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9:37 AM.Despite facing the twin challenges of rising water tables and being in an active seismic zone, Christchurch has some natural advantages a US landscape architect says. Read more Audio

9:27 AM.Fletcher Building has announced it has has revised down its earnings guidance and says the chief executive is leaving. It expects operating earnings to be about $525 million -- down from previous… Read more Audio

9:13 AM.Moves to crack down on truck shops that are not stopping dodgy traders, an Auckland budget advisor says. Read more Audio

11:06 AM.Tony Stamp from RNZ's Music 101 programme features the best music from the NZ International Film Festival. Read more Audio

10:06 AM.In the 16th century, 12 million slaves were snatched from Africa and sent to work in the Americas in service of Europe's growing dependence on sugar. Author James Walvin talks about the complex and… Read more Audio

9:51 AM.Why two Green MPS have been forced out of parliament and a new security super ministry to be headed by the immigration minister Peter Dutton. Audio

9:44 AM.New Zealand scientists are using special smell sensing proteins harvested from the cloned cells of insect antennae to develope a super smell sensor. They hope to use them as part of a device which… Read more Audio

9:28 AM.With the UK and Australia taking steps to restrict the use of encryption, will New Zealand follow suit? InternetNZ has recently released a position paper outlining the benefits of encryption and the… Read more Audio

9:08 AM.Senior specialists at the Canterbury District Health Board have come out in strong support of the DHB's board and management in the war of words with the government. This follows a scathing report by… Read more Audio

11:28 AM.The mothers project started as a pilot programme at Auckland women's prison in Wiri, and it is now also running in Arohata and Christchurch women's prisons. It involves a team of volunteer lawyers… Read more Audio

11:11 AM.Business commentator Rod Oram on why electricity prices are high, and will likely remain so for some time, bank profits slip, and Beingmate is causing more uncertainty in China for Fonterra. Audio

11:07 AM.Quentin Johnson has been reading Between Them by Richard Ford. Published by Bloomsbury Publishing. Audio

10:14 AM.For the first time in its 118-year history, a woman is to head NZ's independent farming network. West Coast dairy farmer Katie Milne says she will focus on bridging the rural/urban divide and the… Read more Audio

9:40 AM.For the first time, sunshine has been given a price tag in the property market. A home's value increases by 2.4 per cent for every hour of sunlight it gets, according to a new study by the policy… Read more Audio

9:08 AM.A 10-year old battle between locals and an electricity lines company in the King Country and Ruapehu District, is back in the spotlight following the recent freezing cold snap, with consumers railing… Read more Audio

11:49 AM.Kennedy discusses the Supreme Court ruling on the Ruataniwha dam, the 200th anniversary of the birth of Henry David Thoreau, considered one of the guiding lights of the environmental movement and some… Read more Audio

11:33 AM.Karl Hogarth from Nelson company Hogarth Craft Chocolate talks to Kathryn Ryan about his dark labour of love. His shares his recipe for spiced hot chocolate, perfect for a cold winter's day. Read more Audio, Gallery

11:07 AM.A look at the Greens' and NZ First party conferences, and Todd Barclay's non-appearance in parliament. Audio

A series of video games called Total War is allowing players to control enormous armies of tens of thousands of people in real time combat. Kathryn Ryan speaks with Julien Blarel, who has turned… Read more Audio, Gallery