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8:10 AM.The road freight industry is already estimated to be 2500 drivers short and that number will grow to 28,000 in a couple of decades. Tracy Neal investigates if the driver shortage is threatening the… Read more Audio

8:10 AM.Should New Zealand be looking again at the use of genetic modification for agriculture? Read more Audio

8:10 AM. Classrooms have changed radically in the past decade to become future focused. But John Gerritsen investigates if they are equipping children well or leaving them short on essential knowledge. Read more Video, Audio

8:10 AM.100 years after the last great 'flu pandemic, Philippa Tolley explores how well prepared we are for the next one. Read more Audio

8:12 AM.Johnny Blades looks at Papua New Guinea's road to hosting the APEC leaders' summit as it teeters on the verge of social breakdown. Read more Video, Audio

7:30 AM.Insight's senior specialist reporter, Teresa Cowie visits New Zealand's Drug Court to find out how it works and if it's worth the money to keep it going. Read more Video, Audio

8:10 AM.Nearly a third of former prisoners go back to jail within their first year after release. Leigh-Marama McLachlan explores why so many Māori prisoners end up back inside. Read more Video, Audio

7:50 AM.3.7 million tourists visited NZ last year, many heading to National Parks and camping grounds. South Island Bureau Chief, Belinda McCammon, explores whether DOC can manage growing tourist numbers and… Read more Audio

8:10 AM.RNZ Pacific’s Sports Editor Vinnie Wylie asks if a Pacific based rugby team will ever get off the ground and why the New Zealand government is getting involved? Read more Audio

7:50 AM.Our plastic is becoming Malaysia's problem - Nita Blake-Persen investigates what really happens to the waste we're shipping overseas to be recycled. Read more Video, Audio

7:30 AM.RNZs Immigration Reporter Gill Bonnett talks to the grandparents stuck in visa limbo who are awaiting news of whether they can join their families in New Zealand. Read more Audio

8:10 AM.Will the latest nursing pay and staffing deals ease the pressure? Karen Brown heads into a ward in one of the country's busiest hospitals to find out. Read more Audio

8:10 AM.Teresa Cowie explores whether mobile phones should be banned in schools. Read more Video, Audio

8:10 AM.Visitor numbers are increasing but how much public access should trampers, hunters and tourists be given or expect over farm land? Maja Burry has visited High Country Stations in the South Island to… Read more Audio

8:10 AM.It's thought there could be several thousand New Zealand babies born every year with brains damaged in the womb by alcohol after their mother's drank while pregnant. Philippa Tolley investigates… Read more Video, Audio

7:30 AM.RNZs Local Government reporter Laura Dooney takes a closer look at the huge financial pressures facing local councils trying to keep our water safe and clean. Read more Video, Audio

7:30 AM.RNZs Maori News Correspondent Leigh-Marama Mclachlan asks, could compulsory te reo Māori in schools reduce racism? Read more Audio

8:10 AM.New anti-money laundering regulations have come into effect. But some question if they will make any difference. Jeremy Rose investigates money laundering in New Zealand and the attempts to counter… Read more Audio

8:12 AM.With the UK having recently appointed a Minister of loneliness, Sally Round takes a look what can be done in New Zealand to address the problem, which will likely balloon as the population ages. Read more Video, Audio

8:12 AM.Teresa Cowie takes a look at New Zealand’s growing competitive video game industry. Read more Video, Audio

8:10 AM.Otago reporter Timothy Brown heads to Queenstown to find out what unintended consequences of the foreign buyer ban might lie ahead for the resort town. Read more Audio

8:10 AM.Nearly every aspect of the school system is under review. RNZ's Education Correspondent, John Gerritsen examines the hard questions being asked about deciles, zones and school boards. Read more Audio

8:10 AM.Mycoplasma bovis is now this country's most expensive biosecurity breach. Conan Young asks whether eradication is even possible and what impact it will have on the way NZ farms. Read more Video, Audio

8:12 AM.As more New Zealanders are initiated into gangs, Philippa Tolley asks, what future lies ahead for those in them and those dealing with the fall out. Read more Video, Audio

8:10 AM.Anusha Bradley takes a look at a new approach to policing family violence. Read more Audio