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10:39 AM.Jessie Bray Sharpin reviews The Water Cure by Sophie Mackintosh, published by Penguin Random House. Audio

10:07 AM.Author Garrard Conley was 19 when he was outed as gay and given an ultimatum by his father: undertake gay conversion therapy or be cut off from his family. Garrard was the only son of Southern Baptist… Read more Audio

9:51 AM.RNZ Pacific journalist Sara Vui-Talitu reports on the state of Hawaii's Kilauea volcano after six weeks, calls for a formal system to help the descendants of "black birded" Pacific Islanders find… Read more Audio

9:30 AM.Facebook is back on the defensive after revelations about its extensive data sharing partnerships with device makers. Just a few months ago the social media giant assured the public and Congress that… Read more Audio

9:17 AM.Disability advocates are outraged out-dated ramps at Wellington train stations are posing a barrier to wheelchair users getting to work. Support worker and wheelchair user Samantha Eddie works in… Read more Audio

9:09 AM.Mackenzie District mayor Graham Smith responds to the government's announcement that it will impose a tourist tax of $25 to $30 on most short term international visitors from the second half of 2019… Read more Audio

11:49 AM.Sarah McMullan reviews horror movie Hereditary, and Mum series 2 on Lightbox. Audio

11:27 AM.Noa Woolloff talks to Kathryn about being a young dad, and his mission to break down stereotypes of teenage parents. Noa was 16 when he found out he was going to be a father, and 17 when Kayla was… Read more Audio

11:12 AM.Sarah Putt on the innovation at Fieldays, net neutrality ending and whether the age of the tech superheroes is over. Audio

10:41 AM.Kiran Dass from Time out bookstore reviews The Cost of Living by Deborah Levy, published by Hamish Hamilton. Audio

10:07 AM.28 year old Angela Lim is a doctor, board director and entrepreneur who has an ambition to transform the mental health system through technology. She's about to leave Starship hospital where she's a… Read more Audio

9:50 AM.Matt Dathan on the parliamentary battle over Brexit coming to a head this week, why 35 Scottish Nationalist MPs walked out of Prime Minister's Questions, and how the first anniversary of the Grenfell… Read more Audio

9:28 AM.The Department of Corrections and the Pathway Trust are to start a new pilot programme at Christchurch Men's Prison later this year, aimed at reducing reoffending. 57 per cent of released inmates are… Read more Audio

9:08 AM.State Services Minister Chris Hipkins responds to yesterday's concerns over the reshuffle at the top of public service, and flags wider reform of the sector. He says he wants to see a return to true… Read more Audio

11:47 AM.Science commentator Siouxsie Wiles reports on the link between removing tonsils and adenoids in childhood and the long-term risk of respiratory, allergic and infectious diseases; the case of a young… Read more Audio

11:30 AM.Peter van Drimmelen has had an orchestral career that's spanned 35 years, including with the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra and the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra. Over those years he 's played the… Read more Audio

11:07 AM.Kirsten Johnston looks at the brilliant career of the Talking Heads frontman David Byrne, who'll perform in New Zealand later this year. Audio

10:37 AM.Louise O'Brien from NZ Books reviews two journals: Headland, a digital journal of short stories, and poetry journal Minarets, which is published by Compound Press. Audio

10:07 AM.In 1927, an Australian aviatrix became the the first woman to fly from Australia to London. Corey Mead tells the almost unbelievably dramatic true story of Jessie Keith-Miller and her co-pilot Bill… Read more Audio, Gallery

9:49 AM.More allegations of war crimes committed in Afghanistan, a Sydney girl dies after she made a cocktail from a recipe she found on the internet, and Barnaby & baby part 4596. Audio

9:36 AM.The Equal Opportunities Commissioner Jackie Blue on a major reshuffle of the public sector by the State Services Commission which saw a number of senior Chief Executives moved between agencies. She… Read more Audio

9:09 AM.The Trump-Kim Summit and the page-and-a-half-long agreement it produced. Does the much-vaunted summit in Singapore amount to anything significant? Eric Altbach served on the National Security Council… Read more Audio

11:27 AM.Mark Sedon talks with Kathryn Ryan about being part of a remarkable expedition kite skiing across Antarctica to climb Mt Spectre. Along with British adventurer Leo Houldin and Frenchman Jean Burgun… Read more Video, Audio, Gallery