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10:30 AM.Kathryn Ryan talks to parenting commentator Nathan Mikaere Wallis, founder of X-Factor Education. He says creativity plays a crucial role in developing intelligence and has tips for parents. Read more Audio

10:08 AM.The Waikato River is the longest river in New Zealand. Marama Muru-Lanning's book, Tupuna Awa looks at the people and politics of the Waikato River, including the way Maori of the region, the Crown… Read more Audio, Gallery

9:45 AM.Former Prime Minister David Cameron resigns as an MP, and the Great British Bake Off is moving to Channel Four. Audio

9:43 AM.Kathryn Ryan talks to Auckland film maker Pietra Brettkelly, whose documentary about efforts to preserve Afghanistan's film archive is New Zealand's submission for next year's Academy Award. Read more Video, Audio, Gallery

9:32 AM.Disagreement over the Kermadec sanctuary legislation has put serious strain on the relationship between National and its confidence and supply partner, the Maori Party. Kathryn Ryan talks to Maori… Read more Audio

9:08 AM.US agriculture expert Jason Clay on getting the world's biggest food producers, causing the most damage to the planet, to change their farming methods. Audio

11:25 AM.The reputation of NZ Rugby and the Chiefs has taken a considerable hammering of late. First for allegations of abusive behaviour towards a woman hired to strip for the club, and then for a failure to… Read more Audio

11:07 AM.Marty features the music of the recently deceased King of Ska, Prince Buster. Read more Video, Audio

10:08 AM.Andrew Froggatt uses his unique talent of horse whispering to get the animals to teach people about their own behaviour, with stunning results. He speaks to Lynn Freeman about his business Lead the… Read more Audio

9:40 AM.Human trafficking is the fastest-growing criminal business in the world. 27 year old Carter Quinley has spent the majority of her life in Thailand, and a large part of that fighting human trafficking… Read more Audio

9:27 AM.Anne Stevens is the criminal lawyer who acted for Dunedin mother, Katharine Webb, whose two children were fatally shot by their father Edward Livingstone, before he killed himself. She says Government… Read more Audio

9:08 AM.A new report by a right wing think tank says better management of recreational fishing is needed and recreational fishers are part of the problem for depleting fish stocks. Nine to Noon speaks to NZ… Read more Audio

11:45 AM.Gavin Ellis on media matters, including the joint venture between RNZ and AUT to produce last week's Auckland mayoral debate, and a 24 page feature in NZ Geographic shows the power of narrative… Read more Audio

11:28 AM.Nine to Noon talks to demographer, Paul Spoonley of Massey University, who says a diversifying population is changing sport. Audio

11:06 AM.Rod Oram on his research for his new book Three Cities which took him to Beijng, London and Chicago to look at how to make economics, politics and technology work. Audio

10:11 AM.Sian Evans is a social historian and her latest book focuses on six women who she says changed society post world war one. The book called Queen Bees looks at how these extraordinary women who pushed… Read more Audio, Gallery

9:50 AM.From the US, Susan Milligan with an update on Hillary Clinton's health, and whether North Korea is a hot US Presidential campaign topic. Audio

9:37 AM.A new Australian study which found a third of dead seabirds studies had eaten rubbish, including plastics, polystyrene, rubber, balloons and fishing gear. The study, done jointly by researchers at the… Read more Audio

9:24 AM.World-renowned New Zealand virologist Professor Robert Webster is a pioneering virologist who helped identify the avian strain of influenza. Based at St Jude Children's Research Hospital in Memphis… Read more Audio

9:08 AM.A ships captain with forty years experience at sea, says it's about time something's being done about the hold foreign skippers have on jobs in New Zealand. Immigration officials are considering… Read more Audio