Saturday Morning Podcast Options

11:35 AM.Eagerly awaited by devoted fans, The White Lotus is back with a third season on Monday, this time set in Thailand. Kiwi actor Morgana O'Reilly has been cast as one of the resort hosts, joining Natasha… Read more Audio

11:05 AM.A beautiful new coffee-table book brings together some of Aotearoa's most renowned Maori thinkers in a wide-ranging korero about the influence and empowerment of Maori writing. Books of Mana is a… Read more Audio

10:30 AM.Irish drag queen Rory O'Neill aka Panti Bliss was pivotal in Ireland becoming the first country in the world to legalise same-sex marriage by referendum in 2015. Panti's bringing her heels to Auckland… Read more Audio

10:08 AM.Condiments - they're always there, standing by ready to enhance any meal at a moment's notice, but how much do we really know about them? Condiment Claire, aka Claire Dinhut is a historian with a… Read more Audio

9:32 AM.The Malaghan Institute of Medical Research, which has running ground-breaking trails of CAR T-cell therapy, has a new director, Kjesten Wiig. Read more Audio

9:05 AM.Many of us have a nagging inner critic, yet most people wouldn't consider themselves perfectionists - the unforgiving mindset demanding excellence and nothing less. Dr. Ellen Hendriksen is a clinical… Read more Audio

8:52 AM.The Lantern Festival is a four day event that marks the first-full moon of the new lunar year, and welcomes the Year of the Snake. Among those, taking to the stage will be my next guest Nancy… Read more Audio

8:40 AM.The Consumer Guarantees (Right to Repair) Amendment Bill is set to have its first reading next Wednesday. This is the first time there could potentially be legislation that looks at the consumer's… Read more Audio

8:10 AM.Ben Elton burst onto the British alternative comedy scene in the '80s. He went on to co-write The Young Ones and Blackadder, with Richard Curtis. He's coming back to NZ with new show, Authentic… Read more Audio

7:40 AM.On Monday, at midnight - submissions will close on the government's Gene Technology Bill. But opponents of the bill are warning against it. Groups like Greenpeace and GE Free NZ say there are serious… Read more Audio

7:19 AM.Both Hamas and Israel now say they will continue to release hostages as part of the ceasefire agreement. Meanwhile, U.S. president Donald Trump has suggested his country will take over the Gaza strip… Read more Audio

7:18 AM.Cook Islands Prime Minister Mark Brown is on his way back to Rarotonga after signing an agreement with China yesterday which has concerned our Deputy Prime Minister. Meanwhile a protest is being… Read more Audio

11:35 AM.Geoff Parkes' has written two books on rugby, but now he's written about a different type of ruckus. His debut novel is a crime fiction, set in rural New Zealand in the 1980s.  Read more Audio

11:06 AM.Sustainability expert Lottie Dalziel has built a career turning environmental problems into sustainable solutions. Read more Audio

10:40 AM.Bryn & Ku's Singles Club is a new doco series following two comedians on a cross-country quest for love. Read more Audio

10:06 AM.Psychologist and Tik Tok sensation Dr Julie Smith breaks down complex ideas about how our mind works into simple and creative snack-size viral videos.  Read more Audio

9:45 AM.What are tariffs and how will they affect New Zealand? New Zealand Herald business editor-at-large Liam Dann unpack what's on the economic horizon.  Read more Audio

9:30 AM.A decade ago Jo Nemeth stopped using money in daily life. She works for free, paying it forward, growing her own food and finding it in dumpsters.  Read more Audio

9:06 AM.Iconic rock band The Destroyers, who started more than 50 years ago, are returning to Auckland in May, with ZZ Top, to rock Aotearoa with classic hits. Read more Audio

8:50 AM.Auckland Council has been accused of overreacting after proposing dog rule changes. Dog trainer Flip Calkoen talks about whether the balance is right. Read more Audio

8:40 AM.New Zealand is the world's fifth largest generator of geothermal energy with just under 20 percent of our electricity generated this way. Read more Audio

8:11 AM.Last year, two new treaties were adopted by the WIPO, one relating to patents and the other design law, in a bid to increase protections for original and indigenous ideas.  Read more Audio

7:49 AM.Chair of the 101-year old marae, Ngati Kawa, explains the significance of the whare to local hapu - and the nation.  Read more Audio

7:42 AM.TikTok is the social media app that feels like it is taking over the world, but can genuine security concerns be separated from the international politics? Read more Audio