Saturday Morning Podcast Options

11:45 AM. Auckland Museum's DIVA exhibition explores some of the world's best-known divas; from opera goddesses to Hollywood legends and today's global megastars.  Read more Audio, Gallery

11:25 AM.Kate de Goldi reviews Under a Fire-Red Sky by Geraldine McCaughrean; Homework by Geoff Dyer; and Broadsword Calling Danny Boy by Geoff Dyer. Read more Audio

11:05 AM.International bestselling author for middle-grade readers Stacy Gregg's latest book The Last Journey was inspired by the Auckland Anniversary weekend floods. Read more Audio

10:32 AM.Dr Ian Schipper has combined state of the art tools with a traditional double-hulled waka to reach remote and under-studied active volcanoes.  Read more Audio, Gallery

10:07 AM. Award winner Chelsea Winstanley on how her documentary about an Auckland Art Gallery exhibition put her at the centre of a modern day stand for sovereignty.  Read more Audio

9:43 AM.John Burke and his family have taken what was considered the most environmentally degraded farm in the Western Bay of Plenty and turned it into an award-winning environmental farm.  Read more Audio

9:10 AM.The life and literary legacy of Aotearoa's internationally acclaimed writer Dame Fiona Kidman has been captured in the documentary: The House Within.  Read more Audio

8:50 AM.The NZ Youth Choir took out top honours at the Grand Prix of Nations at the European Choir Games in Aarhus, Denmark.  Read more Audio

8:30 AM.Fatal Watch is an investigation into the global trade in tuna and the deaths of several fisheries observers who were monitoring for illegal fishing.  Read more Audio

8:10 AM.At the height of her cricket career, White Fern Amelia Kerr called time out and opened up about her struggles with mental health.  Read more Audio

7:50 AM.It's finals weekend at Wimbledon. Michael Weadlock shares his predictions and discusses the big upset of the week in Formula 1. Read more Audio

7:43 AM.A toxic fungus that has been linked to deaths in the excavations of ancient tombs could be used to fight leukemia.  Read more Audio

7:36 AM.The second phase of the Royal Commission of Inquiry into New Zealand's Covid-19 response, got underway this week in Auckland.  Read more Audio

7:30 AM.More than 36,000 Te Whatu Ora nurses, midwives, health care assistants and kaimahi hauora have voted to strike for 24 hours over safe staffing concerns.  Read more Audio

7:20 AM.The UN's Human-Rights-Monitoring-Mission in Ukraine says June saw the highest monthly civilian casualties in three years, with 232 people killed.  Read more Audio

7:13 AM.Oscar Shiviti talks to Paddy Gower about the Nelson Tasman forecast for the rest of the weekend and what other parts of the country can expect. Read more Audio

7:07 AM.A state of emergency remains in place in Nelson Tasman after more heavy rain. RNZ's Mary Argue reports from Riwaka just outside of Nelson. Read more Audio

11:40 AM.Private chef Hercules Noble is the man behind the 'Will it Sourdough' series where he takes a random dish and sees if he can transform it into a loaf of sourdough. Think tiramisu, carbonara, or earl… Read more Audio

11:30 AM.After a major garden renovation at home, NZ Gardener editor Jo McCarroll decided to make the bottom of her section a no mow area. She answers listener questions about switching up lawns.  Read more Audio

11:05 AM.Running an orphanage and an ambulance service is no easy feat, but when you're also right next to a civil war, there are a lot more complications. Catherine Riley-Bryan is a New Zealander and founder… Read more Audio

10:40 AM.Human sensory systems are almost as good as they can get, but memory is pretty fallible. We often misremember or downright can't remember. Ours can't hold a candle to artificial memory. But, there are… Read more Audio

10:06 AM.The 1948 American-Australian Scientific Expedition to Arnhem Land in Australia's Northern Territory was at the time the biggest scientific expedition in history. Despite this, it's largely been… Read more Audio, Gallery

9:35 AM.The lived experience of men and women who have served time, and the paths that took them there is the subject of a new book A Voice for the Silenced: Stories from inside and outside the cells of… Read more Audio

9:05 AM.Three times New Zealand Country Music Song of the Year award-winner song-writer Delaney Davidson speaks with Paddy Gower. Read more Audio

8:35 AM.Set in one of the harshest corners of Earth, a new documentary follows three women from different generations as they explore a hidden world underneath the Antarctic sea ice. Director Vanessa Wells… Read more Audio