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11:06 AM.Yadana Saw previews some of the acts that are taking the stage at WOMAD this weekend, plus a look ahead to the final Homegrown festival in Wellington. Read more Audio

10:49 AM.Taharoa Ironsands was convicted and fined for 'thick brown sludge' which flowed into Waikato waters -  Libby Kirkby-McLeod, RNZ Waikato Reporter has this story and others from the region. Read more Audio

10:42 AM.Phil Vine reviews One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This by Omar El Akkad published by Text Publishing. Read more Audio

10:07 AM.The wait's almost over for fans of Amazon's fantasy blockbuster The Wheel of Time. Kiwi Zoë Robins talks about her role in the series.

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9:50 AM.US tariffs on aluminium and steel imports from Australia will not being granted an exemption - Australia correspondent Karen Middleton joins Kathryn. Read more Audio

9:38 AM.Consumers are becoming unhappier with their broadband and mobile services - but what's driving the decline? Read more Audio

9:27 AM.Ukraine's President says a 30-day ceasefire agreed at a Ukraine-US meeting in Saudi Arabia will take effect immediately if Russia accepts it. Read more Audio

9:07 AM.A new report into the country's hospices shows, for the first time, the sector won't be able to raise enough money to meet the demands required of it. Read more Audio

11:30 AM.Two novellas. Two women who have arrived in New Zealand as immigrants and find themselves in desperate situations. Read more Audio

11:05 AM.Four projects have been named by Treasury as ready-to-go public-private partnership projects as major banks and investment funds come to the country for an infrastructure summit at the end of this… Read more Audio

10:45 AM.Queenstown, Central Otago and Otago Regional councils sign off on a combined submission under the government's Regional Deal agreement, what's next for the the 128 year-old Roxburgh cinema after the… Read more Audio

10:35 AM.Dean Bedford reviews Oscar Wars: A History of Hollywood in Gold, Sweat, and Tears by Michael Schulman published by HarperCollins Read more Audio

10:05 AM.Painter and printmaker Dick Frizzell's works are held in galleries and collections around the country. From large New Zealand landscapes to some instantly recognisable pop-art works like the Four… Read more Audio

9:45 AM.President Trump has moved back and forth on tariffs and markets have dropped on the back of that uncertainty. Read more Audio

9:20 AM.Should university researchers keep intellectual property rights relating to their work? It is one of the major suggestions in a report into the country's science and innovations sector led by former… Read more Audio

9:05 AM.The government wants private hospitals to do more elective surgery - will this help ease pressure on the public system, or undermine it?  Read more Audio

11:45 AM.Kennedy Warne  talks about the Hukerenui settler museum, started by a local dairy farmer that features everything from a 1950's dental clinic to a collection of carved Kauri gum. Read more Audio

11:30 AM.A food truck in a tiny town in the Catlins, on the coast south of Dunedin, has taken out the title of best burger in Aotearoa. Read more Audio

11:05 AM.Political commentators, Neale Jones and Tim Hurdle discuss a week of change - a board is returning to Health NZ,  the Reserve Bank governor is suddenly gone, as is NZ's High Commissioner to London  Read more Audio

10:45 AM.Simon Wilson from the NZ Herald discusses the latest news in Auckland including  swimming pools, transport and the Auckland Future Fund. Read more Audio

10:35 AM.Jenna Todd of Time Out Bookstore reviews Perspectives by Laurent Binet published by Harvill Secker Read more Audio

10:05 AM.US singer/songwriter, Maya Piata, has used inspiration from her Maori heritage and her home town, New Orleans, to create her own style - something she describes as 'sunshine soul.'  Read more Audio