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Phil O'Brien
Producer and presenter of Matinee Idle
Presenter of Saturday Night
Phil O’Brien returned to New Zealand radio after a lengthy broadcasting career in Australia and the United States. He’s been a part of Radio New Zealand National since 2002 as an occasional newsreader and a midnight-dawn host. He started Radio New Zealand National’s summer schedule feature music show, Matinee Idle, the following year. Since then, this programme has become a hugely popular summer feature for a lot of listeners at home and abroad. It now turns up on public holidays as well as the summer schedule and has developed a dedicated (some may say obsessive) fan-base! But wait there's more...Phil also hosts the Saturday evening show from 7pm through to midnight. Tune in to hear your requests and wander through some musical memories and nostalgic moments.
RNZ Programmes
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Matinee Idle
Phil O'Brien and Simon Morris present an afternoon of music and entertainment.
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Saturday Night
Your requests, nostalgia and musical memories.
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Sunday Night
An evening of nostalgia with your host Phil O'Brien
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Search results for Phil O'Brien
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Political post-mortems - and lessons from the past
Has the media focus on political failings become just too intense? A new book lifting the lid on the National Party in opposition has revealed more about the struggles, scandals and scraps that… Video, Audio
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Sam Neill: 'A little optimism at the end of a rather dark tunnel'
29 Nov 2020To say Sam Neill has had a busy year is putting it mildly. He opened 2020 playing Phil O'Brien as guest star on Matinee Idle. After that, he shot off to the UK as a rather better paid guest star on… Audio
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Fast food frenzy a genuine story if overcooked in parts
Some people couldn’t wait to get a fast-food feed ASAP after the level 3 switch - and the media copped criticism for wall-to-wall on-the-spot coverage of the frenzy. But reporters went beyond the… Audio
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Tim O'Brien
7 Jan 2020Double Grammy winning musician Tim O'Brien speaks to the Matinee Idle team ahead of his visit to New Zealand. He is set to headline the 47th Auckland Folk Festival at the Kumeu Showgrounds 24-27… Audio
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The End of Life Choice Debate: in pictures
13 Nov 2019The third reading debate of the End of Life Choice Bill made for a busy, emotional day at Parliament. For The House Phil Smith caught the action in photos.
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Aussie wastewater analysis shows stark divide
21 Oct 2019If you've ever felt a bit stink about your own job, spare a thought for a pair of dedicated researchers at the University of Queensland Audio
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Predator priest from NZ continued to offend in Britain
23 Oct 2018A predator priest sent from New Zealand to Britain was free to keep preying on children for two more decades because of failings by the Catholic Church. Last month RNZ revealed the crimes, including… Audio
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Abuser priest should not have been thanked - Bishop
19 Sep 2018The Catholic Bishop of Christchurch says his diocese should not have given thanks to God for a child molester. Bishop Paul Martin has released a file on the predator priest Cornelius O'Brien to one of… Audio
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Canterbury Catholic diocese accused of enabling abusive priest
17 Sep 2018Two Canterbury men are accusing the Catholic church of enabling a priest to carry out a string of child sex attacks across the South Island. Documents show the church knew Father Cornelius O'Brien had… Audio
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'The Church should open up their books' - abuse survivor
17 Sep 2018Documents show the Catholic church publicly thanked a priest for his service, despite knowing he was a serial predator of young boys. A church investigator's report from 2017 says Father Cornelius… Audio
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Echoes of the past in NZ fake news first
Judith Collins has been condemned for endorsing fake news about France concerning the abuse of children. Critics claim it’s the first time a local MP has knowingly spread a story online that's made… Audio
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Public Service Broadcasting live and on stage
15 Apr 2018There's been a lot of discussion recently on the thorny subject of public service broadcasting - what is it, and why do we need it? But maybe the answer is in the work of the English group of that… Audio
