Summer Times Podcast Options

9:10 AM.If your child goes to a private school your pocket will already know this - the cost of a private education has risen by nearly 50 per cent over the past 10 years. To discuss the reasons behind the… Read more Audio

11:07 AM.Up to 100 kittens a day being dropped off at the SPCA Auckland. This is a late kitten season due to the weather. We talk to Dr Shalsee Vigeant about this "Kittengeddon". Read more Audio

10:50 AM.Chief Executive of Irrigation New Zealand Andrew Curtis discusses the the state of Canterbury's Selwyn River with Allan Strong, an engineer and member of the Fish and Game Council. Read more Audio

10:20 AM.Richard Wells will be talking about how they are completing a census of the White Capped Albatross on Auckland Island. Audio

9:30 AM.Doctoral student Jared Griffin is researching new ways to help those with spinal injuries - he looking at gene therapy. Audio

9:07 AM.Allan Strong is an engineer whose had a bach alongside the Se river for many years and has watched its decline with increasing despair. Read more Audio

11:05 AM.British Prime Minister,Theresa May has announced that the country will press ahead with "hard Brexit" She's also hinted that the UK would also be abadoning what's called "European-style taxation" -… Read more Audio

10:42 AM.Lydia Bradey is the first woman in the world to climb Mt Everest without oxygen and remains the only New Zealander to have climbed Everest without oxygen. Audio

10:24 AM.Our Employee of the Month is a marine biologist who's currently devoting his working life to tracking what he calls the 'mysterious life' of rig sharks in the Porirua Harbour. Audio

10:12 AM.Musicians haven't exactly been tripping over themselves to perform at the presidential inauguration ball for Donald Trump. Audio

9:25 AM.Rock music's 'Prince of Darkness' Nick Cave performed with his long-serving band The Bad Seeds at Wellington's TSB Arena last night. RNZ Music's Kirsten Johnstone reports back. Read more Video, Audio

9:15 AM.Jordan Carter Internet NZ on the lack of privacy on messaging apps Read more Audio

10:45 AM.Have you heard of crafting resistance? To look at Arpillera (to use its Spanish name) you may not think it is anything but beautiful, colourful, patchwork art. But actually, it's a form of artistic… Read more Audio

10:13 AM.Cosmetic products containing microbeads will be banned under a proposal announced by the Minister for the Environment, Nick Smith. Marine scientists have been advocating for a ban on the… Read more Audio

9:30 AM.They were extinct in Wellington for around 100 years before Zealandia re-introduced them in 2002, but now kākā are making themselves at home again in the capital. Read more Audio

9:20 AM.It is estimated there are about 40,000 homeless people in New Zealand, more than half of them are under 25 and many of them children. Read more Audio

9:10 AM.Thirty percent of pedestrians - that's 104 - killed between 2006 and 2015 were aged 65 and over. That outnumbers the number of cyclists killed: 90 during the same period. Audio