Saturday Morning Podcast Options

8:35 AM.Hone Kouka is no stranger to controversy with his work, and his new play Nga Rorirori is no exception. Read more Audio

8:12 AM.Years in the making, the Law Commission last week presented its comprehensive review of surrogacy in New Zealand to parliament. Read more Audio

5:07 PM.During his 35-year career, South African-born photographer Gideon Mendel has travelled the globe documenting the impact of disease, flood and fire on communities.  Read more Audio, Gallery

11:55 AM.Listener feedback for 28 May 2022. Audio

11:07 AM.UK journalist and author Nick Duerden has spent years interviewing the most famous musicians on the planet and believes, without exception, they are at their most interesting when they've peaked and… Read more Video, Audio

10:07 AM.If you thought there wasn't any more to say about crime in Baltimore after watching The Wire, think again. Justin Fenton was a crime reporter for the Baltimore Sun newspaper for 13 years and has… Read more Video, Audio

9:40 AM.As a child Rangi Te Kanawa was surrounded by weaving. Te Kanawa's formative experiences immersed in the world of harakeke are undoubtedly what led to her current work as a textile conservator and… Read more Audio, Gallery

8:45 AM.Dubbed "a doom scroll described as a play", Scenes from a Yellow Peril is the latest offering from Chinese-New Zealand playwright and performance poet Nathan Joe. Read more Audio

8:12 AM.Almost 50 years ago the US Supreme Court handed down the landmark Roe v Wade ruling securing a woman's legal right to obtain an abortion. IThe plaintiff at the centre of the case, known by the… Read more Audio

6:07 PM.The world is not just seeing high oil prices, it is at the beginning of a fully-fledged energy crisis, says Helen Thompson, a professor of Political Economy at Cambridge University. Read more Audio

11:06 AM.From her regionalist-style painting in the 70s to her more recent collaboratively-made giant tapa, Dame Robin White is widely recognised as a key figure in contemporary New Zealand art, with a career… Read more Audio, Gallery

10:06 AM.A robot that can sample planktonic communities under the Antarctic ice shelf is the latest tool developed by Professor Craig Cary and his colleagues to help forecast the future impacts of climate… Read more Audio, Gallery

9:30 AM.Having moved to Joshua Tree after the 2011 Christchurch earthquake, husband-and-wife duo Maryrose and Brian Crook are back on home soil for a string of shows with their swirling psychedelic-rock act… Read more Audio, Gallery

8:40 AM.Author, plant lover and former BBC documentary maker Jonathan Drori joins the show for a chat about recent botanical news. This week, bananas and orchids. Read more Audio

8:12 AM.Barrie Cassidy is the former host of ABC's political commentary program Insiders and has covered federal politics for more than 40 years - reporting on 13 federal elections.  Read more Audio

6:07 PM.Novelist and playwright Whiti Hereaka received the top prize at the Ockham New Zealand Book Awards this week for her novel Kurangaituku.  Read more Audio

5:37 PM.A well-known face of stage and screen, Jennifer Ward-Lealand is finding herself getting increasingly busy behind the camera in recent years, including working as an intimacy coordinator. Read more Audio

11:39 AM.Known for her bold art-pop songs which have seen her amass fans around the globe, Theia is now showing a different side with her new reo Māori project Te Kaahu.  Read more Video, Audio

11:05 AM.An image of a gargantuan black hole at the heart of our galaxy has been captured, giving a first glimpse of the 'gentle giant' known as Sagittarius A*.  Read more Video, Audio

9:05 AM.British philosopher Kathleen Stock resigned as a professor last year after accusations of transphobia. She tells Kim Hill her argument is not against people but against miscategorisation. Read more Audio

8:35 AM.Paul McCartney's younger brother, Mike, has just received a British Empire Medal for his services to the community of the Wirral, the peninsula across the Mersey from Liverpool.  Read more Video, Audio, Gallery

8:12 AM.Thirty-six years after his father was ousted, Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr has been elected president of the Philippines in a landslide win. Regine Cabato is the Manila reporter for The Washington… Read more Audio