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Friday, 13 June 2025
- 8:10 Inclusive Performance Academy goes viral
- 8:20 This Weekend: New Zealand Latte Art Championships
- 8:40 Short-Cuts with Dan Slevin
- 9:25 Out Lately with Finn Johansson
Thursday, 12 June 2025
- 8:10 Can California become independent from the United States?
- 8:20 New Zealand's Filipino community celebrate Independence Day from afar
- 8:30 What looking at art does to your brain
- 8:50 New literary voices honoured
- 9:25 Australian comedian turns scamming experience into cabaret
Wednesday, 11 June 2025
- 8:10 North Island's loss, Christchurch's gain?
- 8:20 Men: Schedule a 'Wednesday Waffle' for your friends
- 9:24 Fred Award-winner Angella Dravid
Tuesday, 10 June 2025
- 8:10 The Alliance Party brushes off the dust for 2025 local body elections
- 8:20 In breakups, should pets be more than just property?
- 8:40 Shower Thoughts: Where does bellybutton fluff come from?
- 9:25 Is bigger better? New Zealand's obsession with utes and SUVs
Monday, 9 June 2025
- 8:10 Why is ageism socially acceptable?
- 8:20 Sports with Jamie Wall
- 8:45 BBC World with Pete Ross
- 9:25 Did humans evolve to be religious?
Friday, 6 June 2025
- 8:10 Life changes - and death changes, too
- 8:20 This Weekend: Mainland Big Band
- 8:40 Short-Cuts with Dan Slevin
- 9:25 Out Lately with Finn Johansson
Thursday, 5 June 2025
- 8:10 Six months on, is the gang patch ban working?
- 8:30 Philosophy Now: Disrespecting the flag
- 8:50 The Kiwi aiming to break the land speed out of his Mangatāwhiri garage
- 9:25 Dr Harold Hillman: Living with passion and purpose
Wednesday, 4 June 2025
- 8:10 To speak or not? The high-stakes choice in criminal trials
- 8:20 The 'senior' Kiwi footballers chasing World Cup dreams
- 9:25 Award-winning nightlife cabaret set to dazzle Aucklanders
Tuesday, 3 June 2025
- 8:10 Worst-case scenario climate events for Auckland and Wellington
- 8:20 Sport with Jamie Wall
- 8:40 Shower Thoughts: How do you create a font?
- 9:25 What makes a political memoir a page-turner?
- 9:35 Mini Midweek Mediawatch
Friday, 30 May 2025
- 8:30 This Weekend: John's Sketch Club
- 9:40 Short-Cuts with Dan Slevin
- 10:18 Bringing the 80s to life on screen: Costume designer Amy Parris
- 10:30 Out Lately with Finn Johansson
Thursday, 29 May 2025
- 8:30 Timaru New Zealand's best tap water, officially
- 9:25 Myth Takes: Greek islands
- 9:40 Is churning butter worth it?
- 10:18 Bipartisan support emerging for financing home solar
- 10:30 Fazerdaze cleans up at 2025 Aotearoa Music Awards
- 10:45 Auckland's The Others Way festival spills out onto the street
Wednesday, 28 May 2025
- 10:18 For the love of leaks
- 10:30 Are headlights getting brighter?
- 10:45 New Zealand unlocks commercial catnip market
Tuesday, 27 May 2025
- 8:30 The psychology behind standing up when the plane lands
- 9:25 UK correspondent Christian Smith
- 9:35 Shower Thoughts: How is money laundered?
- 10:18 Does the South Island deserve dedicated representation in Parliament?
- 10:30 The welcoming world of Dungeons and Dragons
- 10:45 Australia set to ban the sale of machetes, will it work?
Monday, 26 May 2025
- 8:30 Brutalism: Yea or nay?
- 9:25 Whakataukī of the Week with Sir Ian Taylor
- 9:35 Dartitis: The inability to throw a dart
- 10:18 Where does my recycling go?
- 10:30 Sports with Jamie Wall
- 10:45 Claims of 'white genocide' in South Africa
Friday, 23 May 2025
- 8:30 This Weekend: 50 Hour Film Project lights up Wairarapa
- 9:25 Short-Cuts with Dan Slevin
- 10:18 Doping set to be encouraged at "Enhanced" Games
- 10:30 Out Lately with Finn Johansson
Thursday, 22 May 2025
- 8:30 Kelly Tarlton's Final Treasure Hunt with Hamish Williams
- 9:00 Nights Quiz - Live from Kelly Tarltons
- 9:25 Jane Groufsky: How Auckland has changed
- 9:35 International aquarium designer Craig Thorburn
- 9:45 DJ Sir-Vere: Picking the best songs from Tāmaki Makaurau
- 10:18 Economist Brad Olsen on Budget Day
- 10:30 Gender in language with sociolinguist Julia de Bres
Wednesday, 21 May 2025
- 8:30 Handmade guitars on display at Sonic Salon and Symposium
- 10:18 Do we still need Parliament TV?
- 10:30 Prostate Cancer NZ on the importance of regular checks
- 10:45 Barbara Buckett on Winston Peters heckler's employment woes
Tuesday, 20 May 2025
- 8:30 Ploughing Champs heading down south for 2029
- 9:25 UK correspondent Christian Smith
- 9:35 Shower Thoughts: Does space end?
- 10:18 Suspension suspended: The Privileges Committee drama
- 10:30 Ben McKay on Tasmania's political fallout
- 10:40 'Sexcapades, Drug Hazes and Terrorist Attacks': Life in a fortified compound
Monday, 19 May 2025
- 8:30 Former Mayor's campaign to honour 'overlooked' cricket star
- 9:25 Whakataukī of the Week with Michelle Rahurahu
- 9:35 The wonderful world of sperm donation
- 10:18 Aaron Gilbert on Kiwisaver tweaks
- 10:30 Sports with Bryan Waddle
- 10:45 BBC World Lookahead with Pete Ross
Thursday, 15 May 2025
- 8:30 The C-Word and why it is still so offensive
- 9:35 The King of Helsinki noir
- 10:18 The price of dairy
- 10:30 In the extreme
- 10:50 A boost for brewers
Wednesday, 14 May 2025
- 8:30 The restorative powers of winter ocean swimming
- 10:18 Te Pāti Māori MPs set to be temporarily suspended from Parliament
- 10:30 Why is a raven like a writing desk? Why is a librarian like a fisheries officer?
- 10:40 2025 Ockham New Zealand Book Awards
- 10:50 Buses on demand here to stay in Timaru
Tuesday, 13 May 2025
- 8:30 Nudity in the eyes of the law
- 9:25 Latest news from the UK
- 9:35 Shower Thoughts: How do we get computers to do what we want them to?
- 10:18 Helipad - Yes or No?
- 10:30 The future of cancer treatments
- 10:45 One man's space junk
Monday, 12 May 2025
- 8:30 Should you be free to leave nasty reviews online?
- 9:25 Whakataukī of the Week with Emma Hislop
- 9:35 Synaesthesia: Tasting numbers, hearing colours
- 10:18 The price of an airfare, explained
- 10:30 Sports with Richard Irvine
- 10:45 BBC World Lookahead with Jonathan Frewin
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