All episodes
Saturday, 1 November 2025
- 7:12 Latest from the US
- 7:17 Potential for measles outbreak
- 7:23 Landmark case over water rights
- 7:34 Capital gains tax: an international perspective
- 7:44 Ozempic for pets?
- 7:52 Racing for men's mental health
- 8:12 The Governess: Are you clever enough?
- 8:40 Dr Jeremy Lockwood: Dinosaur hunter
- 9:07 Brendan Canty: Christy
- 9:31 Postnatal depression: singing the blues away
- 9:42 Toby Manhire: Juggernaught
- 10:07 How one man's war on terror became a war on poverty
- 10:35 Hooked Up: GP turned crime-writer on the dangers of reality TV
- 11:06 Tackling garden weeds with Hannah Zwartz
- 11:20 Playing Favourites with Kate Coughlan
Saturday, 25 October 2025
- 7:11 Wild weather: state of emergency
- 7:15 Wild weather: wildfire risk
- 7:19 Latest from the Middle East
- 7:27 Can our hospitals cope with a measles outbreak?
- 7:37 New study: rainforests contributing to carbon emissions
- 7:45 Liam Dann on Labour's Future Fund
- 7:54 Organising the Ōtāhuhu Food Festival
- 8:12 The Seven Rules of Trust with Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales
- 8:36 Sam Dalrymple: creating modern nations
- 9:07 Groundbreaking coma research with Dr. Sean Pauzauskie
- 9:29 Recipe for Murder: inside the mushroom trial
- 9:55 Ōtāhuhu Food Festival: Aute Neli
- 10:06 Ōtāhuhu Food Festival: Aroha Harris
- 10:18 Elspeth Sandys: turning trauma into great stories
- 10:38 Ōtāhuhu Food Festival: Karen Wilson
- 10:55 Ōtāhuhu Food Festival: Hare George and Rudy Alejandro
- 11:06 Ōtāhuhu Food Festival: Charlotte Macdonald, Garrison World
- 11:19 These little boots are made for walking - the whole of NZ
- 11:35 Chef Del Holland's kitchen tips + the "Best Ever" Chocolate cake
- 11:49 Ōtāhuhu Food Festival: Queen Shirl'e
Saturday, 18 October 2025
- 7:10 Latest from the Middle East
- 7:21 Kaipara council at odds
- 7:26 Chris Finlayson remembers former PM Jim Bolger
- 7:37 Prince Andrew to give up Royal titles
- 7:42 Sister of missing man speaks out
- 7:49 Spider Olympics
- 8:11 Tāme Iti - MANA
- 8:38 Simon Mills: Herbal remedies in mainstream healthcare
- 9:07 IMDb founder Col Needham: A life in movies
- 9:35 Rebecca Macfie: Unpacking poverty in Aotearoa
- 10:06 Sean Szeps: Instagram Dad
- 10:30 Debut darling: Patrick Ryan's Buckeye
- 11:06 Neil Ieremia: 30 years of Black Grace
Saturday, 11 October 2025
- 7:08 Latest from Israel and Gaza
- 7:20 Fronting up: Te Pāti Māori
- 7:33 Will time of use charging take a toll on our privacy?
- 7:40 Economic situation report with Liam Dann
- 7:51 Mental health in the workplace
- 8:11 Melanie Lynskey and Robyn Malcolm: Pike River
- 8:41 Dr Barbara Sumner: NZ's adoption law loophole
- 9:07 Sparta: The Rise and Fall of an Ancient Superpower
- 9:36 Groundbreaking new treatment for anxiety and depression
- 10:06 Stan Walker on claiming his style
- 10:29 Case Studies: The history of global plant transport
- 11:06 Richard Beasley's unexpected medical findings
- 11:37 Astrid Jorgensen on the joys of mediocrity
Saturday, 4 October 2025
- 7:08 Toitu Te Tiriti’s split with Te Pati Maori
- 7:19 Latest from the Middle East
- 7:27 Climate change: how is NZ doing?
- 7:33 Game changing research on childhood asthma attacks
- 7:40 Much Ado About Tilly
- 7:52 Netball stand off continues
- 8:11 James Laughlin: Seven principles for success
- 8:30 Thant Myint-U: The forgotten Peacemaker
- 9:07 World Space Week: Ask an Astrobiologist
- 9:35 Trent Dalton: Gravity Let Me Go
- 10:06 Minimising the impact of grey divorce
- 10:25 Graham Leonard: The science of warnings
- 10:35 Melissa Leong: No Guts, No Glory
- 11:06 Tamati Rimene-Sproat: Counting the Beat
- 11:25 Del Holland: From scraps to staples
- 11:44 The art of growing cut flowers
Saturday, 27 September 2025
- 7:08 Remembering Sir Tumu Te Heuheu
- 7:17 Economic wrap with Shamubeel Eaqub
- 7:23 Latest from the U.S
- 7:35 Pre-term baby research saves lives
- 7:43 Could autonomous vehicles work in our transport system?
- 7:51 Black Ferns playing for pride
- 8:12 Dr Lucy O'Hagan: A GP's story
- 8:36 Richard Osman: The mind behind The Thursday Murder Club
- 9:08 Tim Lenton: How to Fix the Climate Crisis
- 9:32 Dr Hinemoa Elder on finding the surface
- 9:50 Book reviewer: Kate de Goldi
- 10:06 Chloe Dalton: Hare raising!
- 10:33 Identifying skin cancer - in seconds!
- 11:06 Playing Favourites with Nadia Lim
Saturday, 20 September 2025
- 7:08 Marching for pay equity
- 7:15 Latest on Gaza
- 7:24 Review of funding for sexual violence services
- 7:35 Continued delays in children’s dental care
- 7:43 Te Wiki o Te Reo Māori
- 7:53 Black Ferns lose to Canada at Women’s RWC
- 8:11 Adam Kay: A Particularly Nasty Case
- 8:35 Tony Lambert: The two extremes of facial recognition
- 9:07 Walking with tuatara
- 9:30 Patricia Lockwood: Descent into insanity
- 10:06 Lolo Heimuli: Coach of champions
- 10:26 Jen Campbell on owning it
- 10:45 Teaching AI to read the stars
- 11:06 Burlesque is as popular as ever
- 11:35 The 2025 WOW Supreme Winner
- 11:45 Victoria Kelly: Requiem for a symphony
Saturday, 13 September 2025
- 7:09 Iwi leader calls for halt to election and referendum
- 7:15 Tom Phillips case: call for independent inquiry
- 7:22 Latest on Poland and the Middle East
- 7:33 Using AI in health care
- 7:42 Netball coach offside
- 7:50 Māori Language Week
- 8:11 Reducing your risk of bowel cancer
- 8:30 The state of New Zealand's oceans
- 8:51 Wellington's library unveiled at last
- 9:07 Sir Geoffrey Palmer on how to save democracy
- 9:30 Gregory Porter brings liquid gold to New Zealand
- 10:06 Raukura Turei: art and architecture
- 10:38 Elizabeth Knox on creating a fantasy world
- 11:06 The Not Hot List: Why less popular is a good thing
- 11:16 Fifi Colston: 30 years of WOW
- 11:48 He Kaupapa Waka - A Fleet of Waka
Saturday, 6 September 2025
- 7:08 New Zealand First Conference: promise and compromise
- 7:17 Kiwi on flotilla mission to Gaza
- 7:27 Final day of the Koroneihana
- 7:35 Portable stroke device: saving time will save lives
- 7:44 Getting to know our penguins
- 7:52 All Blacks vs Springboks at Eden Park: Will the fortress hold?
- 8:13 Lee Child sharpens his pencil for the stories behind the stories
- 8:42 Joyspan: The Art and Science of Thriving in Life's Second Half
- 9:08 Exciting and terrifying: Richard Susskind on How To Think About AI
- 9:31 Reflecting on the Koroneihana
- 9:47 Is this NZ's oldest book club?
- 10:08 Jung Chang: The sequel to Wild Swans
- 10:35 Counting your steps - why less is still good
- 10:50 Liam Dann: supermarkets & housing meltdowns
- 11:06 Megan Dalla-Camina: Women on the rise
- 11:30 A Food Waste Banquet with Del Holland
- 11:45 Messengers: watching animals watching us
Saturday, 30 August 2025
- 7:10 Reserve Bank resignation
- 7:17 Polls closed in Samoan election
- 7:23 Elderly hit hard by cost of living crisis
- 7:35 Latest on Ukraine and Russia
- 7:40 Teaching teens and schools about concussion
- 7:48 Partnering indigenous knowledge with technology
- 7:56 NZ Fashion week: Dogs on the catwalk
- 8:14 How Saudi Arabia took over the world of sport - James Montague
- 8:43 Filling streets with trees
- 9:10 Ian McEwan: What We Can Know
- 9:44 Graham Leonard: Latest research on flooding
- 10:05 Queenie Tan: The Finfluencer Making Personal Finance Fun
- 10:25 Aotearoa Light: A lifetime exploring our backyard
- 10:38 Australian First Nations poet Dominic Guerrera
- 11:06 Chef Rosheen Kaul's Secret Sauce
- 11:31 Daria Lavelle: Aftertaste
Saturday, 23 August 2025
- 7:07 Latest from Gaza
- 7:15 Fonterra's multi-billion dollar deal
- 7:22 Youth homelessness on the rise
- 7:33 Social media ban for under 16s
- 7:39 Capturing space through a Kiwi lens
- 7:50 Kendra Cocksedge on the Women's Rugby World Cup
- 8:11 The Tesla Files - Sönke Iwersen
- 8:33 Skinny's trending, what happened to body positivity?
- 9:07 Opetaia Foa'i - Lifetime Achievement Award
- 9:31 Gwyneth: The Biography
- 10:06 Pulitzer Prize-winning American playwright, Paula Vogel
- 10:25 Kura Te Ua - Haka theatre
- 10:38 Prevalence of prolapse: Liz Childs
- 11:06 Garden design with Hannah Zwartz
- 11:20 Haley Cohen Gilliland: A Flower Traveled in my Blood
- 11:40 Donovan Bixley - picture books for good readers
Saturday, 16 August 2025
- 7:07 Trump and Putin in Talks
- 7:16 Dr Robert Patman on Israel and Palestine
- 7:23 Funeral for Baby Anahera
- 7:33 Tāmaki Makaurau: By-election:Peeni Henare
- 7:41 Decoding ME/CFS
- 7:54 Rugby Championship: All Blacks vs Pumas
- 8:11 Esther Freud - My Sister and other Lovers
- 8:37 Ellen Rykers - Bird of the Year
- 9:06 Forever Auckland FC: Dame Julie Christie and Auckland FC CEO Nick Becker
- 9:30 Olaide Saddiq's Grenfell Tower documentary
- 10:05 Fit for TV: The Reality of the Biggest Loser
- 10:25 Wood Carving with Stephen Myhre
- 10:40 Breaking the cycle of transgenerational trauma
- 11:06 Charlotte Wood - Stone Yard Devotional
- 11:35 Mother of the Nation - the story of Dame Whina Cooper
Saturday, 9 August 2025
- 7:09 Update on Israel and Gaza
- 7:12 The cost of commuting: road user charges
- 7:23 Tāmaki Makaurau By-election: Oriini Kaipara
- 7:35 Learning financial literacy at school
- 7:41 Stress and sleep
- 7:48 Nectar of the gods
- 7:54 Cat crazy: CatVideoFest
- 8:10 Telling Tales: Sue Vice
- 8:30 Trailblazing Tech - Julia Pahina and Eteroa Lafaele
- 9:05 Defying Ageism: Dr Kiran Rabheru
- 9:45 Israeli Nobel Peace Prize nominee Jeff Halper
- 10:05 Dacre Montgomery: Went Up The Hill
- 10:30 The Life of a Purple Wiggle
- 10:45 The Tripods: All for Nothing? Chris Jones
- 11:05 Linn Lorkin: Music about life well lived
- 11:50 Comedy in the garage: Heta Dawson
Saturday, 2 August 2025
- 7:07 Previewing the National Party Annual Conference
- 7:15 Update on the Middle East
- 7:25 Aftermath of the Russian earthquake
- 7:34 Look before you swipe
- 7:42 Restaurant Month in Tāmaki Makaurau
- 7:50 And the award goes to …
- 8:11 Adam Zeman - the science of the imagination
- 8:43 Tariffs and Kiwisaver - Liam Dann
- 9:07 Jack Fairweather - The Prosecutor
- 9:36 Motuhaketanga: Wāhine Māori, Incarceration
- 10:06 Intimacy - a basic human right
- 10:30 JAWS 50 years on
- 11:06 Jane Austen Wrecked My Life
- 11:35 Chris Tse: Poetry Dating Show
Saturday, 26 July 2025
- 7:07 Economic recovery: a tale of two islands
- 7:16 Update on the Middle East
- 7:24 Latest from the U.S
- 7:36 Former Black Fern Cheryl Waaka on facing cancer
- 7:43 Dolphins: whistlers of the ocean
- 7:51 Changes to our voting laws
- 8:11 Designing with nature in mind
- 8:40 Niall Williams: Four Letters of Love
- 9:11 The power of ditching the diet: Casey Johnston
- 9:34 Forget the spade: why you should try no-dig gardening
- 9:46 Giving autistic jobseekers a chance
- 10:09 More diversity, better ideas: Dame Athene Donald
- 10:38 Moss Patterson - Home, Land & Sea
- 11:06 Hi Viz Manaaki: The story of our Maori Wardens
- 11:28 Booktowns saving towns: Peter Biggs
- 11:45 Waste not, want not in the kitchen
Saturday, 19 July 2025
- 7:12 The end of open plan classrooms
- 7:19 Update from Gaza
- 7:26 Counting the cost: flood clean up in Nelson Tasman
- 7:34 Iwi leader on discovery of French maritime artifact
- 7:45 Writing a wish list to go with your will
- 7:50 Why the grass is greener for award winning exporter
- 8:11 Face with Tears of Joy: A Natural History of Emoji
- 8:42 Digging up the shame of the past
- 9:05 Chicago the Musical: putting a showstopping spin on a scandal
- 9:25 Sameer Pandya: Our Beautiful Boys
- 9:47 Water and wildfire: partnering with NASA for a more
- 10:06 Telling stories through sign language: A Quiet Love
- 10:30 New research on Auckland's volcanos
- 10:50 Reviving Lake Ōmāpere
- 11:05 Playing Favourites with Kiran Dass
Saturday, 12 July 2025
- 7:07 Weather update from Nelson Tasman
- 7:13 Overview from the Metservice
- 7:20 Latest from the Ukraine and Russia
- 7:30 Nurses vote to strike
- 7:36 Royal Commission into Covid-19 response
- 7:43 Using toxic fungus to fight cancer
- 7:50 On the court and on the track - Wimbledon and F1
- 8:10 Amelia Kerr: a role model beyond the wicket
- 8:30 Fatal Watch: Tim McKinnel and Bubba Cook on the dark underbelly of tuna fishing
- 8:50 NZ Youth Choir conquers Europe
- 9:10 Dame Fiona Kidman on how she became 'the girl who wrote'
- 9:43 Re-landscaping NZ farms for future generations
- 10:07 Chelsea Winstanley: TOITU Visual Sovereignty
- 10:32 Chasing Pacific Fire - Waka Lab
- 11:05 Stacy Gregg - The Last Journey
- 11:25 Kate de Goldi: Reading for Pleasure
- 11:45 Celebrating the DIVA
Saturday, 5 July 2025
- 7:07 Weather woes: Tasman mayor on the cleanup
- 7:13 Weekly wrap: Israel - Gaza conflict
- 7:21 Commonwealth Poet Laureate - Selina Tusitala Marsh
- 7:35 Turning plastic into paracetamol
- 7:42 Sports wrap: All Blacks vs France
- 7:50 Wellington's Tattoo Convention
- 8:10 Chris Ramsay - professional puzzle solver and magic Olympian
- 8:35 Mighty Indeed - Life on the Ice
- 9:05 Delaney Davidson
- 9:35 A Voice for the Silenced
- 10:06 The forgotten 1948 scientific expedition to Arnhem Land
- 10:40 Why memory fails us
- 11:05 Bamboo School - caring for orphans next to a conflict zone
- 11:30 Mow to Meadow: letting it all go on the lawn
- 11:40 Hercules Noble 'Will it Sourdough?
Saturday, 28 June 2025
- 7:11 Heavy rain and snow for the south
- 7:15 The Israel-Iran conflict
- 7:32 Ngāpuhi settlement: 'Our people are pretty hōhā'
- 7:46 Intellectually disabled twice as likely to live in hardship
- 8:11 Rebecca Solnit: the long and winding road
- 8:36 Remembering Takutai Tarsh Kemp
- 8:46 Do natural remedies actually work?
- 9:09 Looting the temples: a story of crime and redemption
- 9:36 Endeavour discovery confirmed
- 9:47 Georgie Falloon: Big Shoes to Fill
- 10:06 Alice Austen: 33 Place Brugmann
- 10:40 Nadine Hura: finding the words to talk about climate change
- 11:06 The highs and lows of driving with a disability
- 11:35 Secrets, surprises and the supernatural in new series
- 11:49 New Westland heritage-based "Legendary Coasters" app
Saturday, 21 June 2025
- 7:11 Israel and Iran conflict
- 7:21 US role in the Israel-Iran conflict
- 7:28 The NZ-Cook Islands fallout
- 7:36 Luxon's China trip
- 7:47 Taranaki high school has surplus with $4 school lunches
- 7:53 The Māori New Year
- 8:11 Why times speeds up as we age - and how to slow it down
- 8:35 Improving the lives of horses and pet animals - Natalie Waran OBE
- 9:05 Sharon Van Etten: solo to jamming
- 9:30 The 21-year-old gearing up for a bellringing marathon
- 9:45 Photographer Kirsten Lewis shows the messy reality of parenting
- 10:05 Lynne Olson - resistance at Ravensbrück
- 10:35 Approaching life-changing diagnosis for "missing millions" with ME/CFS
- 11:06 Mother of Chooks: Jesse Leaman on his tender chicken documentary
- 11:25 Northland Champion Gerry Paul - Brew of Islands Festival
- 11:45 Winter Gardening with Hannah Zwartz
Saturday, 14 June 2025
- 7:10 Israel and Iran strikes
- 7:21 Israeli ministers banned
- 7:30 Gumboots and announcements at Fieldays
- 7:38 LA protests after immigration crackdown
- 7:44 Educating the Asian community on mental health
- 7:50 Pet portraits for a good cause
- 8:11 Errol Morris: Separated
- 8:32 The great shower debate
- 8:45 GDP predictions with Liam Dann
- 9:06 Ian Urbina: The Outlaw Ocean
- 9:35 Issa Amro: Youth Against Settlements
- 10:06 Kate Summerscale The Peepshow
- 10:40 Do we need more fat in our diets?
- 11:05 Witi Ihimaera - reclaiming his reo at 80
- 11:38 What makes a flourishing life?
Saturday, 7 June 2025
- 7:06 The longest suspension in Parliament ever
- 7:20 Collecting the stories on the ground in Ukraine
- 7:30 Triple murder accused takes stand in poisonous mushroom trial
- 7:35 Exercise reduces risk cancer patients dying by third - study
- 7:40 The pressure of home premiums
- 7:50 3D animal scanning app up for award at Fieldays
- 8:11 Unmanned military tech: Julia Macdonald
- 8:35 Trump vs Musk - what's going on?
- 8:50 Auckland's Cabaret Festival: Songs from the Factory
- 9:06 John Boyne: overcoming trauma to be a better parent
- 9:35 Astrophysicist Dr Michelle Thaller
- 10:10 Bret McKenzie: Minecraft and music
- 10:30 Rob Sarkies: Pike River
- 11:06 Michelle Duff: Surplus Women
- 11:30 Reading for pleasure with Kate de Goldi
- 11:45 Ben Bayly: What is New Zealand food?
Saturday, 31 May 2025
- 7:10 Deputy Prime Minister handover
- 7:21 Urgent Waitangi Tribunal inquiry into the removal of the Maori
- 7:31 Digging into the 'white genocide' claims in South Africa
- 7:42 Samoa's political turmoil
- 7:50 Photographing life around Ōpōtiki
- 8:11 Proto: an ancient language, mother to many tongues
- 8:40 Māori and Pasifika art takes the MET
- 9:08 Digital Twin: Liann Zhang, Julie Chan is Dead
- 9:32 Living next to an active volcano
- 9:48 More than hockey - Ruamata
- 10:07 Grace Curtis: The Best is Yet to Come
- 10:38 The fight for clean air in NZ schools
- 11:06 Playing Favourites with Cameron Bennett
Saturday, 24 May 2025
- 7:11 Breaking down the Budget with Max Rashbrooke
- 7:20 Pay equity claims binned to make numbers work?
- 7:26 Increasing tensions between international community and Israel over Gaza
- 7:35 Tauranga drone company wins big at tech awards
- 7:40 The battle for Auckland's Western Springs Stadium
- 7:51 Using waiata as a point of connection and learning
- 8:11 Keith Scholey: 44 years working with David Attenborough
- 8:35 Tuki Laumea: battle for influence in the Pacific
- 9:06 Susanna Clarke: coming back from a vanishing act
- 9:25 Holly Arrowsmith wins Best Country Music Song
- 9:43 From cops to bookshops, and cosy crime
- 10:06 Raynor Winn: The Salt Path
- 10:10 This Compulsion in Us - Tina Makereti
- 10:45 Overtourism: ruining it for everyone
- 11:05 Playing Favourites with Roger Hall
Saturday, 17 May 2025
- 7:10 'It's fascism': Lady Tureiti Moxon blasts Regulatory Standards Bill
- 7:20 BBC's Sebastian Usher wraps up Trumps Middle East trip
- 7:35 Government pumps money into film rebate scheme
- 7:45 The economic benefits of clean air in schools
- 7:50 When can we say we've found life on other planets?
- 8:10 The age-old question: cracking the code of waning immunity
- 8:35 Soft materials mending hardened criminals
- 9:06 The treadmill of tyranny: Marcel Dirsus
- 9:35 Axolotls lending a hand to human limb regeneration
- 10:05 Ian Rankin: at the forefront of crime-writing
- 10:35 Grow your own 'Forage Garden' with Hannah Zwartz
- 11:05 Black Faggot: just as relevant today
- 11:35 Transforming the lives of people with dementia
