All episodes
Friday, 16 October 2020
- 9:06 Election 2020: Jacinda Ardern
- 9:49 Asia correspondent Elizabeth Beattie
- 10:06 Birds of NZ, Oscar Thomas
- 10:38 Book review - Memorial Drive by Natasha Trethewey
- 11:06 Music with Jeremy Taylor
- 11:30 Sport with Sam Ackerman
- 11:47 The Week that was
Thursday, 15 October 2020
- 9:06 Election 2020: National leader Judith Collins
- 9:46 UK's 19,700 daily cases, will Boris walk away from Brexit?
- 10:10 Understanding Australia's dingos
- 10:37 Book review - Fire Front: First Nations poetry and power today
- 11:06 Mobile phones fuel discontent, encrypted messages, new iPhones
- 11:26 The importance of children playing outside
- 11:48 The Vow, Song Exploder, Totally Under Control
Wednesday, 14 October 2020
- 9:08 Lawyer: Covid-induced rent dispute measures need greater teeth
- 9:27 Advocating for tamariki
- 9:49 NSW Premier's secret, covid set-back, Pell and the Pope
- 10:10 Goat farming in the greater Auckland area
- 10:37 Book review - The Savage Coloniser Book by Tusiata Avia
- 11:07 Music with Graeme Downes
- 11:32 Lingerie for breast cancer survivors
- 11:50 Who speaks for children in the Family Court?
Tuesday, 13 October 2020
- 9:08 Spy agency boss on criminal cyber attacks
- 9:36 Business leaders unite in support of climate action
- 9:52 USA correspondent Ron Elving
- 10:09 Map for the Heart: Essays on Ida Valley life
- 10:37 Book review - The Living Sea of Waking Dreams
- 11:07 Business commentator Rebecca Stevenson
- 11:26 A thriving book exchange
- 11:47 Media commentator Andrew Holden
Monday, 12 October 2020
- 9:08 What's behind Auckland's rail network disruption?
- 9:37 Voters seek out online policy guide
- 9:50 Europe correspondent Seamus Kearney
- 10:08 Krump community: Ennaolla Paea on giving back through dance
- 10:36 Book review - All Our Shimmering Skies by Trent Dalton
- 11:07 Political commentators Sherson & Jones
- 11:32 Kids have fun in the kitchen with Egg & Spoon
- 11:50 Braiding Sweetgrass: celebrating a culture of gratitude
Friday, 9 October 2020
- 9:08 Early voters flock to the booth
- 9:25 Sustainable scarfies: Otago establishes 'green' flats
- 9:35 100 years of help and hope for Aucklanders in need
- 9:50 Pacific correspondent Moera Tuilaepa-Taylor
- 10:08 Riding the vegan wave: the BOSH! boys
- 10:40 Book review: Betty by Tiffany McDaniel
- 11:07 Music reviewer Grant Smithies
- 11:30 Sports commentator: Sam Ackerman
- 11:50 The week that was with Elisabeth Easther and Te Radar
Thursday, 8 October 2020
- 9:08 Drought worries rise as weather warms
- 9:30 The Kiwi researcher exposing the links between the religious right & Trump
- 9:50 UK correspondent Matthew Parris
- 10:10 Ringside with City Kickboxing's Eugene Bareman
- 10:40 Book review - Transcendent Kingdom by Yaa Gyasi
- 11:07 Tech's role in bushfire battle, Aussies invest in tech
- 11:25 Getting ready for NCEA exams: What can students and parents do?
- 11:50 Film and TV reviewer James Croot
Wednesday, 7 October 2020
- 9:08 Wage subsidy research looks at who took advantage
- 9:30 Recreational fishers support banning scallop dredging
- 9:50 Australia's Budget delivers $50b tax-cut windfall
- 10:07 Stan Walker on abuse, addiction, love and forgiveness
- 11:07 Book review - Vesper Flights by Helen Macdonald
- 11:12 Music with RNZ's Yadana Shaw
- 11:36 Combatting the dark thoughts in our brains
- 11:51 Diabetes drug-dementia link, and could Covid cause Parkinson's?
Tuesday, 6 October 2020
- 9:09 President Donald Trump to leave hospital
- 9:29 Lines companies want flashing lights & right-of-way
- 9:42 App ensures correct use of donated medical equipment
- 9:56 More electricity consumers looking to switch
- 10:07 Kay Douglas on how men can break their cycle of violence
- 10:39 Book review - The Discomfort of Evening
- 11:06 Fonterra sells Chinese farms, My Food Bag considers options
- 11:28 ABRZY on making rhymes since he was 17
- 11:48 Media commentator Andrew Holden
Monday, 5 October 2020
- 9:08 Could rapid antigen tests help open up our borders?
- 9:33 An update on President Trump's hospitalisation with Covid-19
- 9:39 Encouraging youth minorities to use their voices
- 9:51 German reunification at 30, embracing fresh air during Covid
- 10:06 How learning music can help all learning
- 10:38 Book review - The Animals in That Country by Laura Jean McKay
- 11:07 Political commentators Jones & Sherson
- 11:31 Celebrating 180 years of Wellington's Thistle Inn
- 11:48 Covid, community and co-housing
Friday, 2 October 2020
- 9:07 Election 2020: Grant Robertson
- 9:51 Asia correspondent Elizabeth Beattie
- 10:06 Hāngī Pants, Jake Mokomoko and Claire Varley
- 10:34 Book review - Why Visit America by Matthew Baker
- 11:06 New music with Jeremy Taylor
- 11:33 Sports commentator Sam Ackerman
- 11:49 The week that was
Thursday, 1 October 2020
- 9:08 Election 2020: Paul Goldsmith
- 9:48 UK: PM seeks to calm fears, island plan for asylum seekers
- 10:10 This Pākehā Life, Alison Jones
- 10:41 Book review - The Darkest Evening by Ann Cleeves
- 11:07 Technology on election agenda, App store showdown
- 11:24 Preventing allergies developing in babies
- 11:53 Enola Holmes, Sextortion, People You May Know
Wednesday, 30 September 2020
- 9:05 Ex-trump staffer on first US debate and tax revelations
- 9:30 QC enters fight over rehab centre closure
- 9:45 Lockdown eases, waterfront dispute, Pell flies to Rome
- 10:05 Reviving the lost art of Niuean hiapo
- 10:35 Book review - Te Tiriti o Waitangi / The Treaty of Waitangi
- 11:05 Music with Charlotte Ryan
- 11:20 Are kids missing out on the outdoors?
- 11:45 Appreciating New Zealand's landscape through art
Tuesday, 29 September 2020
- 9:05 Why are some primary-school children getting type-2 diabetes?
- 9:20 Doomsday Glacier and sea level rise
- 9:45 USA correspondent Ron Elving
- 10:05 Consumerism: Having and Being Had, Eula Biss
- 10:35 Book review - The Kingdom by Jo Nesbo
- 11:05 Business commentator Rebecca Stevenson
- 11:30 Soldiers: War diaries provide novel inspiration
- 11:45 Media commentator Andrew Holden
Monday, 28 September 2020
- 9:08 Researchers say time's up for academic streaming in schools
- 9:42 Calls for guidelines for child participation in justice system
- 9:54 Europe correspondent Seamus Kearney
- 10:09 Co-housing, an intentional neighbourhood
- 10:41 Book review - Islands of Mercy by Rose Tremain
- 11:11 Political commentators Jones & Sherson
- 11:37 Sri Lankan food inspired by 'Seela'
- 11:47 Off the beaten track with Kennedy Warne
Friday, 25 September 2020
- 9:07 Christchurch Airbnb owners cry foul over proposed regulation
- 9:30 China's quiet digital currency revolution
- 9:43 RNZ Concert prepares to 'Settle the Score'
- 9:49 Pacific correspondent Koro Vaka'uta
- 10:07 A history of kai in the capital with Liz Melish
- 10:39 Book review - Homeland Calling
- 11:08 Music reviewer Jeremy Taylor
- 11:33 Sports commentator Sam Ackerman
- 11:49 The week that was
Thursday, 24 September 2020
- 9:08 Painful wait: Covid exacerbates delays in elective surgery
- 9:37 Built to last? Consumers frustrated at hard to fix appliances
- 9:52 Covid's return, trans-rights and anti-lockdown celebrities
- 10:10 Protecting Rangitāhua
- 10:37 Book review - Summerwater by Sarah Moss
- 11:06 Telcos told to simplify plans, Samsung's $3500 folding phone
- 11:26 Covid-19 and schools: where to from here?
- 11:48 Cuties, Ratched and Shrill
Wednesday, 23 September 2020
- 9:07 New project - jobs for ex prisoners and improved water quality
- 9:34 The fate of recession-era school-leavers
- 9:52 Australia: Border angst, Budget looms and new energy plan
- 10:07 The Lonely Century Noreena Hertz
- 10:38 Book review - Bug Week by Airini Beautrais
- 11:07 Music with Kirsten Johnstone
- 11:27 Stories from our back roads
- 11:51 Covid super-spreader events, Martian houses and IgNobels
Tuesday, 22 September 2020
- 9:08 Auckland Harbour Bridge's long term viability
- 9:35 US 'Megafires' larger, faster, hotter, more destructive
- 9:50 USA correspondent Susan Davis
- 10:08 A memoir of teenage years in a 70s hippy commune
- 10:40 Book review - Just Like You by Nick Hornby
- 11:08 Business commentator Rod Oram
- 11:30 Wahine Toa Hunting - Women with more than deer in their sights
- 11:50 Media commentator Andrew Holden
Monday, 21 September 2020
- 9:08 Elliot Stables tenants' impasse with landlord over Covid rent
- 9:40 Young Adult List - Judge John Walker
- 9:50 Middle East correspondent, Sebastian Usher
- 10:08 Crossing the Lines: Gay Kiwi soldiers in World War II
- 10:40 Book Review - The Rise of the Remarkables: Brasswitch and Bot
- 11:07 Political commentators Jones & Sherson
- 11:30 Gin production on Great Barrier Island
- 11:50 Urban issues with Bill McKay
Friday, 18 September 2020
- 9:08 Fonterra back in black
- 9:28 Green light for methane-busting livestock feed from NZ seaweed
- 9:45 4 Paws Marathon: a race for dogs, and their owners
- 9:53 Asia correspondent Elizabeth Beattie
- 10:07 Language and finding home. Xiaolu Guo: A Lover's Discourse
- 10:43 Book review - Real Life by Brandon Taylor
- 11:06 National's short-term package of tax cuts
- 11:18 New music with Grant Smithies
- 11:35 Sports commentator Sam Ackerman
- 11:50 The week that was
Thursday, 17 September 2020
- 9:11 Māori and Pacific pay gap in senior public sector roles
- 9:24 Treasury forecasts rising unemployment and slow recovery
- 9:50 Boris faces grilling on Covid, Brexit prompts resignations
- 10:07 Luke Harding - Putin, poison and plotting
- 10:42 Book review - Mayflies by Andrew O'Hagan
- 11:06 Economy officially in recession
- 11:15 Facebook's Zhang memo, AI's fake election news
- 11:28 When children can't say 'R' and 'Th' sounds
- 11:49 The Third Day, Horndog, The Social Dilemma
Wednesday, 16 September 2020
- 9:07 Zhenhua database: Why Chinese firm targeting the influential?
- 9:30 Locals call for fix to Fiordland's Hollyford Road
- 9:48 Restrictions ease Victoria - not Melbourne, whales off course
- 10:07 The NZ-born poet telling truth in Covid times
- 10:41 Book review - Rainbow Milk by Paul Mendez
- 11:06 Music With Graeme Downes
- 11:27 Splash! Diving into a history of swimming
- 11:49 Rare successful defence of the Health and Safety Act
Tuesday, 15 September 2020
- 9:08 Rule change paves way for Bledisloe Cup kick off
- 9:25 Has a government 'no new mines pledge' driven a gold rush?
- 9:50 US correspondent Ron Elving
- 10:07 Former monk-turned motivational guru Jay Shetty
- 10:40 Book review - The Dictionary of Lost Words by Pip Williams
- 11:08 Business commentator Rebecca Stevenson
- 11:30 Saving a forest from kauri dieback with rongoā Māori
- 11:50 Media commentator Andrew Holden
Monday, 14 September 2020
- 9:08 Nailing down the true cost of new build defects
- 9:30 Closing the 'aspiration gap'
- 9:50 Europe correspondent Seamus Kearney
- 10:12 Young motor racer Chelsea Herbert
- 10:40 Book review - The Lying Life of Adults by Elena Ferrante
- 11:08 Political commentators Mills & Morten
- 11:35 Stranded yachties create sea-faring cook book
- 11:50 Off the beaten track with Kennedy Warne
