All episodes
Thursday, 16 May 2024
- 9:05 Dunedin's homeless and rough sleepers erect growing tent encampment
- 9:25 Wellington's Thorndon Quay business owners fear road upgrade woes far from over
- 9:45 UK: Belfast judge deals Rwanda plan blow, rainbow lanyards out
- 10:06 Modern China told through the lives of four young women
- 10:35 Book review: Ans Westra: A life in photography by Paul Moon
- 10:45 Around the motu: Jonathan Leask in Ashburton
- 11:05 Tech: UK data snoop, AI PCs, solar flares and satellites
- 11:25 Parenting: Tips for when adult children move back home
- 11:45 Screentime: Infiniti, Motherhood anthology, High Country
Wednesday, 15 May 2024
- 9:05 Scientists warn Fast Track Bill could open floodgates to development on risky land
- 9:20 Orthodontists warning over dentists fitting braces
- 9:35 Wellington Phoenix set to play home semi with a sellout crowd
- 9:45 Australia correspondent Annika Smethurst
- 10:05 Annie Jacobsen's minute by minute account of nuclear war
- 10:30 The New Zealander heading Wayve AI
- 10:35 Book review: Earth by John Boyne
- 10:45 Around the motu: Kirsty Pickett in Te Anau
- 11:05 Music with Charlotte Ryan
- 11:20 Navigating new relationships
- 11:45 Science: Ludwig's hair lead, what makes the aurora colours?
Tuesday, 14 May 2024
- 9:05 Full-time work for free: students call for placements to be paid
- 9:30 Big four banks to hit minimum open banking deadline
- 9:45 USA correspondent Danielle Kurtzleben
- 10:05 Former Black Seed Andy Christiansen on his music buses and new album
- 10:35 Book review: Table For Two by Amor Towles
- 10:45 Around the motu: Peter de Graaf in Northland
- 11:05 Business commentator Rebecca Stevenson
- 11:30 New book details New Zealand's biggest environmental battles
- 11:45 Sports correspondent Joe Porter
Monday, 13 May 2024
- 9:05 A broken system: Report says education system failing
- 9:30 Banks need focus on climate risks: RBNZ
- 9:40 Ultra-runner Jon Nabbs on his next mission: NZ in 27 days
- 9:50 Germany correspondent Thomas Sparrow
- 10:05 The Monty Pythonesque Kiwi comedy trio blowing up
- 10:35 Book review: Gracehopper by Mandy Hager
- 11:05 Political commentators Dale Husband and Brigitte Morten
- 11:35 Max Halley reveals the secrets of making the perfect sandwich
- 11:45 Around the motu: Amy Williams in Auckland
- 11:45 Off the beaten track with Kennedy Warne
Friday, 10 May 2024
- 9:05 Cross party climate adapation inquiry announced
- 9:15 Country comes through tight electricity supply
- 9:25 EU's Ambassador to NZ on the biggest challenges facing the Union
- 9:30 Truckies keen on hydrogen, but vehicle supply slow
- 9:50 Asia correspondent Ed White
- 10:05 Single at 60: building a new life when your old one suddenly falls apart
- 10:35 Book review: The Mark by Fríða Ísberg
- 10:45 Around the motu: Ellen Curnow in Westport
- 11:05 New music with Jeremy Taylor
- 11:30 Sports commentator Dana Johannsen
- 11:45 The week that was with Te Radar and Pinky Agnew
Thursday, 9 May 2024
- 9:05 UN treaty seeks to tackle plastic pollution
- 9:25 POLi payments: who is at risk and what are banks doing?
- 9:45 UK: Another Tory defection as party results sting
- 10:05 US Rock duo Sleater-Kinney talk about their new album
- 10:35 Book review: Beasts of Paris by Stef Penney
- 10:45 Around the motu : John Freer on the Coromandel Peninsula
- 11:05 Tech: Billion dollar deals, 2degrees charged over roaming
- 11:25 Parenting: Helping kids with a healthy competition mindset
- 11:45 Screentime: The Jinx s2, Back to Black, Hollywood Con Queen
Wednesday, 8 May 2024
- 9:07 Consumer warns payment method could void bank protections
- 9:30 Genesis looks to coal to shore up power supplies
- 9:40 Police confirm Ponsonby shooter found dead
- 9:40 Are record migrant remittances helping keep inflation in check?
- 9:50 Australia: Student loan relief, China flares, Bonza dramas
- 10:11 Daniel Hahn on interpreting literary works
- 10:35 Book review: Study For Obedience by Sarah Bernstein
- 10:45 Around the motu : Alisha Evans in Tauranga
- 11:05 Music with Kirsten Zemke: Bossa nova
- 11:30 Otherhood: women without children get personal in new essay collection
- 11:45 Personal finance: Should KiwiSaver be compulsory?
Tuesday, 7 May 2024
- 9:06 Westpac CEO on tough times for customers and combatting scams
- 9:25 Coastal shipping at an impasse
- 9:35 Insurance Q & A with Karen Stevens
- 9:54 USA correspondent Ron Elving
- 10:05 Ballerina, author & comedian Sacha Jones on The Fatter Sex
- 10:35 Book review: Hagstone by Sinéad Gleeson
- 10:45 Around the motu: Georgina Campbell in Wellington
- 11:06 Business commentator Victoria Young
- 11:30 Hemingway's life reimagined in Auckland lawyer's new novel
- 11:45 Sports chat with Sam Ackerman
Monday, 6 May 2024
- 9:04 Councils need more revenue options amid double-digit rates rises
- 9:30 Youth bearing the brunt of rising unemployment
- 9:35 Is AgriZero NZs making progress towards it's ambitious 2030 methane reduction goals?
- 9:45 Europe correspondent Seamus Kearney
- 10:05 Musician, poet and skit queen Elle Cordova
- 10:35 Book review: Ash by Louise Wallace
- 10:45 Around the motu: Kelly Makiha in Rotorua
- 11:05 Political commentators Sue Bradford & Liam Hehir
- 11:30 Big chocolate is coming for artisanal cacao supplies
- 11:45 Urban Issues with Bill McKay
Friday, 3 May 2024
- 9:05 Auckland pensioners worry for their housing scheme
- 9:20 Turning the tables on truancy: Schools devise own solutions
- 9:50 Pacific correspondent Koroi Hawkins
- 10:05 Tongan tenor Manase Latu on his international opera journey
- 10:35 Book review: You Are Here by David Nicholls
- 10:45 Around the motu: Jimmy Ellingham in Palmerston North
- 11:05 Music reviewer Grant Smithies
- 11:30 Sports commentator Dana Johannsen
- 11:45 The week that was with Michele A'Court and Irene Pink
Thursday, 2 May 2024
- 9:05 Food support charities struggling to meet unprecedented demand
- 9:30 Frustration at delays to mediation
- 9:45 UK: Rwanda relocation, local elections, King back to work
- 10:05 Spanish author Juan Gomez-Jurado on his best-selling
- 10:35 Book review: A Different Light: First Photographs of Aotearoa
- 10:45 Around the motu : Libby Kirkby McLeod in Hamilton
- 11:05 Tech: Deepfake crime, headfake Meta AI, fox in the AI henhouse?
- 11:25 Dial M for mobile: Helping kids navigate their first phone
- 11:45 Screentime: Origin, Baby Reindeer, The Moon is Upside Down
Wednesday, 1 May 2024
- 9:05 Why NZ's pre-term birth rate keeps rising - and how it could be prevented
- 9:35 Lines companies on spending plans to enable net-Zero goals
- 9:50 Australia: Labor govt commits $1b to quantum computing, Bonza airline goes kaput
- 10:05 Loren Taylor on her directing debut The Moon is Upside Down
- 10:35 Book review: Shakespeare's Sisters: Four Women Who Wrote the Renaissance by Ramie Targoff
- 10:45 Around the motu: Simon Wilson in Auckland
- 11:05 Music with Ian Chapman: Songs of the Sea
- 11:35 Artist Lily Duval on her love of insects and efforts to conserve them
- 11:45 Science: Dogs with good noses, why people keep secrets
Tuesday, 30 April 2024
- 9:08 Pharmac restricts diabetes drugs amid global shortage
- 9:32 Cognitive tests to assess driver impairment called into question
- 9:55 US correspondent Danielle Kurtzleben
- 10:08 Abraham Verghese: the joys of medicine and writing
- 10:32 Book review: My Name is Barbra by Barbra Streisand
- 10:50 Around the motu: Chris Hyde in Hawkes Bay
- 11:06 Business commentator Rebecca Stevenson
- 11:30 Scott Bainbridge on the deadly legacy of Devonport nurse Elspeth Kerr
- 11:45 Sports chat with Glen Larmer
Monday, 29 April 2024
- 9:05 Police Association talk pay dispute, shift away from mental health callouts
- 9:25 Preparing mental health workers to attend emergency calls "could take a decade"
- 9:35 Wood-based energy industry starting to gather steam
- 9:50 Middle East correspondent Sebastian Usher
- 10:06 Doctor-turned-comedian Adam Kay on finding the funny in a job he found toxic
- 10:41 Book review: The Frozen River by Ariel Lawhon
- 10:46 Around the motu: David Williams
- 11:07 Political commentators Fletcher Tabuteau and Gareth Hughes
- 11:30 Christchurch's Ōtākaro Orchard Community Garden to open education hub
- 11:47 Off the beaten track with Kennedy Warne
Friday, 26 April 2024
- 9:05 Does NZ need mandatory child abuse reporting?
- 9:20 As school goes back, the cellphones go away
- 9:30 Dr Hillary Bennett: Protecting workers' mental wellbeing after job cuts
- 9:45 Asia correspondent Ed White
- 10:05 The entrepreneur with plans to bring cheap electricity to tens of millions of Africans
- 10:35 Book review: How to Solve Your Own Murder by Kristen Perrin
- 10:45 Around the motu: Peter Newport in Queenstown
- 11:05 New music with Jeremy Taylor
- 11:30 Sports commentator Sam Ackerman
- 11:45 The week that was with Michele A'Court and Irene Pink
Wednesday, 24 April 2024
- 9:05 Police Association warns officers cannot take gang patches in real time under proposed law
- 9:20 Changes to fishing in Fiordland and Chatham Islands
- 9:35 New Zealand adds to its seed reserves at remote global vault
- 9:45 Australia: The state vs Elon Musk's X, PM hikes Kokoda
- 10:05 Natalie Haynes on bringing the classical world to the modern one
- 10:35 Book review: The Best Minds by Jonathan Rosen
- 10:45 Around the motu: Mike Tweed in Whanganui
- 11:05 Music with Charlotte Ryan: Taite Prize winners + Earth Day
- 11:30 The Taranaki gym encouraging older people to lift weights
- 11:45 Personal finance: How to get through being made redundant
Tuesday, 23 April 2024
- 9:05 Emergency management system has 'significant shortcomings' - inquiry
- 9:15 A leading youth advocate is worried boot camp kids will end up without support
- 9:30 Roading experts discuss Government's big maintenance plans
- 9:50 USA correspondent Ron Elving
- 10:05 Nick Stride on why his family fled Russia and went into hiding
- 10:40 Book review: Girl of the Mountains by Trish McCormack
- 10:50 Around the motu: Che Baker in Invercargill
- 11:05 Business commentator Victoria Young
- 11:30 NZ's response to 'significant' migration levels
- 11:45 Sports-chat with Marc Hinton
Monday, 22 April 2024
- 9:05 Owners of earthquake-prone buildings given more time to strengthen them
- 9:25 Portable toilets will soon no longer cut it for freedom campers
- 9:30 Sue Novell on why we should eat our weeds and flowers
- 9:45 Europe correspondent Seamus Kearney
- 10:05 Hidden Japan: The astonishing places you shouldn't visit
- 10:35 Loving My Lying, Dying, Cheating Husband by Kerstin Pilz
- 10:45 Around the motu: David Hill in North Canterbury
- 11:05 Political commentators Dale Husband and Liam Hehir
- 11:30 The Muriwai Deli: From food trucks to permanent fixture
- 11:45 Urban Issue with Bill McKay: The history of kitchen design
Friday, 19 April 2024
- 9:05 Boeing whistleblower claims company 'putting out defective planes'
- 9:15 Auckland University hostel students to withhold rent over spiraling costs
- 9:30 Full immersion pre school for neurodiverse and disabled
- 9:50 Pacific correspondent Koroi Hawkins
- 10:05 Foraging safely for edible wild food
- 10:35 Book review The Apprentice Witnesser by Bren MacDibble
- 10:50 Around the motu: Jonathan Leask in Ashburton
- 11:05 Music reviewer Grant Smithies?
- 11:30 Sports commentator Sam Ackerman
- 11:45 The week that was with Te Radar and Donna Brookbanks
Thursday, 18 April 2024
- 9:10 Building industry braces for shake-up on permitted materials
- 9:32 ERO 'out of date' on how teachers can manage classroom
- 9:50 UK: Anti-smoking law, Rwanda bill, Liz Truss book
- 10:10 A quest to demystify creatures of the deep sea
- 10:35 Book review: Amma by Saraid de Silva
- 10:45 Around the motu : Robin Martin in Taranaki
- 11:10 Tech: Where does software fit in the right to repair movement?
- 11:30 How mums can support their daughters' healthy body image
- 11:45 Screentime: Civil War, One Question, The Royal Hotel, Eileen
Wednesday, 17 April 2024
- 9:10 Draft code of conduct for lobbyists 'watered down, meaningless'
- 9:35 Mangawhai is growing but teens have no local high school
- 9:45 Australia: Bruce Lehmann verdict, Bondi Junction stabbing fallout
- 10:10 Splinters: More than a divorce memoir
- 10:40 Book review: A Calamity of Souls by David Baldacci
- 10:45 Around the motu: Tess Brunton in Dunedin
- 11:10 Music with Dave Wilson: Jukebox Musicals
- 11:35 Dunedin history brought to life in a novel centred around Larnach's Castle
- 11:45 Science: Roman wine taste, trees solve solar storm puzzle
Tuesday, 16 April 2024
- 9:05 Can fintechs become the 'maverick' disruptor to the big banks?
- 9:30 Call for NZ to have minimum accessibility standards for news
- 9:45 USA correspondent Danielle Kurtzleben
- 10:05 Luminarium magic to light up Auckland's Aotea Square
- 10:10 Nigel Ritson's quest to cultivate the perfect feijoa
- 10:35 Book review: My Favourite Mistake by Marian Keyes
- 10:45 Around the motu: Diane McCarthy in Whakatane
- 11:05 Business commentator Dileepa Fonseka
- 11:30 The myth and might of the extinct Haast's Eagle
- 11:45 Sports correspondent Joe Porter
Monday, 15 April 2024
- 9:05 Bill seeks to put more onus on insurers for information disclosure
- 9:30 The app helping orchardists manage individual trees
- 9:45 Middle East correspondent Sebastian Usher
- 10:05 Lesieli Oliver on her drive to help Māori and Pasifika students thrive in education
- 10:35 Book review: Caledonian Road by Andrew O'Hagan
- 10:45 Around the motu: Peter de Graaf in Northland
- 11:05 Political commentators Neale Jones and Tim Hurdle
- 11:30 The Brazilian Cafe: A taste of Brazil and award-winning coxinha in north Auckland
- 11:45 Off the beaten track with Kennedy Warne
Friday, 12 April 2024
- 9:05 Alcohol harm: older drinkers more likely to end up in ED
- 9:25 Chatham Islands residents frustrated over unreliable cargo ship
- 9:50 Asia correspondent Ed White
- 10:05 CL Miller on her debut antiques murder novel
- 10:35 Book review: Last Best Chance by Brooke Dunnell
- 10:50 Around the motu: Kelly Makiha
- 11:05 New music with Jeremy Taylor
- 11:30 Sports commentator Dana Johannsen
- 11:45 The week that was with Te Radar and Elisabeth Easther
Thursday, 11 April 2024
- 9:05 Debate heating up on management of domestic and feral cats
- 9:30 Kiwi gaming entrepreneurs with a new title set for Apple's VR headsets
- 9:45 UK: MP sorry over WhatsApp honeytrap, David Cameron in US
- 10:05 3 Body Problem's Kiwi lead
- 10:40 Book review: Nine Girls by Stacy Gregg
- 10:50 Around the motu : John Freer from the Coromandel
- 11:05 Tech: Software code libraries and their vulnerabilities
- 11:30 Using music therapy to build confidence in children
- 11:45 Screentime: Scoop, The Lost Boys of Dilworth, The Sympathizer