All episodes
Thursday, 17 September 2020
- 9:11 Māori and Pacific pay gap in senior public sector roles
- 9:24 Treasury forecasts rising unemployment and slow recovery
- 9:50 Boris faces grilling on Covid, Brexit prompts resignations
- 10:07 Luke Harding - Putin, poison and plotting
- 10:42 Book review - Mayflies by Andrew O'Hagan
- 11:06 Economy officially in recession
- 11:15 Facebook's Zhang memo, AI's fake election news
- 11:28 When children can't say 'R' and 'Th' sounds
- 11:49 The Third Day, Horndog, The Social Dilemma
Wednesday, 16 September 2020
- 9:07 Zhenhua database: Why Chinese firm targeting the influential?
- 9:30 Locals call for fix to Fiordland's Hollyford Road
- 9:48 Restrictions ease Victoria - not Melbourne, whales off course
- 10:07 The NZ-born poet telling truth in Covid times
- 10:41 Book review - Rainbow Milk by Paul Mendez
- 11:06 Music With Graeme Downes
- 11:27 Splash! Diving into a history of swimming
- 11:49 Rare successful defence of the Health and Safety Act
Tuesday, 15 September 2020
- 9:08 Rule change paves way for Bledisloe Cup kick off
- 9:25 Has a government 'no new mines pledge' driven a gold rush?
- 9:50 US correspondent Ron Elving
- 10:07 Former monk-turned motivational guru Jay Shetty
- 10:40 Book review - The Dictionary of Lost Words by Pip Williams
- 11:08 Business commentator Rebecca Stevenson
- 11:30 Saving a forest from kauri dieback with rongoā Māori
- 11:50 Media commentator Andrew Holden
Monday, 14 September 2020
- 9:08 Nailing down the true cost of new build defects
- 9:30 Closing the 'aspiration gap'
- 9:50 Europe correspondent Seamus Kearney
- 10:12 Young motor racer Chelsea Herbert
- 10:40 Book review - The Lying Life of Adults by Elena Ferrante
- 11:08 Political commentators Mills & Morten
- 11:35 Stranded yachties create sea-faring cook book
- 11:50 Off the beaten track with Kennedy Warne
Friday, 11 September 2020
- 9:06 Some visa holders get the chance to return to NZ - but not all
- 9:35 Transport policy makers urged to treat e-bikes more seriously
- 9:51 Pacific correspondent Koro Vaka'uta
- 10:08 From K road to Gandhi Road, an Aucklander's Buddhist journey
- 10:35 The Manger, the Mikdash and the Mosque by David McGill
- 11:08 Music reviewer Grant Smithies
- 11:35 Sports commentator Sam Ackerman
- 11:50 The week that was with Te Radar and Irene Pink
Thursday, 10 September 2020
- 9:07 Tax, Covid debt and the path to recovery
- 9:27 Televised school sport: Is a governance role needed?
- 9:50 UK correspondent Matthew Parris
- 10:07 The 'Jesus' wife' forgery & the scandal that engulfed Harvard
- 10:35 Book review - Fire Country
- 11:07 Technology correspondent Paul Matthews
- 11:27 Incredible Years: Kaitaia Style
- 11:50 Film and TV reviewer James Croot
Wednesday, 9 September 2020
- 9:08 FENZ - safety improved at training centre since recruit burned
- 9:38 Easy as A-B-C? Report stokes debate about how to teach reading
- 10:06 More listener feedback on FENZ
- 10:09 Google and Facebook fight back against Australian govt plans
- 10:16 Warrior Kid Tim Tipene - White Moko
- 11:07 Book review - The Tolstoy Estate by Steven Conte
- 11:14 Hip-hop hooray: 47 years of hip hop music
- 11:39 The League of Live Illustrators, bring conversations to life
- 11:53 Covid-19's effect on the brain, hearing loss and dementia link
Tuesday, 8 September 2020
- 9:05 Bovine TB in Hawke's Bay from wildlife
- 9:37 Screen sector gets next 10 years in focus
- 9:51 Fallout continues over Trump's 'loser' comment about US troops
- 10:07 Bill Sutch and Shirley Smith. A memoir by Keith Ovenden
- 10:42 Book review - Searching for Charlie by Tom Scott
- 11:10 Business commentator Rod Oram
- 11:28 Kiwi author Robyn Pearce's family link to US anti-slavery fight
- 11:47 Discovery to buy Mediaworks' TV arm, TV news ratings wars
Monday, 7 September 2020
- 9:09 Recruit firefighter details burns, bullying during training
- 9:42 Who's responsible for disposing of Mataura's toxic dross?
- 9:54 Amazon fires, Brazil's Covid cases rise, Uribe's arrest
- 10:07 Trumpocalypse: David Frum
- 10:37 Book review - The Mothers by Brit Bennett
- 11:07 Political commentators Jones and Morten
- 11:33 Monique Fiso - Hiakai
- 11:51 Queen Street Confusion
Friday, 4 September 2020
- 9:10 New Christchurch ED observation ward cannot open due to cuts
- 9:37 On the fence about who to vote for?
- 9:45 The New Zealand Fossil Record Files
- 9:54 Asia correspondent Elizabeth Beattie
- 10:06 The Language of Butterflies
- 10:41 Book review - The Doctor Who Fooled the World by Brian Deer
- 11:06 New music with Jeremy Taylor
- 11:35 Sports commentator Sam Ackerman
- 11:51 The week that was with Te Radar and Donna Brookbanks
Thursday, 3 September 2020
- 9:10 Covid poverty for hundreds of Auckland's Pasifika
- 9:30 Quarries not ready for 'shovel-ready'
- 9:35 Air NZ's Chief Finance Officer resigns
- 9:45 Two NZers on board missing livestock carrier
- 9:56 UK mulls how to pay for Covid, schools open, BBC makes U-turn
- 10:06 The truth about headaches
- 11:06 Book review - The Killings at Kingfisher Hill by Sophie Hannah
- 11:10 Are cyber attacks on the rise, tech does well despite Covid, can VR save tourism?
- 11:30 Bullying, advice for parents
- 11:45 Patrick Gower: On Lockdown, I Hate Suzie, Rialto honours women filmmakers
Wednesday, 2 September 2020
- 9:05 Time to increase the national internet bandwidth?
- 9:32 Cannabis referendum: Juliet Gerrard explains
- 9:47 Border barney, Abbott goes to London, Facebook fight
- 10:05 Relationships, why messy is good
- 10:35 Book review - Summer by Ali Smith
- 11:05 When art and music collide: Auckland Art Gallery's Leonard Cohen exhibition
- 11:20 Going upriver, and what it tells us, about us
- 11:48 Challenges for the arts sector in the Covid era
Tuesday, 1 September 2020
- 9:08 Volunteer firefighter association CEO faces harassment investigation
- 9:30 Kiwis turning E-waste to gold, but not in New Zealand
- 9:45 USA correspondent Ron Elving
- 10:08 Mary Trump's insight into what makes Donald Trump tick
- 11:06 Book review - Battle of Britain by Simon Pearson
- 11:12 Business commentator Rebecca Stevenson - scrap GST?
- 11:30 Scotty and Stacey Morrison - practicing te reo
- 11:45 Media commentator Cathy Strong
Monday, 31 August 2020
- 9:06 WOF extension: Cars with 'potentially life threatening' faults on the road
- 9:25 KiwiSaver fund managers 'nervous' 'frustrated' after cyber-attack
- 9:35 Cybersickness - what is it and who is affected?
- 10:06 Protesters defy regime in Belarus, 300 arrested in German anti-Covid protest
- 10:06 Creative couple combine crochet & sculpture
- 10:35 Book review - The Gates of Athens by Conn Iggulden
- 11:06 Political commentators Mills and Sherson
- 11:30 C'est Cheese: Organic cheesemaking in Featherston
- 11:45 Off the beaten marine track with Kennedy Warne
Friday, 28 August 2020
- 9:08 Contact tracing report finds stress-testing 'urgently' needed
- 9:30 Crisis-hit Air NZ to dip into huge Government loan
- 9:40 Medsalv - recycling medical devices bound for landfill
- 9:50 Pacific correspondent Koro Vaka'uta
- 10:07 Two years with an ancient oak tree
- 10:35 Book review - Not in Narrow Seas by Brian Easton
- 11:10 Music with Grant Smithies
- 11:30 Sports commentator Dana Johannsen
- 11:50 The week that was with Melanie Bracewell and Te Radar
Thursday, 27 August 2020
- 9:05 Professional firefighters 'no confidence' in FENZ CEO
- 9:45 Air New Zealand posts after tax lost of $454 million for the year ended June.
- 9:50 How will Canterbury DHB cuts impact vulnerable in community?
- 10:05 Exams chaos fallout, Tony Abbott's trade role, Proms row
- 10:15 How clean is too clean?
- 10:35 Book review - Sisters by Daisy Johnson
- 11:05 What's behind the NZX outage, and the growth of Sharesies
- 11:25 Where can parents get help if their child's dyslexic?
- 11:45 Dispatches from Elsewhere, John was Trying to Contact Aliens
- 11:55 Listener feedback on FENZ
Wednesday, 26 August 2020
- 9:08 Departing nursing head on CDHB funding cuts, 'divisive' board
- 9:35 NZ goods exports to China holding up well: NZTE
- 9:50 Australia correspondent Bernard Keane
- 10:08 Apocalyptic innovations in birth, food, sex and death
- 10:40 Book review - Fridays with Jim by David Cohen
- 11:07 Music with Kirsten Johnstone
- 11:30 Paul Spoonley - The New New Zealand
- 11:50 Science commentator Siouxsie Wiles
Tuesday, 25 August 2020
- 9:05 Frustrated parents seek funds for abandoned school trips
- 9:30 Why are billions still being invested in places Kiwis want to avoid?
- 9:45 USA correspondent Susan Davis
- 10:05 Ken Gorbey: From Te Papa to Berlin, a lifetime of museums
- 10:35 Book review - Moonflower Murders by Anthony Horowitz
- 11:05 Business commentator Rod Oram
- 11:20 Interconnected stories of kiwi runners
- 11:45 Media commentator Andrew Holden
Monday, 24 August 2020
- 9:07 Disarray at the Canterbury DHB, the Crown monitor responds
- 9:40 Calls to bump up sick leave for front-line Covid-19 workers
- 9:53 Mosque attack sentencing begins today
- 10:07 Nguyen Phan Que Mai
- 10:40 Book review - Punching the Air by Ibi Zoboi and Yusef Salaam
- 11:07 Political commentators Mills and Morten
- 11:30 Flip Grater brings home the faken
- 11:45 Urban issues with Bill McKay
Friday, 21 August 2020
- 9:06 "Adversarial" board to blame for CDHB resignations: Chief Medical Officer
- 9:25 NZ's chances of a Covid vaccine
- 9:30 Sports commentator Sam Ackerman
- 9:45 Asia correspondent Elizabeth Beattie
- 10:06 Soil health and growing kai with Maanu Paul
- 10:35 Book review - This Mournable Body by Tsitsi Dangarembga
- 11:05 New music with Jeremy Taylor
- 11:50 The week that was
Thursday, 20 August 2020
- 9:08 Restaurant Association calls for targeted Government support
- 9:32 Justified, but unlawful: A ruling on lockdown legality
- 9:43 Doctors pen warning to Christchurch over DHB
- 9:55 A-level fiasco and a U-turn
- 10:05 A couple of Big Bangers: Carrie and Marty Yaxley
- 10:35 Book review - Anxious People by Fredrik Backman
- 11:06 Exam algo bias, fighting back against the boss snooping on you
- 11:30 Feeding children - the first 1,000 days
- 11:45 Mulan, This Town, The Boys, Shudder.com
Wednesday, 19 August 2020
- 9:05 Auckland losing 250 jobs a day under Level 3
- 9:25 Could antibody testing hold clues for Covid-19 mystery?
- 9:44 Lessons from lockdown
- 9:45 Victoria's infection rate drops, border brawls and virtual parliament
- 10:05 Architecture with Pacific flair
- 10:35 Book review - The Pull of the Stars by Emma Donoghue
- 11:05 Music with Graeme Downes: Renovating with country royalty
- 11:20 Poet Ria Masae - from fale to K'Rd
- 11:45 Records of Settlement in employment cases
Tuesday, 18 August 2020
- 9:05 Caution over mortgage extension scheme
- 9:20 Covid-19 and its impact on Auckland charities
- 9:45 USA correspondent Ron Elving
- 10:05 Eat the Buddha: Barbara Demick
- 10:35 Book review - AUP New Poets 7 by Rhys Feeney, Ria Masae and Claudia Jardine
- 11:05 Business commentator Rebecca Stevenson
- 11:30 Barnyard art: Yvonne Sutherland on creating her Happy Hens
- 11:45 An outbreak of misinformation
Monday, 17 August 2020
- 9:05 PM to reveal decision on election date at 10am
- 9:15 Economic impact of latest lockdown
- 9:25 Abuse of stretched nursing frontline must stop
- 9:45 Belarus calls Russia for help as protests grow, Brits rush home from France
- 10:05 Prime Minister's media conference on election date
- 10:45 Book review - Kokomo by Victoria Hannan
- 11:05 Winston Peters satisfied with new election date
- 11:15 Judith Collins says a later date preferable
- 11:20 Politics with Neale Jones and Brigitte Morten
- 11:30 Hannah Miller - A Lady Butcher
- 11:45 Off the beaten track with Kennedy Warne
Friday, 14 August 2020
- 9:08 Low testing of high risk staff 'mind boggling'
- 9:20 Anxious time for Pacific communities: Dr Api Talemaitoga
- 9:35 Union says testing protocol for nurses has improved
- 9:43 Commission to investigate potential miscarriages of justice
- 9:50 Pacific correspondent Koro Vaka'uta - Pacific covid spread
- 10:08 Daryl Davis - making friends with the Ku Klux Klan
- 10:40 Book review - Blanket by Kara Thompson
- 11:07 Music review with Grant Smithies
- 11:35 Sports commentator Sam Ackerman
- 11:50 The week that was with Te Radar and Elisabeth Easther
