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There is something for everyone in the wee small hours of a brand new day, every day, on our All Night Programme, a live-hosted programme of features, music, news and weather.
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Noel Crombie of Split Enz: 'It was just a total performance'
Noel Crombie talks to Charlotte Ryan about playing percussion and designed costumes and artwork for the classic Kiwi band. Audio
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Getting Better: What does a surgeon look like?
A Year in the Life of a Māori Medical Student - Emma Espiner and Noelle McCarthy explore why so few indigenous doctors become surgeons. Audio
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Fish are way smarter than you think
1 Aug 2020While people sometimes joke that fish have a three-second memory, they could remember things for as long as a year, says marine biologist Culum Brown. Audio, Gallery
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The Kiwi dads coaching netball and loving it
1 Aug 2020WATCH - It's Efi Fa'atau's third year coaching netball at Wellington's Samuel Marsden Collegiate School and he reckons he's found his calling. Video
Programmes
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The Panel
The Panel features a range of panellists from across the opinion spectrum, together with expert phone guests.
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Our Changing World
Getting out in the field and the lab to bring you New Zealand stories about science, nature and the environment. With Alison Ballance.
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Nights
Unfurling fresh ideas and sounds along with the best radio documentaries and features from here and overseas.
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The Veggie iPlot
A grassy clay bank in Simon Morton's back garden is turned into a productive veggie patch
Presenters
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Corin Dann
Stations: National, Radio New Zealand
Programme: Morning Report
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Sally Round
Stations: National, Radio New Zealand
Programme: Country Life
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Kathryn Ryan
Station: National
Programme: Nine To Noon
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Lynn Freeman
Station: National
Programme: Standing Room Only
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Catriona MacLeod
Station: National
Programmes: News, All Night Programme
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Anna Thomas
Stations: National, Radio New Zealand
Programme: News
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Culum Brown: Fish are way smarter than you think
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Sofa Session - T-Bone
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At the Movies for 5 August 2020
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Facing The Haka
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A few quick ones before closing
Parliament finishes this week. But there’s a few last-minute laws to get over-the-line before the 'finish line' arrives. Audio
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A few quick ones before closing
Parliament finishes this week. But there’s a few last-minute laws to get over-the-line before the 'finish line' arrives. Audio
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Sport NZ's Miskimmin steps down after 12 years as CEO
5 Aug 2020Outgoing Sport New Zealand chief executive Peter Miskimmin says there's been a 'win at all costs' mentality in the country, and it's time to strike a better balance.
Miskimmin has today announced he… Audio
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12:04 AM. All Night Programme
A selection of the best RNZ National interviews, features, music and drama
5:00 AM. First Up with Indira Stewart
New Zealand's early morning wake-up call
6:00 AM. Morning Report
RNZ's three-hour breakfast news show with news and interviews, bulletins on the hour and half-hour with Susie Ferguson and Corin Dann including:
6:20 and 6:50 Business News
6:26 Rural News
6:48 and 7:45 NZ Newspapers
9:06 AM. Nine to Noon with Kathryn Ryan
Current affairs and topics of interest, including:
10:45 The Reading: Highlighting New Zealand writing and performance
Noon Midday Report with Mani Dunlop
RNZ news, followed by updates and reports until 1.00pm, including:
12:16 Business News
12:26 Sport
12:34 Rural News
12:43 Worldwatch
1:06 PM. Afternoons with Jesse Mulligan
An upbeat mix of the curious and the compelling, ranging from the stories of the day to the great questions of our time (RNZ)
4:06 PM. The Panel with Wallace Chapman
An hour of discussion, featuring a range of panellists from right along the opinion spectrum, together with expert phone guests (RNZ)
5:00 PM. Checkpoint with Lisa Owen
RNZ's weekday drive-time news and current affairs programme
6:30 PM. Trending Now
Highlighting the RNZ stories you're sharing on-line
7:06 PM. Nights with Bryan Crump
RNZ's weeknight programme of entertainment and information
8:30 PM. Windows on the World
International public radio features and documentaries
10:00 PM. News at Ten
A roundup of today's news and sport
10:15 PM. Lately with Karyn Hay
A late night radio show with an eye on live events, an ear for music, a great sense of humour and a genuine interest in people and their stories (RNZ)
11:04 PM. Music 101 Pocket edition
Tony Stamp wraps up the highlights from Music 101, while serving up the latest in new music (RNZ)