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11:59 AM.How do you tell if a peach or nectarine is good to eat? What do you do with a glut of plums? Lucy Corry shares some tips on how to choose, cut, cook and store stonefruit. Read more Audio

11:40 AM.Being organised is a skill ... and not one we are all born with.  Read more Audio

11:10 AM.Haemophilia is a rare blood disorder - affecting about one in every 10,000 births.  Read more Audio

10:35 AM.Growing up on a rural Australian farm didn't prepare Kristy McGregor for the isolation she'd experience when she made the move to a dairy and beef farm in Horowhenua with her husband in 2014.  Read more Audio

10:10 AM.Ex-mongrel mob member Taurus Taurima set out on a path to turn his life around - resulting in his own construction company 'Topline Constructions' in Hastings.  Read more Audio

9:40 AM.When it comes to Antarctic ice melt, how do we attribute retreat to climate change? For Dr Charles Lee, a microbial ecologist, the answer lies in measuring moss.  Read more Audio

9:30 AM.It's no mean feat ... 10 Great Walks in 10 days, more than 500km, and a goal to raise $30,000.  Read more Audio

9:20 AM.Principal Phil Palfrey doesn't hesitate when asked how Kaitao Intermediate has been able to give uniforms and stationery to students for free.  Read more Audio

9:10 AM.After a tough end to 2023 for businesses and expectations are for the economy to worsen this year.  Read more Audio

11:48 AM.Movie reviewer Graeme Tuckett is in and has his take on The Holdovers and All of Us Strangers. Read more Audio

11:25 AM.Georgia Nott is known as one half of the electronic indie duo BROODS, who are now a global phenomenon and have opened for the likes of Taylor Swift and Sam Smith. But while BROODS remains a key part… Read more Audio

11:10 AM.Rizz, yute, slay, peng, leng and my Roman Empire have all recently entered the lexicon of youth slang. Read more Audio

10:45 AM.The heroine of author Ainslie Hogarth's latest book, Normal Women, is desperate to break free from a suffocating, conventional, upper-middle-class life. In her bid for freedom, Dani, stumbles stumbles… Read more Audio

10:10 AM.Renowned landscape architect and former Environment Court commissioner, Dr Diane Menzies, is joining us for today's road trip. Diane is a descendant of Rongowhakaata and Aitanga a Mahaki, with… Read more Audio

9:35 AM.Many over a certain age can recall where they were when they learned of the Tangiwai Disaster. On Christmas Eve, 1953, a packed express Wellington to Auckland train plunged into a raging Whangaehu… Read more Audio

9:20 AM.College students around the country are on tenterhooks, with NCEA results due tomorrow, January 17. For those about to leave high school, the grades carry extra weight, and when results fall short of… Read more Audio

11:45 AM.Alternative pop musician Theia is a fierce proponent of the revitalisation of Maori language and culture.  Read more Audio

11:32 AM.Preparation is underway across the Tasman for a group of female veterans set to embark on an extraordinary adventure - retracing the steps of one of our most celebrated war heroes, Nancy Wake.  Read more Audio

11:10 AM.Claire Sharpe has come full circle ... and then some.  Read more Audio

10:10 AM.Making music has always been "integral, integral, integral" to the life of Mike Chunn – founding member of Split Enz and creator of the youth songwriting charity Play It Strange. Read more Video, Audio