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10:07 AM.Professor of Evolutionary Biology at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Toby Kiers is interested in millenia-old underground biological 'markets', entwined in the roots of plants and trees. Toby is… Read more Audio

9:31 AM.Technology futurist Dr Rosie Bosworth, Honorary Professor of Agri-Food Systems at Lincoln University Keith Woodford and CE of Beef + Lamb NZ Sam McIvor discuss how much of a disruptive factor… Read more Audio

9:08 AM.The government is moving to set child poverty reduction targets into law. New legislation is being drafted which the government wants introduced in its first 100 days. Is a cross-party consensus on… Read more Audio

11:30 AM.Refugee women are cooking a range of cuisines at Auckland markets and events as part of the WISE catering project. Coordinator Sasi Niyamathullah shares a recipe for the group's popular Sri Lankan… Read more Audio

11:07 AM.The America's Cup set-up in Auckland, what next after a series of meetings between the Government, Auckland Council and Team New Zealand ? Also how well is Prime Minister Jacinda Adern doing on the… Read more Audio

10:40 AM.Anne Else reviews "Winter" by Ali Smith, Published by Penguin Random House NZ. Audio

10:07 AM.Renowned writer and photographer Ivor Wilkins' new book Classic Planes explores not just the machines, but the aviation pioneers of New Zealand history and the engineers working to obsessively rebuild… Read more Audio, Gallery

9:51 AM.With Robert Mugabe ousted as the leader of Zanu PF by the party, what happens next? We cross to Debra Patta for the latest. Audio

9:32 AM.Financial watchdogs around are issuing warnings about the risks of Initial Coin Offerings, more commonly called ICOs. These involve start-up companies issuing digital "tokens" or "coins" to investors… Read more Audio

9:09 AM.The latest UN climate change negotiations have wrapped up in Bonn - so how will members meet their targets from the Paris Agreement? Kathryn talks with social scientist Bronwyn Hayward of the… Read more Audio

11:34 AM.The All Whites come up short in Peru, Steve Hanson laments how TV replays appear to be causing referees to make decisions which favour the home team, and the odd decision of World Rugby to award the… Read more Audio

11:10 AM.Pioneering Jamaican vocalist Sister Nancy is performing in Aotearoa for the first time this weekend, with shows in Raglan and Auckland. Bass-addled fanboy Grant Smithies is beside himself with… Read more Video, Audio

10:38 AM.Tilly Lloyd from Unity Books reviews Logical Family by Armistead Maupin, published by Doubleday. Audio

10:06 AM.Often portrayed as the cool-dude larrikin, living a life of excess, the veteran Australian actor Steve Bisley has made a name for himself in TV series such as Water Rats and Police Rescue and has… Read more Audio

9:50 AM.A new prime minister in the Solomon Islands, elections in Tonga, Australia pushes a Chinese company out of Melanesia and plans for floating cities in French Polynesia are unveiled. Audio

9:37 AM.Paediatrician Professor Andrew Pollard is a world expert on vaccination; he advises the World Health Organisation and is the Chair of the United Kingdom's Joint Committee on Vaccination and… Read more Audio

9:22 AM.One of the world's biggest environmental organisations The Nature Conservancy has just released an assessment of New Zealand's fisheries. It finds while New Zealand is ahead of most countries in… Read more Audio

9:08 AM.With just 6 weeks until the end of the year, 325 people have died on the roads... ...that's just three fewer than all of last year. An analysis of the road toll by consultants Deloitte, and just… Read more Audio