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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
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Loren Taylor on her directing debut The Moon is Upside Down
10:05 AM.Loren Taylor's latest project is one she wrote, directs and stars in: The Moon is Upside Down. She's joined by a stellar cast that includes Elizabeth Hawthorne, Victoria Haralbidou and Robyn Malcom. Read more Audio
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Australia: Labor govt commits $1b to quantum computing, Bonza airline goes kaput
9:50 AM.Australia correspondent Bernard Keane talks about a commitment of a billion dollars by the Labor government to entice a US quantum computing firm to build in Queensland. Read more Audio
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Lines companies on spending plans to enable net-Zero goals
9:35 AM.Later this month the Commerce Commission will lay out what it thinks lines companies should be able to spend on infrastructure and recoup from customers. Read more Audio
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Why NZ's pre-term birth rate keeps rising - and how it could be prevented
9:05 AM.A maternal and perinatal health researcher says New Zealand's rate of pre-term births is continuing to rise, while repeated recommendations on how to prevent it don't get acted on. Read more Audio
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Scott Bainbridge on the deadly legacy of Devonport nurse Elspeth Kerr
11:30 AM.Elspeth Kerr was a prominent nurse in the Auckland suburb of Devonport in the 1930s and faced three trials over the poisoning of her foster daughter Betty. Read more Audio
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Business commentator Rebecca Stevenson
11:06 AM.Rebecca discusses the arrest of Michael Chai, the director of a New Zealand-based company Blackwell Global Holdings. Read more Audio
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Around the motu: Chris Hyde in Hawkes Bay
10:50 AM.For decades, the classic Kiwi sock brand Norsewear has provided relief from the big freeze - and economic survival for the small North Island village of Norsewood, near Napier. It now as now has a… Read more Audio
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Book review: My Name is Barbra by Barbra Streisand
10:32 AM.Ralph McAllister reviews My Name is Barbra by Barbra Streisand published by Century. Read more Audio
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Abraham Verghese: the joys of medicine and writing
10:08 AM.Best-selling author and Stanford University medical school professor Abraham Verghese has a new novel. Read more Audio
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US correspondent Danielle Kurtzleben
9:55 AM.he US Supreme Court has heard an extraordinary case, in which Donald Trump's lawyers argued that presidents should have blanket immunity for criminal acts committed during their presidencies. And the… Read more Audio
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Cognitive tests to assess driver impairment called into question
9:32 AM.Grey Power is calling for a change to elderly driver assessments. Read more Audio
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Pharmac restricts diabetes drugs amid global shortage
9:08 AM.Two drugs for type 2 diabetes are being restricted to only those already prescribed them, due to a global shortage. Read more Audio
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Off the beaten track with Kennedy Warne
11:47 AM.Today Kennedy Warne discusses the proposed Te Kuha opencast coal mine in the hills above Westport getting an invite to have consent considered under the fast-track regime. Read more Audio
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Christchurch's Ōtākaro Orchard Community Garden to open education hub
11:30 AM.Beside Christchurch's Avon River, Otakaro Orchard Community Garden and Food Forest has 96 different fruit trees, and an underscrub filled berries, herbs and medicinal plants. Read more Audio
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Political commentators Fletcher Tabuteau and Gareth Hughes
11:07 AM.Fletcher Tabuteau is a former NZ First MP from 2014 to 2020, former deputy leader of the party, and former Parliamentary Under-Secretary to the then Minister of Foreign Affairs Winston Peters and the… Read more Audio
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Around the motu: David Williams
10:46 AM.David looks at leaked documents that show the Canterbury arm of Te Whatu Ora had been told to save $13.3m by July. Read more Audio
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Book review: The Frozen River by Ariel Lawhon
10:41 AM.Kim Pittar from Muir's Independent Bookshop in Gisborne reviews The Frozen River by Ariel Lawhon published by Simon and Schuster. Read more Audio
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Doctor-turned-comedian Adam Kay on finding the funny in a job he found toxic
10:06 AM.Adam Kay has been very open with what turned him off working as a doctor and into a successful writer and comedian. Read more Audio
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Middle East correspondent Sebastian Usher
9:50 AM.Israel is preparing for an offensive in the southern Gaza city of Rafah as the UK considers sending its troops to help deliver aid via a new sea route. Read more Audio
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Wood-based energy industry starting to gather steam
9:35 AM.Black wood pellets are seen as a potential silver bullet replacement for coal by major industrial users in New Zealand like Fonterra and Genesis Energy. Read more Audio
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Preparing mental health workers to attend emergency calls "could take a decade"
9:25 AM.The Mental Health Foundation warns preparing the sector to pick up all mental health-related emergency calls could take a decade. Read more Audio
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Police Association talk pay dispute, shift away from mental health callouts
9:05 AM.The police pay dispute is now in the hands of a third party, who will decide whether or not they should be earning more. Read more Audio