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1:40 PM.45 years ago, today New Zealand suffered its worst aviation accident in history. Read more Audio

1:30 PM.In an episode of Grand Designs, Buddy made his cameo as a two-day old lamb that had been rejected by his mother. Read more Audio

1:20 PM.Jesse talks to Katie Rood, she's a professional football player who's just returned from COP29. Read more Audio

1:15 PM.We're kicking off the show today with a mystery that we need your help to solve. Read more Audio

Today we have an episode from the ABC series Pacific Scientific.  

The series travels across the Pacific to meet researchers tackling different problems – from climate change to protecting baby… Read more Audio

3:10 PM.Technology is now all over our homes, with cameras on door bells, and refrigerators that keep shopping lists. Our homes may be getting smarter, but are we asks trend forecaster and author Karen… Read more Audio

2:30 PM.Jesse talks to dancer, choreographer, and senior lecturer in Dance Studies Sarah Foster-Sproull about the books and music that inspire her. Read more Audio

1:45 PM.It's been called one of the world's most scenic and shortest car races. Winding up the ski access road of Coronet Peak it measures just 2.7kims long. With this year's race upon us Jesse talks to Vice… Read more Audio

1:35 PM."The media sector is now forecasting its own death". "For the first time, I'm looking at the future with genuine concern." That's direct quote from NZ Geographic owner James Frankham. He wrote those… Read more Audio

1:25 PM.Our cultural relationship without the USA usually flows in one direction, from them to us. But for some things they are looking to us, here in Aotearoa. Caroline Klibanoff is currently visiting on an… Read more Audio

1:15 PM.A Taupo-based company is working to reduce New Zealand's reliance on imported packaging Following the single-use-plastic ban in 2019 two childhood friends looked into who was manufacturing paper… Read more Audio

3:10 PM.The birthrate is dropping all over the world which means fewer parents become grandparents. Read more Audio

2:30 PM.Elliott Childs offers up a compelling 101 on the enigmatic Frank Zappa and his music. Read more Audio

2:20 PM.Our Australian correspondent Brad gives us the latest on the methanol poisoning in Laos and there's new efforts in household recycling in Sydney. Read more Audio

2:10 PM.Claire Mabey discusses the latest from the NZ writer Damien Wilkins. She also looks at The Hotel Balzaar by acclaimed children's novelist Kate DiCamillo and The Haunted Wood, a history of children's… Read more Audio

1:35 PM.Freelance journalist Nikki Bezant recently wrote an opinion piece bemoaning the difficulty in finding swimwear that fits for a wide range of body types Read more Audio

1:25 PM.In July this year, twenty-two businesses were told they had to move out of Nelson's Morrison Square, but Italian restaurant Babagatto is still holding on. Read more Audio

1:15 PM.A groundbreaking automated road cone machine, developed in Stratford, Taranaki, is set to transform roadwork safety. Read more Audio

3:10 PM.Failure can be fascinating and when Hollywood produces a box office flop, it can often happen in spectacular fashion. Tm Robey is a film critic for the Daily Telegraph and tells the stories of 26 film… Read more Audio

2:33 PM.It's the time of year when a lot of us are thinking about summer and pool owners are looking at whipping their pools into shape, so the kids - and neighbours - can enjoy them. So how do you turn a… Read more Audio

2:20 PM.Every week Jesse calls an iSite somewhere in the country purely at random and chaos (or just a nice chat ensues). This week he tries giving Tirau a bell. Read more Audio