 AM.Live streaming is something you might not associate with climate change, but its increasing use is sounding alarm bells. Streaming anything with an image - films, music videos, pornography, gambling… Read more Audio

9:09 AM.After the extraordinary events of yesterday, when National Party leader Simon Bridges singled out Jami-Lee Ross as the most likely leaker of his travel expenses, what is the future of the National MP… Read more Audio

11:37 AM.Buckets of water from Auckland's Hauraki Gulf are being processed and refined into artisan sea salt. Landscape gardener, Greg Beattie was looking for an extra challenge, and his one man band venture… Read more Audio

11:07 AM.Stephen Mills and Trish Sherson on allegations Simon Bridges amended his personal electoral donation return to remove two donations totalling $24,000, and how the report into who leaked Mr Bridges'… Read more Audio

10:07 AM.Nelson's peanut butter man, Pic Picot, has taken the world of spreads by storm. In 11 years, he has gone from making 200 jars in his garage with a concrete mixer to building a multi million dollar… Read more Audio