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Wallace Chapman and Jesse Mulligan star in the shortest show on radio, where they show they really can make something out of nothing, join them to be part of their delight, or to simply despair. Wallace will also preview what's on The Panel tonight.

It's one of the defining debates about childhood today, the role smartphones and social media play in the youth mental health crisis. Some researchers point to them as a major source of anxiety, depression and lost childhood. Governments, including our own, have responded with proposed social media bans. But psychologist Dr Peter Gray argues we need to look at the bigger change that happened befor...

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We've got a segment on Afternoons we like to call Roadie Songs ..we want to know the songs you love to turn up loud when you're on a road trip. If you have a song and a story you'd like to share, send your suggestion to 2101 along with your phone number. We love hearing your picks and why.

Sarah Tuck from Dish magazine joins Jesse to share a recipe and talk about the new cookbook - Dish Chook Book. The recipe is HERE!

It's time for Heading Off.. where we hear all about your travel adventures, think of it as a 2026 version of a slideshow. If you have an interesting story to tell.. please get in touch on 2101 or email me at jesse@rnz.co.nz Last month marked 50 years since my next guest Maggie set off on an adventure of a lifetime ... travelling overland from London to Cape Town in a former British Army snub-nosed...

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Our Changing World's Ayana Piper-Healion joins Jesse to talk about the Bird of the Year, the Karure, Chatham Island Black Robin.

Political commentator Dr Claire Robinson joins Jesse to reflect on last night's Leaders' Debate and discuss what both leaders might do differently next time.

A new space has opened just north of Auckland in Whangaparaoa for neurodivergent people and their whanau. It's called Whare Wairua, and it's the latest project from Xabilities, a neurodivergent-led organisation founded by Tamara Grant. To tell us more about it, Tamara was with Jesse in the Auckland Studio.

Ahead of the hotly anticipated Indian tour of New Zealand .. it seems all is not well behind the scenes at NZ Cricket One of the sport's most famous names, Sir Richard Hadlee, has come out against the organisation - citing concerns around loss of staff, poor morale and a lack of transparency when it comes to a Deloitte report about the future of the sport. And he's not alone .. Former player and N...

David Tamihere will not face a retrial over the 1989 murders of two Swedish backpackers. Our reporter Finn Blackwell was at court. RNZ deputy political editor Craig McCulloch had the latest from the campaign trail. And we continued our series on how our politicians view AI with NZ First spokesman David Wilson.

Midday Sports News for 7 October 2026.

This year, Artificial intelligence is shaping up as a key election issue, and on Midday Report we've been hearing from political parties on how they use AI and how they think it should be regulated. New Zealand First tech spokesperson David Wilson spoke to Guyon Espiner.

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

News from the rural farming sector.

News from the business sector.

National has announced a 47-point Small Business Plan it says will make it easier for SMEs to do business. And, Labour has rolled out the latest in its series of consumer based policies - this time it's banking. RNZ deputy political editor Craig McCulloch spoke to Guyon Espiner.

A huge vegetation fire on the southern shores of Lake Wakatipu has grown overnight, and is likely to increase further due to weather conditions. RNZ reporter Katie Todd is at the scene and spoke to Guyon Espiner.

David Tamihere appeared in the Auckland High Court this morning, where Crown prosecutors said they would not retry him for the murders of Urban Höglin and Heidi Paakkonen. Reporter Finn Blackwell spoke to Guyon Espiner.

The top stories and other headlines at midday

Science commentator Dr Jen Martin on how to tell if your washing is damp or cold, plus can we pick up work written by AI and why it's good for your brain to do nothing sometimes.

Oli Mathiesen is doing some extraordinary things in contemporary dance in Aotearoa, with work that often brings together dance, theatre, club culture, queerness and Maori identity. His work The Butterfly Who Flew Into the Rave has toured internationally and was part of this year's Auckland Arts Festival. Oli also premiered new work at this year's Venice Biennale Danza - he was chosen to do so from...

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Ian talks about a  controversy surrounding a local pool, attempts to steal copper cabling from a Waikanae development site, a boil water notice after dead rats contaminate a resevoir and efforts to tackle boy racers.