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If you're a cat owner, you may have wondered what your cat does when no one is watching. It turns out they're not doing much. A study suggests cats spend up to three-quarters of their lives resting. Dr Michelle Smit led the research at Massey University and joins Jim.

Perfectly groomed 'barely there' fingernails are in vogue. Stylist Sarah Stuart with Jim to discuss what's driving the trend and whether it really does embody effortless luxury.

1996 Formula One World Champion Damon Hill joins Jim to discuss the documentary Hill, screening as part of the British and Irish Film Festival.

As the election campaign got underway officially, media seized on arguments about overhangs and vote-splitting dividing both sides. Also: RNZ's next boss unveiled, and the light touch and depth of the late Phil Gifford.

We all have moments when we forget, but are they signs we're on a trajectory towards dementia? Dr Tommy Wood is Associate Professor of Paediatrics and Neuroscience at the University of Washington and runs a laboratory that focuses on brain health across the lifespan. He's also the author of The Stimulated Mind: Future-Proof Your Brain from Dementia and Stay Sharp at Any Age. Tommy joins Jim to dis...

Quiz master Jack Waley-Cohen is back with his Sunday Morning quiz. Jack is the mind behind the questions on BBC's quiz show Only Connect, renowned for being both hard - and at the same time totally obvious. Wake up your brain and have a go!

UK correspondent Christian Smith joins Jim to discuss the big stories making news in Britain. This week: the findings that Manchester City Football Club used "sham contracts" to disguise hundreds of millions of pounds worth of funding to bypass spending rules.

This morning's top stories and other headlines

A wrap of the day's big stories

Coming up on Tagata o te Moana: 40kgs of cocaine goes missing, replaced with flour in Fiji. We ask kiwi youth 'what's putting you off voting?' And in American Samoa, the US is sued over deep-sea mining plans. But first, the regions leaders call for more global action on climate change. All that and more stories from the week at RNZ Pacific.

All the top stories and other headlines from the day

Later this month environmental scientist and kaupapa Maori researcher Aneika Young, will be talking at the Nelson Arts Festival in a session called Kiwis in Climate to advocate her vision for Aotearoa to lead on climate solutions.

Te Ohaakii a Hine, the National Network Ending Sexual Violence Together (TOAH-NNEST) has drawn up a 'Sexual Violence Prevention Scorecard' to assess how the seven political parties fare when measured against its three core priorities. Russell Smith of Nga Kaitiaki Mauri Taumata of TOAH-NNEST says the figures, alongside escalating demand for services, show why Kaupapa Maori and iwi-led responses mu...

The top stories and other headlines at midday

Wildlife photographer and entomologist Sam Purdie is here to talk about his latest book, Insects of Aotearoa New Zealand, and we get into everybody's favourite native creepy-crawlies.

Ahead of their Nelson shows later this month, Maxim Laurin of Quebec City circus company Machine de Cirque joins us to talk about this circus show that turns what you know about what goes on under the big top on its head.

After a life working in world-class kitchens and as a private chef, Del Holland is now dedicated to sharing the knowledge necessary to help regular Kiwis elevate their kitchen activities and give their meals that professional je ne sais quoi without breaking the bank.

Kiwi art legend Dick Frizzell joins us to talk about his latest piece, unveiled in the shadow of the Beehive, which asks why child poverty isn't at the top of the political agenda in the election.

Two years ago, it was the summer of Raygun. That was Australian Olympic breakdancer Rachael Gunn, who achieved notoriety with her performance on the world stage. We speak to Maclain Way, co-director of a new Netflix documentary which charts her rise and fall, one kangaroo hop at a time.

Two Paddocks general manager Jacqui Murphy joins us with a report from on the ground at the central Otago winery that was owned by departed acting legend Sir Sam Neill.

The United Kingdom's Prison Radio Association broadcast 24 hours a day seven days a week to over 100 prisons across England and Wales, with prisoners and former prisoners hosting and producing content. We speak with the charity's CEO Andrew Wilkie about broadcasting from behind bars.

Behavioural ecologist Mickey Pardo has been tracking the vocal communication in African savannah elephants and has found the calls contain clues about whether the animals are greeting, regrouping or preparing to move. So, are we getting closer to understanding their conversations?

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