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How a kiwi was 'sucked in' to managing Guns N' Roses

12 Aug 2025

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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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

11:06 PM. Music Feature

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