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9:20 AM.Volunteers on the Greek Island of Lesbos say a thousand migrants are still arriving each day in rafts and boats after making the treacherous crossing from Turkey.One of those volunteering on the… Read more Audio

9:08 AM.The task force charged with identifying breaches of labour standards says 6 months of increased audits and monitoring have revealed widespread workplace abuse, including cases of employees being paid… Read more Audio

11:50 AM.The Week that Was with Te Radar and Michele A'Court, take a look at the lighter side of the week including Tennis star Serena Williams being spotted getting a cab to the finishing line of her own 5km… Read more Audio

11:33 AM.Brendan Telfer has a review of the sporting year and a few predictions for 2016. Audio

10:35 AM.John McIntyre from The Children's Bookshop in Wellington. Timeline by Peter Goes, Gecko Press ISBN 978-1-776570-69-0. Maps by Aleksandra Mizielinska and Daniel Mizielinski, Big Picture Press ISBN… Read more Audio

10:10 AM.Education activist, Dr Sakena Yacoobi is the executive director of the Afghan Institute of Learning (AIL), an Afghan women-led NGO she founded in 1995. After the Taliban closed girls' schools in the… Read more Video, Audio, Gallery

10:10 AM.Grant Smithies flaps a shell-like ear over recent works from South London poet Kate Tempest, Tuscon "desert noir" duo Calexico and Australian rapper Hau, three acts who are touring here over summer. Audio

9:50 AM.Michael Field reports on the big questions being asked around the sudden appearance in the Solomon Islands of three large Taiwanese super-seiners, with many in Solomon Island's government knowing… Read more Audio

9:30 AM.There are over 120 native orchids in New Zealand - with over half found nowhere else in the world. Many of them are threatened and have unique conservation values, but a big danger to them is that… Read more Audio, Gallery

9:10 AM.The Auckland Council is being accused of hijacking the planned blueprint for the city's development by sneaking through housing density changes. After four years in the making, the 30-year Unitary… Read more Audio

11:46 AM.Lara discusses the last ever episode of 3D. Also, Blunt Talk on SoHo, about sitcom about a TV cable news show starring Patrick Stewart and Wayward Pines on Prime - a US sci-fi mystery starring Matt… Read more Audio

11:26 AM.Children's temperamental traits are present from birth, and have a significant impact on parenting strategies Joseph Driessen says the main types are as follows: A Easy going ( Any parent can parent… Read more Audio

11:12 AM.Sarah gives her Top 10 in tech for 2015. Audio

10:40 AM.Reviewed by Quentin Johnson, published by Penguin Random House (NZ). Audio

10:06 AM.Throughout his childhood in state care, young Aucklander Tupua Urlich felt he had no voice. From the age of five to 15 he was bumped around a fractured social welfare system, living in more than 10… Read more Audio

9:51 AM.Kate Adie reports on the British astronaut, Tim Peake who's blasted off from Kazakhstan to join the International Space Station. Audio

9:44 AM.With the completion of the COP 21 climate negotiations in Paris the government is suggesting a scientific solution to agricultural emissions will be a major part of New Zealand's contribution to… Read more Audio

9:27 AM.Angus Deaton is this year's Nobel Prize winner prize in economic sciences for his analysis of consumption, poverty, and welfare. He was awarded the honour because his work has helped to provide… Read more Audio

9:08 AM.In Auckland a new memorandum of understanding between the police and health authorities means mental health patients having acute episodes are being taken to hospital rather than being held in police… Read more Audio

11:49 AM.The Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam. What's happening in New Zealand galleries over summer. Audio

11:27 AM.Professor Spoonley is Pro Vice-Chancellor of the College of Humanities and Social Sciences at Massey University. Audio

11:06 AM. 

Artist: Dan Fogelberg
Song: Part Of The Plan (3:18)
Composer: Dan Fogelberg
Album: Souvenirs (1974)
Label: Epic

Artist: Dan Fogelberg & Tim Weisberg
Song: The Power Of Gold (4:32)
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10:40 AM.Reviewed by Gina Rogers , published by HarperCollins. Audio

10:06 AM.Philip Zimbardo is the American psychologist whose 1971 study on prison mentality exposed the ease at which participants playing the role of guards, began psychologically torturing their prisoners.The… Read more Audio