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Youth bearing the brunt of rising unemployment
9:30 AM.The latest unemployment figures show once again youth are hardest hit during economic headwinds. AUT Professor of Economics and NZ Policy Research Institute director Gail Pacheco speaks to Kathryn. Read more Audio
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Councils need more revenue options amid double-digit rates rises
9:04 AM.More than 80 percent of councils around the country are planning a double-digit rates rise this next year. Local Government New Zealand president and Selwyn District mayor Sam Broughton says the… Read more Audio
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The week that was with Michele A'Court and Irene Pink
11:45 AM.Comedic duo Michele A'Court and Irene Pink bring this week's lighter moments, including the cat who climbed into a postage box and travelled more than 1000 kilometres across America. Read more Audio
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Sports commentator Dana Johannsen
11:30 AM.Qatar has made a surprise bid to host the finals of the new Rugby Nations Championship from 2026. And in Mini-Golf news, Kiwi Matt Ansley finished second in a major world tour. Read more Audio
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Music reviewer Grant Smithies
11:05 AM.British label Ace Records has just released a new series of genre compilations, and Grant Smithies says the funk collection in particular is a doozy. Read more Audio
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Around the motu: Jimmy Ellingham in Palmerston North
10:45 AM.Work on the almost-completed Palmerston North cycleway has paused as arguments rage. Also, why ratepayers are facing an eye-watering bill for a new sewage treatment plant. Read more Audio
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Book review: You Are Here by David Nicholls
10:35 AM.Lisa Adler from Unity Books Wellington reviews You Are Here by David Nicholls published Hachette Read more Audio
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Tongan tenor Manase Latu on his international opera journey
10:05 AM.After training in London and New York, New Zealand tenor Manase Latu takes his first leading role in NZ Opera's latest comedy Le comte Ory. Read more Audio
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Pacific correspondent Koroi Hawkins
9:50 AM.Jeremiah Manele has been elected as the Solomon Islands' new Prime Minister. Meanwhile police in Honiara are on high alert with the capital having a well-documented history of public unrest around… Read more Audio
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Turning the tables on truancy: Schools devise own solutions
9:20 AM.The government has introduced new measures to increase school attendance, but some schools have devised their own initiatives to boost attendance and tackle the "truancy crisis". Read more Audio
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Auckland pensioners worry for their housing scheme
9:05 AM.Pensioners who bought their homes under an Auckland Council affordable housing scheme are worried for its future, as units stay empty amid a housing shortage in the city. Read more Audio
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Screentime: Origin, Baby Reindeer, The Moon is Upside Down
11:45 AM.Film and TV correspondent Perlina Lau joins Kathryn to talk about Origin (cinemas), a thought-provoking film based on Isabel Wilkerson's best-selling book Caste: The Origins of our Discontents. She'll… Read more Audio
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Dial M for mobile: Helping kids navigate their first phone
11:25 AM.As a cellphone ban comes into force this term for school kids, Nine to Noon looks at the issue of when to get a phone for your child. While many - if not most - of us had a phone-free childhood, the… Read more Audio
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Tech: Deepfake crime, headfake Meta AI, fox in the AI henhouse?
11:05 AM.Technology commentator Mark Pesce has a roundup of the weirdest AI news this week, including the Baltimore gym teacher accused of using an AI voice clone to get a high school principal fired for a… Read more Audio
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Around the motu : Libby Kirkby McLeod in Hamilton
10:45 AM.Over the next couple of months, up to 300 birds will move off the Sanctuary Mountain Maungatautari to other parts of the North Island in what is believed to be the country's biggest ever kiwi… Read more Audio
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Book review: A Different Light: First Photographs of Aotearoa
10:35 AM.Lissa Michell reviews A Different Light: First Photographs of Aotearoa. Read more Audio
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Spanish author Juan Gomez-Jurado on his best-selling
10:05 AM.Journalist and author Juan Gomez-Jurado is one of Spain's most successful contemporary writers. Read more Audio
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UK: Rwanda relocation, local elections, King back to work
9:45 AM.UK correspondent Matt Dathan reports on the first migrant being relocated to Rwanda, but under a separate voluntary scheme. Read more Audio
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Frustration at delays to mediation
9:30 AM.Rising unemployment is seeing more people in mediation - putting pressure on already stretched services. Read more Audio
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Food support charities struggling to meet unprecedented demand
9:05 AM.Charities supporting more than half a million New Zealanders have reported a 40 percent increase in food demand last year - 2023. Read more Audio
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Science: Dogs with good noses, why people keep secrets
11:45 AM.Science commentator Jen Martin joins Kathryn to talk about which domestic dog breeds have the best sense of smell, new research into why people keep secrets. Read more Audio
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Artist Lily Duval on her love of insects and efforts to conserve them
11:35 AM.Artist and writer Lily Duval's latest book tells the stories of the insects of Aotearoa, in the hopes of changing attitudes towards them. Read more Audio
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Music with Ian Chapman: Songs of the Sea
11:05 AM.With Anzac Day just gone, this week Ian Chapman reflects on his father's experiences in the Royal New Zealand Navy during World War II. Read more Audio
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Around the motu: Simon Wilson in Auckland
10:45 AM.Simon looks at a new Curia poll revealing who Aucklanders favour as their next mayor. Simon Bridges is out in front, with Paula Bennett and Wayne Brown trailing behind. Read more Audio
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Book review: Shakespeare's Sisters: Four Women Who Wrote the Renaissance by Ramie Targoff
10:35 AM.Sonja de Friez reviews Shakespeare's Sisters: Four Women Who Wrote the Renaissance by Ramie Targoff published by Hachette Read more Audio