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11:07 AM.Business Commentator, Rod Oram looking ahed to Fonterra's result on Thursday, and a legal challenge to the Electricity Authority on its proposed changes to the way electricity transmission charges are… Read more Audio

10:11 AM.Kathryn Ryan speaks to Alex Korb, a neuroscientist at the University of California about his book The Upward Spiral: Using Neuroscience to Reverse the Course of Depression, One Small Change at at… Read more Audio

9:49 AM.Steve Almond has more on the gap in the polls closing between the two presidential candidates and the latest on the three attacks in one day across the country. Audio

9:32 AM.What now for the fisheries sector following the critical independent report by Michael Heron QC. Nine to Noon discusses with Glen Simmons from the Auckland University School of Business whose work… Read more Audio

9:09 AM.New Zealand recipients of faulty hip implants are asking the High Court for permission to sue the manufacturer - the multinational giant Johnson and Johnson's subsidiary DePuy. The metal-on-metal… Read more Audio

11:07 AM.Political discourse on the Kermadec sanctuary issue, the Government's domestic violence policy, Auckland transport alignment and Andrew Little challenging the TVNZ political poll. Read more Audio

9:52 AM.Joel Richards on the shift in UK-Argentina relations over Falklands/Malvinas Islands, former president Lula da Silva charged with corruption and Colombia's Peace Process. Audio

9:36 AM.73 NGOs working in Syria have slammed the UN's response to the humanitarian crisis there, and have suspended some cooperation with UN agencies in the country. In a joint letter, the organisations have… Read more Audio

9:09 AM.Kathryn Ryan talks to Time magazine writer and author Adam Cohen about the origins of eugenics. In his book Imbeciles: The Supreme Court, American Eugenics, and the Sterilization of Carrie Buck, he… Read more Audio

9:08 AM.The Law Society says the number of family court lawyers have dropped below a critical mass. That means in some regions of New Zealand there aren't enough lawyers willing to take on things like filing… Read more Audio

11:49 AM.Pinky Agnew and Te Radar tell us what's been making them laugh this week. Audio

11:29 AM.Team New Zealand has reached their target of 18 medals at the Rio Paralympics including 9 gold, and England's outspoken Aussie coach, Eddie Jones has told a UK newspaper he's spotted some clear… Read more Audio

11:06 AM.Jeremy Taylor takes in the new release from superb Irish songstress Lisa Hannigan, the understated tenth album from Chicago alt-country-rock pioneers Wilco, and a harrowing reflection on loss from… Read more Audio

10:10 AM.Professor Craig Franklin has been studying crocodiles in Australia's far north Cape York peninsular for 14 years, conducting the largest and longest crocodile tracking programme ever undertaken. He… Read more Audio, Gallery

9:48 AM.New research reveals a huge jump in Chinese trade with the South Pacific along with major aid rising; PNG's troubled plan to be self-sufficient in rice, and the economic clout of kava in Fiji. Audio

9:31 AM.Conservationists are sounding the alarm over declining kea numbers. The Kea Conservation Trust is launching a citizen science project to tag the birds. It has also started a Givealittle page. Mark… Read more Audio, Gallery

9:18 AM.As the tenuous ceasefire in Syria holds, the UN is still waiting to be allowed to take humanitarian supplies to tens of thousands of civilians in Allepo. Kathryn Ryan speaks to Karen AbuZayd the… Read more Audio

9:07 AM.The lobby group for homeowners and buyers says local councils and police need a much more coordinated approach to tackle the problem of methamphetamine contaminated houses. Kathryn Ryan speaks to John… Read more Audio