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The cultural preservation of space junk
10:05 AM.Alice Gorman is an internationally renowned expert of space archeology. The Associate Professor has made a career of tracking human-made items in the cosmos, and studying their cultural significance… Read more Audio
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USA correspondent Ron Elving
9:45 AM.Ron Elving is Senior Editor and Correspondent on the Washington Desk for NPR News. Read more Audio
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Carbon recycling company LanzaTech captures interest
9:25 AM.A New Zealand company which recycles pollution into products like biofuel and packaging is capturing the attention of several retail giants. LanzaTech has developed a microbe which can convert carbon… Read more Audio
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Housing and RMA Minister Chris Bishop on his plans to shake up sectors
9:05 AM.Government Minister Chris Bishop holds some of the most important portfolios for the new administration - namely housing, resource management and infrastructure. A cabinet paper accompanying a speech… Read more Audio
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Off the beaten track with Kennedy Warne
11:45 AM.Kennedy Warne discusses why Waipu, where he spent St Patrick's Day, is possibly New Zealand's most Scottish town. While he's on the Northland coast, Kennedy also looks at Significant Natural Areas… Read more Audio
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Executive chef Dan Shanks on sourcing local to feed
11:30 AM.More than 22,000 people are expected to descend on Lyttelton on March 23/24 for the ITM New Zealand Sail Grand Prix. It's the ninth event on this season's 13-event calendar - which is heralded as the… Read more Audio
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Political commentators Sue Moroney and Ben Thomas
11:05 AM.Sue Moroney is a former MP with the Labour Party and now chief executive of Community Law Centres Aotearoa. Ben Thomas is a former National government press secretary, a columnist and a director of… Read more Audio
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Around the motu: Diane McCarthy in Whakatane
10:45 AM.The Whakatane District Council is coming under fire from some quarters for high levels of spending on big projects, with consultation underway on an average 17 percent rates rise. Diane also talks… Read more Audio
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Book review: The Beautiful Afternoon by Airini Beautrais
10:35 AM.Hannah August reviews The Beautiful Afternoon by Airini Beautrais published by Te Herenga Waka University Press Read more Audio
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Nellie's Baby: one woman's search for her birth parents
10:05 AM.RNZ journalist Kirsty Johnston received an email one day with an usual subject line which was: "Investigating the possible murder of my mother". The email was from a woman named Sarah, who'd been… Read more Audio
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Russia correspondent Jim Heintz
9:45 AM.Exit polls show Vladimir Putin winning a huge majority of votes in the Russian presidential election. it will be his fifth term as the leader of the country, and the biggest share of the vote he has… Read more Audio
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Tauranga's proven strategy for reducing CBD crime
9:25 AM.After concerns were raised about shoplifting to order and other anti social behaviour in town, the Council got to work on an initiative to make the inner city a safer space. The crime crackdown… Read more Audio
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Electrification of houses saves money, even on finance
9:05 AM.A house that moves to fully electric - with solar panels and an electric vehicle - and using finance - can save thousands of dollars a year. Rewiring Aotearoa - a non-profit organisation making the… Read more Audio
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The week that was with Te Radar and Pinky Agnew
11:45 AM.Te Radar and Pinky Agnew wrap up the lighter moments of the week, including a library in Massachusetts which is allowing patrons to pay with cat pictures. And in Australia, crowds of people have lined… Read more Audio
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Sports commentator Dana Johannsen
11:30 AM.Dana unpacks at the significance of the finding that former halfback Billy Guyton, who died in a suspected suicide last year, had a brain injury related to repeated head knocks. Also, a look at how… Read more Audio
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New music with Jeremy Taylor
11:05 AM.Jeremy Taylor has the long awaited collaboration between Oasis' Liam Gallagher and The Stone Roses' John Squire, a couple of new releases from Waxahatchee and Fabiana Palladino, and a farewell to The… Read more Audio
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Around the motu: Tess Brunton in Dunedin
10:45 AM.The Dunedin City Council has voted to take a proposed 17.5 percent rates hike for the coming year to the public. Tess backgrounds what is driving the rise. The council is also considering a proposal… Read more Audio
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Book review: The Unsettled: Small Stories of Colonisa
10:35 AM.Airini Beautrais reviews The Unsettled: Small stories of colonisation by Richard Shaw published by Massey University Press Read more Audio
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Aaron Carter on fitness and mental health - 'You strap the shoes on and you go for a walk'
10:05 AM.Sports event organiser Aaron Carter now finds it "really bizarre" that severe depression was able to stop him doing the outdoor activities he loved. He tells Kathryn Ryan that getting active again has… Read more Audio
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TikTok faces US ban
9:45 AM.Asia correspondent Ed White discusses rising tensions between China and the West as the United States House of Representatives passes a bill offering TikTok's owner ByteDance an ultimatum. Read more Audio
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Shock suspension of Green MP over migrant exploitation claims
9:25 AM.RNZ's political editor Jo Moir discusses the latest turmoil in the Green Party. Read more Audio
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New Zealand brothers and space innovators
9:25 AM.Brothers Stefan and James Powell are the founders of Dawn Aerospace - which they describe as helping customers who want to get into orbit and space. Read more Audio
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'Godfather of AI' Geoffrey Hinton fears tech is too powerful
9:05 AM.The man widely regarded as the godfather of artificial intelligence, Dr Geoffrey Hinton, is worried the technology is becoming too powerful for humanity's own good. Read more Audio
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Screentime: Dark City: The Cleaner, The Regime, Dune 2
11:45 AM.Film and TV correspondent Chris Schulz joins Kathryn to talk about local production Dark City: The Cleaner (Neon), based on the bestselling book by New Zealand author Paul Cleave. He'll also look at… Read more Audio
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Parenting: What to do when your child refuses to go to school
11:30 AM.School refusal is a different kettle of fish than a child simply wanting to stay home for a day. It's a situation where they become so anxious or fearful - and it can be for a variety of reasons -… Read more Audio