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Midday Report
Midday - 1pmMidday Report - Te Pūrongo o te Poutūtanga. RNZ's midday current affairs programme, including RNZ News, business, rural and sports news, plus the long-range weather forecast and Worldwatch. Presented by Charlotte Cook.
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Louisa Williamson live at Wellington Jazz Festival 2024
Saxophonist and composer Louisa Williamson and her band perform 'The Chasm Where We Fall Into Each Other' - inspired by the ancient Patuna Chasm in the Wairarapa - as part of the 2024 Wellington Jazz Festival. Audio
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Soweto Gospel Choir: HOPE live at AAF
29 Sep 2025Listen to the Soweto Gospel Choir's performance 'HOPE' at the Auckland Arts Festival in 2025. The South African choir is known for its powerful blend of African gospel music, freedom songs, and international classics.
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Pūmanawa - a celebration of kapa haka
19 Sep 2025Pūmanawa embodies the ideals of legacy, talent and dedication to a centuries-old way of celebration as four kapa sing and haka with full voices, fierce wairua (spirit) and boundless energy. Listen online now.
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Vale, Tommy Ferguson
10 Jun 2006After jumping ship in the late 1950s, Glaswegian Tommy Ferguson won himself a place in the New Zealand music scene. An exuberant showman and crowd-pleaser, he was one of the most colourful characters in New Zealand rock. Audio
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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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Checkpoint
Checkpoint with Lisa Owen is RNZ’s weekday drive-time news programme, Our people, stories and breaking news and interviews from 4-6pm.
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Sunday Morning
News, discussion, features and ideas until midday.
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Cheesy goodness
DIY cheese, history, cheesy questions, halloumi, paneer, and more, on This Way Up.
Presenters
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Kara Rickard
Station: National
Programmes: On the Air - Mā runga iarere, Music 101
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Jim Mora
Station: National
Programme: Sunday Morning
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Alexia Russell
Station: National
Programme: The Detail
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Corin Dann
Station: National
Programme: Morning Report
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Trevor Reekie
Station: National
Programme: WOMAD Festival Taranaki
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Colin Peacock
Station: National
Programme: Mediawatch
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)
8:06 PM. Nights with Emile Donovan
RNZ's weeknight programme of entertainment and information
8:30 PM. Midweek Mediawatch
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