All episodes
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
Friday, 9 May 2025
- 8:30 This Weekend: Orchids on show
- 9:35 Short-Cuts with Dan Slevin
- 10:18 Reality bites - arts and music fellowships on hold
Thursday, 8 May 2025
- 8:30 Waiting on a new pope
- 9:25 Philosophy Now: Bucket lists
- 9:35 The Reread with Victor Rodger
- 10:18 Is it time to rethink education for the age of AI?
- 10:30 Studying anxiety in the mind and body
- 10:45 The PhD student who has discovered 20 new spider species
Wednesday, 7 May 2025
- 8:30 Why are more and more adult children living with their parents?
- 9:25 Sea snakes washing up more and more on NZ shores
- 10:18 Why the world's attention is on Kashmir
- 10:30 A love letter to the kitsch electronic sounds of the 80s and 90s
Tuesday, 6 May 2025
- 9:25 Alice in Videoland
- 9:40 Shower Thoughts: How does DOC know how long a walk should take?
- 10:30 The ideas that built us
- 10:45 Clocking up the k's - on a Penny Farthing!
Monday, 5 May 2025
- 8:30 Can you get married without breaking the bank?
- 9:25 Whakataukī of the Week with Dame Hinewehi Mohi
- 9:35 Who's most at risk of iron deficiency?
- 10:18 Changes coming for how content is classified
- 10:45 BBC World Lookahead with Jonathan Frewin
Friday, 2 May 2025
- 8:30 This Weekend: Duck shooting season begins
- 9:40 Short-Cuts with Dan Slevin
- 10:18 Inside Australia's 'mushroom murder' trial
- 10:30 Out Lately with Finn Johansson
Thursday, 1 May 2025
- 8:06 Severe weather: RNZ reporter Rachel Graham in Christchurch
- 8:30 What we wish we had learned about money in school
- 9:06 Severe weather: RNZ reporter Nick James in Wellington
- 9:30 Myth Takes: Ancient music
- 9:45 Hollywood-backed football team headed to Wellington
- 10:18 Severe weather: Selwyn District Mayor Sam Broughton
- 10:25 Severe weather: MetService meteorologist Kgolofelo Dube
- 10:35 US and Ukraine cut a deal on rare earth minerals
- 10:50 Why strikes happen on May Day
Wednesday, 30 April 2025
- 8:30 Can cookbooks really be plagiarised?
- 10:18 Stephen Stone acquitted after 25 years in prison
- 10:30 What makes the New Zealand Super Fund one of the best in the world
Tuesday, 29 April 2025
- 8:30 Meraki 2: NZ's first amateur rocket to reach space
- 9:25 Preserving Vasa: the large Swedish warship
- 9:35 Shower Thoughts: How are animals trained for the movies?
- 10:17 Tory Whanau bows out of re-election bid
- 10:30 Liberals win Canadian Election - what now?
- 10:45 Vegan Chocolate Awards
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