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It's time for our weekly Expert Feature, where we get an expert in their field to answer all your questions. Today we're talking about drug smuggling in New Zealand, and the people who police it. Despite our remote location, New Zealand remains a surprisingly attractive market for organised crime groups, with customs officers regularly intercepting everything from methamphetamine and cocaine to cash. Our expert is Customs Investigations Manager Dominic Adams, and if you'd like to ask him a question, send it through to 2101.

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It's time to head across the Tasman to discuss some of the stories hitting the headlines with our correspondent Brad Foster

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Joining Emile to share her thoughts on the game so far and what we can expect from the next half is Former Football Fern and current Head of Girls Academy at Auckland's Western Springs Football Club, Katie Rood.

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.

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Would it surprise you to learn that New Zealand's workplace fatality rates are way higher than other developed countries? And by way higher - we mean twice the rate of Australia and five times that of the UK. That's according to the annual ACC injury report that came out in the last few days. To discuss why and what could be done to change our death and injury rates, Emile is joined by Chris Peace. Chris has worked in the risk management space across New Zealand and the UK, and is currently an Occupational Health and Safety lecturer at Victoria University

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During last week's 'scrutiny week' - where the Government opens its books to review department spending and performance - the spotlight fell on NZ defence spending and capability. At the select committee for foreign affairs, defence and trade, it was revealed that our army's land combat capability has fallen to 45%. The picture's not that much better at sea, where we're sitting at 57% of our 'water protection capacity'. To explain what that all actually means I'm joined by friend of the show Retired Major General John Howard

We're going to keep you right across the All Whites game against Egypt which is happening as I speak, so don't have any worries about missing out. But we're starting the show talking about the Conservation Amendment Bill. This passed it's first reading at Parliament last month, and is currently out for submissions from the public. But there seems to be a lot of confusion about exactly what this Bill sets out to do. Lobby group Forest and Bird has released maps of New Zealand, showing large areas of potentially affected land that could be put up for sale should the Bill be passed. But the Minister of Conservation, Tama Potaka, was on Morning Report this morning saying that DOC is not embarking on a programme of selling conservation land and that this is all in the name of achieving better conservation outcomes. Here to help explain exactly what's going is RNZ In Depth reporter Farah Hancock.

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Wallace Chapman and Emile Donovan 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.

Nicola Toki and Emile discuss this week's critter of the week, which this week is the frilled shark. The frilled shark is classified as At Risk - Naturally Uncommon in Aotearoa New Zealand. It's a deep-sea specialist that turns up only occasionally in trawl bycatch, but its fossil ancestors once swam in shallow seas around the Chathams 66 million years ago. Instead of a swim bladder, the frilled shark floats using a giant oil-filled liver - basically a built-in deep-sea buoyancy tank! They also announce and celebrate the New Zealand Fungus of the Year winner!

Winter is here and with it often means the arrival of mould - but don't despair, cause help is here, in the form of Rachael Quin from The Housekeeper.