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9:50 AM.UK correspondent Lara Spirit joins Kathryn to preview Sir Keir Starmer's visit to the US, which has been bolstered by the government's announcement it would boost military spending to 2.5% of GDP by… Read more Audio

9:40 AM.Businessman and entrepreneur Sir Ian Taylor is fronting a new campaign to convince one per cent of pensioners to donate part or all of their NZ Super Read more Audio

9:25 AM.The big four electricity generator-retailers will not be allowed to give preferential price contracts to their retail arms under proposed new rules Read more Audio

9:05 AM.Where are polytechnics at, after courses and staff cuts, and with Te Pukenga still to be unwound?  Read more Audio

11:45 AM.Science correspondent Allan Blackman joins Kathryn to talk about what samples of the asteroid Bennu reveal about the building blocks of life on Earth. Read more Audio

11:25 AM.Historian Jock Phillips looks back 200 years and the run up to the Musket Wars.

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11:05 AM.Charlotte Ryan is host of Music 101 on the new collaboration between Marlon Williams and Lorde and a track from Perfume Genius featuring Aldous Harding.  Read more Audio

10:45 AM.Around the motu: Tauranga based Local Democracy Reporter Alisha Evans. Read more Audio

10:35 AM.Lisa Finucane reviews Black Woods, Blue Sky by Eowyn Ivey published by Hachette Read more Audio

10:30 AM.As New Zealand moves to a new emergency responder network, the man who led the USA rollout of the First Responder Network Authority,  TJ Kennedy, speaks about how it held up during the recent LA… Read more Audio

10:05 AM.Duncan Sarkies' latest work, Star Gazers: A political thriller, set within New Zealand's Alpaca Breeders' Organisation.   Read more Audio

9:50 AM.Australia correspondent Karen Middleton  Read more Audio

9:35 AM.A new show for young blind or low vision people, Sight Unseen,  about young blind or low vision people - is set to give the wider audience a taste of how they experience such programming.  Read more Audio

9:25 AM.A  livestock company, LIC,  is making progress in breeding animals that carry traits for lower methane emissions. Read more Audio

9:05 AM.The country's outgoing Chief Victims Advisor, Dr Kim McGregor, says the Government must appoint an independent commissioner.  Read more Audio

11:45 AM.Another barnstorming weekend for the Super Rugby Pacific competition but what has happened to the defending champions, the Blues? Read more Audio

11:30 AM.Patricia Donovan has been an extremely prolific author of late - publishing four books since 2022, including The Collections and The Madison Gap.  Read more Audio

11:05 AM.What does Andrew Bayly's resignation mean for his reform work in New Zealand's capital markets, competition and consumer data regime?  Read more Audio

10:45 AM.It has been nearly six months since the Kaikoura district was granted international dark sky sanctuary status. Read more Audio

10:35 AM.Cynthia Morahan reviews Life Hacks For a Little Alien by Alice Franklin published by Hachette Read more Audio

10:05 AM.Lucie Morris-Marr was a fit and healthy 44 year old, mother of two when she received a shock diagnosis of invasive stage four bowel cancer. She had no family history, was a non smoker, had a varied… Read more Audio

9:45 AM.Danielle talks about the fight to control executive agencies within the Government and President Trump's blaming of Ukraine for Russia's invasion. Read more Audio

9:30 AM.An ambitious, complex, and expensive programme aims make three of our largest islands predator free.  Read more Audio

9:05 AM.Next year all information held by the Family Court will be moved into cloud servers owned by Microsoft.  Read more Audio

11:47 AM.Commerce and Consumer Affairs Minister Andrew Bayly has resigned his ministerial positions after an incident with a staff member last week. RNZ political editor Jo Moir joined Kathryn for an update. Read more Audio