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10:09 AM.Kate Radburnd is a winemaker and senior wine judge who is the first female in 33 years, to be awarded a New Zealand Wine Growers Fellowship. Even as a novice winemaker in the Hawkes Bay she was… Read more Audio

9:48 AM.Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull is on his way back from the climate change summit in Paris and is heading into a viper's nest in the final week of Parliament for the year. Audio

9:36 AM.An Australian dietitian says older people are not eating properly - and some are malnourished - because they're dieting. Ngaire Hobbins is also a lecturer in dementia studies at the University of… Read more Audio

9:18 AM.The food industry regularly uses aromas to encourage us to eat and drink more. But now some are experimenting with synthetic aromas, in packaging and advertising: is this the new frontier of food and… Read more Audio

9:08 AM.With fears over the strong El Nino system due to hit this year, farmers in the southern district are battling a severe lack of feed, as they head into a second dry year. Federated Farmers say farm… Read more Audio

11:47 AM.Gavin Ellis discusses his concern over the search warrant executed on the home of Heather du Plessis-Allan and Barry Soper after she purchased a gun over the internet to expose loopholes in the… Read more Audio

11:24 AM.Answers to science questions with web comic author Randall Munroe. The former NASA roboticist and programmer has a cult following, he is the creator of the webcomic xkcd.com. The 31 year old explains… Read more Audio

11:08 AM.Rod discusses the main economic and corporate themes in this year's Top 200 rankings of NZ companies. Audio

10:40 AM.Today's book is History's People: Personalities and the Past, written by Margaret MacMillan, published by Text and reviewed by Lisa Finucane. Audio

10:08 AM.Financial Economics Professor Stephen Haber argues that banking crises are not the product of 'unforeseen shocks', but rather of politics, and we get the banking systems that our political systems… Read more Audio

9:49 AM.Fear, world events and politics. Audio

9:30 AM.In the age of mass surveillance, computer scientists need a stronger code of ethics to prevent a dystopian future, says a US cryptographer visiting New Zealand to warn of the dangers. Read more Audio

9:08 AM.Chris Cairns says his reputation has been completely "scorched" despite being found not guilty of lying under oath in a London court. Two former teammates, Lou Vincent and Black Caps captain Brendan… Read more Audio

11:50 AM.'On the road to nowhere'. Outdoorsman Kennedy Warne talks about the joys of Ashburton's lakes and marshes, plus the pleasures of the Inland Scenic Route. Audio

11:40 AM.Jason and Melissa Phillips sold their home in Wellington, left their jobs and moved to Wairarapa where they set up Cartel Food, a company that makes handmade burritos and quesadillas. Read more Audio

11:10 AM.Political commentators Matthew Hooton and Stephen Mills discuss the impending Labour party reshuffle - as well as the Maori party's role in getting the government's changes to the Resource Management… Read more Audio

10:40 AM.Reviewed by Ralph McAllister, published by Orion. Audio

10:10 AM.Professor Ilan Noy is the inaugural Chair in the Economics of Disasters at Victoria University. He's been examining the long-term financial effects of the Canterbury quakes, and how New Zealand can be… Read more Audio

9:50 AM.France deals with the continuing fallout from the Paris attacks. Audio

9:35 AM.Dr Rebecca Gill, is the lead researcher for the Grow North Innovation District project, which aims to promote a 'Silicon Valley' type hub in Auckland's North Shore. Her research has found that the… Read more Audio

9:10 AM.The United Nations Conference of the Parties 21 - or COP21 - will aim to get a collective commitment to reducing greenhouse gas emissions. Dr Adrian Macey of Victoria University is the former chair of… Read more Audio

11:49 AM.With Te Radar and Irene Pink. Audio

11:32 AM.Brendan Telfer reports on the 3rd cricket test between NZ and Australia, which gets underway this afternoon in Adelaide, with an extraordinary amount of public interest in this game because of its… Read more Audio

11:07 AM.Jeremy Taylor questions whether Australian punk rock was actually any good with a new compilation, basks in the austere charms of Nadia Reid's LP, and gets lost in the tangle of guitars that is the… Read more Audio

10:43 AM.Reviewed by Kiran Dass, published by Atlantic Books. Audio