Summer Weekends Podcast Options

11:06 AM.Dunedin is a treasure trove for archaeologists. Lynn Freeman recently visited one of the busiest, Hayden Cawte from Heritage Properties. He and his partner Sheryl Cawte have set up shop in an historic… Read more Audio, Gallery

10:45 AM.Are you being put off your stroke by the yips, the chokes or the slumps? Clinical Psychologist Karen Nimmo has worked with high performance sportspeople, like Black Cap Jesse Ryder, to help them get… Read more Audio

10:25 AM.It will take some time before the world learns if the Paris climate change agreement is worth the paper it's written on. 25 year old Auckland law student Siobhan Patia is not content to wait… Read more Audio

10:07 AM.2015 will be remembered as one of the great breakthrough years in our understanding of Mars and beyond. Indications of liquid water on Mars, new insights into black holes and the dwarf planet Pluto… Read more Audio

9:28 AM.Anthony Powell has spent several years photographing Antarctica, heading down there for months at a time since his first trip back in 1997. He's just spent another icy Christmas on Scott Base with the… Read more Audio, Gallery

9:06 AM.Lynn Freeman talks to Eileen Wilcox from the New Zealand Rose Society and Hamilton Gardens rose specialist Alice Gilliams. Read more Audio, Gallery

8:45 AM.RNZ's Waikato reporter Andrew McRae and Tamahere Forum journalist Philippa Stevenson talk about the issues facing their region. Read more Audio

8:43 AM.From time to time this summer we're sharing clips of radio going weird or wrong. Some bloopers, some not; all of them though Audio Oddities. Although most of our on-air talent would rather forget the… Read more Audio

8:12 AM.City and country dwellers have loved Country Calendar for almost 50 years. It's TV's tribute to the ingenious and hardy people who make a living off the land. 2016 marks its 50th year on our screens… Read more Audio, Gallery

11:49 AM.If the worst happens do you want you life support switched off? It's an intensely personal question but ultimately that decision is out of your hands - it's up to your doctors and your family to… Read more Audio

11:30 AM.Organisations trying to save Malaysia's wildlife are reporting a downturn in international volunteers signing up because of the recent airplane tragedies in the region. That's making a difficult task… Read more Audio

11:25 AM.Distance runner Melissa Moon summarises her philosophies and the secrets to her success, in her Pecha Kucha talk. Audio

11:06 AM.Surely the hardest part of owning a pet is if you have to make the decision to have it put down because of age, illness or injury. Only owners can make that decision, with the advice of their vet… Read more Audio

10:50 AM.Despite often aired concerns about inadequate funding for science in New Zealand, we're managing to hold onto a reassuring number of world class scientists. Two of them are based at Otago University -… Read more Audio

10:30 AM.The last Musical Dynasty features some of New Zealand's top musical talent in the form of the Nielson family. Dad Chris has played horns with an array of acts, as well as jazz groups, including The… Read more Audio

10:06 AM.Previously on our home ownership series The Weekend looked at the sometimes overwhelming and costly aspect of getting building consents and codes of compliances. Now we go right back to the drawing… Read more Audio

9:33 AM.In the final of The Weekend's sports series we're looking at those keen kids with the ability to one day represent their college, their region or even New Zealand on the podium. Competitive sport is a… Read more Audio

9:06 AM.Mediawatch's Colin Peacock heads a panel trying to work out what some of the future manoeuvrings in politics and the media may be. The ABC's Melissa Clarke speaks about the effective criminalising of… Read more Audio

8:32 AM.The last of our regional profiles takes us to Southland and Queenstown - what does the future hold for these two neighbouring but oh so different parts of the country? Audio

8:12 AM.Writer, director, and actress Lena Dunham says that while there are a lot of people she loves on Twitter, it's impossible to find them without reading things telling her that she should be "buried… Read more Audio

11:50 AM.Jeremy Taylor drops by to talk about the book for Germinal Press he's writing ahead of the Rugby World Cup. Audio

11:35 AM.We're in Malaysia to hear about desperate efforts there to save the endangered Malayan tiger from poachers and habitat destruction. Lynn Freeman joins members of the WWF Malayan Tiger Conservation… Read more Audio

11:06 AM.Airbnb is a travel phenomenon. Kiwis have proved keen to sign on, either by offering their homes to overseas travellers though the website, or booking accommodation for their travels in peoples' homes… Read more Audio

10:50 AM.Armando Castellanos has spent years studying the Andean bespectacled bear and the Mountain tapir. He's set up the Andean Bear Conservation Project to help pay for his research and he also hopes… Read more Audio