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10:11 AM.Kathryn Ryan meets Australian actor, dancer and now writer, Jenevieve Chang, whose journey of self discovery took her to the heart of Shanghai's burlesque scene. Her memoir The Good Girl of Chinatown… Read more Audio

9:40 AM.NZ tennis player Alex Hunt was born without his left arm, but at a recent international tournament in Thailand, he beat eight able-bodied players. Read more Video, Audio, Gallery

9:30 AM.Conservation crisis averted in Auckland's Hauraki Gulf - Bryde's whales no longer under threat, University of Auckland marine scientist, Rochelle Constantine tells Kathryn Ryan why. Audio

9:05 AM.President Donald Trump has announced the United States will withdraw from the Paris Climate Agreement saying the deal would hamstring the economy, weaken American workers and undermine US sovereignty.

11:27 AM.Kathryn Ryan talks with LGBTI youth sector counsellor Tommy Hamilton about how to support teenagers who are questioning their gender identity. Audio

10:10 AM.Our unconscious biases operate like habits so we can break them like habits, says Dr Trish Devine of The Prejudice Lab. Read more Audio

9:37 AM.We've all heard of talking to plants to make them grow - but what about when they talk to each other? Harsh Bais, who's a botanist at the University of Delaware, teamed up with high school student… Read more Audio

9:08 AM.Councils around the country want a levy on single-use plastic bags and are calling on the government to step up and impose one. They say the country's landfills are clogged with the non-biodegradable… Read more Audio

11:10 AM.Songwriter and musicologist, Graeme Downes, plays The Beatles, more than five decades since their first single Love Me Do was released. Audio

10:05 AM.GP and poet Glenn Colquhoun's new book Late Love tells of how he came to love medicine as an act of creativity and looks at the challenges of the NZ health system. Read more Audio

9:30 AM.New figures show older New Zealanders are struggling financially heading to retirement, and are making up an increasing percentage of bankruptcies. The data comes from credit score provider… Read more Audio

9:05 AM.In Canterbury a de facto water market has sprung up where people can buy and sell water permits - but should this be formalised nationwide in a similar way to Australia? Kathryn Ryan talks to Warwick… Read more Audio

11:44 AM.Kathryn Ryan talks to Gavin Ellis about two privacy issues which illustrate the complexities facing news media decision-makers, and also the chequebook waving media frenzy surrounding Schapelle… Read more Audio

11:25 AM.New Zealand dairy trainee of the year, 24 year old Clay Paton is a young man with a plan, hoping to own a farm, or a large scale sharemilking position by the time he's 35. Audio