All episodes
Monday, 12 February 2024
- 9:15 Whakataukī of the Week with Annabelle Lee-Mather
- 9:30 The science of creativity
- 9:50 New Zealand group offering online Irish lessons
- 10:17 Why we should be concerned about rodents in supermarkets
- 10:30 Sports with Jamie Wall
- 10:45 BBC World lookahead with Pete Ross
Friday, 9 February 2024
- 8:30 Celebrating video game music
- 9:15 This Weekend: Invercargill revs up for the Burt Munro Challenge
- 9:30 Short-Cuts with Dan Slevin
- 10:17 Auckland Pride lights up the month of February
- 10:30 Out Lately with Finn Johansson
Thursday, 8 February 2024
- 9:15 Should New Zealand books be 'Americanised' for an overseas readership?
- 9:35 New Zealand's longest-running festival returns for 25th year
- 10:18 Critics say Wellington's District Plan lacks ambition
- 10:30 Spies and intraspecies espionage used to take down wallabies
- 10:45 How Taylor Swift is uniting the worlds of football and pop music
Wednesday, 7 February 2024
- 9:15 Agony Aunt Courtney Dawson
- 9:30 Midweek Mediawatch
- 10:18 Link between internet trolling and psychopathic tendencies
- 10:30 Napier's Art Deco Festival struts back to its former glory
- 10:45 Henry Cooke, Kiwi in London
Monday, 5 February 2024
- 9:15 Whakataukī of the Week with Kingi Snelgar
- 10:18 Christchurch unearths saints kept in coffee jars
- 10:30 Sports with Suzanne McFadden
- 10:45 BBC World lookahead with Pete Ross
- 5:30 Could a 'digital twin' be the future of healthcare?
Friday, 2 February 2024
- 9:15 This Weekend: Lunar New Year celebrations kick off
- 9:30 Short-Cuts with Dan Slevin
- 10:17 Should AI portraits be eligible for an art prize?
- 10:30 Bike paths and music come together for free music festival
- 10:35 Out Lately with Finn Johansson
Thursday, 1 February 2024
- 9:15 I Was There When: Shortland Street first aired
- 9:35 Ockham Awards longlist celebrates best in Kiwi books
- 10:17 NASA issues warning as stadium-sized asteroid passes by Earth
- 10:30 Dotterel minders put in time for endangered shorebird
- 10:40 Internet Archive embroiled in lawsuit
Wednesday, 31 January 2024
- 9:15 Why do we put on accents?
- 9:30 Midweek Mediawatch
- 10:17 Solutions needed to reverse GP crisis
- 10:30 The art of giant puppeteering
- 10:45 New Zealand region named one of the most welcoming in the world
Tuesday, 30 January 2024
- 9:15 Shower Thoughts: Who picks the art in hospitals?
- 9:30 Could Taylor Swift be the catalyst for AI regulation?
- 10:17 What 1924 thought 2024 would look like
- 10:30 An Italian chef on the global olive oil shortage
- 10:45 New Zealand olive oil producers also feeling the climate pinch
Monday, 29 January 2024
- 9:15 Whakataukī of the week with Anton Matthews
- 9:30 The 26-year old breaking new ground on gut health
- 10:17 Regional public holidays: Do we need them?
- 10:30 Sports with Bryan Waddle
- 10:45 BBC World
Friday, 26 January 2024
- 8:25 Tenuous Connections
- 9:10 Nights Quiz
- 9:17 This Weekend: Drag queens salute Lana Del Rey
- 9:32 Short-Cut with Dan Slevin
- 10:19 This Weekend: Southland pub saved by friends reopens
- 10:29 Out Lately with Finn Johansson
Thursday, 25 January 2024
- 9:16 I Was There When: Muldoon called the snap election
- 9:17 Ode to the Bard: Burns Day celebrated in Dunedin
- 9:40 Christchurch tram painstakingly restored to its former glory
- 9:58 Potential sighting of thought-extinct kokako in Southland
- 10:35 Why conflict in the Red Sea has such far-reaching consequences
- 10:46 Should millennials break the generational moan cycle?
Wednesday, 24 January 2024
- 9:15 Women in botany celebrated at Wellington Botanic Gardens
- 9:30 Midweek Mediawatch
- 10:17 Life in Ukraine, 700 days on
- 10:30 Where can we find old movies?
- 10:45 New Dunedin game lets kids make their own comic strips
Tuesday, 23 January 2024
- 9:15 Shower Thoughts: Why do we value gold?
- 9:40 Helen Clark: 'The world has some grim realities right now'
- 10:30 Amanda Palmer pops in for a quick catch-up
- 10:40 Auckland Shakespeare in the Park returns for its 28th year
Monday, 22 January 2024
- 12:00 The California man who has prevented over 100 murders
- 9:15 Whakataukī of the Week with Dr Hinemoa Elder
- 9:30 Summer bugs with Morgane Merien
- 10:35 Sports with Jamie Wall
- 10:45 BBC World lookahead
Wednesday, 1 March 2023
- 9:08 Have you got shingles?
- 9:30 Heavy metals in dark chocolate?
- 10:18 We talk pastries with Auckland cafe crowned by New York Times
- 10:18 Midweek Mediawatch
Tuesday, 28 February 2023
- 9:08 Black Caps victorious in exciting end to test
- 9:10 What it's like for Asians dating
- 9:30 Jan Preston woos with boogie piano
- 10:20 Rain returns to hammer Ruatoria
- 10:30 What does a national state of emergency mean for you
- 10:45 Maranga - Rise Up Aotearoa
Monday, 27 February 2023
- 9:07 Ans Westra reflection
- 9:30 Sports Chat - Bryan Waddle
- 10:18 Pacific Rugby
- 10:25 Waitara Town and Country Club
- 10:35 Wasp Hunter
- 10:45 BBC Look Ahead
Friday, 24 February 2023
- 9:09 MetService details latest downpours and thunderstorms
- 9:15 DOC urges extreme care in the outdoors
- 9:30 Out Lately with Finn Johansson
- 10:17 Hawkes Bay has an underwear shortage
- 10:25 Learning to fly before you can drive
- 10:42 "HANNA" hits the Hamilton Arts Fest
Friday, 17 February 2023
- 8:30 Mayor Moko Tepania updates emergency response
- 9:08 Aotearoa Tonga Response Group visits Napier
- 9:30 Getting around Northland - "it's BYO Chainsaw"
- 10:15 Your insurance questions answered
- 10:25 Power restored in Haumoana for fifteen glorious minutes
- 10:35 Sorting out your flood-damaged home
Thursday, 16 February 2023
- 7:43 Rolling Thunderstorm Warnings
- 9:08 History and science of LSD
- 9:30 Some relief for those struggling with finances
- 9:45 Is 13 too young to be on TikTok and Instagram?
- 10:20 Video shows cows responding to plea to swim for their lives
- 10:25 Rare blue lobster catch in Belfast
- 10:30 Island without cars looking for carriage drivers
Wednesday, 15 February 2023
- 7:00 A message from Bas to his Wairoa Whanau
- 7:45 Earthquake shakes
- 9:07 Paul Paynter
- 9:30 Cathy Brown and the rescue of dog Hank
- 9:40 Pablo The Missing Macaw
- 10:17 Midweek Media Watch
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