Saturday Morning Podcast Options

11:45 AM.Mama Tupou Manapori is one of the founders of Polyfest, now in its 50th year. Now 80 years old, Tupou Manapori has been to every Polyfest since it began and this year she'll be running the Cook… Read more Audio

11:30 AM.A new documentary tells of a chilling chapter in New Zealand's history - one of systemic abuse in state care. Between 1950 and 2019. Susie speaks with filmmaker and journalist Aaron Smale, whose The… Read more Audio, Gallery

11:06 AM.In several places in Aotearoa the land tells the story of conflicts which have shaped NZ on a cultural and political level.  Read more Audio

10:45 AM.Volcanologist and GNS principal scientist Graham Leonard talks about the fault that caused the 7.7 magnitude earthquake in Myanmar. Read more Audio

10:30 AM.New Zealand hit drama After The Party has been nominated for a Best International TV Series BAFTA. Read more Audio

10:06 AM.Jo Randerson has worn many hats in their career, often at the same time. A writer, performer, award-winning theatre maker and champion of up-and-coming artists.  Read more Audio

9:35 AM.Kaliane Bradley's The Ministry of Time started as a fan fiction project to entertain herself and her friends during covid lockdowns and became an instant hit.  Read more Audio

9:06 AM.Award-winning journalist Ali Mau's 20-year career cemented her as one of the country's most recognised faces. In 2018 Ali was the force behind the #MeTooNZ journalism project. But it's her new memoir… Read more Audio

8:40 AM.Atopic eczema is the most common form of the disease among New Zealanders. New findings by a team of scientists from the NIH indicate two particular chemicals are responsible for triggering eczema in… Read more Audio

8:29 AM.Football is having a bit of a moment in New Zealand with the emergence this year of Auckland FC into the Australia League and - in the last few days our national team, the All Whites qualifying for… Read more Audio

8:11 AM.Professor Sue Black started the UK's first online network for women in tech, BSC Women in 1998. She also led the social media campaign that saved World War Two codebreaking centre Bletchley Park and… Read more Audio

7:49 AM.A new bill extending post-natal care at hospital, from two days to three, is being labelled as "very odd" by the professional body of midwives. Meanwhile, an organisation supporting families with… Read more Audio

7:37 AM.More than 144 people have died after a 7.7 magnitude quake in Myanmar. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs in New Zealand says seven New Zealanders are registered in Myanmar and 161 in Thailand. All of… Read more Audio

7:30 AM.Today the Ngati Haua Deed of Settlement will be signed with the Crown at Ngapuwai-waha Marae in Taumarunui. Over 60 sites will be returned to Ngati Haua along with financial redress and a cultural… Read more Audio

7:20 AM.This week Doctors without Borders condemned Israel's strike on Nasser Hospital in southern Gaza. It says two people were killed in the hospital's inpatient surgical department and several injured… Read more Audio

7:10 AM.Just released research from the University of Otago shows bottom trawling on the sea floor can exacerbate climate change. Dr Sebastiaan van de Velde is based at the University of Otago's Department of… Read more Audio

11:38 AM.Is allowing employees to work from home a few days a week good for their productivity, careers, and job satisfaction?  Read more Audio

11:20 AM.Kulaiwi & Kaumakaiwa is a collective of award-winning Hawaiian performers in Aotearoa right now for Auckland's Art Festival.  Read more Audio

11:05 AM.Dr Laura Jean McKay is the first New Zealand-based author to win one of the world's top science fiction prizes, the Arthur C. Clarke Award, for her novel The Animals in That Country. Read more Audio

10:35 AM.Eden Hore held one of one of the most significant high fashion collections of its kind in Australasia in a tractor shed on his high-country farm in the Māniatoto. Read more Audio, Gallery

10:06 AM.Laila Lalami is the author of five books, and her latest work, The Dream Hotel is a gripping speculative mystery about the seductive dangers of the technologies that are supposed to make our lives… Read more Audio

9:37 AM.New six part podcast Levittown shares the stories of dozens of young women in small town America, who discovered photos of themselves had been stolen from their social media accounts, manipulated and… Read more Audio

9:26 AM.This week whanau from Wairewa, Lake Forsyth have been working hard to ensure tuna, long and short finned eels can complete their lifecycle.  Read more Audio, Gallery

9:06 AM.In just a few generations, many New Zealanders have become disconnected from growing kai in their backyards, these days being completely reliant on big corporations who control the flow of food. The… Read more Audio

8:40 AM.An upcoming conference is examining the different ways people hear sounds in their heads - from a music earworm, to a loved-ones' voice, to hearing nothing at all.  Read more Audio