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For Dana Margolin, the hopeful spirit of her band Porridge Radio's new album is captured in words she doesn't remember writing. Audio

Filling up on tasty stuff with the very low nutritional value doesn't serve our brains, researcher Julia Rucklidge tells Saturday Morning. Video, Audio

Many children do not find traditional school to be a nurturing enough learning environment, the director of a new documentary series says. Video, Audio

Figuring out the juiciest and best of the summer fruit bunch can be tricky - growers and produce sellers share their knowledge.

Professor Mark Henaghan is calling for New Zealand law to better protect children's need for stability when their parents break up. Audio

Nic Watt shares the recipe for a fresh Chinese-inspired salad from the menu of his new Auckland restaurant Cāntīng. Audio

To invite native insects into their greenhouse, Anthony and Angela Tringham nurture a nearby flowering meadow.

"You wake up and there's one pink Croc and you put it to the side. Then you wake up the next morning and there's the other Croc." Audio

"I was trying to talk to people like my uncles who don't really care about the Treaty that much" - Riana Te Ngahue (Ngāti Porou).

With four programmes to go in the Countdown to the end of New Horizons, William Dart can't resist the spurring on of Daniel Beban's terrific new book, Future Jaw-Clap, to investigate the wild and wonderful musical world of Wellington's Primitive Art Group and the Braille Collective. Audio

Tony Hitchcock "falls into a wonderful state of mind" while crafting Anglo-Saxon-era vegetable baskets from untreated willow.

The season of Advent begins today – a time of waiting and expectation leading up to Christmas. Sing along to favourite Advent hymns including O come, Emmanuel and Come, thou long-expected Jesus. Audio

We're looking good for berries this summer with supply up 10 percent on last year - but remember prices will surge in the days before Christmas.

Before abortion was decriminalised in the late '70s, generations of Kiwi women had to risk their own lives to terminate a pregnancy. Audio

"My children are older now, and they don't want to be shown on social media in the same way they were as young kids" - Maria Foy.

Northland property owners were "super chill" about the trio crossing their land to achieve their straight-line mission, Ben Reeves told Afternoons. Audio

Ten years ago, a man gave country singer Ron Mitchell a poem called 'The Rimu Bushman' and suggested he put it to music. Audio

A slice of the King Country will host hundreds of people for the Naked in the Trees festival in February. Audio

When his close friend Matt Dibble died suddenly, Jon Hargreaves was determined to realise Matt's dream to have his preludes and fugues recorded by the pianist Freddy Kempf. Video, Audio

Rowena Cullen talks about being part of the ongoing success of Wellington City Orchestra. Audio

New songs by New Zealand music icon Martin Phillips will ring out in early 2025, more than six months after his death. Audio

"How should I start today's argument - should I start with 'I told you so'? Or should I start with 'you should have listened to me'?" Lisa Perese-Cullen asks her followers.

And did Disney get him right?

Come with us on a journey through time and space to reflect on a cultural moment, 20 years after it first aired. Video