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4-6pmCheckpoint with Lisa Owen is RNZ’s weekday drive-time news programme, Our people, stories and breaking news and interviews from 4-6pm.
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6pm - 7:30pm
Featured stories
Pūmanawa - a celebration of kapa haka
Pūmanawa embodies the ideals of legacy, talent and dedication to a centuries-old way of celebration as four kapa sing and haka with full voices, fierce wairua (spirit) and boundless energy. Listen online now.
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Vale, Tommy Ferguson
10 Jun 2006After jumping ship in the late 1950s, Glaswegian Tommy Ferguson won himself a place in the New Zealand music scene. An exuberant showman and crowd-pleaser, he was one of the most colourful characters in New Zealand rock. Audio
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LISTEN: The Big Sing 2025 Gala concert
15 Sep 2025Relive the energy and joy of nearly 1000 students from New Zealand's twenty-four top secondary school choirs gathered on stage to sing in The Big Sing Finale Gala.
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Aotearoa's secret Scandinavian pop star
8 Sep 2025In 1961, a singer from the small Taranaki town of Manaia had a number one hit in Sweden with a song sung largely in te reo Māori, but few people in New Zealand heard this record at the time or knew anything about Jay Epae’s success.
Programmes
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Country Life
Country Life takes you down country roads to meet ordinary people achieving their dreams. We live in a beautiful country and we'd love to show it. Have you got a great photo? Drop us…
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On the Air - Mā runga iarere
An afternoon of music and interviews with a range of guests across the cultural spectrum that pops up during the holidays. Hosted by Kara Rickard and Mark Williams.
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8 til' Late
Join Corey Fuimaono and Ellie Marsden as they explore all things weird and wonderful. Throwback tracks, absurd chats and so much more.
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Easter Monday
A special programme for Easter Monday.
Presenters
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Cosmo Kentish-Barnes
Station: National
Programme: Country Life
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Mihingarangi Forbes
Station: National
Programme: Saturday Morning
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Susie Ferguson
Station: National
Programme: Saturday Morning
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Wallace Chapman
Station: National
Programme: The Panel
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Phil O'Brien
Station: National
Programmes: Matinee Idle, Saturday Night, Sunday Night
Today’s Schedule
12:00 AM. All Night Programme
A selection of the best RNZ National interviews and features.
5:00 AM. First Up with Nathan Rarere
New Zealand's early morning wake-up call
6:00 AM. Morning Report with Ingrid Hipkiss and Corin Dann
RNZ's three-hour breakfast news show with news and interviews, bulletins on the hour and half-hour
9:06 AM. Nine to Noon with Kathryn Ryan
Current affairs and topics of interest.
Noon Midday Report
RNZ news, followed by updates and reports until 1.00pm
1:06 PM. Afternoons with Jesse Mulligan
An upbeat mix of the curious and the compelling, ranging from the stories of the day to the great questions of our time (RNZ)
4:00 PM. Checkpoint with Lisa Owen
RNZ's weekday drive-time news and current affairs programme
6:00 PM. The Panel with Wallace Chapman
Live and interactive discussion, featuring a range of panellists from right along the opinion spectrum, together with expert phone guests (RNZ)
7:06 PM. Country Life
The Country life team take you all over the motu to hear the extraordinary stories of every day rural New Zealand
8:06 PM. Nights with Emile Donovan
RNZ's weeknight programme of entertainment and information
8:30 PM. Short Cuts with Dan Slevin
Film and Television Review
9:25 PM. Out Lately with Finn Johansson
New Music reviews
9:45 PM. Pacific Waves
10:00 PM. News at Ten
A roundup of today's news and sport
10:15 PM. The Detail
Join The Detail team as they make sense of the big stories with the country's best journalists and experts