Saturday Morning Podcast Options

9:35 AM.Jan Taouma, co-founded the first Samoan early childhood center in New Zealand, A'oga Fa'a Samoa. Over the last 40 years, she's seen thousands of students immersed in their culture and championed the… Read more Audio

9:05 AM.Best-selling author, Rumaan Alam, is turning the spotlight on wealth in his new book Entitlement. This follows his pandemic hit, Leave the World Behind, which was shortly followed by a movie… Read more Audio

8:35 AM.Afghani judge Raihana Attaee had to flee her country when the Taliban returned to power and it became clear her life was in danger.  Read more Audio

8:12 AM.A regular eye exam can now detect early signs of chronic conditions like diabetes and heart disease due to AI technology. Read more Audio

7:55 AM.The creator of a new board game teaching children how to invest says she did not grow up knowing anything about it. Read more Audio

7:50 AM.Black Ferns centre Logo I Pu-lotu Lemapu Atai'i Sylvia Brunt shares what the viral group hug was like. Read more Audio

7:39 AM.A new report has found higher levels of maternal stress and large amounts of screen time during early childhood, are associated with higher levels of behavioural problems in children. Read more Audio

7:31 AM.RNZ's in depth reporter Anusha Bradley shares what it was like talking to the mega wealthy in New Zealand for the new series RICH. Read more Audio

7:11 AM.A top heart specialist says doctors are now having to schedule their own appointments because cutbacks to back office staff have gone too far.  Read more Audio

11:45 AM.Polly Markus is the woman behind Miss Polly's Kitchen - with a bestselling book and thousands of social media followers drawn to her down to earth approach to food. The Auckland based real estate… Read more Audio

11:25 AM.Music therapy has been making a difference in people's lives in New Zealand for 50 years. And next weekend that milestone is being celebrated in Wellington. Daphne Rickson is an adjunct professor at… Read more Audio

10:35 AM.Bestselling British author and former journalist Robert Harris' new novel is Precipice, delving inside WW1 British Prime Minister Herbert Asquith's scandalous affair with a much younger woman. But… Read more Audio

10:05 AM.Most of us feel anxious from time to time, but what happens when it interferes with our daily lives? Ex-lead crisis negotiator, Lance Burdett, is the author of Anxiety is a Worry, providing practical… Read more Audio

9:35 AM.Last year an act was passed that created provision for families and children going through separation to attend out-of-court mediation. This service, which aims to enhance the wellbeing for children… Read more Audio

9:05 AM.Kiwi-Samoan superstar tenor and member of Sol3 Mio, Amitai Pati has returned to Aotearoa to sing the iconic role of the Duke of Mantua in NZ Opera's new Auckland season of Rigoletto. He's joined by… Read more Audio

8:35 AM.It's 40 years since a revolutionary Te Māori exhibition put te ao Māori on the global stage, displaying Māori taonga in New York. Read more Video, Audio

8:10 AM.Freshwater ecologist Mike Joy is a controversial figure who says things some people don't want to hear. He came to academia late, after time spent as a mechanic, milkman, truck driver, agent with the… Read more Audio

7:50 AM.A study based on millions of New Zealanders' health records shows vaccination continues to provide protection against Covid, but given how quickly the virus changes, different countries around the… Read more Audio

7:35 AM.The inquiry into London's Grenfell tower fire which claimed the lives of 72 people seven years ago concluded this week that the deaths "were all avoidable". Antonio Roncolato escaped the burning tower… Read more Audio

7:16 AM.The Pacific Island forum, which had the theme Transformative Resilient Pasifiki: Build Better Now, wrapped up last week in Tonga. But award-winning Australian climate scientist Dr. Joelle Gergis, who… Read more Audio

7:11 AM.Mihingarangi Forbes has been at  Tūrangawaewae Marae in Ngāruawāhia covering the death of Kiingi Tuheitia.  His 27-year-old daughter Ngā Wai hono i te pō was chosen as kuini on Thursday. Mihi shares… Read more Audio

11:30 AM.Author, reporter and cult researcher, Anke Richter, is involved in the planning of Decult 2024, New Zealand's first conference dedicated to tackling the harm cults cause. Read more Audio

11:25 AM.Award-winning folk singer-songwriter Amiria Grenell plays live at Turanga. Amiria grew up in rural Canterbury where her family famously hosted decades of music festivals in their back paddocks. She's… Read more Audio