Saturday Morning Podcast Options

9:05 AM.Film director Lee Tamahori and producer Robin Scholes have a long history of collaboration, beginning with 1994's Once Were Warriors, which launched both their careers. Their latest offering, The… Read more Audio

8:10 AM.Lawyer, linguist and teacher Aliya Danzeisen converted to Islam as an adult four months before 9/11. Today, Aliya is the national co-ordinator and spokesperson for the Islamic Women's Council, and a… Read more Audio

11:05 AM.One of New Zealand's finest musical exports, Dame Kiri Te Kanawa, has a voice that has taken her all over the world.  Read more Audio, Gallery

10:40 AM.Clothing label Kowtow has built a devoted following since its inception in Wellington back in 2006.  Read more Audio

10:05 AM.As private corporations invest billions in the space race, tighter regulation of their off-Earth activity is urgently needed, says British philosopher AC Grayling. "If you could put in place a set of… Read more Audio

9:35 AM.Fiona Amundsen is a photographer and associate professor at AUT's School of Art and Design.  Read more Audio

9:07 AM.The loss of a child is unbearable. To lose them in a brutal public beheading, unimaginable. But then to come face to face with their killer?  Read more Audio

8:45 AM.A week ago, Alabama's Supreme Court ruled that embryos were "extrauterine children".  Read more Audio

8:10 AM.The world-first law that would have created a smokefree generation in Aotearoa New Zealand was repealed under urgency by the coalition government on Wednesday. A tobacco control expert tells Susie… Read more Audio

11:40 AM.Kate De Goldi is one of New Zealand's most celebrated authors, an Arts Foundation Laureate, and a voracious reader.  Read more Audio

11:05 AM.The story of North Carolinian husband and wife, Kathleen and Michael Peterson, took the world by storm after Kathleen's mysterious death in 2001. Read more Audio

10:40 AM.The biggest BBQ festival in Australasia, Meatstock, is back at Mystery Creek, Kirikiriroa Hamilton, this weekend after a three year hiatus.  Read more Audio

10:05 AM.The Belong Care Village in Chester has a fully integrated on-site nursery.  Read more Audio

9:45 AM.When you think of surfing, Africa might not be the first place that springs to mind. Documentary filmmaker Benoit Lalande makes short films about that very thing.  Read more Video, Audio

9:05 AM.Couples who sustain a strong intimate bond over time approach sex with "compassion, confidence, joy and a sense of playfulness," says sexual wellness educator Dr Emily Nagoski. Read more Video, Audio

8:45 AM.Over 200,000 New Zealanders are affected by tinnitus, a condition experienced as ringing in the ears.  Read more Audio

8:10 AM.This weekend marks two years since Russia invaded Ukraine, a war that has killed tens of thousands of people since.  Read more Audio

11:35 AM.The epic Te Arawa legend of Hatupatu and the bird woman Kurungaituku is centre stage at the Aotearoa New Zealand Festival of the Arts. Read more Audio

11:05 AM.Sleep is fundamental to our survival, hence why we dedicate a third of our lives to it.  Read more Audio

10:35 AM.Comedian's comedian Emma Lange is bringing a show to the fringe festival, based on her experience of a malignant, incurable brain tumor.  Read more Audio

10:05 AM.Gary J. Bass has spent the past decade researching and writing his latest book, Judgement at Tokyo, about Japan's war criminal trials in the wake of WWII.  Read more Audio