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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

10:09 AM.The centenary of the birth of one of the world's most loved and highly regarded human rights leaders was marked by the only authorized collection of Nelson Mandela's correspondence during the… Read more Audio

9:48 AM.From the US, correspondent Gabrielle Levy talks to Kathryn about Trump's tweet threat to Iran, the continuing fallout from the Trump-Putin summit, including strong blow-back from Republican lawmakers… Read more Audio

9:20 AM.Why are women training to breaking point without eating enough ? What is it doing to their bodies? And what's being done to address the problem?  Read more Audio

9:08 AM.Public transport advocates are throwing their support behind a proposal to expand the capacity of the Auckland City Rail Link. The mayor Phil Goff says rocketing demand for public transport mean it… Read more Audio

11:34 AM.Growers Kevin and Kate think there’s massive potential for cranberries on the West Coast, and have some recipes to share including Chocolate, Apricot and Cranberry brownies.  Read more Audio, Gallery

11:07 AM.Matthew and Stephen talk to Kathryn about the current round of industrial strikes, and also the latest debate involving Working for Families. Matthew Hooton is the managing director of the PR and… Read more Audio

10:07 AM.Kathryn meets Dr Micheline Jenner who has spent three decades studying whales off the coast of Western Australia. She is the co-founder of the Centre for Whale Research and has recently published a… Read more Audio, Gallery

9:49 AM.European correspondent, Seamus Kearney reports on the scandal engulfing the French presidency of Emmanuel Macron, and the sacking of his head of security. Also, the UK's new Brexit negotiator attempts… Read more Audio