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9:05 AM.An Agricultural commentator has sounded a warning siren over the declining values of dairy farms in New Zealand. Read more Audio

11:45 AM.How does bad TV get made? Critic Graeme Tuckett is flabbergasted by some of the shows that make it over the line and is in to investigate quite what goes on behind closed doors. Read more Audio

11:40 AM.Three times a week, we'll check in with Hemi Kelly, to learn some useful te reo Maori phrases you can use in your day-to-day life. Hemi's a lecturer in Te Ara Poutama - the Faculty of Maori &amp… Read more Audio

10:45 AM.It's been a pretty turbulent time in the UK over the last couple of years, for the locals but also for the thousand of kiwis who call the UK home. Christian Smith is one of the New Zealanders living… Read more Audio

10:30 AM.Well there was a bit of an upset yesterday as Canterbury Kings batsman Leo Carter hit six sixes in an over. While not unprecedented, it is an astonishing effort, and he joins me on the line now.  Read more Audio

10:05 AM.How do you build a boat? New Zealand sailor and designer Des Townson spent his life trying to find ways to make and use boats in New Zealand's waters. The journey of his work is both a national story… Read more Audio

9:48 AM.Every day we'll be checking in on what's going on in the regions in Aotearoa and the pacific. Today RNZ reporter Mackenzie Smith is here to tell us what's been going on in Tokelau and what 2020 might… Read more Audio

9:30 AM.How do we teach te Reo and make it a part of daily life for children growing up in the 2020's? Maraea Davies is the co-director of Hei Tiki Creatives who have developed an app called Mokotube which… Read more Audio

9:23 AM.Over the course of the last week the entire country has seen strange, smoky, orange skies overhead as a result of the Australian fires. To find out a bit more about the phenomenon and to dig into the… Read more Audio

9:10 AM.Iran has announced it will roll back its commitments to the 2015 nuclear accord amid heightened tensions over the US killing of top Iranian general Qasem Soleimani.  To break this all down Emile… Read more Audio

11:30 AM.= RNZ Concert's Clarissa Dunn joins Emile to talk about an extremely exciting year coming up in 2020 for choral music in New Zealand. Read more Audio

11:10 AM.It might be summer here, but the international film release schedule waits for no one! Read more Video, Audio

10:30 AM.How does a song get made? How do you actually go about putting it together? What is "mixing"?  Read more Audio

10:05 AM.Back in 1986, close to 50,000 Aucklanders jostled for the opportunity to have their eardrums blown out by a British Airways Concorde. The supersonic jet made a special trip to Auckland while circling… Read more Video, Audio

9:55 AM.Hemi Kelly teaches us some useful te reo Māori phrases you can use in your day-to-day life.  Read more Audio

9:40 AM. Today we go to the Wairarapa to talk to Wairarapa Times Age reporter Gianina Schwaneke Read more Audio

9:19 AM.Striking transport workers in France have entered their 29th day of industrial action - making it the longest rail workers' strike in more than 50 years. Read more Audio

9:09 AM.Lebanon is deemed unlikely to extradite the runaway auto tycoon back to Japan.  Read more Audio

11:55 AM.Three times a week, we'll check in with Hemi Kelly, to learn some useful te reo Māori phrases you can use in your day-to-day life. Hemi's a lecturer in Te Ara Poutama - the Faculty of Maori &amp… Read more Audio

11:10 AM.Time for on the road - where we invite on an illustrious New Zealander to take us on their favourite road trip, talk a bit about their year in review, and play a few tunes for a long, languid trip in… Read more Audio

10:52 AM.Sometimes it can feel like life is just one big juggling act, and for Zane Jarvie that's definitely the case. Read more Video, Audio

10:07 AM.Time to talk food - and the seemingly inexorable threat that climate change poses to food production and availability, and even the selection of fruits and veges in your local grocer's. Julian Heyes… Read more Audio

9:50 AM.Now continuing on with our regional correspondent series and we cross live to Fiordland to speak to Possum Moffat - who is the chief fire office in Te Anau. Read more Audio

9:22 AM.And closer to home - the scale of the Australian fires was felt across the country last night, especially in Christchurch, as the smell of burning wood wafted across the tasman. In Wellington, many… Read more Audio