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11:07 AM.RNZ Music's Kirsten Johnstone discusses some of the ways that people are trying to instigate more diversity in the music scene at a grass roots level, featuring music from Camp Core, Gin Wigmore and… Read more Audio

10:07 AM.International bestselling poet, author, and social media phenomenon Lang Leav chats to Kathryn Ryan about her debut coming-of-age novel, Sad Girls, and poetry's new digitally attuned fan base. Lang… Read more Audio

9:41 AM.Lawyers in Melbourne have filed a private prosecution application against Myanmar's leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, on charges of crimes against humanity. The Attorney General says that the Myanmar leader… Read more Audio

9:08 AM.A landmark inquiry into the use of surgical mesh implants has called for a major overhaul and stricter regulation in Australia - with calls for New Zealand to follow suit. So why are doctors here… Read more Audio

11:48 AM.With Facebook under pressure, what will this mean for news media who rely heavily on it to reach audiences; an Information Authority with real teeth as proposed by constitutional lawyers Geoffrey… Read more Audio

11:31 AM.Hasan Alwarhani has bought culinary skills from his village in Syria, which has no electricity, to a food truck - powered by a generator - on Wellington's Cuba Street. Hasan tells Kathryn Ryan about… Read more Audio, Gallery

11:06 AM.A look at the backlash from the Broadcasting Minister Clare Curran following Carol Hirschfeld's resignation from RNZ; Jacinda Ardern's comments on Russian spies; and the issues surrounding the new… Read more Audio

10:38 AM.Harry Ricketts. reviews Pasture and Flock: New and Selected Poems by Anna Jackson, published by Auckland University Press. Audio

10:08 AM.Dr Delwyn Moller worked her way from small town rural Waikato to “geek heaven” at Nasa. Now she’s returned to head a space science technology centre in Central Otago. Moller has developed cutting-edge… Read more Audio

9:53 AM.Steve has the latest on a right wing TV network that's ordered dozens of news anchors across the US to read an identical script criticizing 'fake' news stories; the shooting of Stephon Clark and more… Read more Audio

9:35 AM.How will the Living Standards Framework being devised by Treasury impact the way Government is run and policy is made? Minister of Finance Grant Robertson says he wants the framework ready to the 2019… Read more Audio

9:08 AM.The Royal Commission of Inquiry into historical abuse in state care has launched a major public awareness campaign over what the scope and limitations of the three-year inquiry should be. Chair Sir… Read more Audio

11:48 AM.Tamar Munch has been watching Anika Moa Unleashed, Wild Wild Country and Roseanne. Audio

11:32 AM.Chair of the Board of Trustees at Kowhai Intermediate School in Auckland, Wade Gillooly tells Lynn Freeman about attempts to put a stop to cyber bullying at school by banning social media at home. How… Read more Audio

11:07 AM.Robbie Allan looks at how the data breach story just gets worse for Facebook, the curious case of Albi Whale, and how a US-based company part funded by Google co-founder Larry Paige is testing robot… Read more Audio

10:39 AM.Tilly Lloyd reviews Book of Joan by Lidia Yuknavitch, published by Canongate. Audio

10:07 AM.Oxford University-educated neuroscientist and "brain health commentator" Sarah McKay talks to Lynn Freeman about The Women's Brain Book - the neuroscience of health, hormones and happiness, intended… Read more Audio

9:54 AM.Gerri Peev on Russian spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia having little chance of surviving the nerve agent poisoning while Theresa May is buoyed by the show of solidarity abroad. Also how… Read more Audio

9:37 AM.The government is considering travel bans on some Russians but it has not joined other countries in expelling Russian spies in protest at the nerve agent attack in the UK. Theresa May says the series… Read more Audio

9:20 AM.Toyota says declining car ownership among younger city dwellers, advancing technologies and climate change have forced it to shake up the way it does business. Toyota has been among a number of… Read more Audio

9:08 AM.A new report from the Prime Minister's chief science advisor has slammed the country's justice system, saying building more prisons is not the answer. This, as the government decides whether to build… Read more Audio

11:26 AM.Witnessing children forced into addiction, prostitution and dire poverty in Central America started New Zealander Kristina Cavit on a path that culminated in her founding The Kindness Institute. Read more Audio