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11:45 AM.Gavin looks at a new Australian Press Council decision has prompted media to ask why it is permissible to publish pictures of people being pulled from the rubble in a foreign earthquake but not to… Read more Audio

11:22 AM.Sam Stuchbury and Hilary Ngan Kee have toured the country in search of the best tucked-away escape spots. Read more Video, Audio, Gallery

11:06 AM.Rod joins Kathryn to talk about how the Fast-growing A2 Milk wins the Company of the Year award, while the Reserve Bank has required Westpac to raise $1.25bn more capital, but it won't say much about… Read more Audio

10:39 AM.David Hill reviews The Best of A A Gill published by Hachette. Audio

10:07 AM.Described as one of the titans of grand opera, Anne Sofie von Otter talks to Kathryn Ryan about her forthcoming New Zealand Festival concert in Wellington and going outside of the classical… Read more Audio

9:52 AM.US Correspondent Steve Almond joins Kathryn with the latest on the ongoing sexual misconduct story. Accusations have now been levelled against liberals such as Al Franken and John Conyers. Audio

9:32 AM.A group of academics is sticking to its criticism of the advertising regulator over unhealthy food marketed to children. Three top nutrition academics, led by Professor Boyd Swinburn conducted a study… Read more Audio

9:09 AM.A report released today by the  shows 12 percent of children in state care have suffered harm. Read more Audio

11:50 AM.Bill McKay looks at arguments over the Americas Cup base in Auckland and what else is happening around the country's ports. Bill McKay is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Architecture and Planning… Read more Audio

11:36 AM.Kathryn Ryan talks with Dunedin foodie Judith Cullen and art gallery owner and photographer Michelle Chalkin Sinclair who've just published Otago Fonebook - a small book celebrating the food… Read more Audio

11:07 AM.Michael Cullen is appointed to lead the tax working group; Government's positions on Pike River and immigration; a compromise on the America's Cup base; and a look ahead at the Queensland election. Audio

10:39 AM.Harry Broad reviews The Battle for North Africa by Glyn Harper, published by Massey University Press. Audio

10:11 AM.Pro tennis player turned innovator, Brittany Teei on her software that teaches children good money habits. Brittany Teei, of Ngai Tahu and Cook Island descent, has developed the KidsCoin app to… Read more Audio

9:50 AM.Germany headed for another "grand coalition" as way out of political crisis; France announces new measures to tackle sexual violence against women; and the election campaign of Catalonian separatists… Read more Audio

9:21 AM.If you still have a Vodafone email account, you’ll no longer be able to use it after Thursday. Read more Audio

9:08 AM.The Industry Training Federation says a growing number of new apprentices are starting their trades training after already gaining a university degree - with the loan to match. It fears that the… Read more Audio

10:37 AM.Rachel Eadie from Scorpio Books reviews The Wolf, The Duck and The Mouse by Mac Barnett & Jon Klassen, published by Walker books, and Here We Are: Notes for Living on Planet Earth by Oliver Jeffers… Read more Audio

10:09 AM.Alan Gardner has pink hair, pink fingernails and green thumbs. He also has Asperger Syndrome and presents the TV show The Autistic Gardener. Alan talks to Kathryn Ryan about how he views the world and… Read more Audio

9:52 AM.A daring defection by a North Korean soldier across the DMZ, in China's latest internet crackdown Skype has been removed from app stores and the Chinese 'Trumpchi' cars which might have to change… Read more Audio

9:29 AM.Kathryn talks with the new parliamentary commissioner for the environment, Simon Upton. He's just begun after returning from the OECD in Paris where he was Environment Director. How will he approach… Read more Audio

9:08 AM.The Association of Medical Professionals has found evidence that more than a third of senior doctors self-reported being bullied, and more than two-thirds witnessed bullying of colleagues. The… Read more Audio