Summer Weekends Podcast Options

9:45 AM.Dunedin musician Abigail Knudson is a classically trained performer, who grew up in choirs. She's just released her first full length album; the lushly produced Nicotine, which comes off the back of… Read more Audio

9:25 AM.Conservationist, forager, angler and former fisheries observer Peter Langlands talks about the many threats to our lakes and waterways. Lynn Freeman asked the Cantabrian how the earthquakes affected… Read more Audio, Gallery

9:06 AM.The health of your soil is crucial to the success of your garden. Philippa Jamieson, the editor of Organic NZ magazine, joins The Weekend with some ideas on how to get the best out of your soil. Read more Audio

8:50 AM.The Regional Spotlight falls on Whakatane. The Weekend checks in with Ngati Awa iwi radio station Tumeke FM, which covers Whakatane, west to Tauranga, out east towards Te Whanau Apanui, south towards… Read more Audio

8:40 AM.Could pom poms soon be on the podium? There's been a mixed reaction to the possibility of cheerleading being included in the Olympics. Read more Video, Audio

8:13 AM.What should happen when a patient can't explicity consent to medical research being carried out on them? Health and Disability Commissioner Anthony Hill discusses the issue of informed consent in a… Read more Audio

Lynn Freeman spoke to talented Wellington singer-songwriter and high school student Daisy van Wel.

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11:25 AM.Dunedin principal Heidi Hayward created a huge stir late last month when she wrote an open letter to four government ministers highlighting areas of deep concern. She says she wrote the letter out of… Read more Audio

10:45 AM.In case you hadn’t noticed Enid Blyton’s Famous Five are now all grown up and featuring in a series of new satirical novels. Read more Audio

10:20 AM.Sarah Lancaster is a woman who offers people around the country the chance to have a go at sewing. She has kitted out Cecil the campervan with solar panels and sewing machines and materials, and this… Read more Audio, Gallery

10:07 AM.Olympic 5,000 meter runner Nikki Hamblin and BMX Olympic silver medalist Sarah Walker talk about overcoming disappointment in high performance sport. Read more Audio

9:40 AM.Back in 2015 on The Weekend, as part of our Musical Dynasties segment, Shaun D Wilson spoke to renowned Wellington-based beatmaker and jazz drummer Myele Manzanza.

Now we've brought back Myele back… Read more Audio

9:30 AM.You're meandering through a book shop, idling along, checking out what's about past the Crime and Thriller section, when.... a multitude of bright hues catch your unfocused eyes!

These bursts of… Read more Video, Audio

9:07 AM.Multi-award winning New Zealand Herald Chief Photographer Brett Phibbs has covered natural disasters and personal tragedies through to international sporting events over the past 30 years. Read more Audio, Gallery

8:50 AM.The Weekend heads to South Canterbury where community board member and local reporter for the Geraldine News Jan Finlayson joins us. Jan is also vice president of the Federated Mountain Clubs of New… Read more Audio

8:40 AM.Over the summer Wellingtonian Irene Wakefield is honing her online resource for teenagers who're considering serious relationships, or who are with partners who're hurting them physically and… Read more Audio

8:10 AM.Sir Wira Gardiner is chair of the Local Government Commission overseeing our 78 local authorities, 11 regional councils and 67 territorial authorities. Rodney, Waiheke and the Wairarapa could all have… Read more Audio

11:40 AM.For most Kiwis at this stage in the summer when we think about ice its to put in a long cool drink. Not so much for South Taranaki couple Lisa and Jimi Walsh. They carve giant sculptures out of ice… Read more Audio

11:30 AM.A week in, how are those resolutions going? Have fat, sugar and carbs been banned from your diet. Or is the old willpower starting to crumble?

Niki Bezzant from the Healthy Food Guide explains why… Read more Audio

11:06 AM.Tourist attractions are starting to get back in business after the November earthquake. This is usually the busiest time of year for the South Island tourist mecca. Before the quake operators were… Read more Audio, Gallery

10:25 AM.We're a nation of walkers living in a country where the weather can turn from nice to nasty in a heartbeat. Lynn Freeman meets keen Wellington trampers Illona Keenan and Peter Barber. Read more Audio, Gallery

10:07 AM.When our four-legged friends can't get around on land as they used to  - due to injury, illness or perhaps putting on too much weight - have you ever considered water as an option?

Hydrotherapy - or… Read more Video, Audio, Gallery

9:45 AM.James Taylor, who emerged in the early 1970s as a star of the singer-songwriter movement, is coming to New Zealand next month. Read more Audio