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Thursday, 15 August 2024
- 9:15 The case for a divorce party
- 9:35 Comedian David Correos on his new show and being the BK guy
- 10:18 Kiwi startup develops world's first brain sensor implant
- 10:30 The creative partnership of TeMatera Smith and Troy Kingi
- 10:50 Running the buses in our busiest city
Wednesday, 14 August 2024
- 9:15 Myth Takes: The Olympics
- 10:17 What's behind the brain drain?
- 10:30 'The Weather, With You': Artist pays homage to our wild, wild weather
- 10:45 Inside the extreme sport of ice-swimming
Tuesday, 13 August 2024
- 9:15 Shower Thoughts: How do animals become domesticated?
- 9:30 Nights Politics with Thomas Coughlan
- 10:17 What the gene tech rule change could mean for our biotech sector
- 10:45 Seventy-five years of Geneva Conventions
Monday, 12 August 2024
- 9:15 Whakataukī of the Week with Kommi Tamati
- 9:30 The science of ferns
- 10:17 Tami Neilson on the thrill of writing music for The Sandy Cheeks Movie
- 10:30 Sports with Bryan Waddle
- 10:45 BBC World Lookahead with Pete Ross
Friday, 9 August 2024
- 9:15 This Weekend: Firetrucks in Feilding
- 9:40 Short-Cuts with Dan Slevin
- 10:18 New Zealand's disc golf champion Levi Stout
- 10:30 Olympics update with Felicity Reid
- 10:35 Out Lately with Finn Johansson
Thursday, 8 August 2024
- 9:15 Philosophy Now: Is national pride healthy?
- 9:30 What makes for bad songwriting?
- 10:18 Day 13 of the Paris Olympics with Felicity Reid
- 10:30 Gold for New Zealand at Singapore garden festival
- 10:45 The art of bartending
Wednesday, 7 August 2024
- 9:15 Agony Aunt: Should you run after a shoplifter?
- 10:18 Martin Phillips remembered as a champion for hepatitis C sufferers
- 10:30 A history of New Zealand housing affordability
- 10:50 Day 12 of the Paris Olympics with Felicity Reid
Tuesday, 6 August 2024
- 9:15 Shower Thoughts: Why does a red capsicum cost more than a green one?
- 9:30 Politics by Night with Dan Brunskill
- 9:45 Should adults read 'middle grade' books?
- 10:18 A to Z of smoking cessation products
- 10:30 Protecting taonga in the wake of a quake
- 10:45 The history of the barcode from 1974 to today
Monday, 5 August 2024
- 9:15 Whakataukī of the Week with Ajay Peni
- 9:30 Life after death? The science behind cryonics
- 10:18 We know dyslexia. What's dyscalculia?
- 10:30 Sports with Jamie Wall
- 10:45 BBC World Lookahead with Rob Hugh-Jones
Friday, 2 August 2024
- 9:00 This Weekend: Kaibosh Food Rescue Workshop
- 9:30 Short-Cuts with Dan Slevin
- 10:17 Inside New Zealand's only leech farm
- 10:30 Out Lately with Finn Johansson
Thursday, 1 August 2024
- 9:15 The world of puns and why we love (or hate) them
- 9:35 Nights Culture: Nail Art
- 10:17 What's behind the shortage of workers in our finance sector?
- 10:30 Auckland's new kid on the block in the improv comedy
- 10:45 Where to from here for new HIV drug trial
Wednesday, 31 July 2024
- 9:15 Our Changing World's Claire Concannon on GNS Science cuts
- 10:18 Scientists sound alarm over increase in drug-resistant malaria parasites
- 10:30 The Wānaka man who took on Peter Thiel's plan for a lake front luxury lodge
- 10:50 Olympic update with Felicity Reid
Tuesday, 30 July 2024
- 9:15 Shower Thoughts: Can bad smells make us sick?
- 9:30 Politics by Night with Anna Whyte
- 9:55 Team NZ's medal chances overnight heat up
- 10:18 Call for Government help to memorialise thousands buried in unmarked graves
- 10:30 One of Australasia's top 'dealmakers' on how to seal any deal
- 10:45 Italian inventor of tiramisu dies aged 81
Monday, 29 July 2024
- 9:15 Whakataukī of the Week with Shanon O'Connor
- 9:30 The science of surfing waves
- 10:18 Why Kiwis disconnect from the internet
- 10:30 Sports with Kayla Hodge
- 10:45 BBC World Lookahead with Pete Ross
Friday, 26 July 2024
- 9:15 This Weekend: The Kraken take on The Moose
- 9:30 Short-Cuts with Dan Slevin
- 10:15 French train disruption
- 10:17 The history of Asian New Zealand theatre, told on a bike
- 10:30 Out Lately with Finn Johansson
Thursday, 25 July 2024
- 9:15 Record number of new books in 2024 Whitcoulls Top 100
- 9:30 Why isn’t depression taken seriously in New Zealand?
- 10:18 Calls for better screening over alarming rates of youth hearing issues
- 10:30 Why are the Dutch so tall?
- 10:45 Kiwi Esport athletes ready to take on Olympic challenge
Wednesday, 24 July 2024
- 9:15 The 19-year-old running his own takeout business
- 10:18 A new use for kombucha in hospitals
- 10:30 Tom Ayling: Mixing antique bookselling with TikTok
- 10:45 Bid to trademark basmati rice in New Zealand rejected
Tuesday, 23 July 2024
- 9:15 Shower Thoughts: How do underwater cables work?
- 9:30 Nights Politics: When to step aside and let someone else take over
- 10:17 Why do Governments' apologise and do they mean anything?
- 10:30 How humans used the world around them to create colour
- 10:45 The rise of male diet influencers
Monday, 22 July 2024
- 9:15 Whakataukī of the Week with Elle Archer
- 9:30 The science of being pushed to the limit
- 10:17 AI at the doctor's office: The future, or should we be concerned?
- 10:30 Sports with Bryan Waddle
Friday, 19 July 2024
- 9:44 Charlotte Cook
- 9:52 Andrew Chen
- 10:17 Peter Griffin
- 10:28 Carolyn Young
- 10:33 David Seymour
- 10:48 Peter Ryan
- 10:55 Lydia Lewis
- 11:10 Pete Ross
- 11:22 Brad Olsen
- 11:34 Anita Purcell-Sjölund
- 11:52 Ellie Jay
- 11:57 Marc Stewart
Thursday, 18 July 2024
- 9:15 New Zealand's oldest female boxer riding high after winning in Australia
- 9:30 Life in a community founded on 'spirit, love and connection'
- 9:50 University of Otago archaeology students digging into Spain's ancient Roman history
- 10:18 After four years, local democracy returns to Tauranga
- 10:30 Series exploring dementia wins World Press Photo Contest
- 10:45 New Zealand's inaugural in-person National Speed Puzzling championships
Wednesday, 17 July 2024
- 9:15 Is New Zealand still an agricultural giant?
- 10:18 New Zealand's reinsurance problem
- 10:30 How to pitch a screenplay
- 10:45 Waimārama man's winter surf mission
Tuesday, 16 July 2024
- 9:15 Shower Thoughts: Why do birds all sound different?
- 9:30 Politics by Night with Luke Malpass
- 10:18 Who are the Sons of the Most Holy Redeemer?
- 10:30 The Kiwi medical pioneer you haven't heard of
- 10:45 Rare Colin McCahon stained glass work up for auction
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