All episodes
Thursday, 11 May 2023
- 9:05 How high could Auckland rate rises go with Council budget blowout?
- 9:15 Do the wealthy pay their fair share of tax?
- 9:30 A 'game changer' in Parkinson's research
- 9:45 UK: Illegal migration, fewer EU laws dumped, electoral pacts?
- 10:05 Auckland Mayor Wayne Brown on big budget blowout - and how to fix it
- 10:10 Rina Bliss: how intelligence can expand
- 10:35 Book review: Dream Girl by Joy Holley
- 10:45 Around the motu: Mike Tweed in Whanganui
- 11:05 Technology: Aussie tech spend-up, big week for NZ
- 11:25 Children's stories tackle the loneliness of trauma
- 11:45 Screentime: Silo, Bupkis, Sweet Tooth (season II)
Wednesday, 10 May 2023
- 9:05 ADHD referrals "virtually impossible": GPs & advocates
- 9:30 Judge manuals should be released: 'We need to understand their decision making"
- 9:45 Australia: Surprise surplus in Budget
- 10:05 Top Chef winner Kristin Kish: 'Everything in food has been done before'
- 10:35 Book review: Fungi of Aotearoa by Liv Sisson
- 10:45 Around the motu: Kelly Makiha in Rotorua
- 11:05 NZ Music Month: Spotlight on Space Waltz
- 11:20 Calls for MSD debts to be wiped
- 11:45 Personal finance: Safe banking in troubled times
Tuesday, 9 May 2023
- 9:05 Who will compensate flood & cyclone-affected Auckland residents?
- 9:30 Unbanked teens: why so many students don't have bank accounts
- 10:05 Gabrielle Zevin on video games, art and friendship
- 10:40 Book review: The Making of Another Major Motion Picture
- 10:45 US correspondent Ximena Bustillo
- 10:50 Around the motu: Lee Scanlon in Westport
- 11:05 Business correspondent Victoria Young
- 11:30 The Democracy Game: US-style populism in NZ
Monday, 8 May 2023
- 9:05 Health Minister Ayesha Verrall
- 9:35 How to lessen construction's impact on greenhouse gas emissions
- 9:45 Africa correspondent Debora Patta
- 10:05 Selfies from a ghost town: Jos
- 10:40 Book review: Unscripted by James B. Stewart and Rachel Abrams
- 10:45 Around the motu : Andrew McRae in Hamilton
- 11:05 Political commentators Bernie O'Donnell & Liam Hehir
- 11:35 The nutritional and medicinal uses of herbs
- 11:45 Artificial Intelligence and Cities: for better or worse?
Friday, 5 May 2023
- 9:07 Links between youth mental health and environment
- 9:25 Tens of thousands of train passengers disrupted in Auckland
- 9:32 Making room for writers
- 9:47 Pacific correspondent Koroi Hawkins
- 10:06 TAIC findings just released into ferry near grounding
- 10:06 Redmer Yska on tracking Katherine Mansfield across Europe
- 10:35 Book review: How To Get Fired by Evana Belich
- 10:50 Around the motu : Tess Brunton in Dunedin
- 11:05 Music reviewer Grant Smithies
- 11:34 Does talk of a Super Rugby Pacific draft hold any merit?
- 11:48 The week that was
Thursday, 4 May 2023
- 9:07 NZ should follow Australia on vaping laws to combat youth “epidemic”
- 9:33 Notorious 'death flight' plane to return to Argentina
- 9:45 UK: Local elections and voter ID laws
- 10:07 Technology historian Dr Jonnie Penn
- 10:40 Book review: Big Swiss by Jen Beagin
- 10:46 Peter Newport in Queenstown Lakes & Central Otago
- 11:06 Technology: Google DeepMind merger, LLM food
- 11:30 When does loving care become overindulgence?
- 11:45 Screentime: Pathfinders, The Diplomat, A Small Light
Wednesday, 3 May 2023
- 9:05 Vulnerable can't access justice': Law firm calls for pro
- 9:30 Too many patients can't afford prescriptions:
- 9:45 Australia: Interest hike (again), vape ban, MasterChef shock
- 10:05 Global demand for Kiwi golf course designer Kristine Kerr
- 10:30 Meka Whaitiri defects to Te Pati Maori
- 10:35 Book review: Girl in a Pink Dress by Kylie Needham
- 10:45 Around the motu: Diane McCarthy in Whakatane
- 11:05 Tex Mex Music with Kirsten Zemke
- 11:20 Communicating science well particularly to vulnerable
- 11:45 Science: Lost elephant habitats, glass brick revival,
- 11:55 Political Editor Jane Patterson on Whaitiri crossing floor
Tuesday, 2 May 2023
- 9:05 New research into single parents finds discrimination and stigma
- 9:30 Latitude hack: Privacy watchdog advocates pushback on data demands
- 9:45 USA correspondent Ximena Bustillo
- 10:05 Choreographer Andrea Schermoly on creating the RNZB's new-look Romeo and Juliet
- 10:35 Book review: Romantic Comedy by Curtis Sittenfeld
- 10:45 Around the motu : Chris Hyde in Hawkes Bay
- 11:05 Business commentator Rebecca Stevenson
- 11:30 Historian Paul Moon on Auckland through the 20th century
- 11:45 Sports chat with Joe Porter
Monday, 1 May 2023
- 9:05 Why big builds go over time and over budget
- 9:35 Community wellbeing at core of huge Tamaki Regeneration undertaking
- 9:45 Europe: Pope's message to Hungary, Erdogan faces tough battle
- 10:05 Grand designs in Brown vs Brown
- 10:35 Book review: This Is Not Miami by Fernanda Melchor
- 10:45 Around the motu: David Williams in Christchurch
- 11:05 Political commentators Gareth Hughes & Tim Hurdle
- 11:30 Taco Tac'over
- 11:45 Off the beaten track with Kennedy Warne
Friday, 28 April 2023
- 9:05 Auckland harbour crossing: Multi-billion dollar options
- 9:30 Ethique founder on mentoring other social entrepreneurs
- 9:45 Asia correspondent Ed White
- 10:05 Annemarie Rawson on doing an OE in your 60s
- 10:35 Book review: Tress of the Emerald Sea by Brandon Sanderson
- 10:45 Around the motu : Peter de Graaf in Northland
- 11:05 New music with Jeremy Taylor
- 11:30 Sports commentator Sam Ackerman
- 11:45 The week that was
Thursday, 27 April 2023
- 9:05 Climate Commissioner: 'current pathway will not get us there'
- 9:30 Teaching self-regulation of emotion, behaviour to preschoolers
- 9:45 UK: Sudan airlift, Sturgeon speaks, Raab gone, Freddie's sale
- 10:05 Wild Irish food meets the Wairarapa: JP McMahon
- 10:35 Book review: Aftermaths: Colonialism, Violence and Memory in Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific
- 10:45 Around the motu: Che Baker in Invercargill
- 11:05 Technology: ChatGPT amnesty, Chorus shortage, Twitter
- 11:25 The five most important principles behind effective teaching
- 11:45 Screentime: Love & Death, Chupa, Tiny Beautiful Things
Wednesday, 26 April 2023
- 9:07 Four bids on table for Ruapehu ski fields
- 9:36 Earthquake strengthening breakthrough
- 9:48 Australia: Defence review, central bank overhaul
- 10:07 Lost words and the invisible history of female bookbinders
- 10:35 Book review: Resistance by Jacinta Halloran
- 10:48 Around the motu: Samantha Gee in Nelson
- 10:55 Central Hawkes Bay Mayor on earthquakes
- 11:08 Music with Ian Chapman: Songs at the heart of glam rock
- 11:30 Teen creates science programmes for kids
Monday, 24 April 2023
- 9:05 Red Cross raises millions for Cyclone Gabrielle: how is it being spent?
- 9:35 Benefit fraudsters face harsher penalties than white collar: research
- 9:45 Middle East correspondent Sebastian Usher
- 10:05 Kiwi ballerina Hannah O'Neill 'star' of Paris Opera
- 10:40 Book review: Avalon by Nell Zink
- 10:45 Around the motu: Todd Niall in Auckland
- 11:05 Political panel: Brigitte Morton & Gareth Hughes
- 11:30 Positive Kaibration: the couple elevating Taupō's food frequency
- 11:50 Auckland Harbour crossing options more questions than answers
Friday, 21 April 2023
- 9:05 Harbourmaster on new ferries: "there will be teething problems"
- 9:35 Making maths add up: the neuroscience behind how children learn
- 9:45 Pacific correspondent Koroi Hawkins
- 10:05 Toby Walsh on the tricky ethical issues AI raises
- 10:45 Book review: Wild Places by Katherine Mansfield
- 10:50 Around the motu: Mary Argue in Wairarapa
- 11:05 Jewellery-themed gems with Grant Smithies
- 11:35 Sports commentator Sam Ackerman
- 11:45 Books in the bathroom?
Thursday, 20 April 2023
- 9:05 On-line grooming: new safeguards, but privacy prioritised over protection
- 9:30 Auckland Airport boss on the $3.9b redevelopment plans
- 9:45 UK: Immigration bill, Raab bullying investigation, Gove
- 10:05 IPCA releases report into parliament protest
- 10:20 Young farmers push for radical change in agriculture sector
- 10:40 Book review: TAXTOPIA by The Rebel Accountant
- 10:45 Around the motu: Jonathan Leask in Ashburton
- 11:05 Signs of inflation slowdown
- 11:15 Tech 'Superstreamers' eye NZ, Twitter Secret Santa gone
- 11:30 Parenting: Surviving lunchtime at school
- 11:45 Screentime: Dead Ringers, Rye Lane, The Last Thing He Told
Wednesday, 19 April 2023
- 9:05 Wairoa floods: mayor pushes for inquiry
- 9:30 Get them outdoors: 54% of kids don't exercise enough
- 9:45 Australia: Voice referendum tweak, Melbourne bigger than Sydney
- 10:05 High flyer - Tonga's first female airline pilot
- 10:35 Book review: Ithaca by Alie Benge
- 10:45 Around the motu: Robin Martin in Taranaki
- 11:05 Music with Charlotte Ryan
- 11:20 How a forgotten French diary led to a book on the memoirs of Major General Lindsay Inglis
- 11:45 Science: Who's at highest risk of the flu? Penguin poo's vital role
Tuesday, 18 April 2023
- 9:05 A "litany of failures" for missing Ōmāio man
- 9:25 Measures to improve depleted Auckland Hauraki Gulf mussel beds
- 9:45 US: Abortion drug could go, more mass shootings put pressure
- 10:05 Kiwi historian's role in uncovering Guardian's slavery shame
- 10:35 Book review: The Deck by Fiona Farrell
- 10:45 Around the motu: Georgina Campbell in Wellington
- 11:05 Business: Murdoch vs Dominion Systems, new teeth for
- 11:30 Inge Woolf: a tale of resilience and survival
- 11:45 Sports-chat with Sam Ackerman
Monday, 17 April 2023
- 9:05 Caution urged over the safety of food grown in a lab
- 9:30 Do babies need their own seat on a plane?
- 9:45 Europe: Germany's nuclear power gone, Macron signs pension law
- 10:05 If we can't save Antarctica, we can't save ourselves
- 10:35 Book review: Phosphorescence by Julia Baird
- 10:45 Around the motu: Tess Brunton in Dunedin
- 11:05 Political commentators Jones & Morten
- 11:30 Butter, Butter: a decadent new cookbook by pastry chef Petra Galler
- 11:45 Off the beaten track with Kennedy Warne
Friday, 14 April 2023
- 9:05 Auckland Airport redevelopment: Will fliers foot the bill?
- 9:30 Koh-i-Noor: The controversial diamond and the Royal Family
- 9:45 Asia correspondent Ed White
- 10:05 Pegasus: The spyware in your pocket
- 10:40 Book review: The Shards by Bret Easton Ellis
- 10:50 Around the motu : Logan Savory in Invercargill
- 11:05 New music with Jeremy Taylor
- 11:30 Sports commentator Dana Johanssen
- 11:45 The week that was
Thursday, 13 April 2023
- 9:05 Water reform: 10 entities expected instead of 4
- 9:15 More throw-away plastic binned
- 9:35 New arts funding platform to level philanthropic playing field
- 9:45 UK: Sunak-Biden meeting in Northern Ireland, doctors' 96-hour strike
- 10:05 Arihia Bennett : from social worker to CEO of Ngāi Tahu
- 10:40 Book review: The Fate of the Land by Danny Keenan
- 10:45 Around the motu : Matt Brown in Marlborough
- 11:05 Three Waters revamp: details revealed
- 11:15 Technology: Will an AI pause be effective? What are digital citizen skills?
- 11:30 When your child only wants the other parent
- 11:45 Screentime: Beef, Air, Bouncers
Wednesday, 12 April 2023
- 9:05 Senior Ukrainian defence advisor in New Zealand
- 9:15 Te Pukenga survey reveals staff fear, anxiety and frustration
- 9:35 Cyclone silt depleting our seabeds: marine scientist
- 9:45 Australia: Voice split, vaping hole, China breakthrough, art investigation
- 10:05 Common materials which have shaped technological development
- 10:35 Book review: A Private Spy - Letters of John le Carre edited by Tim Cornwell
- 10:45 Around the motu : Kelly Makiha in Rotorua
- 11:05 Music that'll get your goat, with Ian Chapman
- 11:20 Author Sue McCauley on her latest novel Landed
- 11:45 Personal finance: Bank accounts for kids
Tuesday, 11 April 2023
- 9:05 Calls for a national register for advance care directives
- 9:30 Local startup partners with Google to help mental health
- 9:45 USA correspondent Ximena Bustillo
- 10:05 Overthinking: how not to waste your brain power
- 10:35 Book review: Laughing at the Dark by Barbara Else
- 10:45 Around the motu: Andrew McRae in Hamilton
- 11:05 Political Commentators Neale Jones and Tim Hurdle
- 11:30 Hearty fare from the kitchen of a high country station
- 11:45 Sports chat with Joe Porter
Thursday, 6 April 2023
- 9:05 Concerns over the use of AI supervision in university exams
- 9:20 Te Whatu Ora CEO responds to dismal staff survey
- 9:30 A stitch in time: saving sewing machines in Motueka
- 9:45 UK: Tory MP's lobby offer, barge plan for migrants, Sturgeon's
- 10:05 Cariad Lloyd on her moving and funny meditation on grief
- 10:35 Book review: Dr. No by Percival Everett
- 10:45 Around the motu: David Williams in Christchurch
- 11:05 Technology: Is 'it's inevitable' good enough after a hack?
- 11:25 Paediatric feeding challenges - what to do when it's more than just 'fussy eating'
- 11:45 Screentime: The Power, Swarm, Tetris
Wednesday, 5 April 2023
- 9:05 Te Whatu Ora: Survey reveals bullying, lack of resources & poor confidence in leadership
- 9:25 Are relationship ups and downs associated with physiological changes
- 9:30 Trump charges: Former US president leaves court after not guilty plea
- 9:45 Australia: What Liberal loss means for Dutton, Paralympic
- 10:05 Brainy octopus help humans know our own mind
- 10:35 Book review: Kick the Latch by Kathryn Scanlan
- 10:45 Around the motu: Matthew Rosenberg in Gisborne
- 11:05 The music of a changing climate
- 11:30 Tiny objects telling big stories
- 11:45 Science: Deciphering smell, stresses plants, toxic birds
Tuesday, 4 April 2023
- 9:08 Ex-Google boss on why he's started his own search engine
- 9:25 Transmission Gully closed for clean up of large oil spill
- 9:40 Long-awaited organics legislation will boost exports
- 9:46 US: Donald Trump lands in New York to face charges
- 10:06 Jenny Odell and the concept of time
- 10:39 Book review: The Dead of Winter by Stuart MacBride
- 10:47 Around the motu: Chris Hyde in Hawkes Bay
- 11:07 Business commentator Rebecca Stevenson
- 11:28 Southern Celts: Stories from Kiwis of Scottish and Irish descent
- 11:45 Sports chat with Steve Holloway
