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Australia correspondent Bernard Keane
9:51 AM.Bernard discusses the political fallout from Kevin Rudd's bid for the UN top job, and the early resignation from the Royal Commission into Juvenile Detention. Audio
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Rancour & division in the US
9:26 AM.Kathryn Ryan speaks with US political historian Wendy Wall, who says the division, rancour and fear in US politics today is similar to America in the 1930s. Audio
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Vaping safer than smoking
9:08 AM.The Health Ministry says vaping is safer than smoking and is moving to make e-cigarettes legal by the end of the year. Nine to Noon speaks to Ministry advisor Professor Hayden McRobbie. Audio
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Media commentator Gavin Ellis
11:45 AM.Should the media identify mass shooters, when the purpose of their carnage is fame and death. Audio
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The rise and demise of New Zealand's provinces
11:28 AM.How and why were the country's provinces created, and what are the lasting effects on their identities? Kathryn Ryan speaks with historian Andre Brett about his new book Acknowledge No Frontier, which… Read more Audio, Gallery
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David Bain denied compo, but gets $925k ex gratia
11:22 AM.Kathryn Ryan talks to RNZ's political editor Jane Paterson on the announcement that David Bain will not receive compensation for wrongful imprisonment. Rather, he has been given an ex-gratia payment… Read more Audio
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Business commentator Rod Oram
11:08 AM.Rod Oram is looking at a new KiwiSaver fund challenging the sector over the fees it charges, and Kevin Roberts being required to take leave from chairing Saatchi & Saatchi for his comments about women… Read more Audio
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Book review - Can You Tolerate This? by Ashleigh Young
10:35 AM.Reviewed by Holly Walker, published by Victoria University Press. Audio
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Writer and performer Ivan Coyote
10:08 AM.Raised in Canada's Yukon territory, Ivan's books and storytelling detail the isolation and freedom of the journey in coming to terms with who you are and how society reacts. Ivan Coyote is appearing… Read more Video, Audio
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US correspondent Susan Milligan
9:45 AM.The latest on the US presidential election. Audio
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Study finds mental health patients no better off behind locked doors
9:25 AM.A study co-authored by Oxford University Professor of Psychiatry Tom Burns and Otago University Professor of Law John Dawson, concludes locking doors in mental health care centers may not lead to best… Read more Audio
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Financial watchdog responds to criticism
9:08 AM.The Financial Markets Authority says its "good conduct" guidelines for financial service providers are adequate. An independent financial advisor says proposed new rules let banks off too lightly and… Read more Audio
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Off the beaten track with Kennedy Warne
11:45 AM.Kennedy Warne has been visiting the far North, visiting Ngawha springs and looking at Kauri dieback. Audio
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Food - cooking up language skills with immersion classes
11:30 AM.Bronwyn Wilson's venture Musica Linguae invites people who want to learn a new language - or practice one they are already familiar with - into an activity where the language is spoken such as making… Read more Audio
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Political commentators Matthew Hooton and Stephen Mills
11:09 AM.Stephen and Matthew discuss the Auckland Unitary plan, affordable housing, and the aim to be predator free by 2050. Audio
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Book review - Murder on the Maungatapu
10:35 AM.By Wayne Martin, reviewed by Harry Broad, published by Canterbury University Press. Audio
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Jason de Caires Taylor - underwater sculpture museums
10:08 AM.Jason de Caires Taylor is the founder and creator of several underwater museums. Motivated by concern over the health of the ocean and redressing climate change, his idea was to draw divers away from… Read more Audio, Gallery
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Africa correspondent Deborah Patta
9:45 AM.Deborah Patta checks in on Oscar Pistorius' six year jail sentence, two people accused of being affiliated to Isis and planning to blow up Johannesburg's American Embassy, and the escalation of South… Read more Audio
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Healing with the mind
9:20 AM.John Dunbar is an orthopaedic surgeon in Dunedin who - despite his initial misgivings over whether the mind can play a part in feeling well again - has seen first hand how much 'training the brain'… Read more Audio
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Behind the police tape
9:08 AM.Retired police crisis negotiator Lance Burdett speaks frankly about the mental stress he suffered after witnessing traumatic events during his 22 years in the police force. He is calling for more to… Read more Audio
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The Week that Was with Michele A'Court and Alice Brine
11:45 AM.Michelle A'Court and Alice Brine on the things that made us laugh this week.
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Music reviewer Grant Smithies
11:05 AM.Long-lost American funk singer Betty Davis turned 71 this week, but it's you who gets the presents when Grant Smithies revisits her first two albums, alongside killer cuts from LA soul crew The… Read more Audio
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Unity Books Review: White Sands by Geoff Dyer
10:40 AM.Reviewed by Kiran Dass, published by Text. RRP $37. Audio
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Katey Forth: NASA researcher, entrepreneur & frisbee whizz
10:10 AM.Katey Forth is a a former NASA researcher in neurophysiology who's headed out into the world of entrepreneurship. British born and educated, she was working for NASA researching the impact of space… Read more Audio
