All episodes
Wednesday, 8 December 2021
- 9:05 Mental wellbeing in Aotearoa: a new snapshot
- 9:30 Young tech developers create roadtrip app
- 9:45 Australia correspondent Karen Middleton
- 10:05 The Secret Marathon - Martin Parnell
- 10:35 BOOK REVIEW: Can't Get There From Here by André Brett
- 11:05 Music with Jess Fu
- 11:20 How to prevent Covid from ruining Christmas
- 11:45 Arts with Mark Amery
Tuesday, 7 December 2021
- 9:08 Concerns over youth prison units becoming Covid wards
- 9:35 The only preventable natural disaster - 'city-killer' asteroids
- 9:50 USA correspondent Kelsey Snell
- 10:08 Wild cats and fierce photography - Sebastian Kennerknecht
- 10:40 Book review: Fracture - Stories of How Great Lives Take Root in Trauma
- 11:07 Business commentator Rebecca Stevenson
- 11:35 New young adult novel based on Kiwi maritime tragedy
- 11:50 Safer lending and safer spending
Monday, 6 December 2021
- 9:05 WHO public health expert on the risk of Omicron
- 9:20 "Heartbreaking" - new child poverty figures
- 9:30 Climate change levy a great investment - Goff
- 9:45 South America correspondent Katy Watson
- 10:05 Home Cooking with Yotam Ottolenghi and Noor Murad
- 10:35 Book review: Egg Marks the Spot by Amy Timberlake
- 11:05 Political commentators Ben Thomas & Shane Te Pou
- 11:30 Crayfish at Jackson Bay's Cray Pot
- 11:45 Off the beaten track with Kennedy Warne
Friday, 3 December 2021
- 9:07 New twist in case of Afghan refugees trying to get to NZ
- 9:30 Brewing beer - from waste to taste
- 9:50 Pacific correspondent Susana Lei'ataua
- 10:07 What Dogs Want, Mat Ward
- 10:40 Book Review - Wild Pets by Amber Medland
- 11:05 Music reviewer Grant Smithies
- 11:30 Sports commentator Sam Ackerman
Thursday, 2 December 2021
- 9:05 Warnings house and contents insurance overpriced
- 9:30 New 'anti-troll' law in Australia won't curb cyberbullying
- 9:45 UK: More Omicron cases, Brexit rows over migration,
- 10:05 Gilded: Marissa Meyer's reimagining of Rumpelstiltskin
- 10:35 Book review: Orwell's Roses by Rebecca Solnit
- 11:05 Hottest tech for 2022
- 11:25 Parenting - providing youth-specific mental health support
- 11:45 Film & TV: Get Back, Dune, The Rescue, The Unforgiveable
Wednesday, 1 December 2021
- 9:05 Christopher Luxon: I will lead National for all New Zealanders
- 9:30 Managed retreat possible to protect Dunedin's coastline
- 9:45 Australia: Landmark sex harassment report, short sitting year
- 10:05 Aotearoa's wild weather
- 10:35 Book review: Middle Distance: Long Stories of Aotearoa New Zealand edited by Craig Gamble
- 11:05 Music with RNZ's Yadana Saw
- 11:20 What's inside Kiwi garages?
- 11:45 Science commentator Siouxsie Wiles
Tuesday, 30 November 2021
- 9:05 Rushed laws a "constitutional disgrace" - law prof
- 9:30 Earthquake strengthening with carbon fibre
- 9:45 USA correspondent Ron Elving
- 10:05 Wai Pasifika: What we can learn from an indigenous approach
- 10:35 Book review: Too Much Money
- 11:05 Business commentator Pattrick Smellie
- 11:30 In the Company of Gardeners
- 11:45 Media commentator Andrew Holden
Monday, 29 November 2021
- 9:05 Omicron: how worried should we be?
- 9:15 New research into 'sweat equity' at our universities
- 9:30 Why does government policy sometimes fail to deliver?
- 9:45 Europe correspondent Seamus Kearney - Omicron fears
- 10:05 From stolen childhood to remarkable Australian leader
- 10:35 Book review: Dragon Skin by Karen Foxlee
- 10:35 The effect of Omicron on financial markets
- 11:05 Political commentators Jones & Morten - National leader vacancy
- 11:30 Delicious salads for every season
- 11:45 Urban issues with Bill McKay
Friday, 26 November 2021
- 9:07 Stunned National caucus prepares to pick new leader
- 9:15 The Great Resignation alarm bells for employers
- 9:35 Housing - investing community-to-community
- 9:50 Asia correspondent Ed White
- 10:07 Earth Detox: The chemical tsunami and how to deal with it
- 10:40 Book review - Crocodile Tears by Alan Carter
- 11:07 New music with Jeremy Taylor
- 11:35 Sports commentator Dana Johannsen
- 11:50 The week that was with Te Radar and James Elliott
Thursday, 25 November 2021
- 9:10 Crisis in the National Party
- 9:22 Fears for future of education scheme
- 9:35 Black Friday: a real deal?
- 9:45 UK: PM under fire for Peppa Pig speech and flouting mask rule
- 10:05 Rates are rising: Adrian Orr
- 10:55 Book review: Rick Stein at Home by Rick Stein
- 11:05 The rise of Web 3.0, and why did Meta delay encryption plans
- 11:25 Helping children correct tongue thrust
- 11:45 Film and TV: Yellowjackets, Scribe: Return of the Crusader
Wednesday, 24 November 2021
- 9:05 The future of contact tracing
- 9:30 KiwiSaver funds still helping to prop up fossil fuels
- 9:45 Australia: PM faces revolt, William Tyrell's foster parents in court, Tim Paine's woes
- 10:05 How the history of nutmeg interfaces with global warming
- 10:35 Book review: Swift and the Harrier by Minette Walters
- 11:05 Music with Charlotte Ryan
- 11:30 Photographer Andrew Spencer on documenting the Kaikoura quake
- 11:45 Covid in the workplace: Health and safety expectations on
Tuesday, 23 November 2021
- 9:07 No maths = economy suffers
- 9:35 Wellington based sustainable shoe company launches in USA
- 9:50 USA correspondent Kelsey Snell
- 10:10 Eva Orner's unflinching look at Australia's deadly Black Summer
- 10:40 Book review - Seven and a Half by Christos Tsiolkas
- 11:07 Business commentator Rebecca Stevenson
- 11:35 Challenges facing alpine NZ - Sir Alan Mark
- 11:50 Financial Planner Liz Koh - the retirement spending gap
Monday, 22 November 2021
- 9:08 The pressures of small-town policing and on sole-charge officers
- 9:30 Funneling wind speeds into golf course ratings
- 9:50 Africa correspondent Debora Patta
- 10:05 Reinventing the wheel: the history of NZ made bicycles
- 10:35 Book review: The Family by Naomi Krupitsky
- 11:05 Political commentators Mills & Morten
- 11:30 Food: eat the change we want to see
- 11:50 Off the beaten track with Kennedy Warne
Friday, 19 November 2021
- 9:05 Plans for a data centre near Clyde raise crypto-mining concerns
- 9:30 Quirky New Zealand
- 9:45 Pacific correspondent Susana Lei'ataua
- 10:05 Gone Bush: Walking New Zealand's backcountry
- 10:35 Unity Book review: 12 Bytes: How We Got Here. Where We Might Go Next by Jeanette Winterson
- 11:05 Music reviewer Grant Smithies
- 11:30 Sports commentator Sam Ackerman - rugby, cricket & more
- 11:45 The week that was
Thursday, 18 November 2021
- 9:05 Concerns over fast-tracked changes to urban density rules
- 9:30 New research into football headers and memory decline - are Kiwi kids protected?
- 9:45 UK: More details on Liverpool terror suspect, Boris admits mistakes over sleaze
- 10:05 Lost letters of Elizabeth I rewrite history
- 10:35 Book Review: Out Here: An Anthology of Takatapui and LGBTQU+ Writers from Aotearoa edited by Emma Barnes and Chris Tse :
- 11:05 Tech: FluBot texts, Tesla's brake software fail, REvil charges laid
- 11:25 Why parenting can be lonely - especially in a pandemic
- 11:45 Film and TV: Passing, Love Hard and The Lost Symbol
Wednesday, 17 November 2021
- 9:10 Climate Commission Chair on COP26 and NZ's pledges
- 9:35 'My Vaccine Pass' launched
- 9:45 Australia: Vic's controversial Covid bill watered down
- 10:06 Lana Lopesi: Bloody Woman
- 10:35 Book review: Oh William! by Elizabeth Strout
- 11:05 Music: In-depth look at Portuguese music genre Fado
- 11:20 Growing kai for a WISE foodbank
- 11:45 Science commentator Siouxsie Wiles
Tuesday, 16 November 2021
- 9:07 Dine Now, Pay Later: Afterpay moves into Australian hospitality industry
- 9:35 Restoring names for indigenous flora
- 9:50 USA correspondent Ron Elving - US inflation soars
- 10:07 Shipwreck tales: mishap, misery and mystery
- 10:35 Book review: Carnival of Snackery: Diaries 2003-2020
- 11:05 Business commentator Pattrick Smellie - KiwiRail departures
- 11:30 The Shifting Grounds of Tamaki Makaurau
- 11:45 Media commentator Andrew Holden - more reality TV
Monday, 15 November 2021
- 9:05 Unacceptable and frightening aspects of Covid patients' home isolation
- 9:30 Law Commission reviews decision making capacity law
- 9:45 Europe correspondent Seamus Kearney
- 10:05 Global human rights campaigner and Chinese political activist Ai Weiwei
- 10:35 Book Review - Theroux the Keyhole by Louis Theroux
- 11:05 Political commentators Jones & Thomas
- 11:30 The versatility of olives
- 11:45 Urban issues
Friday, 12 November 2021
- 9:05 Turning back a silent invasion of weeds
- 9:30 Horses for courses on a Marlborough vineyard
- 9:45 Asia correspondent Ed White
- 10:05 Epic Kiwi tramping tales told in new book Across the Pass
- 10:35 Just Like That: Kevin Ireland New Poems by Kevin Ireland
- 11:05 Covid in Stratford
- 11:05 30 years of Screamadelica
- 11:30 Sports commentator Sam Ackerman
- 11:50 The Week that Was with Te Radar and Irene Pink
Thursday, 11 November 2021
- 9:05 New flood risk insurance pricing "just the beginning"
- 9:30 Wool sector merger but will it deliver higher prices?
- 9:45 UK correspondent Matthew Dathan
- 10:05 Growing up in Europe's last communist state: Albania
- 10:35 Book Review - Treasure and Dirt by Chris Hammer
- 11:05 Tech: My Vaccine Pass, out of control AI and South Island cable
- 11:30 Helping kids prepare for NCEA exams and cope with stress
- 11:45 Film and TV: Dexter, Insecure, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Finch
Wednesday, 10 November 2021
- 9:08 Covid surge, Auckland GP 'We are not ready, we have no pulse oximeters'
- 9:35 Blackout for endangered native black seabirds
- 9:50 Australia: Covid latest, PM's green campaign, Jones ditched
- 10:08 Booker Prize winning author Bernardine Evaristo on her new memoir
- 10:35 Book review: Walking With Ghosts by Gabriel Byrne
- 11:08 Music with Yadana Saw
- 11:30 Night Ride: Filmmaker captures his mum's night time cat ritual
- 11:55 Arts: How have dance companies pivoted in this Delta outbreak?
Tuesday, 9 November 2021
- 9:05 "We need covid boosters now" - health professionals
- 9:30 Rod Oram at COP26 summit
- 9:45 Kelsey Snell - Joe Biden's infrastructure bill passes
- 10:05 Chronicling a forgotten coast
- 10:35 Book Review - The Joy of Gardening by Lynda Hallinan
- 11:05 Business commentator Rebecca Stevenson
- 11:30 Limbering up - Bart de Vries
- 11:45 Financial planner Liz Koh - The Great KiwiSaver Move
Monday, 8 November 2021
- 9:05 Assisted dying explained
- 9:30 The public library will never die
- 9:45 Middle East correspondent Sebastian Usher
- 10:05 Darcy Nicholas: taking Māori art to the world
- 10:35 Book review: Kurangaituku by Whiti Hereaka
- 11:05 Political commentators Mills & Thomas
- 11:30 Wellington's House of Dumplings
- 11:45 Off the beaten track with Kennedy Warne
Friday, 5 November 2021
- 9:05 How websites are manipulating you to spend more
- 9:40 NZ Sculpture on Shore
- 9:45 Pacific correspondent Moera Tuilaepa-Taylor
- 10:05 She's a Killer: Imagining an Aotearoa overrun by 'wealthugees'
- 10:35 Book review: The Country of Others by Leïla Slimani
- 11:05 Music reviewer Grant Smithies
- 11:30 Sports commentator Sam Ackerman
- 11:45 The week that was
Thursday, 4 November 2021
- 9:10 The great worker crunch: unemployment hits record low
- 9:35 Self-rehab for stroke patients significantly improves outcomes
- 9:45 Concern for Queen's health, French-UK fishing debacle, Kenyan murder
- 10:10 'We have enough land for a trillion trees'
- 10:35 Book review: Three Summers by Margarita Liberaki
- 11:05 What is the metaverse? And why is Facebook rebranding?
- 11:25 Solving sibling rivalry and toxic relationships
- 11:45 NZIFF offerings, The Harder They Fall, Dopesick
