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9:50 AM.Australia correspondent Karen Middleton has more on the Australian senator is suing another senator after he taunted her in Parliament about her sex life. She'll also cover recent stories about gun… Read more Audio

9:33 AM.New research is painting a bleak picture of the problems Māori patients face in getting equitable access to medicines. Dr. Matire Harwood (Ngapuhi) is a senior lecturer at the University of Auckland's… Read more Audio

9:09 AM.Nelson lawyer Lee James is calling for law reform to prevent feuding parents using their children as pawns in the Family Court. She has more than 20 years experience in the Family Court, including… Read more Audio

11:45 AM.Media commentator Gavin Ellis looks at a rift within Australian media over a boycott of the Pacific Islands Forum, a profit increase for the Independent in London, and the NZ Media Council upholds a… Read more Audio

11:35 AM.Shadow Tech provides year 9 to 11 highschool girls an opportunity to experience what working in a tech job is like, encouraging them onto education pathways that lead into tech related roles. Edwina… Read more Audio

11:22 AM.RNZ's Economics correspondent, Patrick O'Meara looks at whether the drop in business confidence is warranted, and National is claiming increased borrowing is bad economic management. Audio

11:16 AM.More than 30 thousand of the country's nurses will likely go on strike on Thursday, unless a last gasp effort brings the negotiations back from the brink. Today nurses union members rejected the… Read more Audio

11:07 AM.UK correspondent Matthew Parris on political turmoil in the UK, with two senior members of the ruling Conservative cabinet resigning over what is being called PM Theresa May's "semi Brexit". Will she… Read more Audio

10:41 AM.Kiran Dass from Timeout book store reviews Crudo by Olivia Laing, published by Picador. Audio

10:08 AM.A psychologist and cartoonist are pairing up to explain why materialism, status and power aren't the answer to happiness. Hypercapitalism: The Modern Economy, Its Values, and How to Change Them, is a… Read more Audio

9:47 AM.From the US, correspondent Gabrielle Levy talks to Kathryn about who will be the next US Supreme Court Justice and how talks with North Korea have gone. Audio

9:34 AM.A risky dive mission to bring members of a junior football team out of flooded caves in Thailand has come to an end for a second day -- with four more boys now brought to safety, bringing the total to… Read more Audio

11:47 AM.Bill McKay talks to Kathryn about how we are creating public space better than ever before - but it is still being eroded away in several ways. We are starting to see the end of the car (and traffic… Read more Audio

11:35 AM.Mother and daughter Laxmi and Jayshri Ganda are keeping family food traditions alive, across the generations and across the miles. Laxmi came to Christchurch having learnt to cook in Gujarat in North… Read more Audio, Gallery

11:07 AM.Matthew and Stephen discuss the defence strategy announcement and also what's up in education, with secondary principals voicing concerns with NCEA, the NZEI strike, and student loan changes. Matthew… Read more Audio

10:44 AM.Jane Westaway reviews The Female Persuasion by Meg Wolitzer, published by: Chatto & Windus. Audio

10:07 AM.From the golden age of print, to Britain's phone hacking scandal Les Hinton has seen it all. His career as a hack began when he became a copy boy in a small Adelaide newspaper, with grand ambitions to… Read more Audio

9:52 AM.Europe Correspondent, Seamus Kearney talks to Kathryn about fears about NATO unity ahead of a key summit in Brussels, and EU diplomats give a guarded reaction to UK's Brexit 'compromise'. Audio

9:36 AM.Auckland Council is undertaking a public consultation about what do to with land at Hobsonville Marina which is says is not a strategic asset. Berth users from some of the city's other marinas have… Read more Audio

11:48 AM.Pinky Agnew and James Elliot examine the lighter side of the stories making headlines, including a controversial Mosgiel tree house and a blunt exchange involving the Dutch Prime Minister and the US… Read more Audio

11:33 AM.Sports Commentator Brendan Telfer looks ahead to the Football World Cup Quarter Finals, Sir Richard Hadlee receives an international honour, and the unseemly sight this week of the Zimbabwean Rugby… Read more Audio

11:06 AM.Music reviewer Jeremy Taylor from Slow Boat records presents a triptych of vinyl reissues from mid-period Eurythmics, a poptastic new EP from Auckland's Dictaphone Blues, and a tribute to the passing… Read more Audio

10:30 AM.Melanie O'Loughlin from Unity Books reviews The Pisces by Melissa Broder, which is published by Bloomsbury. Circus Audio