All episodes
Thursday, 27 March 2025
- 8:30 What makes a good boozer: New Zealand's best gastropub
- 9:25 The Royal Order of Adjectives with Julia de Bres
- 9:35 Stringing together generations of chamber musicians
- 10:18 Could a government group chat gaffe happen in New Zealand?
- 10:30 Should police have more powers to control protests?
- 10:45 The rise and fall of cargo ship travel
Wednesday, 26 March 2025
- 8:30 What students say makes a good teacher
- 9:25 Our Changing World's Claire Concannon
- 10:18 Flaws in the plan for roadside drug testing, says civil liberties group
- 10:30 Prison architect Yvonne Jewkes: Why design matters
Tuesday, 25 March 2025
- 8:30 Is gold the new gold?
- 9:25 Rhys Darby: The Legend Returns
- 9:35 Shower Thoughts: Why do we remember what we remember?
- 10:18 North Island set to lose under proposed electorate changes
- 10:30 Daring rescue in the heart of Kaimai Ranges honoured
- 10:45 The $750,000 job in the Aussie Outback
Monday, 24 March 2025
- 8:30 Early Goldie sells for $89,625
- 9:25 Whakataukī of the Week with Rob Mokaraka
- 9:35 Sports science: How we keep getting faster, stronger, better
- 10:18 What did the Prime Minister achieve in India? And what happens now?
- 10:30 Sports with Bryan Waddle
- 10:45 BBC World Lookahead with Jonathan Frewin
Friday, 21 March 2025
- 8:30 This Weekend: Canterbury Home Show
- 9:35 Short-Cuts with Dan Slevin
- 10:18 Mum to many Letitia Dowie-Lewis
- 10:30 Out Lately with Finn Johansson
Thursday, 20 March 2025
- 8:30 How to go camping with your cats
- 9:25 Talking frankly about pay with Amy Ross
- 9:40 The rise of single, older mothers
- 10:18 Defence cuts proposed for civilian workforce
- 10:30 The Cat Operator's Manual
- 10:45 The hunt for the elusive Fiordland Moose
Wednesday, 19 March 2025
- 8:30 Life at 90
- 9:25 Buyer Wanted for Vic Deals
- 10:17 The future of online gambling
- 10:30 Brewing a population storm
Tuesday, 18 March 2025
- 8:30 What does space do to the human body?
- 9:25 Nights at the Museum: Sulabh International Museum of Toilets
- 9:35 Shower Thoughts: What is cash?
- 10:18 Does locally produced television drama have a future?
- 10:30 Ex-nun Pauline Grogan: Healing through music
- 10:45 Would you trust a DIY video to help fix your car?
Monday, 17 March 2025
- 8:30 Award-winning Irish harpist Úna ní Fhlannagáin
- 9:25 Whakataukī of the Week with Kahira Rata Olley
- 9:35 The work of genetic counsellors
- 10:18 Why has New Zealand not banned engineered stone?
- 10:30 Sports with Richard Irvine
- 10:45 BBC World Lookahead with Rob Hugh-Jones
Friday, 14 March 2025
- 8:30 This Weekend: WOMAD
- 9:35 Short-Cuts with Dan Slevin
- 10:17 Math nerds rejoice for International Pi Day
- 10:30 Out Lately with Finn Johansson
Thursday, 13 March 2025
- 8:30 Wanted: Adventurous doctor for trip to remote nomadic community
- 9:25 Philosophy Now: The Good Samaritan principle
- 9:35 Beloved children's illustrator Gavin Bishop goes to Te Papa
- 10:18 Synthetic opioid being sold as cocaine results in hospital trips
- 10:30 Inside an abandoned art deco gem
- 10:45 Surfer attempting to paddle 235-kilometre river
Wednesday, 12 March 2025
- 8:30 How to ride the markets during turbulent times
- 9:25 Auckland Writers Festival returns for 2025
- 10:17 Splitting intellectual property in a divorce
- 10:30 The company that wants to see woolly mammoths roaming the earth by 2028
Tuesday, 11 March 2025
- 8:30 Is it time to standardise the size of a scoop of chips?
- 9:25 Tech Tuesday with Finn Hogan
- 9:35 Shower Thoughts: Where does the petrol live at petrol stations?
- 10:18 What can we expect from the PM's delegation to India next week?
- 10:30 Do our planning laws encourage urban sprawl?
- 10:45 The Australian spider that seems to be spreading across the North Island
Monday, 10 March 2025
- 8:30 Wikipedia needs you!
- 9:25 Whakataukī of the Week with Tūranga Morgan-Edmonds
- 9:35 The science of swells
- 10:18 Is it time to tax charities that make a profit?
- 10:30 Sports with Jamie Wall
- 10:45 BBC World Lookahead with Jonathan Frewin
Friday, 7 March 2025
- 8:30 This Weekend: Pasifika Festival
- 9:35 Short-Cuts with Dan Slevin
- 10:18 Warriors' inaugural captain reflects on team's thirty year anniversary
- 10:30 Out Lately with Finn Johansson
Thursday, 6 March 2025
- 8:30 Proud to be Bogans: Upper Hutt embraces its reputation
- 9:25 Myth Takes: Mythbusting Julius Caesar
- 9:35 The Reread with Ashleigh Young
- 10:17 Did Phil Goff deserve to go?
- 10:30 What can your vocabulary say about your creativity?
- 10:45 An experiment in your pint glass
- 11:07 The Mixtape - RNZ's audio old hand Jeremy Ansell
Wednesday, 5 March 2025
- 8:30 The best burger, officially
- 9:25 Knock, knock: Dutch 'fish doorbell' reopens
- 10:18 Will Adrian Orr's tenure be remembered as the tough years?
- 10:30 Lost (and found) in translation: International Booker Prize nominee Sophie Hughes
Tuesday, 4 March 2025
- 8:30 Kiwi to defend her gold in world singles croquet title
- 9:25 The Ambassadors: H.E. Keith Smith, High Commissioner of Canada
- 9:45 Shower Thoughts: Why are computer keyboards laid out the way they are?
- 10:17 Is a marmite sandwich enough for school lunches? We ask a dietician
- 10:30 'New Zealand's Ned Kelly': The story behind the legend of James Mackenzie
- 10:45 How Christchurch cyclists are taking a stand against bike thefts
Monday, 3 March 2025
- 8:30 Oscars wrap with Dan Slevin
- 9:25 Whakataukī of the Week with Witi Ihimaera
- 9:35 The art and science of taxidermy
- 10:18 Are we on the brink of a world war?
- 10:30 Sports with Bryan Waddle
- 10:45 BBC World Lookahead with Pete Ross
Friday, 28 February 2025
- 8:30 This Weekend: Newtown Festival
- 9:35 Short-Cuts with Dan Slevin
- 10:18 The issues with "green fairies"
- 10:30 Out Lately with Finn Johansson
Thursday, 27 February 2025
- 8:30 Dunedin auction house helping out family who can't return home
- 9:25 Why is this concrete wall in Christchurch captivating people?
- 9:35 Celebrating 40 years of New Zealand rock history
- 10:18 New stats show one in six New Zealanders are disabled
- 10:30 Call for stricter animal welfare enforcement
- 10:45 Survey seeks men's experiences navigating HIV risks
Wednesday, 26 February 2025
- 8:30 Swimming the length of New Zealand's longest river
- 9:25 Our Changing World's Claire Concannon
- 10:18 Citizen arrest powers to be expanded to deal with shoplifters
- 10:30 Road freight industry group launches survey
- 10:45 A fusion of jazz, science fiction and ancient Chinese wisdom
Tuesday, 25 February 2025
- 8:30 New Zealanders delaying OE, survey shows
- 9:25 Nights at the Museum: Cyril Callister Museum
- 9:35 Shower Thoughts: Why do humans have different blood types?
- 10:18 What will happen next if Pope Francis dies
- 10:30 Kiwi tech surveying world's largest oil pipeline
- 10:45 February 25 1943: Featherston's darkest day
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