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9:51 AM.RNZ Pacific journalist Koro Vaka'uta with the effect the ash fall from Vanuatu's Ambae volcano is having on local communities, and attempts to reassure people in Samoa over the safety of vaccinations… Read more Audio

9:43 AM.Professor Diana Bowman, from Arizona State University's School for the Future of Innovation in Society is researching the potential impacts of human gene editing on global sport. Could embryonic gene… Read more Audio

9:09 AM.The Ministry of Business and Innovation is defending its decision to open up two vast new areas for prospecting in the South Island after a three-year moratorium. The areas - one in Otago covering… Read more Audio, Gallery

11:24 AM.Educator Joseph Driessen talks to Kathryn about growing independent children who have a strong sense of social responsibility. Read more Audio

10:12 AM.Australian film maker Benjamin Gilmour talks about his sobering war film, Jirga, shot in dangerous conditions, on location in Afghanistan. He was originally preparing to shoot Jirga in Pakistan, until… Read more Audio

9:40 AM.As if there weren't enough reasons to get your children off their digital devices, US researchers have found a link between texting, video chatting and hanging around on social media sites and… Read more Audio

9:27 AM.What difference will the country's first national register of health & safety professionals make in keeping our work lives safer ? And the work that still needs to be done. On 27th July the voluntary… Read more Audio

9:09 AM.Latest research from Massey University shows the gap between what retirees get from the state and the cost of even a no-frills lifestyle has widened significantly and many are working beyond 65 to pay… Read more Audio

11:07 AM.RNZ's Kirsten Johnstone features the music of mixed race, queer artist Mojo Juju and Tash Sultana. Audio

10:07 AM.Mike Rolls was a sports mad teenager in Australia when he contracted meningococcal septicaemia on a football trip aged 18. Overnight he was fighting for his life. He defied doctors' expectations and… Read more Audio

9:52 AM.Nine Australians involved in the recent Thai cave rescue will receive national bravery awards; privacy concerns over medical records; a super-Saturday by-elections and rugby league referee dramas. Audio

9:42 AM.The Justice Minister has mooted the establishment of a citizens' jury on cannabis law reform. Under the confidence and supply agreement between Labour and the Greens, the government is committed to… Read more Audio

9:09 AM.With the up-coming review of the rules governing borrowing and lending, the National Building Financial Capability Trust says it is seeing an increase in people entering retirement owing money. The… Read more Audio

11:25 AM.Roimata Smail is a lawyer but in her spare time she writes songs in Te Reo for teachers to use in primary schools. She came up with the idea after her husband, a teacher, complained that he didn't… Read more Audio

10:40 AM.Harry Ricketts from quarterly review periodical New Zealand Books reviews Edgeland and other poems by David Eggleton, published by Otago University Press Audio