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News and current affairs with Nathan Rarere, weekdays at 5am.
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6am - 9am
Featured stories
Sequins, studs and horsehair - one man's collection of wild shoes
Auckland artist Nigel Borell and Wellington council executive Karepa Wall aren't afraid to knock other people's socks off with their footwear choices.
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I don't have an emergency contact - what should I do?
18 May 2025Whether you're signing on for a new job, have a child at school, or going to the hospital, there are crucial moments when you'll be asked to provide an emergency contact. But what happens when you have no one to call on?
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Minuit frontwoman Ruth Carr: 'Female musicians being forgotten is a pet peeve'
18 May 2025Ruth Carr led local electro-pop trio Minuit to glory in the 2000s - now she's hitting the stage one last time.
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Lorde talks about eating disorder in Rolling Stone interview
16 May 2025The 28-year-old Kiwi singer bared her soul in an interview with the magazine, which she will feature on the cover of for the June edition.
Programmes
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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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Afternoons
Jesse Mulligan presents an upbeat mix of the curious and the compelling, ranging from the stories of the day to the great questions of our time.
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Sourdough 101
Neville Chun teaches Simon how to make sourdough from home.
Presenters
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Jim Mora
Station: National
Programme: Sunday Morning
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Trevor Reekie
Station: National
Programme: Worlds of Music
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Corin Dann
Station: National
Programme: Morning Report
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Nathan Rarere
Station: National
Programme: First Up
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Maggie Tweedie
Station: National
Programme: Music 101 Pocket Edition
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Nicola Wright
Station: National
Programme: News
Popular audio
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Aratere docked in Picton after running aground
24 Jun 2024The stricken Interisland ferry Aratere is now docked in Picton under a detention order with no word when it might be declared safe to operate. It's still not clear what exactly happened before the… Audio
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What 3 to 7 year olds need to learn - Nathan Mikaere-Wallis
Pushing 3 to 7 year olds towards early reading, writing or maths will not improve their long-term chances of success, says educator, researcher and parenting commentator Nathan Mikaere-Wallis of… Audio
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Robert Macfarlane goes Underland
28 Sep 2019Nature and travel writer Robert Macfarlane grew up in coal country, just next to limestone country. What was underground defined what was up above for him from a very young age. His new book Underland… Audio
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How learning music can help all learning
Dr Anita Collins is an award-winning Australian educator, researcher and writer in the field of brain development and music learning. Since 2016 she has travelled the world interviewing over 100… Audio
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St Andrews college showstopper brings the house down at prizegiving
4 Dec 2023The end of year school prize giving is known to send a shiver up the spine of a few parents. A couple of bum numbing hours...waiting if you are lucky to clap your child onto stage, full of pride and… Video, Audio
Today’s Schedule
12:00 AM. All Night Programme
A selection of the best RNZ National interviews and features.
12:12 AM. Culture 101
Perlina Lau and Mark Amery host a weekly show about creativity and culture in Aotearoa.
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)
3:30 PM. Here Now
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
An hour of discussion, featuring a range of panellists from right along the opinion spectrum, together with expert phone guests (RNZ)
7:06 PM. The Detail
Join The Detail team as they make sense of the big stories with the country's best journalists and experts
7:30 PM. Storylines
8:06 PM. Nights with Emile Donovan
RNZ's weeknight programme of entertainment and information
8:15 PM. Pacific Waves
8:30 PM. Nights Continues
Including tonight's quiz
10:00 PM. News at Ten
A roundup of today's news and sport
10:15 PM. Nights Continues with Emile Donovan
11:06 PM. Nashville Babylon
Mark Rogers offers the very best in Americana, alt country, folk soul and blues music (RNZ)
