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Nominees for this year's New Zealand Tree of the Year competition have been revealed, includ The Walking Tree on the West Coast., "Freddie's Pōhutukawa" in Gisborne, and Moko in Otari Wilton's Bush, Wellington. 

TAHI and RNZ host and producer Evie Orpe joins the show to say who wore what and who wore it best.

Just months out for the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, the event has been rocked by the revelation 23 Chinese swimmers were allowed to compete at the 2021 games in Tokyo, despite testing positive for the banned substance Trimetazidine months earlier.

AAP New Zealand correspondent Ben McKay joins Emile Donovan to discuss how AUKUS discourse has gone down on the other side of the ditch, ructions over Julie Anne Genter's conduct in the House, and his pre-Budget chat with finance minister Nicola Willis.

There are three types of people in the world: those who kill spiders on the spot, those who let them live, and those who safely trap and release them outside. But once they're outside, do they survive?

Rappers Kendrick Lamar and Drake have both dropped lyrics that range from sly digs at each other to allegations of addiction and domestic abuse. Wellington DJ Brad Warrington aka Sticky Fingers provides some history of the beef.