All episodes
Thursday, 28 March 2024
- 9:05 Science and university funding in focus amid warnings
- 9:30 Rising costs for lawyers could leave more people without
- 9:45 UK: China cyber attacks, record migrants, cancer checks rise
- 10:05 Comedian Fern Brady: Frank, funny, and fiercely feminist
- 10:35 Book Review: Emma Hislop reviews Memory Piece by Lisa Ko
- 10:35 Nomadic Art Gallery truck seeks home indoors
- 10:45 Around the motu : Kim Bowden covering Queenstown/Wanaka
- 11:05 Tech: AI + women's jobs, Apple's anti-trust lawsuit, AI
- 11:25 Helping pre schoolers build language across the day
- 11:45 Screentime: Love Lies and Bleeding, The Gentleman
Wednesday, 27 March 2024
- 9:05 House consents slump, builder liquidations up
- 9:25 The unusual art work that involves rope and rugby players
- 9:40 New scheme helps workers get cheap e-bikes
- 9:50 Australia: Assange win, emission pushback, detention controversy
- 10:05 Saraid de Silva on her sweeping novel 'AMMA'
- 10:40 Book review: The Night She Fell by Eileen Merriman
- 10:45 Around the motu: Samantha Gee in Nelson
- 11:05 Music: Experimentalism at The Stone in New York City
- 11:30 Andy Buchanan's retirement mission to conquer 133 peaks
- 11:45 What's happening in stock market, and what does that mean for investors?
Tuesday, 26 March 2024
- 9:05 Parliament network breached twice by China backed hackers: Minister
- 9:15 Final call for feedback on Auckland's Long-term Plan and Future Fund proposal
- 9:25 Pioneering psychiatrist and trauma researcher Bessel van der Kolk
- 9:45 USA correspondent Danielle Kurtzleben
- 10:05 Accent discrimination: why we judge people by the way they speak
- 10:35 Book review: The Space Between by Lauren Keenan
- 10:45 Around the motu: Logan Savory in Southland
- 11:05 Business commentator Victoria Young
- 11:25 How to navigate social media without jeopardising your job
- 11:45 Sports-chat with Marc Hinton
Monday, 25 March 2024
- 9:05 EV sellers face difficult year ahead following policy changes
- 9:25 New Auckland flight school takes off as pilot shortages bite
- 9:40 Inspirational Waikato farmer Stu Muir shares his story of cleaning waterways
- 9:45 Europe correspondent Seamus Kearney
- 10:05 Sid Marsh - close encounters with wild tigers
- 10:35 Book review: My Brilliant Sister by Amy Brown
- 11:05 Political commentators Neale Jones & Tim Hurdle
- 11:30 Little Bone Broth Co: from farmers market to supermarket
- 11:45 Urban Issue with Bill McKay
Friday, 22 March 2024
- 9:05 Dementia head count goes door to door
- 9:25 Smaller Scott Base redevelopment proposed
- 9:40 Reddit, the internet's 'front page' goes public
- 9:45 Pacific correspondent Koroi Hawkins
- 10:05 Ulva Goodwillie waves goodbye to Ulva's Guided Walks
- 10:35 Book review: The Extinction of Irena Ray by Jennifer Croft
- 10:45 Around the motu: Jonathan Leask in Ashburton
- 11:05 Music reviewer Grant Smithies
- 11:30 Sports commentator Sam Ackerman
- 11:45 The week that was with Te Radar and Irene Pink
Thursday, 21 March 2024
- 9:05 New nicotine product targeted at teens
- 9:20 Banking sector needs more competition: Comcom report
- 9:25 Almost half of New Zealand adults don't have a will prepared
- 9:45 UK: Tory revolt over prisons, hints of October election
- 9:55 NZ in recession, GDP per capita figures worsen
- 10:05 Peeping Tom: The world's 'freakiest theatre troupe'
- 10:35 Book review: Remember Me: Poems to Learn by Heart from Aotearoa
- 10:45 Around the motu: Robin Martin in Taranaki
- 11:05 ComCom's personal banking study
- 11:10 Tech: China vs US tech, carmakers share data with insurers
- 11:25 How to help your child make friends
- 11:45 Screentime: Wicked Little Letters, The Girls on the Bus, 3 Body Problem
Wednesday, 20 March 2024
- 9:05 Ministry apologises as 10,000 sign petition over disability funding changes
- 9:20 Lifelines for Northland businesses affected by Brynderwyn
- 9:50 Australia correspondent Bernard Keane
- 10:05 A decade fostering start-ups & entrepreneurs
- 10:35 Book review: Until August by Gabriel García Márquez
- 10:45 Around the motu: David Williams in Christchurch
- 11:05 Music with Charlotte Ryan
- 11:20 How to navigate conflict with a partner
- 11:45 Science: Ladybug's chemical warfare, handwriting brain boost
- 12:00 Tribute to Rod Oram
Tuesday, 19 March 2024
- 9:05 Housing and RMA Minister Chris Bishop on his plans to shake up sectors
- 9:25 Carbon recycling company LanzaTech captures interest
- 9:45 USA correspondent Ron Elving
- 10:05 The cultural preservation of space junk
- 10:35 Book review: When I open the shop by Romesh Dissanayake
- 10:45 Around the motu: Peter de Graaf in Northland
- 11:05 Business commentator Rebecca Stevenson
- 11:30 Imposter syndrome and strategies to deal with it
- 11:45 Sports correspondent Marc Hinton
Monday, 18 March 2024
- 9:05 Electrification of houses saves money, even on finance
- 9:25 Tauranga's proven strategy for reducing CBD crime
- 9:45 Russia correspondent Jim Heintz
- 10:05 Nellie's Baby: one woman's search for her birth parents
- 10:35 Book review: The Beautiful Afternoon by Airini Beautrais
- 10:45 Around the motu: Diane McCarthy in Whakatane
- 11:05 Political commentators Sue Moroney and Ben Thomas
- 11:30 Executive chef Dan Shanks on sourcing local to feed
- 11:45 Off the beaten track with Kennedy Warne
Friday, 15 March 2024
- 9:05 'Godfather of AI' Geoffrey Hinton fears tech is too powerful
- 9:25 Shock suspension of Green MP over migrant exploitation claims
- 9:25 New Zealand brothers and space innovators
- 9:45 TikTok faces US ban
- 10:05 Aaron Carter on fitness and mental health - 'You strap the shoes on and you go for a walk'
- 10:35 Book review: The Unsettled: Small Stories of Colonisa
- 10:45 Around the motu: Tess Brunton in Dunedin
- 11:05 New music with Jeremy Taylor
- 11:30 Sports commentator Dana Johannsen
- 11:45 The week that was with Te Radar and Pinky Agnew
Thursday, 14 March 2024
- 9:05 Aggressive and armed shoplifters torment supermarket workers
- 9:25 Thousands of biodiversity scientists decry fast track
- 9:35 Real estate mogul turns deep sea treasure hunter
- 9:45 UK: Frank Hester racism row, 'extremism' definition reviewed
- 10:05 The history of art is very different when you include the women
- 10:40 Book review: Poetry Aotearoa Yearbook 2024
- 10:45 Around the motu : Mike Tweed in Whanganui
- 11:05 Tech: What's behind the US TikTok block?
- 11:30 Parenting: What to do when your child refuses to go to school
- 11:45 Screentime: Dark City: The Cleaner, The Regime, Dune 2
Wednesday, 13 March 2024
- 9:05 Dunedin school principals team up to tackle porn
- 9:20 Ihorangi Reweti Peters: the teenager striving for mental health
- 9:45 Australia: $4b NT housing deal, China wine tariff could be lifted
- 10:05 From Afghanistan to an Auckland prison to Muslim community leader
- 10:35 Book review: To The River by Vikki Wakefield
- 10:45 Around the motu : John Freer in Coromandel
- 11:05 Music with Kirsten Zemke: Song salad
- 11:30 Harnessing archeology to dig deeper into Maori connection
- 11:45 Personal finance: Missing KiwiSaver contributors
Tuesday, 12 March 2024
- 9:07 Attracting school leavers to careers in horticulture industry
- 9:26 Is Tonga's taxing of unhealthy foods having an impact?
- 10:07 Ineke Meredith on balancing a career in medicine and business
- 10:35 New report warns valuable soil being lost under
- 10:38 Book review: Small Hours by Bobby Palmer
- 10:48 USA correspondent Ron Elving
- 10:48 Around the motu: David Hill in North Canterbury
- 11:07 Business commentator Victoria Young
- 11:30 History: the genesis of Tongariro National Park
- 11:42 Sports-chat with Sam Ackerman
Monday, 11 March 2024
- 9:05 What is happening to consumers' power bills as low-use charge comes off?
- 9:15 Earthquake testing in a giant shaking lab in China
- 9:35 Cutting edge technology helps the IRD nab fraudsters
- 9:45 Europe correspondent Seamus Kearney
- 10:05 Oliver Steeds explores the depths of the planet
- 10:35 Book review: Burma Sahib by Paul Theroux
- 10:45 Around the motu: Matthew Rosenberg in Invercargill
- 11:05 Political commentators Neale Jones and Brigitte Morten
- 11:30 Creating plant-based drinks for tiny tastebuds
- 11:45 Urban Issue: How wheelchair accessibility can benefit us all
Friday, 8 March 2024
- 9:05 Dental Association warns people pulling teeth out at home due to rising costs
- 9:15 The Great Pacific Garbage Patch to Kaikoura: Charles Moore's plastic journey
- 9:40 Sheep may be key to reducing hearing loss
- 9:50 Pacific correspondent Koroi Hawkins
- 10:05 How Sadler's Wells' Company of Elders is defying age perceptions
- 10:35 Book review: Kitten by Olive Nuttall
- 10:45 Around the motu: Georgina Campbell in Wellington
- 11:05 Music reviewer Grant Smithies
- 11:30 Sports commentator Sam Ackerman
- 11:45 The week that was with Irene Pink and Pinky Agnew
Thursday, 7 March 2024
- 9:05 Advocates call for family violence visa to be made easier
- 9:30 Inside the rise and fall of Hillsong Church
- 9:45 UK: Hunt's spring Budget, PM's chore boasts, another Royal down
- 10:05 Natano Keni and Sarita So on balancing a theatre and life partnership
- 10:35 Book review: Marcia Williams: The Life and Times of Baroness Falkender by Linda McDougall
- 10:45 Around the motu: Libby Kirkby McLeod in Hamilton
- 11:10 TVNZ proposes to cut jobs
- 11:15 Tech: Meta dumps Aussie media deal, bad week for Apple
- 11:30 Parenting: Why social media friendships are crucial for young adolescents
- 11:45 Screentime: Beyond Utopia, Kāinga Whenua, James Must-a-pic His Mum a Man
Wednesday, 6 March 2024
- 9:05 Cocaine use increases by 93 percent in past year
- 9:15 Parents face months-long waits for childcare as centres close up
- 9:30 Officials prepare contingency plan as avian influenza inches closer
- 9:45 Australia: Labor holds Dunkley seat, Meta bails on news deal
- 10:05 How the Bluestockings dared to imagine independent lives
- 10:35 Book review: The Warm Hands of Ghosts by Katherine Arden
- 10:45 Around the motu : Kirsty Pickett in Te Anau
- 11:05 Music: Why we love the sound of falsetto
- 11:20 Sheryl Beaumont on her new novel The War Photographers
- 11:45 Aussie fern invades Auckland's urban forests, analysis of 32
Tuesday, 5 March 2024
- 9:08 ED staff safety not fixed by security guards say nurses
- 9:25 Decreasing bone fractures in people with osteoporosis
- 9:40 Why you should consider becoming a park manager
- 9:54 USA correspondent Danielle Kurtzleben
- 10:08 Anders Hofman: surviving worlds deadliest race in Antarctica
- 10:25 Julia Grace on how to cope with 'wobbly days'
- 10:35 Book review: Take Two
- 10:45 Around the motu: Kelly Makiha
- 11:06 Business commentator Rebecca Stevenson
- 11:45 Sports chat with Glen Larmer
Monday, 4 March 2024
- 9:05 Builders grapple with stubborn high levels of waste
- 9:30 Health campaigners seek meeting with Minister
- 9:40 Ultra-runner Jon Nabbs on completing his 7500km
- 9:45 Foreign correspondent Thomas Sparrow
- 10:05 Born to run: Annika Pfitzinger overcomes chronic fatigue
- 10:35 Book review: The Three Quicks
- 10:45 Around the motu: Simon Wilson in Auckland
- 11:05 Politics: PM's allowance U-turn, what govt was told
- 11:30 Blue Rose Café: Auckland pies with a Maori and Pasifika twist
- 11:45 Off the beaten track with Kennedy Warne
Friday, 1 March 2024
- 9:05 Developer says going up not out key to Auckland's housing affordability
- 9:35 Former British Vogue editor Alexandra Shulman on the state of fashion
- 9:45 Asia correspondent Elizabeth Beattie
- 10:05 Designing green spaces for the greater good
- 10:35 Book review: Te Ata o Tu The Shadow of Tumatauenga
- 10:45 Around the motu : Chris Hyde in Hawkes Bay
- 11:05 New music with Jeremy Taylor
- 11:30 Sports commentator Sam Ackerman
- 11:45 The week that was with Te Radar and Donna Brookbanks
Thursday, 29 February 2024
- 9:05 STIs on the rise: why aren't more people testing?
- 9:20 Overseas gold investors eye up market as Government looks to bolster mining
- 9:45 UK: £31m package to boost MPs' security, Prince Harry loses sec
- 10:05 'Our humour doesn't go when we lose our legs!' Film maker Paula Whetu Jones
- 10:35 Book review: The Other Bridget by Rachael Johns
- 10:45 Around the motu : Alisha Evans in Tauranga
- 11:05 Tech: LockBit raiders attempt comeback, global mobile even
- 11:25 Parenting: What to do if your children just can't get along
- 11:45 Screentime: One Day, The Convert, Expats
Wednesday, 28 February 2024
- 9:05 Tauranga and its return to an elected council
- 9:35 Update on use of early earthquake warning technology
- 9:45 Australia: Bodies found, gender pay gap, see you ScoMo
- 10:05 Julie Legg on her ADHD diagnosis at 52
- 10:35 Book review: Lone Wolf by Gregg Hurwitz
- 10:45 Around the motu: John Freer on the Coromandel Peninsula
- 11:05 Music: Black musicians in country music past and present
- 11:30 Former news head Mark Jennings on the collapse of Newshub
- 11:45 Paul Cleave on bringing his serial-killer book The Cleaner to TV screens
Tuesday, 27 February 2024
- 9:05 Principals welcome school property inquiry
- 9:20 Can a wasp be genetically modified to eradicate all wasps
- 9:40 There's something in the water at Scapegrace Distillery
- 9:50 USA correspondent Danielle Kurtzleben
- 10:05 Journalist's decade-long, cross-continental hunt for origins of the feijoa
- 10:35 Book review: The Painter's Daughters by Emily Howes
- 10:50 Around the motu: Peter Newport covering Queenstown-Lakes
- 11:05 Business commentator Dileepa Fonseka
- 11:30 Supermarket spotlight: Consumer's Gemma Rasmussen
- 11:45 Sports-chat with Marc Hinton
Monday, 26 February 2024
- 9:05 Auckland high school self funds new classrooms frustrated at Ministry of Education delays
- 9:30 How to make marae more climate-resilient
- 9:45 Europe correspondent Seamus Kearney
- 10:05 The history of the opium poppy and its impact on the world
- 10:35 Book review: The Women by Kristin Hannah
- 10:45 Around the motu: Tess Brunton in Dunedin
- 11:05 Political commentators Dale Husband and Liam Hehir
- 11:45 Bountiful watermelon season after last year's crops decimated by floods
- 11:45 Could NZ learn from Italy's managed retreat?
Friday, 23 February 2024
- 9:05 Stats show "an unprecedented depth of poverty" : Economist
- 9:25 Taking the long way to Northland with SH1 closure
- 9:35 Haupai Puha is the first New Zealander to qualify for the world
- 9:45 Pacific correspondent Eleisha Foon
- 10:05 Tongariro National Park's beauty through the eyes of an artist
- 10:35 Book review: Blackouts by Justin Torres
- 10:45 Around the motu: Samantha Gee in Nelson
- 11:05 Music reviewer Grant Smithies
- 11:30 Sports commentator Dana Johanssen
- 11:45 The week that was with te Radar and Michele A'Court