All episodes
Tuesday, 16 April 2024
- 9:15 Shower Thoughts: Why do we switch our phones to airplane mode?
- 9:30 Politics by Night with Marc Daalder
- 9:50 'Black gold': Why NZ grown black garlic is in high demand
- 10:17 Defamation laws under spotlight after high profile Australian trial
- 10:30 Making it up on the spot with Joe Bill
Monday, 15 April 2024
- 9:15 Whakataukī of the Week with Julian Wilcox
- 9:30 The quantum science where Aotearoa is lightyears ahead
- 10:18 Australian icon Priscilla uncovered 30 years after 'disappearing'
- 10:30 Sports with Jamie Wall
- 10:45 BBC World lookahead with Rich Preston
Friday, 12 April 2024
- 9:15 This Weekend: National Scrabble Day
- 9:40 Short-Cuts with Dan Slevin
- 10:17 The volunteers fixing up Christchurch's broken bicycles
- 10:30 Out Lately with Finn Johansson
Thursday, 11 April 2024
- 9:15 I Was There When: The Ngāi Tahu claim was settled
- 9:35 How to read a poem
- 10:17 Update on West Coast heavy rain
- 10:18 Raw deal for fake meat brands
- 10:35 Kiwi axe thrower hurtling towards World Champs
- 10:45 What do youth councils do?
Wednesday, 10 April 2024
- 9:15 Myth Takes: Prophecies in ancient Greece
- 10:17 MetService update on heavy rain on the West Coast
- 10:18 Song lyrics have become simpler and more repetitive, study shows
- 10:30 What time is it on the moon?
- 10:45 Street artist Paul X Walsh
Tuesday, 9 April 2024
- 9:15 Shower Thoughts: What's the difference between hand soap and dish soap?
- 9:30 Politics by Night with Amelia Wade
- 9:50 New crime novel traverses mystery and death in the Southern Alps
- 10:17 TVNZ confirms shuttering of Fair Go, Midday and Tonight
- 10:30 Horror icon 'Carrie' celebrates 50 blood-soaked years
- 10:45 Palmerston North rubbish-handlers save recyclables from landfill
Monday, 8 April 2024
- 9:15 Whakataukī of the Week with Mihingarangi Forbes
- 9:30 How colour was understood in pre-colonial New Zealand
- 9:55 Mongol Derby: Kiwi woman attempting world's toughest horse race
- 10:18 The gift of life: New Zealand's bone marrow registry
- 10:35 Sports with Bryan Waddle
- 10:45 BBC World Lookahead with Pete Ross
Friday, 5 April 2024
- 9:15 This Weekend: Bee-themed cuisine in Tauranga
- 9:35 Short-Cuts with Dan Slevin
- 10:18 Pacific leaders call for whales to receive legal personhood
- 10:30 Out Lately with Finn Johansson
Thursday, 4 April 2024
- 9:15 I Was There When: Christchurch held the world's first Gnome Convention
- 9:30 Instadate: A speed dating service for Cantabrians 'over the apps'
- 9:45 Movies return to Raetihi's beloved Royal Theatre
- 10:18 Who invented the flat white?
- 10:30 How to avoid daylight savings wreaking havoc on your sleep cycle
- 10:45 Dunedin man running 600km from Milford Sound to home
Wednesday, 3 April 2024
- 9:15 Agony Aunt: 'I'm a chronic rubbish-hider'
- 10:18 Taiwan earthquake: Correspondent William Yang
- 10:20 Historic oral diaries from NZ prime ministers abruptly ended
- 10:45 Citizen scientists asked to get their cameras out this April
Tuesday, 2 April 2024
- 9:15 Shower Thoughts: Why is it so important to cook chicken properly?
- 9:30 Politics by Night with Anna Whyte
- 9:45 What lived experience adds when working in the addiction field
- 10:18 The Kiwi rolling out the World Marbles Champs
- 10:30 From Speyside to Reefton: Scotch whisky expert Gareth Morgan
- 10:45 What workplace kitchens say about office culture
Thursday, 28 March 2024
- 9:15 I Was There When: The Wellington Trades Hall bombing
- 9:35 Short-Cuts with Dan Slevin
- 10:30 'That's so last century': A look back at fashion in Aotearoa
- 10:45 'Tally ho tweeders!': Cyclists swap lycra for tweed
Wednesday, 27 March 2024
- 9:15 Call goes out for writers for Scotland residency
- 9:35 Midweek Mediawatch
- 10:17 How are New Zealand couples navigating working from home, together?
- 10:30 'The oldest national netball body in the world': Netball NZ turns 100
- 10:45 Iconic cereal brands set to go
Tuesday, 26 March 2024
- 9:15 Shower Thoughts: Why do we still need witnesses at weddings?
- 9:30 Nights Politics
- 10:17 Wellington's 'Tuesday Night Dinners' celebrates 25 years
- 10:45 New book marks 50 years of windsurfing in New Zealand
Monday, 25 March 2024
- 9:15 Whakataukī of the Week with Metiria Turei
- 9:30 The mythology surrounding Havana Syndrome
- 10:17 High demand for NZ goat cheese
- 10:30 Sport with Jamie Wall
Friday, 22 March 2024
- 9:15 This Weekend: The National IRB Championships
- 9:30 Short-Cuts with Dan Slevin
- 10:17 The story of New Zealanders in WW2 'Great Escape'
- 10:30 Out Lately with Finn Johansson
Thursday, 21 March 2024
- 9:15 I Was There When: Hokey Pokey ice-cream was invented
- 9:30 'I'm Still Growing': Josiah Morgan on his new poetry collection
- 10:17 Why local feta cheese producers need a new name
- 10:30 Who is Fred Again and why is he so popular?
- 10:45 Who will succeed the Dalai Lama?
Wednesday, 20 March 2024
- 9:15 What's behind New Zealand's low fertility rates?
- 9:30 Midweek Mediawatch
- 10:17 Grant Robertson bows out of Parliament with valedictory speech
- 10:30 What you need to know about the Autumn Equinox
- 10:40 CDs, cassette tapes and VHS reaching cult status
Tuesday, 19 March 2024
- 9:15 Shower Thoughts: Who owns outer space?
- 9:30 Politics by Night with Laura Walters
- 9:45 Māoriland Film Festival brings 168 films over five days to Ōtaki
- 10:18 Inventor of karaoke dies, aged 100
- 10:30 AI giant reveals 'world's most powerful chip'
- 10:45 Futuro house granted heritage protection
Monday, 18 March 2024
- 9:15 Whakataukī of the Week with Karaitiana Taiuru
- 9:30 Are we overmedicalising menopause?
- 10:18 One in ten children facing 'invisible' barriers at school
- 10:30 Sports with Bryan Waddle
- 10:45 BBC World Lookahead with Rich Preston
Friday, 15 March 2024
- 8:30 Tenuous Connections
- 9:15 This Weekend: Waimarino Shears
- 9:40 Short-Cuts with Dan Slevin
- 10:17 Music lovers descend on New Plymouth for Womad 2024
- 10:30 Out Lately with Finn Johansson
Thursday, 14 March 2024
- 9:30 I Was There When: Shrek the sheep was discovered
- 9:35 What does 'heritage' mean in New Zealand?
- 9:50 Rare sea slug 'Smeagol' discovered in Otago
- 10:17 The pros and cons of Wellington's controversial district plan
- 10:30 What do Phoenix fans think of the new Auckland football team?
- 10:45 New book highlights how noticing 'small moments' can enrich your life
Wednesday, 13 March 2024
- 9:20 Myth Takes: The Ides of March
- 9:30 Midweek Mediawatch
- 10:18 How the sacred month of Ramadan is marked in Aotearoa
- 10:30 Auckland Writers Festival reveals full 2024 programme
- 10:45 How to choose the right salt
Tuesday, 12 March 2024
- 9:15 Shower Thoughts: How are phone numbers allocated?
- 9:30 Politics by Night with Glenn McConnell
- 9:45 Kiwi startup wins top prize at international toy fair
- 10:17 How old is too old?
- 10:30 Annual moulting season leaves rare penguin 'highly vulnerable'
- 10:45 Wellington teacher releases debut novel
Monday, 11 March 2024
- 9:15 Whakataukī of the Week with Stacey Morrison
- 9:30 'Biotechnology is all around us' - molecular biologist Revel Drummond
- 10:18 'Manipulated' photo of Princess Kate shows we can't trust what we see
- 10:30 Sports with Bryan Waddle
- 10:45 BBC World Lookahead with Rob Hugh-Jones
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