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9:19 AM.Andrew Leslie is the Chief Executive of New Zealand Recreation Association. He's concerned that funding from local Government for public parks is not sustainable and if alternative investment isn't… Read more Audio

9:10 AM.Hungarian riot police have fired teargas and water cannon at desperate migrants near the Serbian town of Horgos. Hungary this week closed its entire border with Serbia, and made it illegal to enter… Read more Audio

11:45 AM.Surviving a global pandemic on Great Barrier Island; stressed elephants have fewer babies and age faster; humans are hard-wired for laziness; and Illuminating. Audio

11:30 AM.Jack Andraka is a teenage scientist, inventor and cancer researcher. The young American is recognised for his role in developing a rapid and inexpensive method which detects an increase in proteins… Read more Audio

11:06 AM.After recording with her sisters as The Braxtons, Toni Braxton stepped out on her own, appearing on the soundtrack to Eddie Murphy's Boomerang film in 1992 under the direction of LA Reid and Babyface… Read more Audio

10:05 AM.For Jan Arnold, watching the last days of her husband's Rob Hall's life portrayed in the film Everest brought back feelings of loss and helplessness. Read more Video, Audio

9:50 AM.Bernard Keane on the quickly changing face of Australia's government. Audio

9:30 AM.There's new evidence the seas around East Antarctica are warming faster than previously thought - which could lead to much higher sea level rises.

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9:05 AM.As Europe fails to reach an agreement over how to share the burden of the massive flow of asylum seekers out of Syria and Iraq, we meet Christchurch woman Anne Tee, who has lived on the tiny Greek… Read more Audio

11:42 AM.Gavin Ellis discusses Scout, the new co-production of MediaWorks and former New Zealand Herald gossip columnist Rachel Glucina which was launched on Monday. Gavin Ellis is a media commentator and… Read more Audio

11:23 AM.Dr. Nancy Donovan is a geriatric psychiatrist at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston and an instructor in psychiatry at Harvard Medical School. Some of her recent research has found than loneliness… Read more Audio

11:06 AM.Rod Oram discusses China's environmental issues. Audio

10:39 AM.Reviewed by Elisabeth Easther, published by Quercus. Audio

10:12 AM.Underwater photojournalist Brian Skerry has spent the last 30 years documenting the beauty of the ocean and its marine life. But increasingly his pictures serve another purpose - to highlight the… Read more Audio, Gallery

9:49 AM.Cheating in the NFL, police brutality at the US Open. Audio

9:36 AM.In Christchurch some residents have reported seeing rats openly walking around the red zone. Rat catchers say this is not due to an increase in rat numbers, but the fact there are fewer humans around… Read more Audio

9:22 AM.Paracetamol is New Zealand's top selling pain killer as well as the number one drug which people seek advice about on the national poisons hotline. Clinicians on both sides of the Tasman say more… Read more Audio

9:09 AM.Karen Middleton discusses the Australian political coup in which Malcolm Turnbull ousted Tony Abbott as Prime Minister and Liberal party leader. Audio

11:49 AM.Kennedy Warne is in Kororareka/Russell next to the flagstaff that was chopped down four times by Hone Heke. Given the virulent reaction to the new flag designs, perhaps the practice of… Read more Audio

11:32 AM.New Zealand brewed craft beer has become very popular both on the domestic market and for export. Jules van Cruysen began his career as sommelier in Wellington and writing about wine, then the 30 year… Read more Audio

11:07 AM.Mike Williams and Matthew Hooton discuss whether Jeremy Corbyn's win in Britain might influence 'conviction' politics in New Zealand and Russel Norman's legacy. Audio

10:36 AM.Reviewed by Harry Broad, Published by Penguin. Audio

10:08 AM.Author Sarai Walker on her motivations to write her debut novel, Dietland, fat-shaming, and what it's like for women of all shapes and sizes to live in a big, bad sexist society. Audio

9:47 AM.Independent newspaper journalist Matt Dathan on the reaction to the UK Labour leadership vote. Audio

9:31 AM.More and more older people want to live independent lives, but in a communal flatting type situation, so why are Abbeyfield social housing providers finding it so hard to get funding from the… Read more Audio