Labour Day Podcast Options

9:35 AM.Tourists often ask where they can go to eat authentic New Zealand food, but it probably isn't the closest takeaway store. We live in a diverse and multi-cultural society, and our food habits reflect… Read more Audio

9:08 AM.The art community has been divided over whether artificial intelligence art is "the death of art." Jason Allen won the Colorado Fine Art Competition digital category with his AI generated piece called… Read more Audio

8:40 AM.It's harder than you think to write a good quiz, there are nuances and tricks to the trade. Believe It Or Not are New Zealand's largest quiz provider and Brendan Lochead joins Emile to tell their… Read more Audio

8:20 AM.Qatar's FIFA World Cup starts next month and some have claimed it's the most infamous sporting event since Adolf Hitler hosted the 1936 Berlin Olympics. Thousands of migrant workers have died working… Read more Audio

8:10 AM.Emile Donovan crosses live to some of the worst hit flood zones in NSW and Victoria to check how the communities are holding up under the La Nina weather. Read more Audio

11:38 AM.In the 1970s striking carved panels were found in Taranaki while ditches were being dug. They disappeared from the area, and were discovered when art collector George Ortiz in Geneva decided to sell… Read more Audio

11:04 AM.It's not just spring, it's Labour Weekend, and that always means gardening and planting. Tune in for your spring gardening tips with two of the country's best. Read more Audio

10:45 AM.Moana Maniapoto is a familiar name from her work with Moana and the Tribe, or prior to that, Moana and the Moahunters The entertainer and singer has also been, for 35 shows, the host of Te Ao with… Read more Audio

10:20 AM.Cantabrians who follow sport on the radio were sad to hear last month that one of the stalwarts of local broadcasting down the years had called it quits. Brian had covered every Olympic Games since… Read more Audio

10:04 AM.Living in Auckland in Level 3 for so long has been taxing - and continues to be. No wonder some people have been venting their frustrations on social media - even though doing so probably doesn't do… Read more Audio

9:50 AM.Planned obsolesence isn't a new concept - most of us probably get a new phone every year or two, without necessarily thinking about the impact on the environment, or how we might've prolonged the… Read more Audio

9:40 AM.More than a decade after commiting to make poet Hone Tuwhare's final home a creative residence - his whanau is almost finished restoring and refurbishing the property. In 1992 poet Hone Tuwhare bought… Read more Audio

9:06 AM.At the end of August, a true veteran of the entertainment industry died at the ripe old age of 91 - actor Ed Asner. Ed Asner appeared in movies and TV shows from the mid 1950s onwards - but became a… Read more Audio

8:20 AM.The lockdown in August and the lockdown dragging on in Auckland has seen people turn to books for an escape This despite bookshops unable to sell books during level 4, and only post them to online… Read more Audio

8:11 AM.A couple of stunning results in Dubai and in Manchester. Pakistan has blown away India in the T20 World cup, winning by 10 wickets, while Liverpool humiliated Manchester United in the English Premier… Read more Audio

11:45 AM.Dr Karena Kelly, a specialist in Māori language and linguistics, took on the task of translating Seuss’ last book published before his death Oh, The Places You’ll Go. Read more Audio

11:05 AM. Chief composer for the Civilization game series Geoff Knorr joins the show to chat about creative freedom, the importance of having authentic instrumentation, and the challenges involved in… Read more Video, Audio

10:30 AM.A recent study suggests that people who enjoy consuming frightening fiction may be better adapted to cope with the fear and anxiety surrounding the Covid-19 pandemic. Read more Audio

10:04 AM.Peter Alsop's new book Wonderland collects some of the striking hand-coloured photographs captured around New Zealand in between the 1950s and 1970s.  Read more Audio, Gallery

9:55 AM.Our friends over at RNZ Concert have tallied the votes to find out listeners' favourite piece of Classical Music for 2020, and are playing the countdown between 6am-7pm.  Read more Video, Audio

9:30 AM.'Eight hours labour, eight hours recreation, eight hours rest' is the slogan that arose as part of New Zealand's eight-hour day movement, but in our modern lives is it still applicable?  Read more Audio

9:06 AM.It is thought humans started consuming dairy products around 4500 years ago, during the Neolithic period when we started living alongside animals - however, we didn't always have the stomach for it. 

8:36 AM.Less than 4000 people speak Tokelauan, and the majority of them live in New Zealand - rather than in Tokelau itself.  Read more Audio

8:22 AM.Gamers, anime fans and cosplayers are out in full force this long weekend as the Auckland Armageddon Expo marks its 25th anniversary. Read more Audio