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In the Auckland studio with Jesse is Ali Ventura, head of content at RNZ, Kate Rodger friend of the show, and Senior Afternoons producer Olivia Wilson - they're there to discuss the topics that might not make the news headlines but will be filling up your group chats.

Our next guest was a city slicker before she got an opportunity to get into farming .. twenty years on she's still in the industry, living and working on a large-scale North Canterbury dairy farm. Anthea Rolfe says she had a lot to learn about farming, but one thing she wasn't expecting was the isolation of farm life, especially for women.

New Zealand, we have a problem. It's one we must fix. During yesterday's Treasury announcement Iain Rennie made it clear we're in a tenuous financial position thanks to our ageing population and ballooning superannuation costs. So what can we do about it? Dr Claire Matthews is the Head of the School of Accountancy and Finance at Massey Business School, she joins Jesse to share some solutions.

A major and ground breaking challenge to New Zealand's climate change policies as a Dutch NGO lodges a complaint we've breached our trade agreement with the EU. If the government's books are improving what is the case for Barbara Edmonds to hold the purse strings? We'll ask her about the affordability of super and whether the soggy housing market will dampen returns from Labour's Capital Gains Tax...

An update on the latest news and results from RNZ's sports team.

National leader Christopher Luxon is out and about in Christchurch where he's just spoken to media. Political reporter Giles Dexter spoke to Guyon Espiner from the campaign trail.

The latest news from Australia with correspondent Amanda Copp in Canberra.

An update on the latest news from RNZ's rural team.

The latest news from RNZ's business team.

The government opened the books yesterday and the numbers were a little better than had been forecast. For the election campaign that sets up a fiscal fight on several fronts, including whether Labour can meet its spending promises without putting the surplus at risk. Labour's Finance Spokeswoman Barbara Edmonds spoke to Guyon Espiner.

A Dutch environmental group claims New Zealand has broken its climate change promises in the free trade agreement with the EU and is lodging the first complaint of its kind through the European Commission. Eliza Oldfield, a Senior Legal Researcher with the Environmental Law Initiative spoke to Guyon Espiner.

Employment law expert Charles McGuinness looks at employment settlement agreements - or "NDAs" - including some recent high-profile cases. 

This year marks the International Year of Volunteers and the Citizens Advice Bureau's Andrew Hubbard joins Kathryn to talk about the enormous contribution volunteers make within our community.

The latest news and sport from RNZ Pacific.

Whanganui's oldest kindergarten is to shut, as a famous brutalist building in the city centre is put up for sale.

Quentin Johnson talks about his favourite book series, Patrick O'Brian's Aubrey-Maturin series, set during the Napoleonic Wars. Published by HarperCollins.

When British comedian, author, and former junior doctor Adam Kay's book This Is Going to Hurt was released nearly a decade ago it became a publishing and television phenomenon. His new show is coming to New Zealand in December.

Nicola Willis discusses Pre-election Economic and Fiscal Update; Political Panel: Paul Goldsmith and Arena Williams; Chloe Swarbrick discusses rise in polls; Jo Moir and Corin Dann discuss pre-election fiscal update.

The latest news and sport from RNZ Pacific.

Australia correspondent Karen Middleton looks at the stepping up of cybersecurity for all public-sector websites that's followed revelations AI agents had infiltrated a site containing Medicare data.

A new Kiwi charity launched this morning is taking on one of the biggest challenges in cancer care: how to make new treatments more affordable and accessible to the people who need them. 

Supermarket reform has become a key focus of the election campaign. But how workable are their various policies?

A new survey of parents and family members has found there is growing support for a publicly-funded early childhood education system. How could it work?

The latest news and sport from RNZ Pacific.

With every household in the country throwing away an average of 32 kg of food a year, the government's putting a little extra into initiatives trying to curb the waste. Three organisations will share $1.7 million as part of the National Food Waste Reduction Programme. The "Love Food Hate Waste" campaign is one of the three recipients. Project Manager Sophie Wolland spoke to John Campbell.