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9:05 AM.An Australia-based energy expert says the government here should be underwriting major power generation projects to help drive investment in the sector and mitigate energy shortages. Read more Audio

11:05 AM.Grant Smithies brings this week's collection of music Read more Audio

10:45 AM.A petition has been launched for ACC to cover volunteer firefighters, Bluff oysters are back on the menu, and a $1 billion proposed windfarm has been declined. Che Baker is the editor of the Southland… Read more Audio

10:35 AM.Roger Christensen of Little Unity Books Auckland reviews Little Bones by Sandy Bigna published by University of Queensland Press Read more Audio

10:30 AM.A Wellington woman was charged for broadband she wasn't receiving for two and a half years after switching providers Read more Audio

10:05 AM.Alexander Clapp talks about how his pursuit to understand the waste trade led him on a globetrotting journey Read more Audio

9:45 AM.Ed discusses the extradition of former Philippines president Rodrigo Duterte to the Hague, why the Indonesian middle class is shrinking is a concern, and a new survey puts the South Korea education… Read more Audio

9:30 AM.Dunedin band IVY met as students at Bayfield Highschool during Covid and played their first gig in 2021 Read more Audio

9:20 AM.The majority of rare health disorders are genetic in origin but now a treatment using gene editing could be providing a solution for a rare swelling disorder Read more Audio

9:05 AM.The Telecommunications Users Association says mobile phone consumers need concrete action over the difficulties of switching between mobile or broadband suppliers Read more Audio

11:45 AM.Film and TV reviewer James Croot looks at Black Bag (cinemas), Adolescence (Netflix) , Good American Family (Disney)  and The Studio (Apple TV). Read more Audio

11:30 AM.Psychologist Andrea Temkin-Yu has written a guide for parents wanting to work on their relationship with their teen. Read more Audio

11:15 AM.Technology commentator Mark Pesce looks at how AI is coming up against copyright and intellectual property laws - and the argument tech companies are using to keep doing what they're doing. Read more Audio

10:45 AM.Jimmy discusses school lunches, cat colonies, speed limits, and a damning review of Palmerston North Hospital's mental health ward. Read more Audio

10:35 AM.David Hill reviews Central Otago Couture: The Eden Hore Collection by Jane Malthus and Claire Regnault, with photos by Derek Henderson published by Te Papa Press Read more Audio

10:05 AM.Ukrainian author Victoria Amelina spotlighted women in war before she was killed in a Russian airstrike. Her friend and colleague Tetyana Teren helped publish her final work. Read more Audio

9:50 AM.UK correspondent Harriet Line details the backlash for PM Keir Starmer over cuts to welfare spending which could see around a million people in England and Wales lose their disability benefits. Read more Audio

9:35 AM.An anti-pokie machine lobby group has had legal success in its bid to reduce the number of machines across the country. Read more Audio

9:25 AM.Concerns the cost of living crisis is causing older New Zealanders to cutting back on food at risk to their own health. Read more Audio

9:05 AM.The BNZ's head of research, Stephen Toplis,looks ahead to today's GDP figures which are expected to show the economy inched out of recession. Read more Audio

11:45 AM.Money expert Lisa Dudson looks at how subscriptions can be costing you dearly. Read more Audio

11:30 AM.It's the 250th year of Jane Austen's birth, and New Zealand Opera is taking its production of Mansfield Park to the South Island.  Read more Audio