All episodes
Saturday, 20 December 2025
- 7:09 Proposed change to sale of alcohol
- 7:18 Latest from the US
- 7:32 Driving on dunes
- 7:41 An Auckland City Mission Christmas
- 7:50 Netball and cricket to look for new CEO's
- 8:10 Aled Jones: The angelic voice of Christmas
- 8:35 Giles Male: Competitive spreadsheeting
- 8:50 The economic horizon with Liam Dann
- 9:05 Helping hands: Could care robots solve the aged care crisis?
- 9:30 Michelangelo expert: Christopher Longhurst
- 10:06 Women on the power tools
- 10:23 Summer reading with Claire Mabey
- 10:36 Living with dyslexia: Chanelle Moriah
- 11:05 Recycling at the Northcote Saturday Market
- 11:15 Christmas past and present
- 11:33 Nova Scotian sister act: Cassie & Maggie
- 11:51 Festive foods at the Northcote Saturday Market
Saturday, 13 December 2025
- 7:09 Bravest of the brave
- 7:16 Syria one year on from Assad
- 7:26 Water safety warnings
- 7:33 The potential cost of changes to the RMA
- 7:45 The City of San Francisco vs UFPs
- 7:52 Hitting the big time
- 8:10 Carole Cadwalladr: The Broligarchy
- 8:45 New year, new you: Yoga in your 70s - and your 90s!
- 9:05 Unravelling the mystery of Sir Charles Kingsford Smith
- 9:08 Red carpet rolls out for Avatar 3
- 9:36 Why giving makes children happier
- 9:46 Brain-computer interfaces
- 10:08 The art of travelling light these holidays
- 10:32 My First Ikura
- 10:47 K-Road institution closes after 35 years
- 11:08 How to: Family Christmas dinner for under $50
- 11:26 Vasanti Unka: representing NZ's diversity in children's books
- 11:47 Taonga pūoro with Rob Thorne
Saturday, 6 December 2025
- 7:08 UN on racial discrimination in New Zealand
- 7:17 The reality of rates caps
- 7:24 Reinstated: Mariameno Kapa-Kingi
- 7:37 Latest from Europe & the US
- 7:45 Susan Edmunds: Open banking
- 7:52 This weekend in sport
- 8:12 Professor Robert Weinkove: Cutting edge cancer treatment
- 8:40 Life in the extreme: Radiation swallowing fungi
- 9:05 Elodie Harper: Boudicca's Daughter
- 9:35 Grassroots film wins big at NZ Screen Awards
- 10:10 Chasing the scoop in a war zone
- 10:35 The ring of fire with Graham Leonard
- 10:49 A workplace guide for menopause
- 11:06 Ben Shattuck: The History of Sound
- 11:33 Cats with Jobs
- 11:48 Hannah Zwartz' gardeners' gift guide
Saturday, 29 November 2025
- 7:10 The most significant changes to regional councils in decades
- 7:20 Ukraine latest
- 7:30 Labour plans ahead
- 7:35 Feral cats - how many are there?
- 7:45 Taniwha's Den
- 7:55 Star Trek Lego
- 8:10 Stranger Things Kiwi star Nell Fisher
- 8:40 Baby poo and long-term health
- 9:05 Gina Rippon: The Lost Girls of Autism
- 9:45 Andrew Williams: Composing in Te Reo
- 10:05 Hira Nathan: Living a more intentional life
- 10:30 Easy Christmas prep with chef Del Holland
- 10:45 Jordi Webber: From Rotorua to Ancient Rome
- 11:05 A taniwha tale with children's author Gavin Bishop
- 11:25 Restoring NZ's link to the Titanic
- 11:40 Kate Williams: From law firm to flower field
Saturday, 22 November 2025
- 7:12 Rising tensions: NZ First vs ACT
- 7:20 The future of MP Mariameno Kapa-Kingi
- 7:25 Latest from the Middle East
- 7:35 Dame Sue Bagshaw: Puberty blockers
- 7:45 Increased risk of earthquakes with climate change
- 7:53 The cycling economy
- 8:10 From Baldrick to Alfred the Great - Sir Tony Robinson: having fun with history
- 8:35 Dr Jonathan Mathias Lassiter: Mental health in marginalised communities
- 9:06 Distinguished Professor Cliff Abraham: How memories are made
- 9:35 The thinking behind the world's greatest thinkers
- 10:06 Calling all cheese lovers
- 10:35 Navigating career change with Dr Galia BarHava
- 11:05 Protesting fishermen take to Auckland streets
- 11:15 NZ photography: earliest to AI - Athol McCredie
- 11:45 Kate de Goldi - Reading for Pleasure
Saturday, 15 November 2025
- 7:09 Call for police reform
- 7:18 Latest on Trump and Epstein
- 7:24 Te Pāti Māori: Out but not over
- 7:34 Changing our climate law
- 7:42 Reaching for the stars: Kiwi tech in space
- 7:50 The weekend in sport
- 8:10 The Etymology Nerd: How language shapes us
- 8:40 The power of the Pause
- 9:05 Fran Lebowitz unleashed
- 9:25 Pill Rolling Fingers: The experience of Early Onset Parkinson's
- 9:45 Lars Wittig: A new way of working
- 10:05 Hamish McKenzie: The impact of independent journalism
- 10:35 Corey Baker: Dancing with the celebrities
- 11:05 Nick Tupara: Waeranga A Hika 160 years on
- 11:20 Liam Dann: AI bubble fears and "green shoots"
- 11:40 Kereama Taepa's ambitious augmented reality art
Saturday, 8 November 2025
- 7:09 Temuera Morrison on Lee Tamahori
- 7:21 Dr Bryan Betty: Youth diabetes on the rise
- 7:28 President Trump vs the Mayor of New York
- 7:34 Proposed ban on beggars and rough sleepers
- 7:41 A lifetime fighting fires
- 7:47 Eli Katoa: How was he allowed to play?
- 7:53 41 years in the making: The Ngāti Pāoa settlement
- 8:15 Priscilla Presley - Life after Elvis
- 8:34 Dan Te Whenua Walker: Shaping AI with Te Ao Maori
- 9:08 Saul David: Tunisgrad
- 9:34 PM's Award for Literary Achievement for Non-fiction: Ross Calman
- 10:08 Chelsea Winter: Nourishing mind, body and soul
- 10:24 Christian White: an almost accidental author
- 10:44 The tech behind NZ's Earth Science
- 11:05 Playing Favourites: Miriama McDowell and Ni Dekkers Reihana
Saturday, 1 November 2025
- 7:12 Latest from the US
- 7:17 Potential for measles outbreak
- 7:23 Landmark case over water rights
- 7:34 Capital gains tax: an international perspective
- 7:44 Ozempic for pets?
- 7:52 Racing for men's mental health
- 8:12 The Governess: Are you clever enough?
- 8:40 Dr Jeremy Lockwood: Dinosaur hunter
- 9:07 Brendan Canty: Christy
- 9:31 Postnatal depression: singing the blues away
- 9:42 Toby Manhire: Juggernaught
- 10:07 How one man's war on terror became a war on poverty
- 10:35 Hooked Up: GP turned crime-writer on the dangers of reality TV
- 11:06 Tackling garden weeds with Hannah Zwartz
- 11:20 Playing Favourites with Kate Coughlan
Saturday, 25 October 2025
- 7:11 Wild weather: state of emergency
- 7:15 Wild weather: wildfire risk
- 7:19 Latest from the Middle East
- 7:27 Can our hospitals cope with a measles outbreak?
- 7:37 New study: rainforests contributing to carbon emissions
- 7:45 Liam Dann on Labour's Future Fund
- 7:54 Organising the Ōtāhuhu Food Festival
- 8:12 The Seven Rules of Trust with Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales
- 8:36 Sam Dalrymple: creating modern nations
- 9:07 Groundbreaking coma research with Dr. Sean Pauzauskie
- 9:29 Recipe for Murder: inside the mushroom trial
- 9:55 Ōtāhuhu Food Festival: Aute Neli
- 10:06 Ōtāhuhu Food Festival: Aroha Harris
- 10:18 Elspeth Sandys: turning trauma into great stories
- 10:38 Ōtāhuhu Food Festival: Karen Wilson
- 10:55 Ōtāhuhu Food Festival: Hare George and Rudy Alejandro
- 11:06 Ōtāhuhu Food Festival: Charlotte Macdonald, Garrison World
- 11:19 These little boots are made for walking - the whole of NZ
- 11:35 Chef Del Holland's kitchen tips + the "Best Ever" Chocolate cake
- 11:49 Ōtāhuhu Food Festival: Queen Shirl'e
Saturday, 18 October 2025
- 7:10 Latest from the Middle East
- 7:21 Kaipara council at odds
- 7:26 Chris Finlayson remembers former PM Jim Bolger
- 7:37 Prince Andrew to give up Royal titles
- 7:42 Sister of missing man speaks out
- 7:49 Spider Olympics
- 8:11 Tāme Iti - MANA
- 8:38 Simon Mills: Herbal remedies in mainstream healthcare
- 9:07 IMDb founder Col Needham: A life in movies
- 9:35 Rebecca Macfie: Unpacking poverty in Aotearoa
- 10:06 Sean Szeps: Instagram Dad
- 10:30 Debut darling: Patrick Ryan's Buckeye
- 11:06 Neil Ieremia: 30 years of Black Grace
Saturday, 11 October 2025
- 7:08 Latest from Israel and Gaza
- 7:20 Fronting up: Te Pāti Māori
- 7:33 Will time of use charging take a toll on our privacy?
- 7:40 Economic situation report with Liam Dann
- 7:51 Mental health in the workplace
- 8:11 Melanie Lynskey and Robyn Malcolm: Pike River
- 8:41 Dr Barbara Sumner: NZ's adoption law loophole
- 9:07 Sparta: The Rise and Fall of an Ancient Superpower
- 9:36 Groundbreaking new treatment for anxiety and depression
- 10:06 Stan Walker on claiming his style
- 10:29 Case Studies: The history of global plant transport
- 11:06 Richard Beasley's unexpected medical findings
- 11:37 Astrid Jorgensen on the joys of mediocrity
Saturday, 4 October 2025
- 7:08 Toitu Te Tiriti’s split with Te Pati Maori
- 7:19 Latest from the Middle East
- 7:27 Climate change: how is NZ doing?
- 7:33 Game changing research on childhood asthma attacks
- 7:40 Much Ado About Tilly
- 7:52 Netball stand off continues
- 8:11 James Laughlin: Seven principles for success
- 8:30 Thant Myint-U: The forgotten Peacemaker
- 9:07 World Space Week: Ask an Astrobiologist
- 9:35 Trent Dalton: Gravity Let Me Go
- 10:06 Minimising the impact of grey divorce
- 10:25 Graham Leonard: The science of warnings
- 10:35 Melissa Leong: No Guts, No Glory
- 11:06 Tamati Rimene-Sproat: Counting the Beat
- 11:25 Del Holland: From scraps to staples
- 11:44 The art of growing cut flowers
Saturday, 27 September 2025
- 7:08 Remembering Sir Tumu Te Heuheu
- 7:17 Economic wrap with Shamubeel Eaqub
- 7:23 Latest from the U.S
- 7:35 Pre-term baby research saves lives
- 7:43 Could autonomous vehicles work in our transport system?
- 7:51 Black Ferns playing for pride
- 8:12 Dr Lucy O'Hagan: A GP's story
- 8:36 Richard Osman: The mind behind The Thursday Murder Club
- 9:08 Tim Lenton: How to Fix the Climate Crisis
- 9:32 Dr Hinemoa Elder on finding the surface
- 9:50 Book reviewer: Kate de Goldi
- 10:06 Chloe Dalton: Hare raising!
- 10:33 Identifying skin cancer - in seconds!
- 11:06 Playing Favourites with Nadia Lim
Saturday, 20 September 2025
- 7:08 Marching for pay equity
- 7:15 Latest on Gaza
- 7:24 Review of funding for sexual violence services
- 7:35 Continued delays in children’s dental care
- 7:43 Te Wiki o Te Reo Māori
- 7:53 Black Ferns lose to Canada at Women’s RWC
- 8:11 Adam Kay: A Particularly Nasty Case
- 8:35 Tony Lambert: The two extremes of facial recognition
- 9:07 Walking with tuatara
- 9:30 Patricia Lockwood: Descent into insanity
- 10:06 Lolo Heimuli: Coach of champions
- 10:26 Jen Campbell on owning it
- 10:45 Teaching AI to read the stars
- 11:06 Burlesque is as popular as ever
- 11:35 The 2025 WOW Supreme Winner
- 11:45 Victoria Kelly: Requiem for a symphony
Saturday, 13 September 2025
- 7:09 Iwi leader calls for halt to election and referendum
- 7:15 Tom Phillips case: call for independent inquiry
- 7:22 Latest on Poland and the Middle East
- 7:33 Using AI in health care
- 7:42 Netball coach offside
- 7:50 Māori Language Week
- 8:11 Reducing your risk of bowel cancer
- 8:30 The state of New Zealand's oceans
- 8:51 Wellington's library unveiled at last
- 9:07 Sir Geoffrey Palmer on how to save democracy
- 9:30 Gregory Porter brings liquid gold to New Zealand
- 10:06 Raukura Turei: art and architecture
- 10:38 Elizabeth Knox on creating a fantasy world
- 11:06 The Not Hot List: Why less popular is a good thing
- 11:16 Fifi Colston: 30 years of WOW
- 11:48 He Kaupapa Waka - A Fleet of Waka
Saturday, 6 September 2025
- 7:08 New Zealand First Conference: promise and compromise
- 7:17 Kiwi on flotilla mission to Gaza
- 7:27 Final day of the Koroneihana
- 7:35 Portable stroke device: saving time will save lives
- 7:44 Getting to know our penguins
- 7:52 All Blacks vs Springboks at Eden Park: Will the fortress hold?
- 8:13 Lee Child sharpens his pencil for the stories behind the stories
- 8:42 Joyspan: The Art and Science of Thriving in Life's Second Half
- 9:08 Exciting and terrifying: Richard Susskind on How To Think About AI
- 9:31 Reflecting on the Koroneihana
- 9:47 Is this NZ's oldest book club?
- 10:08 Jung Chang: The sequel to Wild Swans
- 10:35 Counting your steps - why less is still good
- 10:50 Liam Dann: supermarkets & housing meltdowns
- 11:06 Megan Dalla-Camina: Women on the rise
- 11:30 A Food Waste Banquet with Del Holland
- 11:45 Messengers: watching animals watching us
Saturday, 30 August 2025
- 7:10 Reserve Bank resignation
- 7:17 Polls closed in Samoan election
- 7:23 Elderly hit hard by cost of living crisis
- 7:35 Latest on Ukraine and Russia
- 7:40 Teaching teens and schools about concussion
- 7:48 Partnering indigenous knowledge with technology
- 7:56 NZ Fashion week: Dogs on the catwalk
- 8:14 How Saudi Arabia took over the world of sport - James Montague
- 8:43 Filling streets with trees
- 9:10 Ian McEwan: What We Can Know
- 9:44 Graham Leonard: Latest research on flooding
- 10:05 Queenie Tan: The Finfluencer Making Personal Finance Fun
- 10:25 Aotearoa Light: A lifetime exploring our backyard
- 10:38 Australian First Nations poet Dominic Guerrera
- 11:06 Chef Rosheen Kaul's Secret Sauce
- 11:31 Daria Lavelle: Aftertaste
Saturday, 23 August 2025
- 7:07 Latest from Gaza
- 7:15 Fonterra's multi-billion dollar deal
- 7:22 Youth homelessness on the rise
- 7:33 Social media ban for under 16s
- 7:39 Capturing space through a Kiwi lens
- 7:50 Kendra Cocksedge on the Women's Rugby World Cup
- 8:11 The Tesla Files - Sönke Iwersen
- 8:33 Skinny's trending, what happened to body positivity?
- 9:07 Opetaia Foa'i - Lifetime Achievement Award
- 9:31 Gwyneth: The Biography
- 10:06 Pulitzer Prize-winning American playwright, Paula Vogel
- 10:25 Kura Te Ua - Haka theatre
- 10:38 Prevalence of prolapse: Liz Childs
- 11:06 Garden design with Hannah Zwartz
- 11:20 Haley Cohen Gilliland: A Flower Traveled in my Blood
- 11:40 Donovan Bixley - picture books for good readers
Saturday, 16 August 2025
- 7:07 Trump and Putin in Talks
- 7:16 Dr Robert Patman on Israel and Palestine
- 7:23 Funeral for Baby Anahera
- 7:33 Tāmaki Makaurau: By-election:Peeni Henare
- 7:41 Decoding ME/CFS
- 7:54 Rugby Championship: All Blacks vs Pumas
- 8:11 Esther Freud - My Sister and other Lovers
- 8:37 Ellen Rykers - Bird of the Year
- 9:06 Forever Auckland FC: Dame Julie Christie and Auckland FC CEO Nick Becker
- 9:30 Olaide Saddiq's Grenfell Tower documentary
- 10:05 Fit for TV: The Reality of the Biggest Loser
- 10:25 Wood Carving with Stephen Myhre
- 10:40 Breaking the cycle of transgenerational trauma
- 11:06 Charlotte Wood - Stone Yard Devotional
- 11:35 Mother of the Nation - the story of Dame Whina Cooper
Saturday, 9 August 2025
- 7:09 Update on Israel and Gaza
- 7:12 The cost of commuting: road user charges
- 7:23 Tāmaki Makaurau By-election: Oriini Kaipara
- 7:35 Learning financial literacy at school
- 7:41 Stress and sleep
- 7:48 Nectar of the gods
- 7:54 Cat crazy: CatVideoFest
- 8:10 Telling Tales: Sue Vice
- 8:30 Trailblazing Tech - Julia Pahina and Eteroa Lafaele
- 9:05 Defying Ageism: Dr Kiran Rabheru
- 9:45 Israeli Nobel Peace Prize nominee Jeff Halper
- 10:05 Dacre Montgomery: Went Up The Hill
- 10:30 The Life of a Purple Wiggle
- 10:45 The Tripods: All for Nothing? Chris Jones
- 11:05 Linn Lorkin: Music about life well lived
- 11:50 Comedy in the garage: Heta Dawson
Saturday, 2 August 2025
- 7:07 Previewing the National Party Annual Conference
- 7:15 Update on the Middle East
- 7:25 Aftermath of the Russian earthquake
- 7:34 Look before you swipe
- 7:42 Restaurant Month in Tāmaki Makaurau
- 7:50 And the award goes to …
- 8:11 Adam Zeman - the science of the imagination
- 8:43 Tariffs and Kiwisaver - Liam Dann
- 9:07 Jack Fairweather - The Prosecutor
- 9:36 Motuhaketanga: Wāhine Māori, Incarceration
- 10:06 Intimacy - a basic human right
- 10:30 JAWS 50 years on
- 11:06 Jane Austen Wrecked My Life
- 11:35 Chris Tse: Poetry Dating Show
Saturday, 26 July 2025
- 7:07 Economic recovery: a tale of two islands
- 7:16 Update on the Middle East
- 7:24 Latest from the U.S
- 7:36 Former Black Fern Cheryl Waaka on facing cancer
- 7:43 Dolphins: whistlers of the ocean
- 7:51 Changes to our voting laws
- 8:11 Designing with nature in mind
- 8:40 Niall Williams: Four Letters of Love
- 9:11 The power of ditching the diet: Casey Johnston
- 9:34 Forget the spade: why you should try no-dig gardening
- 9:46 Giving autistic jobseekers a chance
- 10:09 More diversity, better ideas: Dame Athene Donald
- 10:38 Moss Patterson - Home, Land & Sea
- 11:06 Hi Viz Manaaki: The story of our Maori Wardens
- 11:28 Booktowns saving towns: Peter Biggs
- 11:45 Waste not, want not in the kitchen
Saturday, 19 July 2025
- 7:12 The end of open plan classrooms
- 7:19 Update from Gaza
- 7:26 Counting the cost: flood clean up in Nelson Tasman
- 7:34 Iwi leader on discovery of French maritime artifact
- 7:45 Writing a wish list to go with your will
- 7:50 Why the grass is greener for award winning exporter
- 8:11 Face with Tears of Joy: A Natural History of Emoji
- 8:42 Digging up the shame of the past
- 9:05 Chicago the Musical: putting a showstopping spin on a scandal
- 9:25 Sameer Pandya: Our Beautiful Boys
- 9:47 Water and wildfire: partnering with NASA for a more
- 10:06 Telling stories through sign language: A Quiet Love
- 10:30 New research on Auckland's volcanos
- 10:50 Reviving Lake Ōmāpere
- 11:05 Playing Favourites with Kiran Dass
Saturday, 12 July 2025
- 7:07 Weather update from Nelson Tasman
- 7:13 Overview from the Metservice
- 7:20 Latest from the Ukraine and Russia
- 7:30 Nurses vote to strike
- 7:36 Royal Commission into Covid-19 response
- 7:43 Using toxic fungus to fight cancer
- 7:50 On the court and on the track - Wimbledon and F1
- 8:10 Amelia Kerr: a role model beyond the wicket
- 8:30 Fatal Watch: Tim McKinnel and Bubba Cook on the dark underbelly of tuna fishing
- 8:50 NZ Youth Choir conquers Europe
- 9:10 Dame Fiona Kidman on how she became 'the girl who wrote'
- 9:43 Re-landscaping NZ farms for future generations
- 10:07 Chelsea Winstanley: TOITU Visual Sovereignty
- 10:32 Chasing Pacific Fire - Waka Lab
- 11:05 Stacy Gregg - The Last Journey
- 11:25 Kate de Goldi: Reading for Pleasure
- 11:45 Celebrating the DIVA
Saturday, 5 July 2025
- 7:07 Weather woes: Tasman mayor on the cleanup
- 7:13 Weekly wrap: Israel - Gaza conflict
- 7:21 Commonwealth Poet Laureate - Selina Tusitala Marsh
- 7:35 Turning plastic into paracetamol
- 7:42 Sports wrap: All Blacks vs France
- 7:50 Wellington's Tattoo Convention
- 8:10 Chris Ramsay - professional puzzle solver and magic Olympian
- 8:35 Mighty Indeed - Life on the Ice
- 9:05 Delaney Davidson
- 9:35 A Voice for the Silenced
- 10:06 The forgotten 1948 scientific expedition to Arnhem Land
- 10:40 Why memory fails us
- 11:05 Bamboo School - caring for orphans next to a conflict zone
- 11:30 Mow to Meadow: letting it all go on the lawn
- 11:40 Hercules Noble 'Will it Sourdough?
