All episodes
Wednesday, 12 April 2023
- 9:05 Senior Ukrainian defence advisor in New Zealand
- 9:15 Te Pukenga survey reveals staff fear, anxiety and frustration
- 9:35 Cyclone silt depleting our seabeds: marine scientist
- 9:45 Australia: Voice split, vaping hole, China breakthrough, art investigation
- 10:05 Common materials which have shaped technological development
- 10:35 Book review: A Private Spy - Letters of John le Carre edited by Tim Cornwell
- 10:45 Around the motu : Kelly Makiha in Rotorua
- 11:05 Music that'll get your goat, with Ian Chapman
- 11:20 Author Sue McCauley on her latest novel Landed
- 11:45 Personal finance: Bank accounts for kids
Tuesday, 11 April 2023
- 9:05 Calls for a national register for advance care directives
- 9:30 Local startup partners with Google to help mental health
- 9:45 USA correspondent Ximena Bustillo
- 10:05 Overthinking: how not to waste your brain power
- 10:35 Book review: Laughing at the Dark by Barbara Else
- 10:45 Around the motu: Andrew McRae in Hamilton
- 11:05 Political Commentators Neale Jones and Tim Hurdle
- 11:30 Hearty fare from the kitchen of a high country station
- 11:45 Sports chat with Joe Porter
Thursday, 6 April 2023
- 9:05 Concerns over the use of AI supervision in university exams
- 9:20 Te Whatu Ora CEO responds to dismal staff survey
- 9:30 A stitch in time: saving sewing machines in Motueka
- 9:45 UK: Tory MP's lobby offer, barge plan for migrants, Sturgeon's
- 10:05 Cariad Lloyd on her moving and funny meditation on grief
- 10:35 Book review: Dr. No by Percival Everett
- 10:45 Around the motu: David Williams in Christchurch
- 11:05 Technology: Is 'it's inevitable' good enough after a hack?
- 11:25 Paediatric feeding challenges - what to do when it's more than just 'fussy eating'
- 11:45 Screentime: The Power, Swarm, Tetris
Wednesday, 5 April 2023
- 9:05 Te Whatu Ora: Survey reveals bullying, lack of resources & poor confidence in leadership
- 9:25 Are relationship ups and downs associated with physiological changes
- 9:30 Trump charges: Former US president leaves court after not guilty plea
- 9:45 Australia: What Liberal loss means for Dutton, Paralympic
- 10:05 Brainy octopus help humans know our own mind
- 10:35 Book review: Kick the Latch by Kathryn Scanlan
- 10:45 Around the motu: Matthew Rosenberg in Gisborne
- 11:05 The music of a changing climate
- 11:30 Tiny objects telling big stories
- 11:45 Science: Deciphering smell, stresses plants, toxic birds
Tuesday, 4 April 2023
- 9:08 Ex-Google boss on why he's started his own search engine
- 9:25 Transmission Gully closed for clean up of large oil spill
- 9:40 Long-awaited organics legislation will boost exports
- 9:46 US: Donald Trump lands in New York to face charges
- 10:06 Jenny Odell and the concept of time
- 10:39 Book review: The Dead of Winter by Stuart MacBride
- 10:47 Around the motu: Chris Hyde in Hawkes Bay
- 11:07 Business commentator Rebecca Stevenson
- 11:28 Southern Celts: Stories from Kiwis of Scottish and Irish descent
- 11:45 Sports chat with Steve Holloway
Monday, 3 April 2023
- 9:08 First bid on the table for Ruapehu Alpine Lifts
- 9:35 Our national arboretum where money doesn't grow on trees
- 9:49 Thomas Sparrow: King Charles' debut on the world stage
- 10:08 Dave Vass on rebuilding a future after mountaineering cut short by injury
- 10:40 Ahuahu: A conservation journey in Aotearoa New Zealand
- 10:47 Around the motu : Todd Niall in Auckland
- 11:07 Political commentators Gareth Hughes and Ben Thomas
- 11:32 Two Kiwi telcos sign up for satellite service
- 11:35 From a world of meat to plant-based meat snacks
- 11:45 Off the beaten track with Kennedy Warne : From mountain to sea
Friday, 31 March 2023
- 9:05 Te Pukenga CEO on challenges for the mega-polytechnic
- 9:30 Kiwi PPE-maker Eagle Protect on B Corp status and murky supply chains
- 9:40 Gorse-busting: weeding a wetland paradise
- 9:45 Asia correspondent Ed White
- 10:05 Natalie Gauld: adventuring with motor neurone disease
- 10:35 Book review: James K. Baxter: Complete Poems, edited by John
- 10:50 Around the motu: Samantha Gee in Nelson
- 11:05 Trump indicted in Stormy Daniels case
- 11:10 New music with Jeremy Taylor
- 11:35 Sports commentator Sam Ackerman
- 11:50 The Week That Was
Thursday, 30 March 2023
- 9:05 Options for second harbour crossing in Auckland proposed
- 9:15 Specialised obesity clinic to open in South Auckland
- 9:45 UK: New SNP leader, Corbyn's comeback, laughing gas ban
- 9:50 TodayFM abruptly pulled off air
- 10:05 Designer and campaigner Portia Lawrie on how to refashion your clothes
- 10:40 Book review: Did I Ever Tell You This? A Memoir by Sam Neil
- 10:45 Around the motu : Che Baker in Invercargill
- 11:05 Technology: Vale Gordon Moore, library in chains, call for pause on AI
- 11:25 How to help your child manage anxiety
- 11:50 Screentime: Dreamland, Ahikaroa, The Portable Door
Wednesday, 29 March 2023
- 9:05 Should official govt data be hosted by overseas cloud providers?
- 9:30 Cyclone Gabrielle: Tolaga Bay still cleaning up as slash inquiry underway
- 9:45 Australia: Voice details, climate deal, anti-trans furore, Obama-mania
- 10:05 How DNA led to the identity of an unknown WW2 Australian
- 10:40 Book review: The Things We Do To Our Friends
- 10:50 Around the motu: Alisha Evans in Tauranga
- 11:05 Blaxploitation: A genre, film movement - and great music
- 11:30 Violet's Scarf - extraordinary wartime story brought to life
- 11:45 Should Kiwi investors be wary after SVB's collapse?
Tuesday, 28 March 2023
- 9:05 Latitude hack: More customers affected - how can they protect themselves?
- 9:15 Two key issues hampering New Zealand's food security
- 9:35 Teaching maths: new education proposals
- 9:50 USA correspondent Ximena Bustillo
- 10:05 Queens of chess: promoting chess for girls
- 10:40 Book review: Strange Sally Diamond by Liz Nugent
- 10:45 Around the motu : Georgina Campbell in Wellington
- 11:05 Business commentator Pattrick Smellie
- 11:30 Consumer: Parking fines, greenwashing, supermarket 'specials'
- 11:45 Sports-chat with Joe Porter
Monday, 27 March 2023
- 9:08 Family GPs withdrawing essential services
- 9:36 Kiwi start up develops disease detecting 'electronic nose'
- 9:49 Europe: Macron digs in amid protests
- 10:08 From tramping boots to rugby boots
- 10:37 Book review: I Will Find You by Harlan Coben
- 10:47 Around the motu: David Hill in North Canterbury
- 11:08 Political commentators Gareth Hughes & Tim Hurdle
- 11:35 Taipa Salt Pig: artisan sea salts
- 11:45 Urban issues: Slashing budgets and bowling buildings
Friday, 24 March 2023
- 9:05 Literacy expert dissects new literacy, numeracy model & National's education policy
- 9:25 Museums say national treasures at risk due to squeeze on funding
- 9:30 Pop-up sauna - heating up sauna culture in NZ
- 9:45 Pacific correspondent Koroi Hawkins
- 10:05 Turning a public school around: from closure to school of the year
- 10:35 Book review: Really Good, Actually by Monica Heisey
- 10:45 Around the motu: Tim Brown in Dunedin
- 11:05 Music reviewer Grant Smithies
- 11:30 Sports commentator Sam Ackerman
- 11:45 The week that was
Thursday, 23 March 2023
- 9:05 Napier-Gisborne shipping route should be first of many more: Shipping Fedn
- 9:30 Auckland CAB fights to keep essential funding
- 9:45 UK: Boris Johnson grilled over Partygate, Rwanda plans revealed
- 10:05 Anthony Joseph: Unconditional love for an absent dad
- 10:35 Book review: A Small Town in Ukraine by Bernard Wasserstein
- 10:45 Around the motu: Mike Tweed in Whanganui
- 11:05 Technology: Facebook hacks, TikTok ban, Twitter scraps 2FA
- 11:25 How to talk to children and teens about sex and pornography
- 11:45 Screentime: Red, White and Brass, Boston Strangler, Lucky Hank
Wednesday, 22 March 2023
- 9:05 Loosening of opioid prescribing 'dangerous'
- 9:20 IPCC report: Act now
- 9:30 Prefab homes: a solution post-cyclone?
- 9:45 Australia: Hillsong Church spending in spotlight, concussion action, 'wall of dead fish'
- 10:05 Director Barry Avrich on the real story behind The Talented Mr Rosenberg
- 10:35 Book review: Dirty Laundry by Disha Bose
- 10:45 Around the motu: Robin Martin in Taranaki
- 11:05 The Sound of Mewsic: Songs about cats
- 11:20 Kiwi Nick Davies on his new sunset noir novel El Flamingo
- 11:45 Science: Myna bird spread, 3D-printed baking, tool to help
Tuesday, 21 March 2023
- 9:10 Rotorua's acute housing crisis hits elderly renters hard - are tiny homes the answer?
- 9:30 How do we disaster-proof our telco networks?
- 9:45 USA correspondent Ron Elving
- 10:05 Slow Water: how to combat floods and droughts
- 10:35 Book review: The New Life by Tom Crewe
- 10:50 Around the motu: Diane McCarthy in Whakatane
- 11:06 Business commentator Rebecca Stevenson
- 11:35 Gardening with Xanthe White
- 11:45 Sports-chat with Steve Holloway
Monday, 20 March 2023
- 9:05 Wellington's water woes: where to from here?
- 9:35 Should cryptocurrencies be regulated?
- 9:50 Latin America correspondent Katy Watson
- 10:05 Kris Helgen - where mammals began
- 10:40 Book review: Heart Sutra by Yan Lianke
- 10:50 Around the Motu - Peter Newport
- 11:05 Political commentators Lamia Imam & Ben Thomas
- 11:35 How best to preserve fruit this autumn
- 11:45 Off the beaten track with Kennedy Warne: Urban green spaces
Friday, 17 March 2023
- 9:05 Save our green space: new report
- 9:30 Education system not meeting needs of neurodiverse
- 9:45 Asia correspondent Elizabeth Beattie
- 10:05 What Matters Most - the podcast where two friends share therapy tools
- 10:35 Book review: Hello Beautiful by Ann Napolitano
- 10:45 Around the motu: Kirsty Pickett in Te Anau
- 11:05 New music with Jeremy Taylor
- 11:30 Sports commentator Dana Johannsen
- 11:45 The week that was with
Thursday, 16 March 2023
- 9:05 Savers are being ripped off: veteran banker
- 9:20 Financial fears spread from US to Europe
- 9:30 The rush is on to use ChatGPT - but what could it mean for our jobs?
- 9:45 UK: Budget day - pensions and childcare boosted, UK economy to shrink
- 10:05 Helping tamariki deal with difficult feelings
- 10:35 Book review: Old God's Time by Sebastian Barry
- 10:45 Around the motu: Jonathan Leask in Ashburton
- 11:05 GDP shrinks in Q4
- 11:05 What are the implications of the Silicon Valley Bank collapse for the tech sector?
- 11:25 Parenting when you are feeling burnt out
- 11:45 Screentime: MH370 doco, Ted Lasso, Meet Me in the Bathroom
Wednesday, 15 March 2023
- 9:05 SVB collapse: What protection is there for Kiwi financial institutions?
- 9:30 Drug company influence on doctors - should we be worried?
- 9:40 Stormy leather: Turtle pair's incredible journey
- 9:45 Australia: Aukus unveiled, lavish Hillsong, concussion action
- 10:05 Heat stress scale similar to a UV index could be lifesaving
- 10:40 Book review: A Forager's Life by Helen Lehndorf
- 10:45 Around the motu: Sam Olley in Te Tai Tokerau
- 11:05 Music with RNZ's Charlotte Ryan
- 11:30 The history of extremists in Aotearoa
- 11:50 Personal finance: Getting on top of debt
Tuesday, 14 March 2023
- 9:05 Hipkins' policy bonfire
- 9:20 Te Pukenga still faces delays, staffing issues and budget cuts
- 9:35 Electricity retailer climate-neutral to climate-positive
- 9:50 USA correspondent Ron Elving
- 10:05 QAnon: The conspiracy theory that has gripped the far-right
- 10:40 Book review: The Porcelain Moon by Janie Chang
- 10:45 Around the motu: Andrew McRae in Hamilton
- 11:05 Business: Could the cost-of-living boost be inflationary?
- 11:30 Erect-crested penguins, doing OK on NZ's far flung islands?
- 11:50 Sports-chat with Sam Ackerman
Monday, 13 March 2023
- 9:05 Auckland transport woes - 'call it a crisis, that's what it is'
- 9:25 Silicon Valley Bank: Regulators race to stop contagion
- 9:40 Ban winter tyres: 'they're like being on rollerskates'
- 9:50 Europe: Migrant crossing spotlight
- 10:05 How lifestyle choices in midlife can reduce dementia risk
- 10:35 Book review: The South Island of New Zealand from the Road
- 10:45 Around the motu: Todd Niall in Auckland
- 11:05 Political commentators Lamia Imam & Brigitte Morten
- 11:30 Spice up their lunch box
- 11:45 Bill McKay
Friday, 10 March 2023
- 9:07 Stronger vape regulation urgently needed: health researchers
- 9:32 Should Auckland let its hidden waterways see daylight?
- 9:51 Pacific correspondent Koroi Hawkins
- 10:07 Awe: transforming minds and bodies - Dacher Keltner
- 10:39 Book review: Cursed Bread by Sophie Mackintosh
- 10:47 Around the motu: Mary Argue in Wairarapa
- 11:06 Music reviewer Grant Smithies
- 11:33 Sports commentator Sam Ackerman
- 11:48 The week that was
Thursday, 9 March 2023
- 9:08 Will Ruapehu ski fields re-open this winter?
- 9:25 How Northland is faring after Cyclone Gabrielle
- 9:45 UK: Anger at illegal migrant bill, Hancock's WhatsApps leaked
- 10:10 Professor Moon Duchin - using maths to combat gerrymandering
- 10:35 Book review: Histories of Hate: The Radical Right in Aotearoa
- 10:45 Around the motu: Georgina Campbell in Wellington
- 11:10 New (AI) doc on the block, near universal internet
- 11:25 Parenting: mentoring young people
- 11:45 Screentime: Rain Dogs, Elements of Truth, 2023 Oscars
Wednesday, 8 March 2023
- 9:05 Out for the count: What was the response to this year's census?
- 9:25 Hybrid and plug-in hybrid EV's fail to meet fuel efficiency claims
- 9:30 World-leading menstrual health resource launches online
- 9:45 Australia: Gold scandal, rate hike, India pitch, women in flight
- 10:05 The power of song: why we need to sing
- 10:35 Book review: Old Babes in the Wood by Margaret Atwood
- 10:45 Around the motu : Matt Brown in Marlborough
- 11:05 Music with Kirsten Zemke: Unofficial national anthems
- 11:20 How animal science can inform human medicine
- 11:45 Science: Famous (female) scientists who didn't get their due
Tuesday, 7 March 2023
- 9:05 IAG insurance: record number of claims
- 9:20 "Mad March" hits Wellington's already stretched bus service
- 9:30 Coeliac Disease and the challenges of avoiding gluten
- 9:45 USA correspondent Ron Elving
- 10:05 Empowering girls through skateboarding: Amber Clyde
- 10:35 Book review: Golden Days by Caroline Barron
- 10:45 Around the motu: Matthew Rosenberg in Gisborne
- 11:05 Business commentator Gyles Beckford
- 11:30 How to do a digital detox without a complete device breakup
- 11:45 Sports-chat with Joe Porter
