All episodes
Friday, 6 December 2019
- 1:15 Class Act: Cliff Curtis' new show to air on weekend
- 1:24 Armchair commentators reach sports fans around globe with Spalk
- 1:36 Henry Oliver: The importance of a 'third place'
- 1:43 Waipukurau's incredible crocheted Christmas tree
- 1:48 Making New Zealand Home: Yobithan Rajaratnam
- 2:07 Tony Stamp's film picks this week
- 2:21 NZ Live: The Teskey Brothers
- 3:00 After Afternoons Podcast
- 3:08 Lauraine Jacobs - tips for tasty holiday meals
- 3:19 We premiere the Winning RNZ original Christmas song
- 3:30 Beachware's Christmas song 'Take Away The Tree' is out now
- 3:30 Critter of the Week: Shining cuckoo
Thursday, 5 December 2019
- 7:00 'I was all Xena, all the time'
- 1:09 Anna Bennington's original Christmas Song
- 1:16 A Place Beyond Belief: Illuminating work by Scottish artist comes to NZ
- 1:29 Auckland aqua drone invention cleans waterways
- 1:37 World Vision lets children choose who sponsors them
- 1:45 Great album: Dusty Springfield - 'Dusty In Memphis'
- 2:12 Music Critic: Brad Warrington
- 2:29 NZ Biography: Frances Hodgkins
- 3:16 Solving the World's Problems: Steve Wyn-Harris
- 3:27 The History of December
Wednesday, 4 December 2019
- 1:11 An Original Christmas song from Rosy Tin Teacaddy
- 1:17 New Zealand memorabilia to be auctioned
- 1:25 ECE teachers push for fair pay with rockin' campaign
- 1:31 Ngā Taonga Sound Archives: Fighting HIV-AIDs in the 1980s
- 1:50 Christmas reads with Robert Kelly
- 2:07 Podcast Critic: Katy Aktin
- 2:21 Bookmarks: Tony Watkins
- 3:07 Dr William Brooker on Why Bowie Matters
- 9:06 Tracking Pacific golden plovers around the world
Tuesday, 3 December 2019
- 8:00 Thallium - the poisoner's poison
- 1:10 Jeremy Redmore performs his New Zealand Christmas song
- 1:17 How refugees are represented in the media
- 1:27 Wonderland: US collectors send items for Te Papa exhibition
- 1:35 Why are some older people malnourished?
- 1:50 Love of fixing things leads to Apprentice of the Year win
- 2:10 Independent book publishing in Aotearoa
- 2:20 The music of Randy Newman
- 3:10 Steven Novella - the biggest skeptic of all
Monday, 2 December 2019
- 1:10 The Sations perform their Christmas Song live
- 1:17 Steve Braunias on the demise of the NZ Review of Books
- 1:27 What do the kids think of Frozen 2?
- 1:32 The history of women's pockets
- 1:45 Great NZ Album: Anika Moa - In Swings the Tide
- 2:10 Phil Wallington on Clive James and Prince Charles
- 2:10 Sustainability Superstar: EcoStock develops 'food to fuel' programme
- 2:30 What skin cancers affect Kiwis?
- 3:30 Cilka Klein - colluding with the enemy
Friday, 29 November 2019
- 1:11 First song: Miriam Clancy
- 1:21 Visiting academic studying stone age Pitcairn Island tools
- 1:33 Artist Billy Apple and his Rewi Alley connection
- 1:41 Little Yellow Bird - winner at NZI Sustainable Business Awards
- 1:49 Making New Zealand Home: Rana Hamida
- 2:07 Film Review: Ali Ventura
- 2:23 NZ Live: Anthonie Tonnon
- 3:00 After Afternoons Podcast
- 3:09 Annabel Langbein’s Perfect Panforte
- 3:22 Music 101: Charlotte Ryan
- 3:33 Critter of the Week: Huhu beetle / huhu grub
Thursday, 28 November 2019
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- 7:00 Shoot Straight and Tell the Truth
- 1:09 First song: Newton Faulkner - Dream Catch Me
- 1:21 Poet and broadcaster Clive James dies aged 80
- 1:35 Shaking hands with plants - an ancient practice?
- 1:43 Hanging out with other people's dogs
- 2:10 Simon Sweetman's music picks
- 2:30 Rewi Alley - the most famous New Zealander in Chinese history
- 3:19 Your Money with Mary Holm
Wednesday, 27 November 2019
- 1:17 Should we ban washing your car on the street?
- 1:27 Auckland Symphony Orchestra to perform RNZ Xmas song at concert
- 1:35 Ngā Taonga Sound Archives: The Erebus Disaster
- 1:49 Pākehā New Zealanders confront their heritage in new doco
- 2:08 Alix Higby - podcast critic
- 2:19 Burton Shipley - New Zealand's "First Man" of Politics
- 3:07 National party proposal to set up an elite police squad
- 3:15 Sean Carroll - are we alone in the world?
- 9:06 A spotlight on NZ lakes - Lakes380 part 2
Tuesday, 26 November 2019
- 8:00 Scandium - the scandal of the scandium cricket bat
- 1:15 Auckland Philharmonic and Suzy Cato bringing music into schools
- 1:19 New Zealand's best restaurant of 2019
- 1:27 Voting in the UK election for NZ-based expats
- 1:35 A brief history of sneakers
- 2:07 The right books to buy fussy people for Christmas
- 2:24 Music Feature: Patti Smith
- 3:09 Self-care: More than just cosmetics
Monday, 25 November 2019
- 1:10 First song: Tunes of I - Get Up
- 1:17 Honey prices slump as beekeeping market heats up
- 1:27 Kings new song for suicide awareness
- 1:32 Eleanor Catton pens film adaptation of Jane Austen's 'Emma'
- 1:45 Great NZ Album - Bressa Creeting Cake
- 2:10 Television Critic: Tony Stamp
- 2:20 Designing waste-free buildings
- 2:30 Expert Feature - the mystery and the majesty of glass
- 3:10 Margaret Atwood on how good conquers evil
Friday, 22 November 2019
- 1:10 First song: George
- 1:18 Kiwi optometrist develops contact lens to combat myopia
- 1:27 Coping with loss through poetry
- 1:43 Awa and the Dreamrealm: new novel tackles kids' anxiety
- 1:49 Making New Zealand Home: Paul Kumbuka
- 2:08 Film Review: Graeme Tuckett
- 2:27 NZ Live: Debbie Harwood
- 3:00 After Afternoons Podcast
- 3:07 Food with Kelly Gibney
- 3:19 Music 101: Charlotte Ryan
- 3:30 Critter of the Week: Common Smelt and Stokell's Smelt
Thursday, 21 November 2019
- 1:10 First song: Cam MacLean
- 1:18 Steven Joyce on autism
- 1:28 Holistic farming: Sustainability and profitability
- 1:35 Guyon Espiner reflects on Māori attitudes in his childhood
- 1:47 Great album
- 2:16 Music Critic: Colin Morris
- 2:28 NZ Biography: Peter Fraser
- 3:13 Solving the World's Problems
- 3:26 The history of commercial mediation in NZ
Wednesday, 20 November 2019
- 1:15 Getting around with a guide dog is no walk in the park
- 1:25 Young rat trapper protecting his school
- 1:34 Wellington's south coast: a new virtual underwater tour
- 1:48 Arts review: Mark Amery
- 2:08 Podcast Critic: Max Towle
- 2:19 Bookmarks: Kristine Crabb
- 3:07 The life and death of Jamal Khashoggi
- 9:06 Lakes380 to reveal 1000-year history of lakes - part 1
Tuesday, 19 November 2019
- 8:00 Radon - radioactive basement risk
- 1:17 Kiwis lack basic knowledge - report
- 1:27 Michael Cooper: Wines are getting cheaper
- 1:38 The Book of Mormon comes to Auckland
- 2:08 Book Critic: Claire Mabey
- 2:18 Music Feature - what makes you groove?
- 3:10 Completing the memoirs of Prince
Monday, 18 November 2019
- 1:10 First song: Sneaky Bones
- 1:15 Air NZ cancels flights during Christmas period
- 1:25 Friday Jams
- 1:35 Nelson family winemakers Seifried take out top award
- 1:45 Great Album - AK79
- 2:10 Television Critic: Linda Burgess
- 2:20 Kiwi conservation told through stories of 3 birds
- 2:30 The craft of translation and interpretation
- 2:45 Christchurch tornado
- 3:10 What history reveals about our cultural identity
Friday, 15 November 2019
- 1:18 How to deal with end of year stress
- 1:24 Massive heritage park opens in Hamilton after 15 years in the works
- 1:33 The Dark Destroyer downunder
- 1:46 Making New Zealand Home: Saw Khon Hmine
- 2:07 Film Review with Ali Ventura
- 2:20 NZ Live: Mermaidens
- 3:00 After Afternoons Podcast
- 3:07 Julie Biuso: fettuccine with zucchini
- 3:22 Music 101: Charlotte Ryan
- 3:30 Critter of the Week: Climbing galaxias
Thursday, 14 November 2019
- 1:10 Olivia Foa'i performs 'Home'
- 1:17 Resthomes not equipped to care for end of life patients, research shows
- 1:27 Killjoy: true crime with a twist
- 1:34 Summers at Scott Base: Alison Ballance visits Antarctica
- 1:40 Great album: David Bowie Space Oddity
- 2:10 Music Critic: Dianne Swann
- 2:25 NZ Biography: Douglas Lilburn
- 3:15 Your Money with Mary Holm
Wednesday, 13 November 2019
- 1:08 First song: Frontm3n
- 1:20 Tree Council supports exotic felling at Ōwairaka-Mt Albert
- 1:31 Are sheep harming our waterways?
- 1:43 Ngā Taonga Sound Archives: Archival penguins
- 1:53 Arts Review: Mark Amery
- 2:10 Podcast Critic: Katy Atkin
- 2:22 Bookmarks: Laura Clarke
- 3:10 Mark Vette's top tips for training puppies
- 9:06 Making Wellington a predator-free city
Tuesday, 12 November 2019
- 8:00 Palladium - cleaning up your car's exhaust
- 1:12 First Song: Shonen Knife
- 1:17 Combating 'contract cheating' at tertiary institutions
- 1:35 Spicy business: Growing saffron in New Zealand
- 1:41 Simon Gault's summer BBQ's
- 2:10 Book Critic: Lisa Glass
- 2:20 Music Feature: The EELMan story
- 2:22 Researchers zero in on cause of vaping deaths
- 3:10 How to build empathy and kindness in a fractured world
Monday, 11 November 2019
- 1:17 Lung cancer drug offered for free
- 1:27 Central Interceptor: the largest tunnel in New Zealand
- 1:45 Great NZ Album: Eb & Sparrow - Seeing things
- 2:10 Television Critic: Caitlin Cherry
- 2:20 Illustrator Ruby Jones releases a little book of kindness
- 2:30 Expert Feature: The Irish Border
- 3:10 Vape manufacturers follow Big Tobacco playbook
Friday, 8 November 2019
- 1:10 First song: Six60
- 1:17 Amazing stories from Early New Zealand history
- 1:27 A choir for people with chronic lung disease
- 1:37 Cookie company employing disabled New Zealanders
- 1:50 RNZ and Stuff launch new Erebus podcast White Silence
- 2:10 Film Review: Graeme Tuckett
- 2:20 NZ Live: Fly My Pretties
- 3:00 After Afternoons Podcast
- 3:10 Summer cooling Strawberries and Cream Pops
- 3:20 Music 101
- 3:30 Critter of the Week: The Freshwater Snail
Thursday, 7 November 2019
- 1:10 First song: Iron Maiden: Legacy of Beast Tour
- 1:17 New microneedle contraceptive patch a possible game-changer
- 1:22 Urban Habitat Collective bringing co-living to capital
- 1:27 Ruby McGill on living with type 1 diabetes
- 1:34 A theatre show for babies
- 1:40 Great album: Nirvana MTV Unplugged in New York
- 2:10 Music Critic: Colin Morris
- 2:25 NZ Biography: Carmen Rupe
- 3:15 Solving the World's Problems - Dave Armstrong
- 3:25 The history of All Blacks losing at the Rugby World Cup
Wednesday, 6 November 2019
- 1:09 First song: Steve Gunn
- 1:23 Threatened gull colony in remains of demolished Chch site
- 1:28 "Rural trade me" allows online livestock sales
- 1:33 Ngā Taonga Sound Archives: Polish refugee children
- 1:44 Making New Zealand Home: Marie Niwenkunda
- 2:11 Podcast Critic: Alex Harmer
- 2:18 Bookmarks: Rocketwerkz founder Dean Hall
- 3:08 Author and podcast host Jake Brennan on his new book Disgraceland
- 9:06 Tracking inner city rats
Tuesday, 5 November 2019
- 8:00 Osmium - heavyweight champion of the elements
- 1:09 First song: Pluto
- 1:19 Transit of Mercury to happen next Tuesday
- 1:27 Predator Free Wellington
- 1:35 Kia Aroha College creates its own school lunch scheme
- 1:42 The Spinoff launches its first book
- 2:09 Book Critic: Pip Adam
- 2:21 The history of New Zealand's Stebbing Recording studio
- 3:07 Irwin Winkler's 50 years in Hollywood
Monday, 4 November 2019
- 1:15 Bringing hospice care to your home, no matter how remote
- 1:23 Finding glitz, glamour and intrigue in New Zealand history
- 1:31 Engineer and baker off to Mars (well almost!)
- 1:38 Mu introduces the Great NZ Album
- 1:45 Great NZ Album
- 2:07 Television Critic: Alex Casey
- 2:31 Expert Feature: Vegetarianism with Nadia Lim
- 3:06 Liz Phair - Horror stories of the rock and roll industry
