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9:35 AM.Kiwi country music queen Tami Neilson has some big news. She's bound for the home of country music - Nashville - to play the iconic Grand Ole Opry.   Read more Audio

9:20 AM.It's been two years to the day since the skies opened on Nelson and it did not stop raining for five days.  Read more Audio

9:05 AM.Jonathan Mosen, who is blind has been a disability advocate for decades. He is joining a growing chorus of concern about the lack of consultation with the disabled community to sweeping change.  Read more Audio

10:45 AM.Georgina on the latest from the capital, including the earthquake issues at Wellington Girls' College. Read more Audio

10:35 AM.Gina Rogers reviews Girl Falling by Hayley Scrivenor published by Pan Macmillan Read more Audio

10:05 AM.It's been a hard road to Harvard University for Felicity Powell.  Earlier this year she had brain tumour surgery after battling the health system for two years to get to that point. Now she's running… Read more Audio

9:45 AM.Dan Bloom is deputy editor of Politico London Playbook Read more Audio

9:35 AM.One of Dunedin's best-known live music venues, which has been closed on and off for years,  is reopening under new management next month.  Read more Audio

9:20 AM.David Sanger is the White House and National Security Correspondent for the New York Times, where he's worked for more than four decades and covered five American presidents. Read more Audio

9:05 AM.For the first time in four years the official cash rate was cut by quarter of a per cent with the central bank governor Adrian Orr saying it was time to take the foot off the economic brake.Stephen… Read more Audio

11:45 AM.Science communicator Allan Blackman looks at a trial that's been labelled a "game-changer" in HIV prevention.  Read more Audio

11:35 AM.David Miller remembers a time when if he shot and delivered a deer to buyers he'd rake in more than a week's pay. Read more Audio

11:05 AM.Music correspondent Ian Chapman remembers his friend Martin Phillipps, front man for The Chills, and credited with the creation of the Dunedin sound.  Read more Audio

10:45 AM.What the latest probe into pollution at the former Dow chemical plant in Paritutu has revealed and the Mayor's reaction.  Read more Audio

10:35 AM.Jenna Todd of Time Out Bookstore reviews The Hypocrite by Jo Hamya published by Orion Publishing Read more Audio

10:05 AM.Eric Beecher is a journalist, editor and media owner who has written an excoriating new book about his experiences working as an editor for Rupert Murdoch's NewsCorp. Read more Audio

9:45 AM.Police in far North Queensland say a young New Zealander was piloting the helicopter which crashed into the in tourist strip of the tropical holiday city of Cairns.  Read more Audio

9:35 AM.An app created by a Massey University researcher which simplifies the diagnosis of a common visual disorder is exploding in international popularity.  Read more Audio

9:20 AM.A new study has identified why some schools are leading the way with University entrance success for Māori and Pacific teenagers.  Read more Audio

9:05 AM.Further testing is being done today on methamphetamine-contaminated lollies donated to the Auckland City Mission.  Paddy Gower speaks with the Deputy Director of the National Poison Centre, Dr Bill… Read more Audio

11:45 AM.Stuff senior sports writer Marc Hinton assesses New Zealand's effort at the Paris Olympics, 10 golds, 20 medals in total and talks about the standout Kiwi performances. Also in rugby, the Scott… Read more Audio

11:30 AM.Feana Tu'akoi' is an author who began writing junior fiction so her own children could see themselves reflected in books.  Read more Audio