Saturday Morning Podcast Options

11:45 AM.Chef Del Holland shares her tips for turning scraps into snacks, reducing food waste in the kitchen and making delicious fuss-free food. Read more Audio

11:28 AM.Arts and culture can help revitalise a once prosperous town - Featherston, Aotearoa's only Booktown and one of 23 worldwide, is the living proof.  Read more Audio

11:06 AM.Maori Wardens have a long and proud history in Aotearoa providing advice, support and aroha to the communities they don't just serve - but help to build.  Read more Audio

10:09 AM.Leading British physicist Professor Dame Athene Donald discusses the factors that drive women to give up on a career in science.  Read more Audio

9:46 AM.Stats across Australia and New Zealand reveal that autistic people are being left behind in the workplace - either not being used to their full capacity or simply struggling to be hired at all. Read more Audio

9:34 AM.What's going on in our soggy backyards this time of the year? Our resident gardener Hannah Zwartz explains soil-biology and why she's been converted to no-dig gardening. Read more Audio

9:11 AM.A mash-up of memoir, science writing and cultural critique, Casey Johnson's new book is a take-down of diet culture.  Read more Audio

8:40 AM.After decades of writing novels, bestselling author Niall Williams has turned his hand to the screen, adapting his first novel into a star-studded movie.  Read more Audio

8:11 AM.Award-winning architect Amanda Sturgeon doesn't just design buildings, but rather sustainable spaces that connect people with nature. Read more Audio

7:51 AM.The Government has proposed an overhaul of NZ's electoral laws. It wants to get rid of same-day enrolments and for voters to be registered 13 days ahead of the ballot day.  Read more Audio

7:43 AM.AI has been revolutionising the fields of medicine and science, but now, it's also helping to decode animal communication. Read more Audio

7:36 AM.At just 55, former Black Fern Cheryl Waaka is facing a stage four bowel cancer diagnosis. She's too young to have been screened and the drug she needs is not funded. Read more Audio

7:24 AM.A senior US justice department official has met with Jeffrey Esptein's long-time associate Ghislaine Maxwell, as reports emerged that President Donald Trump's name appears in the Epstein Files. Read more Audio

7:16 AM.This week more than 100 international aid organisations have warned of mass starvation in Gaza.  Read more Audio

7:07 AM.A new report out this morning from Kiwibank shows a widening gap between the North and South Islands.  Read more Audio

11:05 AM.Literary festival director and music aficionado Kiran Dass plays some favourite tunes and shares what it's like running WORD Christchurch. Read more Audio

10:50 AM.A group from the Lake Ōmāpere Trust in the Far North led by 93-year-old kuia Ani Martin, will present their plan for restoring its ecological health at the World Lake Conference.   Read more Audio

10:30 AM.Auckland is known for its volcanic cones - and while an eruption is very unlikely to happen, the volcanic field is technically still active. Read more Audio

10:06 AM.Three deaf couples navigate love, parenting, and identity in the deeply personal documentary A Quiet Love - their stories all told in Irish Sign Language.  Read more Audio

9:47 AM.Space may be the final frontier, but it is also an increasingly viable one for New Zealand as our scientists partner with NASA to engage in mutually beneficial research.  Read more Audio

9:25 AM."Can you ever really know your kids?" That's the question at the heart of Sameer Pandya's new novel Our Beautiful Boys.  Read more Audio

9:05 AM.Chicago is coming to Auckland with its celebrity cocktail of murder, media and music.  Read more Audio

8:42 AM.Excavators have begun work at St. Mary's Mother-and-Baby Home in Tuam where unmarried pregnant women were sent to give birth from 1925 to 1961.  Read more Audio

8:11 AM.Emojis are the world's newest language - but where did they come from, where are they going, and what do they mean?  Read more Audio