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11:48 AM.Outdoorsman and adventurer Kennedy Warne has concurrent stories on sea-level rise in the November issues of National Geographic and New Zealand Geographic. He discusses what he has seen and learned… Read more Audio, Gallery

11:32 AM.Grace Ramirez is a former producer with the Food Network in the US and has been a judge on the local series of My Kitchen Rules. She has a taste of Latin America in our food slot today with dishes… Read more Audio

11:06 AM.The politics of the Rugby World Cup. Nuclear ships policy. The Labour party conference. Audio

10:35 AM.'The Road to Little Dribbling: More Notes from a Small Island' by Bill Bryson. Reviewed by Gyles Beckford, published by Doubleday. Audio

10:05 AM.Burt Bacharach is one of the world's greatest and most successful songwriters. He has won eight Grammys, three Academy Awards and penned over 70 US Top 40 hits. Read more Audio, Gallery

9:50 AM.Seamus has an update on the Russian plane that crashed in Egypt, killing 224 people, as questions swirl over what caused the disaster. Audio

9:41 AM.Queenstown airport has the highest degree of difficulty rating for airline pilots as it is at the base of the confluence of three mountain valleys - which means winds can be strong, gusty and… Read more Audio

9:30 AM.After a dream match up, an exhilarating game, and a fairy-tale finish, the All Blacks have made Rugby World Cup history. They beat the Wallabies 34-17, to clinch a record third world title, and become… Read more Audio

9:05 AM.Every year in New Zealand about three million used tyres are put into landfills, dumped or stored in ways that can be dangerous for the environment, with the risk of them catching fire or leaching… Read more Video, Audio, Gallery

11:50 AM.With Te Radar and Michele A'Court. Audio

11:29 AM.The Rugby World Cup. The Phoenix Football team. Lydia Ko is number 1 again. Audio

11:05 AM.Jeremy Taylor admires the dark, creepy stylings of former Brunette Jonathan Bree's second solo album, the soaring, glacial Nordic pop of a-Ha, and a long overdue reissue of Michael Head & The Strands… Read more Audio

10:41 AM.Reviewed by Kiran Dass, published by Simon & Schuster Audio

10:09 AM.Twelve-year-old Thomas Frith who has an IQ higher than Einstein and Stephen Hawking, has read everything from Ulysses to Thomas Piketty's Capital in the 21st Century,  plays the piano, cello, trombone… Read more Audio

9:52 AM.Mike Field reports on the descendants of the original Bikini Islanders, moved for American nuclear testing, who are seeking to relocate to the United States as their substitute island goes underwater… Read more Audio

9:34 AM.The booktown movement started in the Welsh town of Hay on Wye 1961 when Richard Booth decided to try and make it a mecca for book lovers to try and save the town's struggling rural economy. The… Read more Audio

9:20 AM.Former All Blacks captain Anton Oliver looks ahead to the All Blacks' chances of becoming the first nation to defend a Rugby World Cup win. The clash will mark the first time the two countries have… Read more Audio

9:07 AM.The Transport Accident Investigation Commission is refusing to apologise to the families of the 2010 Fox Glacier crash victims for its mistakes. TAIC's chief commissioner Helen Cull, QC, says it 's… Read more Audio

11:45 AM.TV and Film writer Paul Casserly on the new Noah Baumbach film Mistress America and binge watching the paranoid thriller Mr Robot. Audio

11:25 AM.New Zealand photographer, Rachael Hale McKenna has built a career around capturing the essence of childhood through portrait photography and she also is adept at getting wonderful shots of animals… Read more Audio, Gallery

11:10 AM.Paul Matthews is the chief executive of the Institute of IT Professionals. Audio

10:40 AM.Ted Hughes: The Unauthorised Life by Jonathan Bate. Reviewed by Jane Westaway, published by Fourth Estate. Audio

10:10 AM.To mark the 10th anniversary of his death, the Brando family allowed film-maker Stevan Riley unprecedented access to Marlon Brando's personal archive, including hundreds of hours of audio recorded… Read more Video, Audio, Gallery

9:30 AM.The Transport Accident Investigation Commission backtracks on major parts of Fox Glacier crash investigation. Read more Audio

9:10 AM.Westpac says it will ask police for a warrant in future before releasing private information about its customers. The bank has come under fire after it gave the police 10 months of private transaction… Read more Audio