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11:06 AM.The year ahead in politics. Read more Audio

10:35 AM.Ralph McAllister reviews: A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara, Flood of Fire by Amitar Ghosh, A God in Ruins by Kate Atkinson, and A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman. Audio

10:06 AM.Jennifer Flay is the New Zealand-born gallerist who transformed a dying Paris art fair into one of the best in the world. When she became director of Foire International d'Art Contemporain - broadly… Read more Audio

9:49 AM.Seamus Kearney reports on the German chancellor facing increasing pressure over migrants, the French drug trial that went horribly wrong and the EU's unprecedented probe against Poland. Audio

9:36 AM.Far from being dimwits in tin hats - a new book suggests there is a conspiracy theory in all of us. Its author Rob Brotherton talked to Nine to Noon about his work. Read more Audio

9:23 AM.At a time when book shops are closing their doors in the face of online buying, we talk to one that is bucking the trend. Three years ago the University Book Shop (Otago) was in the red to the tune of… Read more Audio, Gallery

9:08 AM.In just 6 months Rio de Janiero will host the summer Olympics... amid an economy in freefall, a wide ranging corruption scandal and a president facing impeachment. And now community organisations in… Read more Audio, Gallery

11:58 AM.Nota Bene choir with Christmas carols. Audio

11:48 AM.Te Radar, Pinky Agnew, Kennedy Warne and Tommy Honey help us bid farewell to 2015 on our last show of the year. Audio

11:46 AM.Nota Bene choir with Christmas carols. Audio

11:35 AM.The Souter Stormers are a group of guerilla knitters who recently yarnbombed 42 sites across the Scottish borders town of Selkirk. The oldest member of the group is 105 years old. Kay Ross is the… Read more Audio, Gallery

11:33 AM.Nota Bene choir with Christmas carols. Audio

11:28 AM.Te Radar, Pinky Agnew, Kennedy Warne and Tommy Honey help us bid farewell to 2015 on our last show of the year. Audio

11:18 AM.We cross once again to the Scilly Isles where the head of policing Colin Taylor shares some of the amusing things his police force has to contend with on the quiet, remote islands off the coast of… Read more Audio

11:12 AM.Te Radar, Pinky Agnew, Kennedy Warne and Tommy Honey help us bid farewell to 2015 on our last show of the year. Audio

11:05 AM.Nota Bene choir with Christmas carols. Audio

10:32 AM.Jeremy says "This is a hugely subjective clutch of tracks from my favourite albums of 2015, which was, I reckon, a pretty strong year - with honourable mentions to New Order "Music Complete", Sun Kil… Read more Audio

10:06 AM.Dame Diane Robertson is the outgoing Auckland City Missioner. She has been at the helm of the Auckland City Mission for 17 years, but involved in the social services organisation for more than two… Read more Audio

9:48 AM.Gavin Ellis, Rod Oram, Lara Strongman and Siouxsie Wiles look back on the year that's been. Audio

9:31 AM.We cross to Antarctica to Henry Worsley who is attempting something no one has ever managed before, to become the first person to cross the Antarctic continent alone, unsupported, and unassisted. Read more Audio, Gallery

9:09 AM.Gavin Ellis, Rod Oram, Lara Strongman and Siouxsie Wiles look back on the year that's been. Audio

11:48 AM.This week, science commentator Dr Siouxsie Wiles explains the nice and not so nice reasons Rudolph may have a red nose, and talks about a recent study in which researcher engineered an insect-killing… Read more Audio

11:28 AM.Aaron "Wheelz" Fotheringham is a WCMX - or wheelchair motocross athlete who was diagnosed with spinal bifida at birth. We take a peak into his fearless world. Read more Audio

11:08 AM.The Kinks : brothers Ray and Dave Davies shared the stage for the first time in almost 20 years this past weekend, paving the way for a much-hoped for Kinks reunion. The band was part of the original… Read more Audio

10:33 AM.Reviewed by Louise O'Brien, published by Otago University Press Audio