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9:34 AM.Janette Walker is a farmers' advocate, whose work prompted the Commerce Commission's investigation of interest rates swaps. ANZ Bank has reached a $19 million settlement over its marketing of the… Read more Audio

9:11 AM.The Ministry of Education has updated the guidelines for schools following the recomendations of a health select committee - which found that "fragmented and uneven programmes" were partly to blame… Read more Audio

11:52 AM.Comedians Radar and Elisabeth Easther take a light hearted look at The Week that Was. Audio

11:33 AM.The death of Australian cricketer Philip Hughes. Funding for team New Zealand's next Amecricas Cup challenge. Audio

11:06 AM.Jeremy Taylor checks out former Roxy Music frontman Bryan Ferry's nominal sequel to Roxy's 'Avalon', plus a superb two disc selection from that great English eccentric Robert Wyatt, and, no kidding, a… Read more Audio

10:41 AM.Written by Edward St Aubyn, published by Picador and reviewed by Kiran Dass. Audio

10:06 AM.Dr Michelle Dickinson - the winner of Prime Minister's award for science media communication is an expert in nanotechology, who is inspired by the powers of superheroes and uses her social media… Read more Audio

9:48 AM.News from the Asian region with our correspondent Financial Times Beijing Bureau chief, Jamil Anderlini. Audio

9:34 AM.A Sydney gambling centre is having huge success by presenting problem gambers with the facts - the extremely low mathematical likelihood that they're going to make a profit. Dr. Fadi Anjoul says… Read more Audio

9:25 AM.Opponents of the proposed Wellington supercity are already gearing up to force a referendum on the plan. Greater Wellington Regional Councillor Chris Laidlaw discusses why he thinks the amalgamation… Read more Audio

9:08 AM.City Gallery in Wellington has sold at Christies Auction house in London a famous painting of dancer Anna Pavlova. The painting was bequeathed to it by a renowned New Zealand ballet dancer, who wanted… Read more Audio

11:45 AM.Dan Slevin reviews The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies (Peter Jackson); Advanced Style (Lina Plioplyte); and The Drop (Michaël R. Roskam). Audio

11:22 AM.Parenting commentator Nathan Mikaere Wallis has tips on how to get children to do what you want them to do. Read more Audio

11:06 AM.Sarah Putt discusses dealing with online harassment; Microsoft kills Clip Art and does Ashburton have the world's fastest broadband? Audio

10:37 AM.Poetry Notebook by Clive James Macmillan RRP $29.99. Audio

10:06 AM.Real life social networks - their reach, and how they've evolved to affect every aspect of our day to day lives with Matthew O. Jackson. He is the Eberle Professor of Economics at Stanford University… Read more Audio

9:50 AM.News from the UK with our correspondent Matthew Parris. Audio

9:20 AM.Jason N Parkinson is a freelance video journalist, who covers subjects ranging from environmental disaster to conflict. He was nominated for the Rory Peck News Award for his work during the Egyptian… Read more Audio

9:10 AM.The Local Government Commission is informing the Wellington region's Mayors in person at Te Papa, at 9.30, of its draft decision of the region's future structure. All are expecting the decision to be… Read more Audio

11:45 AM.The 40th anniversary of Fingers, one of the world's longest running contemporary jewellery galleries, and Michael Parekowhai's lighthouse sculpture for the Auckland waterfront. Audio

11:31 AM.Charles McGuinness discusses docking of wages and sexual harassment in the workplace. Audio

11:05 AM.Bob Seger has made a name for himself as a blue-collar, hard-hitting rocker with a sensitive side. A product of the Detroit rock scene of the 1960s that spawned The MC5, The Stooges and The Rationals… Read more Audio

10:37 AM.Reviewed by Anne Else. Published by Head of Zeus. Audio

10:10 AM.Novellist Hector Tobar had unprecedented access to the 33 miners who spent 69 days trapped underground when the San Jose mine collapsed in Chile four years ago. All the miners survived following an… Read more Audio

9:50 AM.On the funeral of cricketer Phillip Hughes. Audio