Summer Weekends Podcast Options

9:40 AM.This weekend 21 singers from around Aotearoa will converge on Whanganui for a two week, opera-singing, bootcamp. The residential course is held at Whanganui Collegiate . Opera school founder Donald… Read more Audio

9:09 AM.What would you do in life if you knew you couldn't fail? One of New Zealand's Leading Mental Performance Coaches, David Niethe, has worked with some of the world's most talented athletes, including… Read more Audio

11:37 AM.It's the time of the year when boats have been dusted off, tackle-boxes inspected, and fishing rods checked. LegaSea is an organization that focusses on restoring coastal fisheries and is asking… Read more Audio

11:15 AM.Joining the beach-goers this summer will be four and a half thousand volunteer surf lifeguards - who'll be doing all they can to keep swimmers and others at the beach safe. We have 74 surf lifesaving… Read more Audio

10:32 AM.Restaurateur, writer and fusion pioneer chef Peter Gordon has generously accepted our invitation to join us each Saturday for Summer Weekends to make us lunch, or it could be dinner or even both.

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10:07 AM.Disruptor, activist and one of the most influential designers of the 20th and 21st centuries Vivienne Westwood began designing in 1971 in London, defining street culture of Punk and becoming a symbol… Read more Audio

9:35 AM.Know Your Worth: Heal your relationship with your money and your self is a personal finance guide promising to help sort out emotional baggage and have a healthy relationship with money. Designed for… Read more Audio

9:10 AM.Some people think the band's name is her name - they're wrong - but the mistake is understandable. Ardijah's lead vocalist since 1980 has been Betty-Anne Monga. At 15-years-old, the singer joined a… Read more Audio

11:24 AM.Fiona Eadie is head gardener at Larnach Castle in Dunedin and Tony Murrell is principal designer at Auckland's Murrell Gardens. Together they have a wealth of knowledge to share and help our gardens… Read more Audio

11:06 AM.How do you build a life after the kids have left home? What if they decide to move to the other side of the world? How do you keep a sense of place when life changes completely?

New Zealand author… Read more Audio

10:35 AM.What if a simple ritual could help you feel better, improve your day and help collaboration with other people?

Dr Michael Norton is a professor of business administration at Harvard Business School… Read more Audio

10:10 AM.Thomas Rillstone, host of the award winning History of Aotearoa New Zealand Podcast, joins Susana Lei'ataua on The Weekend for the final instalment in our three-part Sunday History Hits series. Across… Read more Audio

9:44 AM.Quizmaster Jack Waley-Cohen has joined The Weekend throughout January and brings us his final set of tricky puzzles. Jack is well placed to provide some brain-busting questions as he is the man behind… Read more Audio

9:29 AM.Silvia Pinca is a biologist and ecologist living on 180 hectares of native bush in Northland. She is in the process of removing invasive species and replanting native trees on her former sheep and… Read more Audio

9:08 AM.Each weekend during our show we've been catching up with New Zealand Geographic writer Naomi Arnold who is walking the 3,000-kilometre Te Araroa Trail from Cape Reinga to Bluff.

The weather hasn't… Read more Audio

8:50 AM.Australian band Pseudo Echo's biggest hit was their 1985 cover of Lipps Inc's Funky Town which topped the charts in Australia and New Zealand. The band was at the peak of its powers in the 1980s and… Read more Audio

8:13 AM.Naomi Alderman is a British author whose fourth novel The Power was a New York Times best seller. Made into a Netflix series released last year, Alderman's science-fiction thriller tells the story of… Read more Audio

11:23 AM.If you want to get a handle on emotional eating, paying close attention to the experience itself will be more effective than trying to summon willpower, says addiction psychiatrist and neuroscientist… Read more Video, Audio

11:07 AM.The same families have been visiting Treasure Island Caravan Park in Patua, Northland, for decades. During that time the little kids that zoomed around the camp ground have grown up to become big kids… Read more Audio

10:48 AM.Jordan Tricklebank is the brains behind the Maori Literature Blog Instagram page. The page celebrates Aotearoa's rich history of Maori writers by sharing and reviewing both new and classic works… Read more Audio

10:30 AM.Cats have a reputation for being aloof and difficult to bond with - yet research suggests they will engage in games of fetch. However, there is a catch. It is found that although they will play fetch… Read more Audio

10:07 AM.Nisha Shankar is chief training officer at NASA's Johnson Space Centre. She takes astronauts who are fresh out of basic training and teaches them the skills they need to thrive on the International… Read more Audio

9:35 AM.Last year, for the first time in the 21-year history of the Prime Minister's Award for Literary Achievement, all three categories were won by women. Lee Murray picked up the fiction award, the… Read more Audio

9:08 AM.Before 2020, writer Annabelle Abbs was accustomed to a bit of "gentle insomnia" every night. But after the deaths of her stepfather, father and a family puppy in quick succession, sleep became a thing… Read more Audio

8:42 AM.As a psychotherapist and former on-site therapist at Google, Katherine Morgan Schafler has worked with hundreds of self-confessed perfectionists.

In her book The Perfectionist's Guide to Losing… Read more Audio