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Extensive closures are being proposed in the Waitakere and the Hunua Ranges to fight kauri dieback. The Auckland Council is considering spending millions of dollars in a new effort to… Read more Audio, Gallery

11:35 AM.Auckland chef Michael Meredith is co-founder of Eat My Lunch - the social enterprise where every lunch ordered provides for another lunch to a child in a low decile school. He and Lisa King founded… Read more Audio

11:06 AM.Who's looking like the front runner to take over the top job in the National Party? Julie Anne Genter announces her pregnancy amidst the Green Party leadership race; and Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern… Read more Audio

10:42 AM.Holly Walker reviews This I Would Kill For: Natalie King, Forensic Psychiatrist by Anne Buist, published by Text Publishing. Audio

10:10 AM.Professor Alan Dershowitz has been called the best-known criminal lawyer in the world. A staunch Democrat, he has irked many liberals with his view there is no case for President Trump to be removed… Read more Audio

9:47 AM.Russia slams US election meddling charges as just 'blather'; British Prime Minister pushes for security pact with EU, separated from Brexit talks; and Kosovo marks its 10th anniversary of independence… Read more Audio

9:31 AM.Teachers must do more to stop children's confidence and performance in maths falling as they advance through primary school, the Education Review Office says. Read more Audio

9:08 AM.It's feared a proposed conservation order to protect Golden Bay's world-renowned freshwater springs won't come quickly enough to stop local farmers taking more water from the aquifer that feeds it… Read more Audio

11:50 AM.Our comedians look at the lighter stories of the week including a potentially embarrassing "wardrobe malfunction" of a South Korea skater at the Winter Olympics. Audio

11:29 AM.Lydia Ko leading the Australian Open after the first round, the 'war of the wharves' as Auckland City and the government come up with yet another new proposed location for the 2021 America's Cup base… Read more Audio

11:06 AM.The second album from Lyttleton singer-songwriter Marlon Williams finds him getting his swagger and swoon on in a cohesive collection only hinted at by his debut, while German composer Nils Frahm… Read more Audio

10:41 AM.Feel Free by Zadie Smith. Reviewed by Kiran Dass, published by Hamish Hamilton. Audio

10:07 AM.Is democracy on the ropes? Some would have you believe that it's a dark time for democracy with the result of the Brexit referendum described as the greatest fraud ever and claims that the Trump… Read more Audio

9:51 AM.Anna Fifield reports from Seoul with a diplomatic coup scored at the opening of the Olympics by North Korea, the arrest of two Reuters journalists in Myanmar, Malaysia's "gay checklist" and it's the… Read more Audio

9:37 AM.Personalised medicine, tailored to the characteristics of each individual patient's needs, has become a key focus for medical researchers. With this comes the need for implantable devices that can be… Read more Audio

9:30 AM.Africa's largest economy has a new leader - and it happened less than 24 hours after the last one was forced out. Now Cyril Ramaphosa is pledging to tackle endemic corruption. Kathryn Ryan speaks with… Read more Audio

9:09 AM.Senior women lawyers say revelations about mistreatment of young female law interns in one of the country's top law firms has lifted the lid on a serious broader cultural issue within the profession… Read more Audio

11:50 AM.TV and Film writer Paul Casserly reviews Netflix documentary series about corporate greed Dirty Money, and Here and Now on SOHO, the new drama from Six Feet Under creator Alan Ball. Audio

11:33 AM.Russell McVeagh says it has always taken employees' concerns extremely seriously as it deals with the fallout from serious sexual allegations against two of its former employees. The allegations date… Read more Audio

11:18 AM.Settling in to a new school year can be a struggle for many children, and for parents who want to know how to help. Children's coach Jennifer Pollard has some strategies. Read more Audio

11:07 AM.Futurist, writer and educator Mark Pesce discusses the technical, commercial, legal, and security-related aspects of a feature designed to accelerate performance used in almost every CPU from… Read more Audio

10:39 AM.The Sealwoman's Gift by Sally Magnusson. Reviewed by Gail Pittaway, published by Hachette. Audio

10:13 AM.Does it test your nerve when you see someone jumping off something dangerously high, or pulling on a rope just to see what happens? And what if that person testing their limits is a child? Read more Audio, Gallery

9:50 AM.Gerri Peev discusses Theresa May's ministers preparing to set out further details about the direction of Brexit, kicking off today with a speech by Boris Johnson. Also more on Oxfam's plunge into… Read more Audio