Saturday Morning Podcast Options

11:30 AM.Between 2001 and 2019, Dr Alan and Hazel Kerr saved the lives of nearly 800 children in Palestine through forty volunteer missions to Gaza and the West Bank.  Read more Audio

11:05 AM.One of Australian comic author Kathy Lette's former agents told her "nobody wants to publish books about middle-aged women. They're just not that sexy."  Read more Audio

10:50 AM.Polyfest, the world's largest secondary school Pasifika cultural festival is taking place this week at Auckland's Manukau Sports Bowl.  Read more Audio

10:40 AM.Summer's officially over so it's time to gather the end of season produce and turn it into preserves, condiments, and ferments. Read more Audio

10:05 AM.Dedicated to rooting out junk science, Dr Newby explains how we can all be - and should be - healthy hedonists. Read more Audio

9:40 AM.Young New Zealander of the Year, twenty-seven-year-old Lucy Blakiston is the founder and CEO of Shit You Should Care About. Read more Audio

9:10 AM.One of New Zealand's leading criminologists, Greg Newbold once served prison time for dealing drugs.  Read more Audio

9:05 AM.The Dog Control Act is thirty years old and this morning the government announced that it will initiate a review.  Read more Audio

8:35 AM.Saturday Night Live - the UK version - has its first outing this Saturday and one of the writers is a Kiwi.  Read more Audio

8:11 AM.Against the backdrop of the Iran War, is now the time to be Taking Action on Climate Change and what would that mean for farming, cities and everyday life? Read more Audio

11:54 AM.Jordan With a Why is a South Auckland-based R&B and neo-soul artist who blends Maori and Samoan heritage into her music. She joins Mihi live from the Pasifika Festival at Western Springs. Read more Audio

11:40 AM.Gardening expert Hannah Zwartz teaches us about the optimal times for planting winter veges, pruning stone fruit and how to cultivate a thriving garden bed. Read more Audio

11:35 AM.Live at the Pasifika Festival: Mihi talks to Chair of NIOFA, Jamal Veidreyaki about Niue's climate-resilient agriculture movement. Read more Audio

11:15 AM.Heather Mitchell stars in the hit one-woman play RBG: Of Many, One about US Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Read more Audio

11:05 AM.Mihi's reporting live from Auckland's Pasifika Festival happening this weekend in Auckland's Western Springs. Jep Savali is Group Manager, Tataki Auckland Unlimited and joins Mihingarangi. Read more Audio

10:35 AM.Thomas Coyle MNZM is one of New Zealand's most seasoned forensic experts. He joins Susie to talk about his new memoir, The Dead Speak: My Life in Forensics. Read more Audio

10:27 AM.The Wellington City library has officially re-opened after being closed for almost seven years due to earthquake risks. RNZ reporter Krystal Gibbons reports live from the opening. Read more Audio

10:05 AM.A legend in tramping circles, Paul Kilgour has "bagged" over 1200 huts and walked the length of the South Island. He talks to Mihingarangi about the characters he's met in some of the most remote… Read more Audio

9:35 AM.Papali'i Lisa Taouma is an award-winning documentary maker, writer, director and producer, recognised for bringing the essence of Pasifika communities to the screen. She talks to Mihingarangi about… Read more Audio

9:05 AM.2025 Booker Prize winner Canadian-Hungarian author David Szalay is appearing at the Auckland Writer's Festival in May. His acclaimed novel Flesh tells István's rags-to-riches story from teenager to… Read more Audio

8:35 AM.Author Roham Alvandi breaks down the history of Anglo-American involvement in Iran through three critical events, the 1953 coup, the 1979 Iranian Revolution, and the 2015 Nuclear Agreement. Read more Audio

8:28 AM.The 98th Oscars ceremony is taking place this coming Monday. RNZ cinephile Sam Hollis has watched the best film contenders and shares what to look out for. Read more Audio

8:05 AM.Norwegian writer-director Joachim Trier's Sentimental Value is nominated for nine Oscars, including best picture and best director. He's known for The Worst Person in the World, bursting with his… Read more Audio

11:34 AM.A memoir of life as a first-generation migrant, told through food and ingredients that offers a new perspective on an often-misunderstood land. Read more Audio