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All Night Programme
There is something for everyone in the wee small hours of a brand new day, every day, on our All Night Programme, a live-hosted programme of features, music, news and weather.
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How a kiwi was 'sucked in' to managing Guns N' Roses
Wellington-born Alan Niven managed American rock band Guns N' Roses at the peak of their career in the late 1980s, and has the stories to prove it!.
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At 82, kiwi songwriter Linn Lorkin is as joyful and jazzy as ever
11 Aug 2025After five decades performing at piano bars around the world - and a stint in an Italian jail - Linn Lorkin still loves making Auckland audiences smile.
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DJ Mu the 'producer and pulse' of Fat Freddy's Drop has died
18 Jul 2025Chris Faiumu, founder of one of Aotearoa's most successful bands, died unexpectedly this week. He leaves a rich musical legacy as a DJ, producer, and founding member of the Roots Foundation and Fat Freddy's Drop.
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The DJ bringing crowds to tears at sports games
7 Jul 2025DJ Algoodie remembers the time he played at a rugby league game and thousands of voices joined in to sing.
Programmes
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Worlds of Music
Music from the world, for the world, hosted by Trevor Reekie.
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Country Life
Country Life takes you down country roads to meet ordinary people achieving their dreams. We live in a beautiful country and we'd love to show it. Have you got a great photo? Drop us…
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Our Changing World
Stories about science and nature from out in the field and inside the labs across Aotearoa New Zealand. Winner 2022 New Zealand Radio Awards Best Factual Podcast - Episodic
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Saturday Night
Your requests, nostalgia and musical memories.
Presenters
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Mark Williams
Station: National
Programme: On the Air - Mā runga iarere
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Jim Mora
Station: National
Programme: Sunday Morning
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Susie Ferguson
Station: National
Programme: Saturday Morning
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Amanda Gillies
Station: National
Programme: The Detail
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Susana Lei'ataua
Station: National
Programmes: News, Summer Weekends, Waitangi Day
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Julian Wilcox
Station: National
Programme: Waitangi Day
Today’s Schedule
12:00 AM. All Night Programme
A selection of the best RNZ National interviews and features.
5:00 AM. First Up with Nathan Rarere
New Zealand's early morning wake-up call
6:00 AM. Morning Report with Ingrid Hipkiss and Corin Dann
RNZ's three-hour breakfast news show with news and interviews, bulletins on the hour and half-hour
9:06 AM. Nine to Noon with Kathryn Ryan
Current affairs and topics of interest.
Noon Midday Report
RNZ news, followed by updates and reports until 1.00pm
1:06 PM. Afternoons with Jesse Mulligan
An upbeat mix of the curious and the compelling, ranging from the stories of the day to the great questions of our time (RNZ)
4:00 PM. Checkpoint with Lisa Owen
RNZ's weekday drive-time news and current affairs programme
6:00 PM. The Panel with Wallace Chapman
Live and interactive discussion, featuring a range of panellists from right along the opinion spectrum, together with expert phone guests (RNZ)
7:06 PM. Country Life
The Country life team take you all over the motu to hear the extraordinary stories of every day rural New Zealand
8:06 PM. Nights with Emile Donovan
RNZ's weeknight programme of entertainment and information
8:30 PM. Short Cuts with Dan Slevin
Film and Television Review
9:25 PM. Out Lately with Finn Johansson
New Music reviews
9:45 PM. Pacific Waves
10:00 PM. News at Ten
A roundup of today's news and sport
10:15 PM. The Detail
Join The Detail team as they make sense of the big stories with the country's best journalists and experts