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9:24 AM.New research by Massey University shows media coverage of price wars, like the slashing of mortgage rates, intense competition in domestic air fares, and spiraling house prices can add an important… Read more Audio

9:08 AM.A former scientist from AgResearch's now defunct Wallaceville site says the latest round of staffing cuts at the Crown Institute form part of the largest loss of scientific talent in New Zealand since… Read more Audio

11:49 AM.Banknotes, passports and subway maps Audio

11:28 AM.Mark Dickson is the co-owner of Taste Nature, an organic grocery store and eatery in Dunedin. He has a small market garden at Waititi and a home flock of chickens. The eggs for his shop are sourced… Read more Audio

11:05 AM.Political commentators Mike Williams and Matthew Hooton discuss the government's decision on Lochinvar Station, the flag debate and the latest political poll. Audio

10:38 AM.By Sebastian Faulks, reviewed by Jane Westaway and published by Hutchinson. Audio

10:10 AM.The recent death of the last remaining dam buster, New Zealander Les Munro, highlighted the role the legendary squadron had on helping end World War Two. Les Munro flew in 21 bombing missions with… Read more Audio

9:50 AM.Seamus Kearney with the latest on the European refugee crisis. Audio

9:26 AM.Angela Potroz and her family lost millions of dollars over their loan swaps when they were forced to sell three farms because of payments to the bank costing up to 120 thousand dollars a month. Lynn… Read more Audio

9:10 AM.The All Blacks have secured a gritty victory against Argentina, in their 2015 World Cup opener at Wembley - but were pushed hard, in front of a record breaking crowd. Former All Blacks captain Anton… Read more Audio

11:49 AM.With Te Radar and Gemma Gracewood. Audio

11:34 AM.Rugby World Cup. New Zealand golfer Lydia Ko. An upset in first 15 school boy rugby. Audio

11:06 AM.Just before strapping on his board shorts for a junket to Hawa'ii, Grant Smithies clears his desk of recent new releases, checking out the latest noises emanating from Albuquerque, Kinshasa, Baltimore… Read more Audio

10:30 AM.Reviewed by Tilly Lloyd, published by Text. Audio

10:10 AM.Dr Michael Gazzaniga has lead pioneering studies on patients with split brains, where the two hemispheres work completely separately from eachother. In the 1960's he was involved in studies of split… Read more Audio

9:50 AM.Pacific correspondent Mike Field reports on the plight of Ioane Teitiota - the Kiribati man who has lost his bid to become a climate change refugee and Fiji marking the first anniversary of its return… Read more Audio

9:35 AM.Once a traditional parlour game, bridge has been hit by two separate cheating scandals. It's claimed Italians Fulvio Fantoni, and Claudio Nunes, who play with the Monaco team, communicated with each… Read more Audio

9:20 AM.A sleep expert says the working day needs to be changed as it's akin to torture for a sleep-deprived society. Dr Paul Kelley from the Sleep and Circadian Neuroscience Institute at Oxford University… Read more Audio

9:10 AM.The FIFA secretary Jerome Valcke has been suspended by football's world governing body. Valcke has been put on leave and released from his duties until further notice. A FIFA statement said it had… Read more Audio

11:48 AM.The remastered version of what Paul believes is the greatest documentary of all time: The Civil War by Ken Burns. Paul also talks about his evening watching TV in Los Angeles and the strange outbursts… Read more Audio

11:06 AM.New Apple products. The Facebook dislike button. Audio

10:38 AM.I, Clodia and Other Portraits by Anna Jackson, published by Auckland University Press, Poetry and reviewed by Harry Ricketts; co-editor of the quarterly review, New Zealand Books. Audio

10:05 AM.Respected British political scientist Sir Ivor Crewe argues that Britain has been badly governed for decades because politicians hoard power and ignore well-informed critics. Sir Ivor Crewe is the… Read more Audio

9:50 AM.Catherine Drew reports on Jeremy Corbyn's first few days at the helm of Labour. Audio