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The Panel
3.45pm - 5pmThe Panel features a range of panellists from across the opinion spectrum, together with expert phone guests.
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Checkpoint
5pm - 6:30pm
Featured stories
Review: Rugby League in New Zealand: A people’s history
A masterpiece of its genre, examining the history of the sport from the inside out, Ryan Bodman makes us realise that rugby league has done well to survive, let alone thrive, writes Michael Burgess.
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At The Movies: Nyad
29 Nov 2023Nyad tells the (mostly) true of long-distance swimmer Diane Nyad who failed to swim from Cuba to Florida, then decided to try again 30 years later at the age of 60. Starring Annette Bening and Jodie Foster. Video, Audio
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Terry Hayes returns to 'dusty old genre' for I am Pilgrim follow up
26 Nov 2023In 2013, everyone was reading I am Pilgrim, a gripping spy novel that quickly became a worldwide bestseller. Nine years later, author Terry Hayes is offering his readers a follow up: The Year of the Locust. Audio
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At The Movies: Napoleon
29 Nov 2023Sir Ridley Scott's latest epic Napoleon doesn't quite manage to capture the "maddeningly ungraspable anti-hero," writes Simon Morris. Video, Audio
Programmes
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Nine To Noon
From nine to noon every weekday, Kathryn Ryan talks to the people driving the news - in New Zealand and around the world. Delve beneath the headlines to find out the real story, listen to…
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Afternoons
Jesse Mulligan presents an upbeat mix of the curious and the compelling, ranging from the stories of the day to the great questions of our time.
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Nights
Tune in as Mark Leishman and the Nights team takes you abroad and helps you find out what’s happening at home - Let us know what's what’s happening in your world!
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The Treaty Debates
The Te Papa treaty debates from 2005 to 2015.
Presenters
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Trevor Reekie
Station: National
Programmes: Access All Areas, Hidden Treasures, WOMAD Festival Taranaki
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Justin Gregory
Station: National
Programmes: The Trouble Begins at Eight, Eyewitness
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Cosmo Kentish-Barnes
Stations: National
Programme: Country Life
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Charlotte Ryan
Station: National
Programme: Music 101
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Peter McIlwaine
Station: National
Programme: All Night Programme
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Susana Leiataua
Station: National
Programme: Labour Day
Today’s Schedule
12:04 AM. All Night Programme
A selection of the best RNZ National interviews and features.
5:00 AM. First Up with Nathan Rarere
New Zealand's early morning wake-up call
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)
3:45 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 including The Detail https://www.rnz.co.nz/programmes/the-detail
7:06 PM. Nights
RNZ's weeknight programme of entertainment and information
10:00 PM. News at Ten
A roundup of today's news and sport
11:04 PM. Kiwi Classics
RNZ Music presents a series live concerts capturing Aotearoa's favourite musicians collaborating with New Zealand's finest orchestras