Saturday Morning Podcast Options

9:06 AM.UNESCO predicts the global community will lose as many as 3000 indigenous languages by the end of the century. Scottish Gael sociolinguist Dr. Paul Meighan-Chiblow speaks to Mihi.  Read more Audio

8:35 AM.For some, the relationship between Christianity and Maori atua (gods) is very complex. But Te Hira Paenga sees the two as complementary.  Read more Audio

8:10 AM.There have never been more products or trends to help with our hygiene - but are they all necessary?  Read more Audio

7:50 AM.Dr Ururoa Flavell is a lead rider for a Smear your Mea campaign where a team have cycled nearly 800km from Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland to New Plymouth. Read more Audio

7:42 AM.A series of walks to raise awareness about Motor Neurone Disease are happening across the country this morning. Dr Natalie Gauld shares her personal experience. Read more Audio

7:32 AM.A massive wakeup call or a hatchet job? Associate professor of politics Lara Greaves breaks down the inquiry into Manurewa Marae and the data collection. Read more Audio

7:20 AM.Overnight there were signs the relationship between the US and Ukraine could be thawing slightly, AP International affliliate correspondent Philip Crowther is in Kyiv. Read more Audio

7:10 AM.Former Foreign Minister Nanaia Mahuta gives analysis on just how significant those three Chinese warships off the coast of Australia are. Read more Audio

11:35 AM.Eagerly awaited by devoted fans, The White Lotus is back with a third season on Monday, this time set in Thailand. Kiwi actor Morgana O'Reilly has been cast as one of the resort hosts, joining Natasha… Read more Audio

11:05 AM.A beautiful new coffee-table book brings together some of Aotearoa's most renowned Maori thinkers in a wide-ranging korero about the influence and empowerment of Maori writing. Books of Mana is a… Read more Audio

10:30 AM.Irish drag queen Rory O'Neill aka Panti Bliss was pivotal in Ireland becoming the first country in the world to legalise same-sex marriage by referendum in 2015. Panti's bringing her heels to Auckland… Read more Audio

10:08 AM.Condiments - they're always there, standing by ready to enhance any meal at a moment's notice, but how much do we really know about them? Condiment Claire, aka Claire Dinhut is a historian with a… Read more Audio

9:32 AM.The Malaghan Institute of Medical Research, which has running ground-breaking trails of CAR T-cell therapy, has a new director, Kjesten Wiig. Read more Audio

9:05 AM.Many of us have a nagging inner critic, yet most people wouldn't consider themselves perfectionists - the unforgiving mindset demanding excellence and nothing less. Dr. Ellen Hendriksen is a clinical… Read more Audio

8:52 AM.The Lantern Festival is a four day event that marks the first-full moon of the new lunar year, and welcomes the Year of the Snake. Among those, taking to the stage will be my next guest Nancy… Read more Audio

8:40 AM.The Consumer Guarantees (Right to Repair) Amendment Bill is set to have its first reading next Wednesday. This is the first time there could potentially be legislation that looks at the consumer's… Read more Audio

8:10 AM.Ben Elton burst onto the British alternative comedy scene in the '80s. He went on to co-write The Young Ones and Blackadder, with Richard Curtis. He's coming back to NZ with new show, Authentic… Read more Audio

7:40 AM.On Monday, at midnight - submissions will close on the government's Gene Technology Bill. But opponents of the bill are warning against it. Groups like Greenpeace and GE Free NZ say there are serious… Read more Audio

7:19 AM.Both Hamas and Israel now say they will continue to release hostages as part of the ceasefire agreement. Meanwhile, U.S. president Donald Trump has suggested his country will take over the Gaza strip… Read more Audio

7:18 AM.Cook Islands Prime Minister Mark Brown is on his way back to Rarotonga after signing an agreement with China yesterday which has concerned our Deputy Prime Minister. Meanwhile a protest is being… Read more Audio

11:35 AM.Geoff Parkes' has written two books on rugby, but now he's written about a different type of ruckus. His debut novel is a crime fiction, set in rural New Zealand in the 1980s.  Read more Audio

11:06 AM.Sustainability expert Lottie Dalziel has built a career turning environmental problems into sustainable solutions. Read more Audio

10:40 AM.Bryn & Ku's Singles Club is a new doco series following two comedians on a cross-country quest for love. Read more Audio