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NZ Live: Georgia Lines is in the Auckland Studio
2:20 PM.Georgia Lines shares songs from her new E.P The Guest House. Read more Audio
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Film Review: Caught Stealing and Relay
2:10 PM.Film critic Dominic Corry is here to tell us about Caught Stealing and Relay, both in cinemas now. Read more Audio
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Freaky Friday: A chance to connect with love ones
1:45 PM.Time for Freaky Friday, our place for your stories of the supernatural. We're talking the unexplained, occult, serendipitous, you get the idea. Read more Audio
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Meet the women behind the Kapiti wetland restoration
1:35 PM.Jill Visser and Eraena Catsburg chat to Jesse about their wetland restoration project. Read more Audio
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Why New Zealand still has so much to learn from its past
1:25 PM.James Belich ONZM says recent cuts at the Ministry of Culture and Heritage are shortsighted. Read more Audio
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What, if any, are the long-term effects of being
1:15 PM.Around six thousand babies are born premature each year in New Zealand, of those about one percent are very premature. Read more Audio
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The Pre-Panel for 28 August 2025
3:45 PM.Jesse Mulligan is joined by The Panel host Wallace Chapman and producer José Barbosa to preview this evening's marlarky. Audio
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Your Money with Mary Holm
3:15 PM.It's time to talk money matters with Mary Holm and today we're going to focus on an issue many New Zealanders are grappling with are you a financial failure if you don't own a home? A recent survey of… Read more Audio
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A-Z of Aotearoa: G is for Great Walks
2:30 PM.Today for the letter "G" we're heading into the great outdoors and taking a closer look at our Great Walks Read more Audio
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Group Chat: Why was the world's reaction to Taylor Swift's
2:10 PM.Culture 101's Perlina Lau and Afternoons Senior Producer Olivia Wilson join Jesse. Read more Audio
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You're the Judge: Is it wrong to kiss your pet then kiss
1:55 PM.We're starting a new segment today called 'You're the Judge' where we present both sides of an issue and you, our audience, decide who is right. Read more Audio
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How a Christchurch indie band got a residency in Seoul
1:35 PM.Christchurch indie band There's A Tuesday just returned from a 10-day residency in Seoul and bandmates Nat Hutton and Minnie Robberds tell us more. Read more Audio
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The New Zealand teenager hitting all the right notes
1:25 PM.We've celebrated the achievements of several young Kiwis this week, but how about a scholarship to one of the oldest and most prestigious universities in the world? Read more Audio
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Hear ye Hear ye! Bluff has a new town crier!
1:20 PM.Back in June we interview a Bluff local about the town's daunting search for a new town crier. Read more Audio
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What can be done to reduce retail crime?
1:15 PM.Retail crime is back in the news which got us wondering if crime in New Zealand is getting more brazen - and if so, how can we stop it? Read more Audio
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Stories from Our Changing World: What powers New Zealand?
3:35 PM.Time for Our Changing World, and we're catching up with Claire Concannon, who has been looking into the different energy sources New Zealand, and what this might look like in the future. Audio
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Feature interview : Climate Change Tipping Point
3:10 PM.Tipping points aren't all bad. For years, climate change professor Dr. Timothy Lenton warned about tipping points like rising temperatures and melting ice sheets. Now he says the same forces fueling… Read more Audio
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Bookmarks with author Naomi Arnold
2:31 PM.It's time for Bookmarks and today award-winning nature and science writer Naomi Arnold joins Jesse. Naomi is a keen tramper, last year she fulfilled a 20-year dream of walking Te Araroa - the hiking… Read more Audio
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Easy Eats: Kelly Gibney's kedgeree
2:22 PM.Kedgeree is an Anglo-Indian classic, though traditionally served for brunch, it makes a brilliant one pan dinner. Lentils make this version a little different, the addition of lentils makes my… Read more Audio
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New music from Keira Wallace and Brandon De La Cruz
2:12 PM.Critic Matthew Crawley shares new music from Keira Wallace - winner of the Play It Strange secondary school songwriting competition - 'Your Surface Settles' and Brandon De La Cruz 'How Many Names for… Read more Audio
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Heading Off: 'So Long South America'
1:48 PM.Pat Barrett shares tales from his South American adventure. In May 1982 three young kiwi travellers set out to explore South America on their own terms with no other knowledge of this wild and… Read more Audio
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Why is Taylor Swift's engagement such HUGE news?
1:44 PM.Unless you've been living under a rock, you'll know Taylor Swift has got engaged to American football player Travis Kelce. Now, RNZ might not seem the place for talk of Taytay .. but she is an… Read more Audio
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Heaven for BBQ lovers: 'Fire on High' festival is back in Chch
1:32 PM.This Saturday, High Street in Christchurch will transform into a barbeque lover's idea of heaven. The 'Fire on High' food festival brings the city's best chefs together for a day of top-shelf street… Read more Audio
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Is 'On Farm Harvest' the future of ethical meat?
1:13 PM.On farm harvest refers to the practice of killing animals on the same land on which they were raised. Only a few farms in New Zealand are certified to do this however practitioners say it is in the… Read more Audio
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The New Zealand science students wowing the world
1:13 PM.The International Biology Olympiad is one of the most prestigious science competitions for pre-university students in the world. This year it was held in July in Quezon City in the Philippines, and… Read more Audio