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9:45 AM.Ed White is a correspondent with the Financial Times based in Shanghai Read more Audio

9:30 AM.In 2012, a change to New Zealand's road rules caused a frenzy among some drivers who worried our roads would turn to chaos. Read more Audio

9:20 AM.The race for the Wellington mayoralty took a turn last month, when Andrew Little came out of political retirement and threw his hat in the ring.  Read more Audio

9:05 AM.The head of the Social Investment Agency - on the big changes ahead for funding of social services provided by NGOs for some of the most vulnerable.  Read more Audio

10:45 AM.Kakapo have been heard booming in the North Island for the first time in over a century, plus more with RNZ Waikato Reporter Libby Kirkby-McLeod.  Read more Audio

10:35 AM.Ralph McAllister reviews Nobody's Fool by Harlan Coben published by Century Read more Audio

10:30 AM.Construction company Calder Stewart has announced plans to build the country's biggest inland port in the small Otago town of Milburn.  Read more Audio

10:05 AM.Erna Walraven became one of Australia's first female zookeepers in the early 1980s.  Read more Audio

9:45 AM.UK correspondent Matt Dathan looks at a speech given by Prime Minister Keir Starmer which has drawn comparisons with Enoch Powell's infamous anti-immigration "rivers of blood" speech. Read more Audio

9:30 AM.Batteries for electric vehicles are notoriously difficult to recycle, but growing demand for the rare metals they contain is leading to greater interest in retrieving their contents.  Read more Audio

9:20 AM.The ease which alcohol can be ordered online without ID checks and delivered within minutes is causing concern for most New Zealanders. Read more Audio

9:05 AM.Falling interest rates will deliver $2.2 billion into the pockets of mortgage holders in the next six months to a year, according to the BNZ's Chief Economist. Read more Audio

11:45 AM.The Retirement Commission's Money Month theme this year is the importance of Emergency Savings - the idea of having a bit aside for the unexpected.  Read more Audio

11:20 AM.Kiwi fashion designer Tara Viggo has returned home to Dunedin from a high-flying overseas career to champion slow fashion. Read more Audio

11:05 AM.Kirsten brings us some "swamp rock" - a genre that emerged in the American South, particularly Louisiana and Mississippi in the early 70s. Read more Audio

10:45 AM.Invercargill Council has settled on a 7.11% rate increase and has also halted plans for a $5m spend on urban play in the city. Read more Audio

10:35 AM.Louise Ward of Wardini Books reviews 1985: A Novel by Dominic Hoey published by Penguin Random House NZ Audio

10:30 AM.The snails are hermaphrodites with genital pores on their necks - which means the snail only needs to peek out of its shell slightly to "do the business".  Read more Audio

10:05 AM.Neal Shusterman is in New Zealand for Verb and the Auckland Writers Festival, with talks specifically for teenagers squeezed into his schedule. Read more Audio

9:45 AM.Australia correspondent Bernard Keane joins Kathryn to discuss the makeup of Anthony Albanese's new cabinet and more.  Read more Audio

9:35 AM.Artificial Intelligence is being trained to assess all the power poles and wires in Auckland to better help lines company Vector with its maintenance.  Read more Audio