Summer Weekends Podcast Options

8:45 AM.We continue our series on lifesavers, lifeguards Malcolm McClurg and Toni Cranko join us to talk about the beaches they patrol.  Read more Audio

8:30 AM.Environmental historian Dr Jonathan West, who's received a $12,000 New Zealand History Trust Fund Award talks to Lynn Freeman about how lakes can tell the story of what's happened in their catchment. 

8:25 AM.We cross live to the MetService to get the weather for the week ahead. Audio

8:12 AM.Moera speaks to Lynn about the wider effect the cyclone could have on Fiji, and the wider Pacific. Audio

8:09 AM.We cross to the Ellie van Baaren from the Red Cross to get the latest on the cyclone in Fiji. Audio

11:50 AM.Over the summer we'll be talking to people who've made books their livelihood - crossing to them to ask about their shop's place in the community, and what's been popular over the holiday break. Today… Read more Audio

11:30 AM.The Weekend Host Lynn Freeman takes us to Helsinki, where she spent a few days in May, 2019.  Read more Audio, Gallery

11:04 AM.Our next story looks at a man who's translating classic children's texts into te reo Maori - he says mostly for his own fun! Associate Professor Tom Roa from Waikato University translated Alice in… Read more Audio

10:20 AM.Simon Sweetman looks at a trilogy of albums by Dave Dobbyn that saw him make his name as more than an 'anthem-writer', by exploring deep, dark, personal issues. Read more Audio

10:04 AM.If you’re catching up with some gardening this summer over the holidays and are curious about growing some herbs, expert Jane Wrigglesworth says it’s all quite easy and shares her pro tips.  Read more Audio

9:35 AM.Athol McCredie is a man who knows a good breakfast, and has started a website called The Muesli Review. On it, he not only reviews muesli across Wellington, but gives a history of the dish.  Read more Audio

9:20 AM.Professor Christopher Breward is a man who likes a good suit. He has one designed by Alexander McQueen which was crafted for him by Savile Row tailors. Read more Audio, Gallery

9:06 AM.Ski champion Jesse Teat speaks to Lynn Freeman about heading the support team for 20 young Olympians heading to the Youth Winter Olympics.  Read more Audio

8:40 AM.Volunteers have now bedded in around 20,000 plants along the Opotiki Dunes Trail as part of an ambitious environmental restoration programme.

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8:20 AM.As part of our series on lifesavers, Lynn Freeman talks to Auckland rescue helicopter senior pilot James Tayler. Read more Audio

8:09 AM.In the first survey of shark life along the Otago coastline since the 1990s, people in and on the water this summer are being asked to keep an eye out for the many species that venture there. Read more Audio, Gallery

11:48 AM.Maine Andrew was born on the island paradise of Aitutaki, Cook Islands, where recipes are handed down from generation to generation. She regularly hosts the Cook Islands health show on Auckland… Read more Audio

11:06 AM.Chelsea Jade is a New Zealand pop musician based in Los Angeles, whose first full-length album, Personal Best, was released last July. She is a Silver Scrolls finalist for her song Laugh it Off… Read more Audio

10:39 AM.Eric Asimov is the chief wine critic for the New York Times. He began his career at The New York Times in 1984, first writing about food, and later becoming a wine critic. Eric wrote the book How to… Read more Audio

10:26 AM.In a live televised address, the US President set out new plans on his Mexican wall project to try to end a partial government shutdown lasting more than four weeks. One of Donald Trump's… Read more Audio

10:06 AM.Eve Simmons is the deputy health editor for the Mail on Sunday, a survivor of anorexia, and co-founder of the website Not Plant Based, in which she and her co-writer, Laura Dennison, scathingly pick… Read more Audio

9:06 AM.Scaachi Koul is a Canadian journalist whose first collection of essays, One Day We'll All Be Dead and None of This Will Matter, observes the world in a wry, irreverent, moving, and laugh-out-loud… Read more Audio

8:43 AM.Dr Elspeth McRae is chief innovation and science officer at the Crown Research Institute, Scion, which is working on alternatives to petroleum-based plastic. Dr McRae is on the board of the Packaging… Read more Audio

8:12 AM.Police in Zimbabwe this week rounded up hundreds after violent protests over high fuel prices; human rights groups say 12 have been killed, and beatings widely reported. The demonstrations were… Read more Audio