All episodes
Monday, 21 December 2020
- 12:38 Profiling the new Olympic sports: Surfing
- 12:53 Kiwi adults know more te reo than they realise
- 1:12 The downsides of a cashless society
- 1:23 Why 'Māoriland' fell out of fashion
- 1:26 Volcanic activity on Mt Ruapehu
- 1:38 Measuring Kiwi-Indians' contribution
- 1:46 Great NZ Album: I'll be Lightning
- 2:07 Television Critic Emma John
- 2:36 What makes a perfect Christmas Lunch?
- 3:10 Jennifer Sander - telling true Christmas stories
- 3:22 Kiwi Christmas Stories
Friday, 18 December 2020
- 1:15 First Song - LAB
- 1:30 Jupiter and Saturn align in the skies for Christmas
- 1:35 Elderly not drinking enough fluids
- 1:40 Scam alert for Christmas pyramid schemes
- 1:50 Coromandel locals take scallop decline crisis into their own hands
- 2:10 Film Review with Ali Ventura
- 2:30 NZ Live: Miles Calder
- 3:05 Food with Kelly Gibney
- 3:20 Music 101 - Charlotte Ryan
- 3:25 Weekend Stuff - DIY with Stan Scott
- 3:35 Critter of the Week - Chatham Island Christmas Tree
Thursday, 17 December 2020
- 7:00 Making Popstars: Truebliss
- 1:15 Ihumātao settlement announced this afternoon
- 1:35 Music mentorship programme Passion to Profession
- 1:37 Dr Siouxsie Wiles on NZ vaccine rollout
- 1:50 Great album: Welcome to the Pleasuredome
- 2:15 Māni Dunlop on the Ihumātao deal
- 2:20 Music Critic Simon Sweetman
- 2:35 Crimes NZ: The David Ross Ponzi Scheme
- 3:15 Your Money with Mary Holm: You don't HAVE to jump on the house buying bandwagon
Wednesday, 16 December 2020
- 1:17 Government opens the books
- 1:23 'Intellectual giant' Prof Jim Flynn dies
- 1:32 High school students' acne product flying off shelves
- 1:42 Ask the Vet about keeping pets safe this Christmas
- 1:54 Afternoons Quiz Robert Kelly
- 2:07 Afternoons Quiz answers with Robert Kelly
- 2:14 Podcast Critic Paul Bushnell
- 2:30 Bookmarks: Ernestina Bonsu Maro
- 3:12 Eric Bana on his return to the big screen for The Dry
- 9:06 Designing low damage buildings
Tuesday, 15 December 2020
- 1:15 Levi the dog training to detect bowel cancer
- 1:25 Kate Sheppard House opens doors as public museum
- 1:37 Large fire on Christchurch's Port Hills
- 1:40 Food charities prepare for busy Christmas period
- 1:53 How to write a plot, with Rose Carlyle
- 2:07 Book Critic Claire Mabey
- 2:26 Celebrating Beethoven's 250th birthday with Cynthia Morahan
- 3:07 Covid-19: Ministry outlines resurgence plan
- 3:23 Harold McGee's field guide to the world's smells
Monday, 14 December 2020
- 1:17 Marlborough Council moves to ban vehicles on Coast beaches
- 1:31 Hastings teacher wins National Excellence award
- 1:40 Building a Māori Garden in East Auckland
- 1:54 Great NZ Album: Herbs - Sensitive to a Smile
- 2:06 Linda Burgess' TV picks
- 2:20 Susan St John on the state of housing
- 2:31 Ask the archaeologist: Brigid Gallagher
- 3:08 Dr Craig Wright Why IQ is overrated
Friday, 11 December 2020
- 1:17 Australian research from Deakin University finds police do not need to carry guns
- 1:27 Christmas Gifts - what's in short supply
- 1:35 The 10th Hillary Laureate: Christiana Figueres
- 1:50 Colour change for Christchurch buses prompts anxiety
- 2:10 Graeme Tuckett's movie picks
- 2:20 NZ Live: Le ART
- 3:08 Nicola Galloway - 15 Minute Summer Tiramisu
- 3:16 Music 101: Charlotte Ryan
- 3:35 Critter of the Week: Alpine Shield Bug
Thursday, 10 December 2020
- 1:14 Report on solitary confinement highlights need for law change
- 1:27 COVID vaccine causes an allergic reaction
- 1:37 Bringing joy to rest home residents and hospital patients
- 2:03 Great album: Fleetwood Mac - Mirage
- 2:13 Brad Warrington's music picks
- 2:22 The solo career of John Lennon
- 3:16 Wellington's venues, housing and parking woes
- 3:23 Return to Rekohu: The recent history of the Chatham Islands
Wednesday, 9 December 2020
- 1:15 Whakaari one year on: Services pay tribute to victims
- 1:22 'A Very Filipino Christmas' fundraiser
- 1:34 Kiwi children's book takes readers on 'Collective Noun Safari'
- 1:48 Molly Jones podcast picks
- 2:07 One year on - remembering the victims of the Whakaari tragedy
- 2:22 Bookmarks: PledgeMe's Anna Guenther
- 3:10 Helen Pluckrose - woke culture is the cause of broken culture
- 9:07 What it takes to live a good life
Tuesday, 8 December 2020
- 1:10 Jon Toogood and Liam Finn perform live
- 1:20 Guled Mire on upcoming release of Royal Commission findings
- 1:30 Norovirus outbreak in Auckland
- 1:35 How will charities cope without cheques?
- 1:50 Book critic: Catherine Robertson
- 2:10 Mosque terror attacks: Release of Royal Commission Inquiry report
- 2:25 Royal Commisssion report: Islamic Women's Council responds
- 2:30 Hazim Arafeh on Royal Commission of Inquiry report
- 2:40 Dr John Battersby Teaching Fellow at Massey University responds
- 3:15 Loretta Ross: Callout and cancel culture don't serve social justice
Monday, 7 December 2020
- 1:09 First song: Reupena Kilipati aka Samoan Cowboy
- 1:25 Five out of 10 sunscreens don't live up to their SPF claims
- 1:37 North Island ignored by the tourism industry
- 1:49 Canopy Tours conservation efforts given approval
- 1:54 Great NZ Album
- 2:07 Television Critic: Caitlin Cherry
- 2:21 Neuropsychologist Hannah Korrel on open relationships
- 2:35 Expert: Fly fishing with Les Hill
- 3:10 John Yang - what it's like to be a vaccine guinea pig
Friday, 4 December 2020
- 1:14 Concerns at lack of follow up for bowel cancer patients
- 1:22 Questions about Climate Change Emergency declaration
- 1:35 Michael King's Coromandel home to be sold by Waikato University
- 1:50 Stop feeding the birds, it's killing them
- 2:07 Film Review with Ali Ventura
- 2:25 NZ Live - The Leers
- 3:07 Jess Daniell's Negroni-glazed ham
- 3:17 Music 101: Charlotte Ryan
- 3:24 Stan Scott answers your DIY Questions
- 3:35 Critter of the Week Alpine Tiger Moth
Thursday, 3 December 2020
- 7:00 Changing Medical History - New Zealand's First Open Heart Surgery
- 1:14 What does the demise of the Oz-China relationship mean for NZ?
- 1:25 Baffling and confusing fertility health system
- 1:44 Attitudes Award Supreme Award Winner Grace Stratton
- 1:52 Great album: Peter Gabriel - Growing Up Live
- 2:14 Colin Morris' Music picks
- 2:26 Michael Cooper on the best wines to buy for 2021
- 2:36 Crimes NZ: The murder of Robert James Gawith
- 3:20 Your Money with Mary Holm The high costs of Christmas
Wednesday, 2 December 2020
- 1:14 Conspiracy downfall of successful NZ company Lonely Lingerie
- 1:32 RNZ podcasts make it to Apple's Top 10 for NZ in 2020
- 1:39 Cam comes top of his cookery class
- 1:56 Afternoons Quiz Robert Kelly
- 2:08 Afternoons Quiz answers with Robert Kelly
- 2:15 Denise Garland's podcast picks
- 2:24 Bookmarks: Khylee Quince
- 3:08 Erika Cheung - Theranos whistleblower
- 9:07 All at sea - the surprising reach of river waters
Tuesday, 1 December 2020
- 1:10 First Song: Janayah - Look What I Found
- 1:20 How to fix the country's housing crisis
- 1:35 Calls for a trans-Tasman travel bubble to start now
- 1:35 New varieties of avocado developed in Gisborne
- 1:55 Hollywood dreams on hold for 'mature' starlet
- 2:10 A defence of maps at the start of books
- 2:20 Music Feature Arli Liberman with Bjork
- 3:10 Lawrence Douglas - I knew Donald Trump wouldn't go quietly
Monday, 30 November 2020
- 1:15 Wild weather continues today for some areas
- 1:25 NZer on a mission to digitally map trees around the world
- 1:35 Anthology of poems by cleaners launched
- 1:50 Great NZ Album: The Eastern: Hope and Wire
- 2:10 Guy Williams' TV picks
- 2:20 Statue of Auckland's founding father donated to Cornwall Park
- 2:30 Expert Feature: Podiatry and looking after your feet
- 3:12 Zach Silver - Our dogs, Our selves
Friday, 27 November 2020
- 1:15 Pharmac signals change to 'walk of shame' test for MS patients
- 1:26 Waikato scientist incorporates Tau kōura in research
- 1:38 250 Ways to Start an Essay about Captain Cook
- 1:51 The Wild Twins - 'Naked and Afraid of Sharks'
- 2:07 Graeme Tuckett's movie picks
- 2:25 NZ Live: Modern Māori Quartet
- 3:06 Julie Biuso's Sizzled Peaches & Burrata
- 3:18 Music 101: Charlotte Ryan
- 3:23 Lynda Hallinan - Monarch butterflies in the garden
- 3:30 Critter of the Week: Chaffey's Forget-me-not
Thursday, 26 November 2020
- 7:00 First Female Police Recruits: 'They were a fine bunch of young women'
- 1:12 Run-down Wellington flat for rent described as 'death trap'
- 1:29 The impact of algorithms on our music choices
- 1:37 African Film Festival 2020
- 1:45 Great album
- 2:16 Music Critic: Dianne Swann
- 2:33 Recipe request: Eggplant Parmigiana
- 2:39 Crimes NZ: The 1991 killing of 2-year-old Delcelia Witika
- 3:14 Solving the World's Problems with Steve Wyn-Harris
- 3:23 The history of NZ's Reserve Bank Governors
Wednesday, 25 November 2020
- 1:13 Stormy weather for most of NZ
- 1:25 METS: Exercise programme for terminal breast cancer
- 1:33 New research on takatāpui/LGBTIQ homelessness
- 1:50 Doing David Bowie's makeup - Glenis Daly
- 2:08 Ellie Jay's podcast picks
- 2:22 Bookmarks: Winemaker Natalie Christensen
- 3:08 Plunderers unearthing ancient treasures in the UK
- 9:06 Ozone holes & UV radiation
Tuesday, 24 November 2020
- 1:10 First Song - Maretta Brown
- 1:20 Mixed reception to Dunedin library interfaith space plan
- 1:30 Yayoi Kusama artwork discovered in NZ
- 1:40 Kiwis urged to be more sun smart
- 1:50 How To Write: A dating profile with Madeleine Holden
- 2:10 Lisa Glass: 3 books about life after a societal collapse
- 2:25 Music Feature: The life and work of David Bowie
- 3:10 Roman Krznaric: Don't leave a mess for your kid's kids
Monday, 23 November 2020
- 1:10 Come Together series: Brothers in Arms
- 1:25 Kiwi business 'in limbo' due to shipping delays
- 1:35 Reel Recovery - Using fishing to heal
- 1:42 Breaking Silence: Speaking up about domestic violence
- 1:50 Great NZ Album: The Clean - Vehicle
- 2:10 Linda Burgess' TV Picks
- 2:25 Tackling invasive moth plants
- 2:35 Expert feature: Black holes in space with Dr Stephen Curran
- 3:35 Goodbye Phone, Hello World with Paul Greenberg
Friday, 20 November 2020
- 1:16 The high price of flowers
- 1:25 Ben Burrow winner of the 2020 Blake Youth Award
- 1:36 Whanau: Voices of Aotearoa, Far From Home fundraiser
- 1:52 The growing popularity of rugby in South America
- 2:06 Ali Ventura's film picks
- 2:20 NZ Live: Emily Edrosa
- 3:07 Nadia Lim - Live from the Auckland Food Show
- 3:18 Music 101: Charlotte Ryan
- 3:23 Builder Stan Scott answers your DIY questions
- 3:35 Critter of the Week Doris wellingtonensis
Thursday, 19 November 2020
- 7:00 Rebuilding an iconic road: the making of State Highway 80
- 1:16 10 years on from the Pike River disaster
- 1:26 Writing workshop to help youth justice facility residents
- 1:40 How workplace changes could benefit freelancers
- 1:44 Great album: ABBA - Super Trouper
- 2:16 Simon Sweetman's music picks
- 2:29 Crimes NZ: Peter Graham on the Timaru Poisonings
- 3:13 Your Money with Mary Holm Money and relationships
Wednesday, 18 November 2020
- 1:26 NUKU – the movement celebrating indigenous women
- 1:35 Warning over shipping delays before Christmas
- 1:40 Ngā Taonga - Sarah Johnston's favourite audio
- 2:07 Afternoons Quiz with Robert Kelly
- 2:14 Afternoons Quiz answers with Robert Kelly
- 2:18 Podcast Critic: Katy Atkin
- 2:29 Bookmarks: Annie Potts
- 3:10 NZ director on making latest season of The Crown
- 9:06 Pua o te Rēinga - return of the Flower of the Underworld
Tuesday, 17 November 2020
- 1:15 Covid-19: Canterbury engineers invent life-saving device
- 1:30 Upper Hutt libraries ditch fines for overdue books
- 1:45 Dayspring - support for mothers in West Auckland
- 1:50 How to Write: A Picture Book Script
- 2:10 Pip Adam on libraries and books
- 2:25 Tony Stamp celebrates 40 years of the TR 808
- 3:10 Witi Ihimaera - Navigating the Stars: Māori creation myths