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Mark Staufer and Neil Harding: The Lost Boys of Dilworth
8:14 AM.Auckland's Dilworth boarding school was set up to to provide education to boys from disadvantaged backgrounds for free. Last year an independent inquiry into sexual and physical abuse at the school… Read more Audio
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Jason Gunn - playing favourites
11:05 AM.Childrens' television presenter turned author, Jason Gunn joins Colin Peacock to play favourites. Jason is taking part in the Auckland Writers Festival's Schools Programme Hotaka Kura and has written… Read more Audio
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Self-confessed taphophile: Deborah Challinor
10:40 AM.Bestselling writer Deborah Challinor explores the world of Victorian funeral customs in the first book in a new series Black Silk and Sympathy. Deborah has written eighteen novels of historical… Read more Audio
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Richard Shaw: The Unsettled
10:07 AM.Political commentator, academic and author Richard Shaw's new book The Unsettled confronts colonial land theft through Pakeha settler stories. A follow up to his 2021 book The Forgotten Coast, a… Read more Audio
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'Tepid response' to Oppenheimer in Japan
9:45 AM.Oppenheimer has finally opened in Japan, eight months after it was released in the US. Japanese distributors delayed the release, following criticism the movie minimises the nuclear attacks on… Read more Audio
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On a mission to change the 'archaic' 9 to 5 for parents
9:14 AM.Former New Zealand Army captain, Dr Ellen Joan Ford, was recognised with a Kiwibank Local Hero award last year for her work leading a team that freed over 500 Afghan refugees when the Taliban seized… Read more Audio
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Simon Young - from Pickering to Pitcairn mayor
9:08 AM.Simon Young is the first non-native mayor of Pitcairn. Originally from Yorkshire in the UK, Simon visited Pitcairn in 1992 and liked it so much he returned permanently in 1999 with his wife Shirley… Read more Audio
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Nathan Thrall - A Day in the Life of Abed Salama
8:10 AM.Jerusalem-based American journalist and author Nathan Thrall's new book is named on ten best books of the year lists, including The New Yorker, The Economist and the Financial Times. A Day in the Life… Read more Audio
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Kate De Goldi: reading for pleasure
11:40 AM.Kate De Goldi is one of New Zealand's most celebrated authors, an Arts Foundation Laureate, and a voracious reader. She joins Susie to share three books she's loved; Cahokia Jazz by Francis Spufford… Read more Audio
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Gwyneth Hughes: Mr Bates vs The Post Office
11:05 AM.The British Post Office scandal been described as one of the most widespread miscarriages of justice in the country's history. Between 1999 and 2015, over 900 UK subpostmasters were falsely accused of… Read more Video, Audio
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Girls State: Imagining a world run by young women
10:35 AM.Filmmakers Amanda McBaine and Jesse Moss's creative partnership spans two decades, winning them Emmy awards and several prizes at Sundance. Their latest documentary Girls State follows teenage girls… Read more Audio
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Claire Keegan: Small Things Like These
10:05 AM.Irish novelist and short story writer Claire Keegan was shortlisted for the Booker Prize in 2022 for her book Small Things Like These. It's the story of a coal merchant whose eyes are opened to the… Read more Audio
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Baron Hasselhoff's: the art and craft of great chocolate
9:40 AM.For many, Easter means chocolate. And for chocolate makers Easter is one of the busiest times of year. Susie pops in to Baron Hasselhoff's chocolate boutique in Wellington to catch up with "chief… Read more Audio
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Viet Thanh Nguyen on being Vietnamese and American
9:05 AM.As a child watching the film Apocalypse Now, writer Viet Thanh Nguyen felt split in two - was he one of the Americans doing the killing or one of the Vietnamese being killed? "That moment really… Read more Audio
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The need for a holistic approach to dementia
8:10 AM.World renowned brain health expert, clinical neuroscientist and pioneer in dementia research Professor Vladimir Hachinski is the recipient of the 2024 Ryman Prize, a $250,000 grant for the world's… Read more Audio
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Aboriginal artist and activist Richard Bell
11:40 AM.Aboriginal artist Richard Bell's documentary You Can Go Now is screening at the Maoriland Film Festival, underway in Otaki . In it, he poses provocative and humourous challenges to the status quo and… Read more Audio
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Fearless fighter for marginalised New Zealanders
11:07 AM.Clinical psychologist Dr Olive Webb is nominated in the Local Hero category of the Kiwibank New Zealander of the Year awards. A strong defender of some of the most marginalised members of our… Read more Audio
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Jamey Stutz: Dating rocks in Antarctica
10:40 AM.Glacial geologist Jamey Stutz dates Antarctic rocks 'dropped like breadcrumbs from melting glaciers' to help determine the scale of glacial retreat. Jamey has recently joined the Byrd Polar and… Read more Audio
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Kathy Lette: 'Revenge is not only sweet, it's totally non-fattening'
10:05 AM.Dubbed "deliciously rude and darkly funny", "chick lit" author Kathy Lette has a new book out which wreaks revenge. The Revenge Club features four best friends approaching their sixties, feeling… Read more Audio
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Escaping Utopia: What it takes to break free from Gloriavale
9:05 AM.Around 600 people (including around 350 children) currently live at Gloriavale – a strict Christian community on the West Coast. In TVNZ's upcoming three-part doco Escaping Utopia, former church… Read more Video, Audio
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Caro Claire Burke: The rise of #Tradwife social influencers
8:35 AM.Social media content makers celebrating their role as "traditional wives" are enjoying a startling rise in popularity. Influencers such as Nara Smith, Emily Mariko and Ballerina Farm are baking… Read more Audio
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Prof Chris Barratt: male contraceptive pill enters human trials
8:10 AM.Women still take most of the responsibility for contraception, but a long anticipated "male pill" could soon become a reality. Several non-hormonal male contraceptive pills that work by slowing sperm… Read more Audio
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Catherine, Princess of Wales announces she has cancer
8:10 AM.Catherine, Princess of Wales has announced she has cancer. Kate Middleton is in the early stages of treatment after cancer was found in tests, and is undergoing chemotherapy. Details of the cancer… Read more Audio
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Australian jazz legend James Morrison
11:45 AM.One of the many musicians hitting the stage at Tauranga's National Jazz Festival later this month is Australian jazz legend James Morrison. He's a multi-instrumentalist, playing the trombone, piano… Read more Audio