All episodes
Thursday, 10 February 2022
- 9:05 Arrests at Parliament grounds
- 9:10 Growing energy sector faces major workforce shortage
- 9:30 Common Unity: a flourishing community hub
- 9:45 UK: PM's Saville slur rumbles on
- 10:05 The softer side of Clementine Ford
- 10:35 WCC joins action against protestors
- 10:38 Book review: The Kitchen Front by Jennifer Ryan
- 11:05 State of emergency declared in Buller
- 11:08 Technology: Pacific nations weigh up Bitcoin embrace + what's plaguing Meta?
- 11:25 How to beat the back to school blues
- 11:45 Film and TV: The Tinder Swindler, I Want You Back, The Worst Person in the World
Wednesday, 9 February 2022
- 9:05 (Slowly) cracking open the border - will it make a dent in worker shortages?
- 9:30 Will new disability legislation include access to media?
- 9:45 Australia: Anti-vax protesters, PM's poll trouble, apology to women
- 10:05 The long shadow of childhood trauma
- 10:35 Police gather at Parliament, convoy protest heats up
- 10:40 Book review: Renegades by Barack Obama and Bruce Springsteen
- 11:05 Music with Kirsten Johnstone
- 11:30 Deciphering the love language of text
- 11:45 New study into Covid's effects on the cardiovascular system
Tuesday, 8 February 2022
- 9:05 Study raises questions over autism and criminal justice system
- 9:30 Should we be teaching innovation in schools?
- 9:45 USA correspondent Ron Elving
- 10:05 Dogs: The Untold Story - Matt Brandon
- 10:35 Book review: Love Marriage by Monica Ali
- 11:05 Political commentators Morten & Te Pou
- 11:30 ViaVio Cheese - the taste of Italy, made in Nelson
- 11:30 Financial Planner Liz Koh - The End of the Cheap, Easy Money
Friday, 4 February 2022
- 9:10 SOS: Save our soils for fruit and veg
- 9:34 A more effective alternative to saline IV fluid in ICU?
- 9:47 Asia correspondent Ed White
- 10:05 The addiction psychiatrist who overcame his own alcoholism
- 10:34 Book Review - Holly Walker's top 3 for 2021
- 11:06 Music reviewer Jeremy Taylor
- 11:35 Sports commentator Dana Johannsen
- 11:47 The week that was with Te Radar and Donna Brookbanks
Thursday, 3 February 2022
- 9:10 Controversial lending rules under investigation
- 9:34 To mow or let it grow?
- 9:50 More Tory MPs seek to oust Johnson, UK holds talks with Russia
- 10:08 How to find calm in the maelstrom of life
- 10:35 Book Review - Three of the best of 2021: Ralph McAllister
- 11:06 Prime Minister announces reopening of NZ borders
- 11:08 The challenges and benefits of setting boundaries for children
- 11:20 NZ borders to reopen, starting 27 Feb
- 11:45 Film & TV: Belfast, Eyes of Tammy Faye, Pam and Tommy
Wednesday, 2 February 2022
- 9:05 Credit crunch hits businesses: new data
- 9:30 DOC's new head outlines her challenges and priorities
- 9:45 Australia: May election likely, RAT tests for students and 'Woden the Bogan'
- 10:05 Mariana Mazzucato: governments must collaborate with private sector
- 10:35 Book Review - Three of the best of 2021: The Devil's Trumpet by Tracey Slaughter, Crossroads by Jonathan Franzen and Devotion by Hannah Kent
- 11:04 Social unemployment insurance scheme outlined
- 11:05 Music with RNZ's Yadana Saw
- 11:30 Helping families caught in domestic violence
- 11:45 Navigating separation after an on-again, off-again relationship
Tuesday, 1 February 2022
- 9:05 Ukraine Russia crisis: where to from here?
- 9:30 OECD report highlights risk of government COVID debt
- 9:45 USA correspondent Ron Elving
- 10:05 Lifting the spirits - Belle: an aerial circus delight
- 10:35 Book review: Three of the best of 2021: Some Answers Without Questions by Lavinia Greenlaw, Intimacies by Katie Kitamura and My Phantoms by Gwendoline Riley
- 11:05 Business commentator Pattrick Smellie
- 11:30 Techniques to deal with grief in its many forms
- 11:45 Media commentator Andrew Holden
Monday, 31 January 2022
- 9:05 Principals predict Omicron will close some schools
- 9:30 Employers urged to get ready for Holidays Act changes
- 9:45 Germany correspondent Thomas Sparrow
- 10:05 Pianist Pavel Kolesnikov and his "palaces of sound"
- 10:35 Book review: Three of the best from 2021: No One is Talking About This by Patricia Lockwood, Oh William! by Elizabeth Strout and The Animals in That Country by Laura Jean McKay
- 11:05 Political commentators Mills & Thomas
- 11:30 How to store fruit and veg and reduce food waste
- 11:45 Urban issues - light rail for the city of sails
Friday, 28 January 2022
- 9:06 How will our diagnostic labs cope with omicron surge?
- 9:30 Auckland light rail option announced
- 9:40 Why biodiversity in cities matters
- 9:50 Pacific correspondent Susana Lei'ataua
- 10:06 An epic run traversing America multiple times
- 10:35 Book review: Best of Unity Books 2021: Tilly Lloyd
- 11:05 New music with Grant Smithies
- 11:30 Sports commentator Sam Ackerman - Hamish Bond retires
- 11:45 The week that was
Thursday, 27 January 2022
- 9:10 The cost of the pandemic: the financial winners and losers
- 9:32 The Waikanae family, Dutch resistance and saving a Jewish child
- 9:50 UK correspondent Harriet Line
- 10:06 Original Wailer: Al Anderson, Bob Marley's lead guitarist
- 10:32 Book review: Three of the best from 2021: Harry Broad
- 11:06 Inflation rises to highest annual rate since mid-1990
- 11:10 New technology with Paul Matthews
- 11:25 Parenting: preparing your child for their Covid vaccine
- 11:45 Film review with Laumata Lauano
Wednesday, 26 January 2022
- 9:10 Will the Children's Commissioner be scrapped?
- 9:32 Hundreds of thousands in savings needed to retire: guidelines
- 9:50 Australia correspondent Karen Middleton
- 10:10 The Secrets of the Night: Annette Lees
- 10:35 Book review: Three of the best from 2021
- 11:10 Music with Kirsten Zemke
- 11:30 Finding the weird and wonderful in nature's wildlife weapons
- 11:45 Science commentator Siouxsie Wiles takes Omicron questions
Tuesday, 25 January 2022
- 9:05 Landlords' collection of personal information under spotlight
- 9:30 Driving the global campaign for electric vehicles
- 9:45 USA correspondent Ron Elving
- 10:05 How wood shaped human history and evolution
- 10:35 Book review: Three of the best from 2021: Castle Shade by Laurie R. King; Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro and The Personal Librarian by Marie Benedict and Victoria Christopher Murray
- 11:05 Business commentator Rebecca Stevenson
- 11:30 Living the dream, baches and seaside settlements
- 11:45 How well are women managing finance?
Monday, 24 January 2022
- 9:05 The "big sick": keeping workers working
- 9:30 The benefits of going barefoot
- 9:45 Europe Correspondent Seamus Kearney - Russia-Ukraine tension
- 10:05 Chris Hedges: Shining a light on the US industrial-prison complex
- 10:30 Book review: Three of the best from 2021: The Front Line by Glyn Harper, The Piano Girls by Elizabeth Smither and The End of Everything by Katie Mack
- 11:05 Political commentators Jones & Thomas the advent of Omicron
- 11:30 Summer dining with Stephanie Alexander
- 11:45 Off the beaten track with Kennedy Warne
Friday, 24 December 2021
- 9:05 2021 - The Year in Review Part 1
- 9:20 Mum & 7 year old spend Christmas on Te Araroa trail
- 9:30 UK amateur fossil hunters' mammoth haul
- 9:45 2021 - The Year in Review Part 2
- 10:05 Troy Kingi: the genre-defying artist on an ambitious journey
- 10:30 Music of the year
- 11:05 Haere Ra 2021 - Part 1
- 11:20 Very Important Paws: Truckie pet chauffeur
- 11:20 Nota Bene 'Lullaby'
- 11:40 The Korean art of "hitting mung"
- 11:45 Haere Ra 2021 - Part 2
Thursday, 23 December 2021
- 9:07 Autism research too "medicalised" - advocates
- 9:30 John Edwards on protecting Kiwis' privacy - and his new UK gig
- 9:50 UK correspondent Hugo Gye
- 10:05 Kiwi with the World Bank, tackling our housing crisis
- 10:35 Book review: The Lincoln Highway by Amor Towles
- 11:07 Technology: The Year in Review
- 11:32 Parenting: keeping the peace at Christmas
- 11:47 Being the Ricardos, Shortland Street: Retribution, Landscapers
Wednesday, 22 December 2021
- 9:05 Record annual insurance payout for extreme weather claims
- 9:20 Ajaz Patel's extraordinary 10 wicket innings
- 9:30 Report: demand for food parcels quadrupled during lockdown
- 9:45 Australia correspondent Karen Middleton - Omicron spreads
- 10:05 Global ecological art project that begins and ends in NZ
- 10:35 Book review: The Uprising - The Mapmakers of Cruxcia by Eirlys Hunter
- 11:05 Music with Yadana Saw
- 11:20 Top business podcast created by best friends in Auckland
- 11:45 Law with Dean Knight - Public law palooza
Tuesday, 21 December 2021
- 9:05 Coronial system overloaded, "aggravating grief"
- 9:30 MPI urges action on water storage
- 9:45 USA correspondent Kelsey Snell - Ominous Omicron
- 10:05 Ruby Tui takes flight
- 10:30 Second hand bookshop review: The Odyssey by Homer
- 11:05 Business commentator Nikki Mandow - protest action
- 11:30 In praise of the pohutukawa (and rata)
- 11:45 Financial Planner Liz Koh - buying happiness
- 12:00 Nine to Noon's best of 2021
Monday, 20 December 2021
- 9:08 New lending laws lock out many mortgage seekers
- 9:30 New Zealand Rugby chief Mark Robinson on 2021's performance
- 9:50 Middle East correspondent Sebastian Usher
- 10:07 Malcolm Turnbull - climate change has been politicised
- 10:40 Book review - Kārearea by Māmari Stephens
- 11:07 Political commentators Jones & Morten
- 11:30 Food - Christmas platters - spreading and dipping the cheer
- 11:50 Off the beaten track with Kennedy Warne - out of Auckland, at last!
Friday, 17 December 2021
- 9:05 Omicron's here: should boosters be brought forward urgently?
- 9:30 Play streets: reclaiming the roads from cars
- 9:45 Pacific correspondent Moera Tuilaepa-Taylor
- 10:05 Solo hiking in the California desert - a cautionary tale
- 10:35 Unity Books review: Shackleton by Ranulph Fiennes
- 11:05 Music reviewer Grant Smithies
- 11:30 Sports commentator Sam Ackerman
- 11:45 The week that was
Thursday, 16 December 2021
- 9:08 Intensivists question govt promises on ICU beds
- 9:30 Similarities between long-haul Covid and ME Chronic Fatigue Syn
- 9:50 UK correspondent Matt Dathan
- 10:08 Journalist Kati Marton on the legacy of Angela Merkel
- 10:40 Book review - The Essential Fairy by Anna Kenna
- 11:07 Technology correspondent Peter Griffin
- 11:30 Report - how schools are supporting student well-being
- 11:50 Film and TV reviewer Laumata Lauano
Wednesday, 15 December 2021
- 9:05 Backlog of 45,000 breast screens since lockdown
- 9:30 Ika Rere: the electric ferry heading for Wellington's harbour
- 9:45 Australia correspondent Annika Smethurst
- 10:05 Tweedie Waititi: Bringing Disney classics into te ao Māori
- 10:35 Book review: Murder Under Her Skin by Stephen Spotswood
- 11:05 Music with RNZ's Charlotte Ryan
- 11:20 Why big cities are getting smaller
- 11:45 Science commentator Siouxsie Wiles
Tuesday, 14 December 2021
- 9:05 Sir Brian Roche: how will the traffic light system hold up over summer?
- 9:30 Top of the class: How Leanne Otene goes the extra mile for her tamariki
- 9:45 USA correspondent Ron Elving
- 10:05 Skiing to success: iconic ski map artist
- 10:35 Book review: Love Stories by Trent Dalton
- 11:05 Business commentator Pattrick Smellie
- 11:30 The Cleanery: creating eco cleaning products that work
- 11:45 Media commentator Andrew Holden
Monday, 13 December 2021
- 9:05 Rapid Antigen covid tests in pharmacies
- 9:30 The story of NZ's rabbit plague
- 9:45 Europe correspondent Seamus Kearney - G7 warning to Putin
- 10:05 The gaming industry's wahine Maori pioneer
- 10:35 Book review: How to End a Story: Diaries: 1995-1998 by Helen Garner
- 11:05 Political commentators Jones & Thomas - Auckland border to fall
- 11:30 Homemade foodie Christmas gifts
- 11:45 Urban issues - housing density and public transport
Friday, 10 December 2021
- 9:07 Former child refugee can't get her fiancé out of Afghanistan
- 9:35 Nearly half of NZ's psychiatrists want to quit, survey finds
- 9:50 Asia correspondent Ed White
- 10:07 Spooked - Barry Meier on the murky world of spies for hire
- 10:40 Book review - The Fell by Sarah Moss
- 11:10 New music with Jeremy Taylor
- 11:30 Sports commentator Sam Ackerman
- 11:50 The week that was with Gemma Gracewood and Te Radar
Thursday, 9 December 2021
- 9:07 Power demand to soar - how will the system stay secure?
- 9:35 Stronger govt and business lead on climate needed - survey
- 9:50 UK correspondent Matthew Parris
- 10:07 Bringing eco-design to space missions
- 10:40 Book review - The Lost Apothecary by Sarah Penner
- 11:07 Technology commentator Bill Bennett
- 11:30 Parents' top worries revealed in survey
- 11:50 Film and TV correspondent Chris Schulz