Summer Weekends Podcast Options

9:45 AM.Lynn Freeman talks to members of the Ashley-Rakahuri Rivercare Group, who are working to protect endangered wildlife living on the braided river. 

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9:30 AM.Our lifesavers series continues with to a member of the St John ambulance team. Leisa Tocknell is Lakes Territory Manager, and area which covers Murupara, Reporoa, Taupo, Turangi and Omori. Read more Audio

9:07 AM.Watching three Afghani mothers kissing their childrens' graves was almost too much for Paula Penfold, after more than two decades of investigative reporting. The Stuff Circuit journalist added New… Read more Audio

8:35 AM.Dr Peter Petchey and Professor Hallie Buckley from the University of Otago have worked with the communities, family descendants and local runaka as they've excavated the Milton's St. John's Anglican… Read more Audio, Gallery

8:15 AM.The JOIDES Resolution is a research ship that drills into the ocean floor, taking samples then studying those sampes to see what secrets they reveal.  Read more Audio, Gallery

8:09 AM.Animals fleeing the devastating Australian bushfires were like a tsunami, a New Zealand volunteer rescuing wildlife in New South Wales says.  Read more Video, Audio

11:30 AM.Nepal rivals India when it comes to wildlife, though it's neighbour has been in the safari business for much longer and has a much bigger profile. Lynn Freeman went on safari in Nepal in August, with… Read more Audio, Gallery

11:20 AM.We go to the main street of Gisborne to speak to Kim Pittar at Muir's Bookshop. Read more Audio

11:04 AM.Over the summer we've been around the country looking at all kinds of community conservation initiatives. Today we're in Auckland to find out about the Kaipatiki Project that for 21 years has inspired… Read more Audio, Gallery

10:30 AM.Musicologist Jared Mackley-Crump is here to talk about summer songs from around the world, bringing you a global taste of summer, from as far away as South Africa - to Cameroon and India. Read more Audio

10:05 AM.Hammer thrower Julia Ratcliffe won gold at the 2018 Commonwealth Games. Now she has her heart set on a medal at this year's Olympic Games in Tokyo. Read more Video, Audio

9:45 AM.Gillian Candler is a writer who takes her love of nature and conservation to create children's books that teach kids about native wildlife, and how to help protect it. She's released a new book -… Read more Audio, Gallery

9:30 AM.Sarah the Gardener, aka writer and blogger Sarah O'Neil, has three books to her name and gardens on a windswept area of land on Auckland's West Coast. Today Sarah O'Neil is sharing her practical tips… Read more Audio, Gallery

9:05 AM.Charlotte Yates has enlisted 12 of the country's top names put Katherine Mansfield's writing, to music. There's jazz and pop through to soul to alt country, with artists including Lawrence Arabia… Read more Audio

8:40 AM.For the past ten years photographer Stuart Macdonald has traveled around the country on his trusty motorbike, taking pictures of New Zealand that aren't traditional picture-postcard fare. Read more Audio, Gallery

8:30 AM.Today in our lifesavers series we're go to the popular beach area of Mt Maunganui, with surf lifeguards Kent Jarman, and Adriana Bird. Read more Audio

8:09 AM.The National Library has set a team involved in web harvesting, collecting online material from websites to blogs and social media posts and even emails before they disappear into the cyber ether.  Read more Audio

11:50 AM.We continue our literary journey around the regions, chatting to Lesley Stead from Paige's Book Gallery in Whanganui about what's being read next to the river this summer. Read more Audio

11:30 AM.A public art installation that allows children, and adults for that matter, to use the sun and turn lots of wheels to create rainbows, won a team of three young architects a coveted Purple Pin from… Read more Audio, Gallery

11:25 AM.Debbie Mair has spent the past two years monitoring the several creeks that run through the fast growing centre of Whitby, north of Wellington. Read more Audio, Gallery

11:05 AM.Friends Mark Warren and Nathan Addis have set up a Facebook page calling for New Zealanders to show the Anzac spirit and offer a place to stay for those affected by the Australian bushfires. Read more Audio

10:45 AM.Kiwi Vicki Farslow has made several trips to Nepal to work with local people on practical projects, like ensuring water supplies for remote villages. Read more Audio, Gallery

10:05 AM.Ariana Tikao is a musician who's an integral part of the revitalisation of traditional Maori instruments, and is one of the curators of the Pukana exhibition - which is on at the National Library in… Read more Audio, Gallery

9:45 AM.Our summer series on lifesavers continues - in this episode we learn about cave rescues, which is highly specialised and involves a huge amount of training. Read more Audio, Gallery

9:10 AM.Kerranne Evans tells Lynn about the joys of working on New Zealand's longest running TV show Country Calendar. Read more Audio