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Don McGlashan: 'All we can do is keep our tools sharp'

1 Dec 2025

Celebrated New Zealand musician and song writer Don McGlashan talks about the impact that bodies of water have on his music and life as an artist.

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    life and society te ao Maori
    9 Jun 2021

    A new study has concluded that Māori were likely the first humans to set eyes on Antartic waters and even the continent itself.

    Researchers from Manaaki Whenua Landcare Research and Te Rūnanga o Ngāi… Audio

  • The Schizophonics perform live

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    22 May 2019

    Direct from San Diego, the rock band The Schizophonics are live in our Auckland studio. They're known for their explosive and frenzied live performances. Pat Beers is the lead singer and guitarist… Audio

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    25 Dec 2016

    Catriona speaks with Professor Peter O'Connor, an internationally recognised expert in theatre and drama education who believes the arts can provide people with a way to deal with traumatic and… Audio

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    18 Jul 2020

    American mountaineer and writer Jon Krakauer was a member of a fateful 1996 Mount Everest expedition that got caught in a blizzard that claimed eight lives, including New Zealanders Rob Hall and… Audio, Gallery

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    health life and society
    26 Mar 2020

    Dr Sarb Johal is a specialist in the psychology of disaster recovery and pandemics. He's been thinking about ways to make working from home work for you, and has come up with 9 key points. Audio

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12:00 AM. All Night Programme

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5:00 AM. First Up with Nathan Rarere

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6:00 AM. Morning Report with Ingrid Hipkiss and Corin Dann

RNZ's three-hour breakfast news show with news and interviews, bulletins on the hour and half-hour

9:06 AM. Nine to Noon with Kathryn Ryan

Current affairs and topics of interest.

Noon Midday Report

RNZ news, followed by updates and reports until 1.00pm

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)

4:00 PM. Checkpoint with Lisa Owen

RNZ's weekday drive-time news and current affairs programme

6:00 PM. The Panel with Wallace Chapman

Live and interactive discussion, featuring a range of panellists from right along the opinion spectrum, together with expert phone guests (RNZ)

7:36 PM. Feature Programming

8:06 PM. Nights with Emile Donovan

RNZ's weeknight programme of entertainment and information

9:45 PM. Pacific Waves

10:00 PM. News at Ten

A roundup of today's news and sport

10:15 PM. The Detail

Join The Detail team as they make sense of the big stories with the country's best journalists and experts

11:04 PM. The Mixtape

Musical guests compile a C60 (tape) and talk us through their selections (RNZ)

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