All episodes
Monday, 28 July 2025
- 9:05 Critics frustrated at money laundering law burden
- 9:25 Are vape recycling stations skirting advertising rules?
- 9:40 Ministry of Transport U-turns on freight data study
- 9:45 Foreign correspondent Thomas Sparrow in Germany
- 10:05 The professionals hired to end infidelity in China
- 10:35 Book review: An Uncommon Land by Catherine Knight
- 10:45 Around the motu: Tim Brown in Christchurch
- 11:05 Political commentators Dale Husband and Ben Thomas
- 11:30 The Southland veggie grower using lasers
- 11:45 Off the beaten track with Kennedy Warne
Friday, 25 July 2025
- 9:05 Law expert on changes to voting in the next general election
- 9:20 Proposed changes to forestry rules and the on-going problems
- 9:35 New podcast aims to help young songwriters break into into a difficult industry
- 9:50 Asia correspondent Elizabeth Beattie
- 10:05 Young Auckland women leaders on a journey
- 10:40 Book review: Ruins by Amy Taylor
- 10:50 Around the motu: Lee Scanlon reports from Westport
- 11:05 New music with Grant Smithies
- 11:30 Sports commentator Dana Johanssen
- 11:45 The week that was with Te Radar and Elisabeth Easther
Thursday, 24 July 2025
- 9:05 Northland businesses pitch growth plan to Ministers
- 9:20 Cabinet papers reveal 550 polytech courses and 900 jobs gone
- 9:35 Northland charity refits catamaran to make accessible
- 9:45 UK: Migrant hotel protests, Palestine tension, doctors' strikes
- 10:05 Welby Ings: Kids are being labelled 'dumb' when they're not
- 10:35 UN court says countries can be liable to emissions
- 10:40 Book review: The Far Side of the Moon by Jana Wendt
- 10:45 Around the motu: Piers Fuller in Wairarapa
- 11:05 Tech: Microsoft security flaw, record NZ losses from cyber
- 11:30 Kids and screens - tips for parents
- 11:45 Screentime: What's on offer at this year's International Film
Wednesday, 23 July 2025
- 9:05 Half a billion taken out of Kiwisaver accounts
- 9:20 The challenges facing Auckland's next council
- 9:30 Dunedin schools open late due to frost
- 9:35 Kiwis losing millions on so-called 'subscription traps'
- 9:45 Australia: Parliament resumes, childcare regulation, EV boom
- 10:05 Chess champion Evguenia Charomova on the benefits the game can bring children with autism
- 10:35 Book review: Untold Intimacies by Cheryl Ware
- 10:45 Around the motu: Tess Brunton on Dunedin
- 11:05 Music with Ian Chapman: Molluscs unhinged!
- 11:20 Nelson photographer's 10-year Tuhoe project wins top award
- 11:45 Money: Why are people opting for higher-risk KiwiSaver funds?
Tuesday, 22 July 2025
- 9:05 Is there confusion over the role of 'physician associates'?
- 9:20 Govt keen on making EV chargers smart
- 9:30 Cleaning up flood damage in Tasman and Marlborough
- 9:45 USA correspondent Ximena Bustillo
- 10:05 Charlie Shackleton's new documentary Zodiac Killer Project takes a forensic look at the true crime genre
- 10:05 Sky TV aquires TV3 owner Discovery New Zealand
- 10:35 Book review: John & Paul: A Love Story in Songs by Ian Leslie
- 10:45 Around the motu: Mike Tweed on Wanganui
- 11:05 Business commentator Nicholas Pointon
- 11:30 Theatre show explores siblinghood from disabled perspective
- 11:45 Sport with Marc Hinton
Monday, 21 July 2025
- 9:05 Great rides cycle trails' funding needs to double in a decade
- 9:20 Work begins on Napier civic centre 8 years after quake damage
- 9:40 Sounds Air to cut services
- 9:45 Europe correspondent Seamus Kearney
- 10:05 Kate Halfpenny on the downsides of a mid-life beach move
- 10:35 Book review: Secret Art Powers by Jo Randerson
- 10:45 Around the motu: Tom Hunt in Wellington
- 11:05 Power, food and rents push inflation up
- 11:10 Political commentators Gareth and Liam
- 11:30 Waikato food-tech company putting science into breakfast
- 11:45 Urban Issues with Bill McKay
Friday, 18 July 2025
- 9:05 Massive transfer of wealth coming as farmers age
- 9:20 Fat Freddy's Drop founder Chris Faiumu dies
- 9:30 The Women's Health Bus for rural Southland and Otago
- 9:45 Pacific correspondent Koroi Hawkins
- 10:05 From undercover cop to All Black scrum coach
- 10:30 Champion shearers take on best in Wales
- 10:35 Book review: How to Kill a Witch by Claire Mitchell and Zoe Venditozzi
- 11:05 Music reviewer Jeremy Taylor
- 11:30 Sports commentator Sam Ackerman
- 11:45 Around the motu: David Hill in North Canterbury
- 11:45 The week that was
Thursday, 17 July 2025
- 9:05 ComCom cuts transaction fees
- 9:20 Scrutinising mining project returns
- 9:30 Banking Association on consumer credit changes
- 9:40 What will it take to rebuild Ukraine?
- 9:45 UK: Secret plan to relocated Afghan nationals named in
- 10:05 Can you control your dreams?
- 10:35 Book review: Endling by Maria Reva
- 10:45 Around the motu:Libby Kirkby McLeod in Hamilton
- 11:05 Tech: Legal means to fight deepfakes - do they work?
- 11:25 What's it like being a grandparent in your 30s?
- 11:45 Screentime: Too Much, And Just Like That, Emmy nominations
Wednesday, 16 July 2025
- 9:05 Trades apprentice numbers down, workforce shortage warnings
- 9:25 Farmer group pushes back on Alliance's foreign investment plans
- 9:35 Can gas from food scraps fill an energy void?
- 9:45 Australia correspondent:
- 10:05 New Kiwi comedy follows the fortunes of a struggling theatre
- 10:30 Electric Kiwi calls for renewables projects
- 10:35 Book review: I Cheerfully Refuse by Leif Enger
- 10:45 Around the motu: Kelly Mahika on Rotorua
- 11:05 Music with Maggie Tweedie
- 11:20 After BASEjump tragedy, new doco follows Kiwi widow's journey
- 11:45 Science: how ChatGPT is changing our everyday language
Tuesday, 15 July 2025
- 9:05 KiwiRail shift workers concerned over melatonin ban
- 9:20 Iwi businesses out performing many of NZ's largest businesses
- 9:45 USA correspondent Danielle Kurtzleben
- 10:05 Steve Braunias: Inside the Polkinghorne trial
- 10:30 Claims a banking class action is under threat from law change
- 10:35 Book review: Is A River Alive? by Robert Macfarlane
- 10:46 Around the motu: Simon Wilson in Auckland
- 11:05 Business commentator Dileepa Fonseka
- 11:30 Online marketers - gurus or scam artists?
- 11:45 Sports correspondent Glen Larmer
Monday, 14 July 2025
- 9:05 Many builders unprepared to run a complex business
- 9:30 The prevalence of multiple sclerosis has risen sharply
- 9:45 Europe: Srebrencia remembered, UK-France migrant deal examined
- 10:05 How can the education system keep up with a changing world?
- 10:35 Book review: Sick Power Trip by Erik Kennedy
- 10:45 Around the motu: RNZ's Taranaki reporter, Robin Martin
- 11:05 Political commentators Tim Hurdle and Lianne Dalziel
- 11:30 Chef Wendy Morgan's best classic recipes
- 11:45 Moa de-extinction - how would it fit with conservation?
Friday, 11 July 2025
- 9:05 More people leave NZ than arrive in April and May
- 9:20 Domestic cement manufacturing to be fuelled by plastic waste
- 9:35 A new homecare business brings together seniors and young
- 9:45 Asia: Taiwan military exercises, China expands access
- 10:10 Why a documentary about Filipino fishermen was banned
- 10:30 The new band that wasn't: AI created Velvet Sundown
- 10:45 Book review: Island calling by Francesca Segal
- 10:50 Around the motu: Alexa Cook in Hawkes Bay
- 11:05 New music with Grant Smithies
- 11:30 Sports commentator Sam Ackerman
- 11:45 The week that was
Thursday, 10 July 2025
- 9:05 Balancing between land for food and land for housing
- 9:20 Potential gamechanger for prostate cancer diagnosis
- 9:40 'Mad buggers': Ice Swimming Champs start in 5 degree lake
- 9:45 UK: Macron meets the King
- 10:05 The Kiwi who tried to stop the Titan OceanGate disaster
- 10:30 The Big Sleepout is back after a five-year pause
- 10:35 Book review: Parallel Lines by Edward St Aubyn
- 10:45 Around the motu: Alisha Evans in Tauranga
- 11:05 New technology: Peter Griffith
- 11:25 Parenting: turning experiences into lessons
- 11:45 Screentime: 28 Years Later, Smoke, Outrageous Fortune turns 20
Wednesday, 9 July 2025
- 9:05 New website aims to make switching banks easier
- 9:20 Preserving New Zealand's unique marine environments
- 9:45 Australia: Correspondent Annika Smethurst
- 10:05 Tamaiti Williams on anxiety, and fatherhood
- 10:30 Michael Andrew: magazine publishing in the digital age
- 10:35 Book review: Jamaica Road by Lisa Smith
- 10:45 Around the motu: Samantha Gee in Nelson
- 11:05 Music with Kirsten Zemke: Songs about climate change
- 11:20 Dr Susan Parry on her stellar medical career
- 11:45 Work: What's in the Employment Relations Amendment Bill
Tuesday, 8 July 2025
- 9:05 Call for government to overhaul costly standards system
- 9:20 Insurance and emergency management partnership put to test
- 9:35 Diverting old car bumpers from landfill, into fenceposts
- 9:45 USA correspondent David Smith
- 10:05 Equipping teachers, parents and learners in the AI age
- 10:35 Book review: Koro Weta by Heather Haylock
- 10:45 Around the motu: John Freer in Coromandel
- 11:05 Business commentator Oli Lewis
- 11:30 Rotorua war hero story told in new opera Mate Ururoa
- 11:45 Sports chat with Marc Hinton
Monday, 7 July 2025
- 9:05 Workplace mental health support- do employers understand obligations?
- 9:35 New card lets employees save on public transport
- 9:40 Controversial regulation bill heads into four days of hearings
- 9:45 Foreign correspondent Sebastian Usher in Israel
- 10:05 Rhonda Hapi-Smith on life in the prisons
- 10:30 Kiwi company launches power saving panel
- 10:35 Book review: On the Calculation of Volume by Solvej Balle
- 10:45 Around the motu: David Williams in Christchurch
- 11:05 Political commentators Neale Jones and Brigitte Morten
- 11:30 Award winning smoked mussels from the Far North
- 11:45 Cemeteries in cities
Friday, 4 July 2025
- 9:05 Calls for financial complaints organisations to merge
- 9:20 New blood test being developed for coeliac disease
- 9:30 Fossils and feathers - a visiting US palaeontologist
- 9:45 Pacific correspondent Koroi Hawkins
- 10:05 The refugee who defied the odds in Syria to be a dancer
- 10:35 Book review: We Could Be Rats by Emily Austin
- 10:45 Around the motu: Peter de Graaf in Northland
- 11:05 Music reviewer Jeremy Taylor of SlowBoat Records
- 11:30 Sports commentator Sam Ackerman
- 11:45 The week that was with Michele A'Court and Donna Brookbank
Thursday, 3 July 2025
- 9:05 Weather warnings across many parts of the country
- 9:20 Local Government embracing AI to cut costs
- 9:30 Women's homelessness less visible than men's
- 9:45 UK: Chancellor's tears in Parliament, Welfare Bill watered down
- 10:05 Linus O'Brien on his dad Richard's journey to create The Rocky Horror Show
- 10:35 Book review: Slowing the Sun by Nadine Hura
- 10:45 Around the motu: Jonathan Leask in Ashburton
- 11:05 Tech: What AI is doing to our brains
- 11:25 Parenting: How to look after your children's teeth
- 11:45 Screentime: Jurassic World: Rebirth, F1: The movie, The Sender
Wednesday, 2 July 2025
- 9:05 Foodstuff's North Island gets warning from Commerce Commission
- 9:15 Ports and maritime select committee inquiry underway
- 9:35 NZ Game developers are confident of continued growth
- 9:45 NZ-funded methane satellite goes missing
- 9:50 Australia: 'Bomb cyclone' hits east coast
- 10:05 John Clarke to Fred Dagg to dad. A daughter's documentary tribute
- 10:35 The need for trees in increasingly hot New Zealand cities
- 10:45 Around the motu: James Pocock in Gisborne
- 11:05 Book review: My Sister by Emmanuelle Salasc
- 11:10 Twentieth-century film music styles: A long generational shift
- 11:30 $10,000 coat could help more customers access quality clothing
- 11:45 Earth traps more heat, star-navigating moths, chemo gene test
Tuesday, 1 July 2025
- 9:05 The complex task of establishing fitness to stand trial
- 9:20 New recycling rules one year on
- 9:30 Underfunded: fighting invasive seaweed in Fiordland
- 9:45 US correspondent Danielle Kurtzleben
- 10:05 Former war surgeon finds solace in wild trout fishing
- 10:35 Book review: 2024 by Josh Dawsey, Tyler Pager & Isaac Arnsdorf
- 10:45 Around the motu: Jared McCulloch in Queenstown
- 11:05 Business correspondent Dan Brunskill
- 11:25 Does New Zealand need a common will repository?
- 11:45 Sport with Joe Porter
Monday, 30 June 2025
- 9:06 Where to now for Polytechs?
- 9:25 Little change in gender based deaths - report
- 9:35 Google rolls out its Gemini chatbot to Kiwi kids
- 9:50 Europe correspondent Seamus Kearney
- 10:10 One doctor's diagnosis after a decade in the health service
- 10:45 Around the motu: Tom Hunt in Wellington
- 11:05 Political commentators Gareth Hughes and Fletcher Tabuteau
- 11:30 A juicy history of the fruit industry's evolution and politics
- 11:45 Off the beaten track with Kennedy Warne
Friday, 27 June 2025
- 9:05 Flooding in Nelson/Tasman and watch in Marlborough
- 9:20 Retirement Commission launches a new calculator to help make savings last
- 9:45 Asia correspondent: Ed White
- 10:05 David Riley: The Reading Warrior
- 10:30 The Nelson students behind a ballwear pop-up shop
- 10:35 Book review: Raising Hare by Chloe Dalton
- 10:45 Around the motu: Jimmy Ellingham in Palmerston North
- 11:05 New music with Grant Smithies
- 11:30 Sports commentator: Dana Johannsen
- 11:45 The week that was with Elizabeth Easther and Pinky Agnew
Thursday, 26 June 2025
- 9:05 Tamaki Makaurau MP Takutai Tarsh Kemp has died
- 9:10 Big science sector shake up coming into force next week
- 9:20 Growing up in state houses assessed
- 9:35 Are spiders an untapped resource for horticulture pest-control?
- 9:45 UK correspondent Dan Bloom
- 10:05 Rock climbing great Beth Rodden
- 10:35 Book review: The Name of the Sister by Gail Jones
- 10:45 Around the motu: Logan Savory in Southland
- 11:05 Tech: What's going on in NZ telecoms?
- 11:30 Parenting: How to talk to your children about conflict and war
- 11:45 Screentime: Sirens, Playing Nice, Long Bright River
Wednesday, 25 June 2025
- 9:05 Concerns over future of disability transport fund
- 9:20 Mapping every tree in New Zealand
- 9:35 Otago scientist explores experimental phage therapy
- 9:45 Australia: Iran bombing reax, YouTube exempt
- 10:05 Tim Wigmore's definitive guide to test cricket
- 10:05 New campaign targets young men's problem gambling
- 10:35 Book review: Base Notes: The Scents of a Life by Adelle Stripe
- 10:45 Around the motu: Tess Brunton in Dunedin
- 11:05 Music with Ian Chapman: The Dunedin Beat goes on
- 11:20 Are you ready for a disaster?
- 11:45 Personal finance: Date night budgeting
