Summer Weekends Podcast Options

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Daniel Mallory Ortberg is an American author and humourist, and the current voice behind Dear Prudence, Slate's wildly popular online advice column, which has been written by… Read more Audio

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Waikato University engineering student Nicc Moeono Alaiasa wants to help Samoa meet its goal of taking all of its electricity from renewable energy sources by 2025, by creating a… Read more Audio, Gallery

9:05 AM.New York Times opinion writer and editor Bari Weiss recently published a groundbreaking article about the Australian actor Yael Stone, in which the Orange is the New Black star detailed sexual… Read more Audio

8:35 AM.Perfectionism, fostered by the results-focused education system, is on the rise and leading to disastrous mental health outcomes among younger generations, University of Bath psychology lecturer… Read more Audio

8:12 AM.Red Cross aid worker Rosemarie North is in the Banten province of Java where authorities have lifted the alert level for the Anak Krakatau volcano to its second-highest level.

She has worked on and… Read more Audio

12:00 PM.Henry Boyle is combining his interested in virtual reality technology, with his love of spending time suspended in float tanks, with warm epsom salt filled water. Russell Golding, meanwhile, is a… Read more Audio

11:45 AM.Musician Jesse Sheehan in session performing songs. He and singer Ny Oh have just finished a tour around New Zealand promoting his Neil Finn produced debut album Drinking With The Birds, and soon play… Read more Audio

11:30 AM.Would you eat steak grown in a lab?

With the supply of fossil fuels used for fertilisers dwindling, the question is once again being posed: how do we make sure we have have enough food to feed the… Read more Audio

10:45 AM.The World Buskers Festival is underway in Christchurch and one of the headling acts is UK ventriloquist Nina Conti. She's performed around the world, appeared on Live At The Apollo, and her and her… Read more Video, Audio

10:25 AM.Dan Kois and his family are moving around the world, three months at a time to write a book provisionally titled How To Be A Family. Dan has recently kicked off his world tour with New Zealand. Read more Audio

10:08 AM.Not every athlete is like Richie McCaw and gets to fly helicopters when they retire.

The final in our series looking at the realities at key stages in a sporting life brings us to the other end of a… Read more Audio

9:40 AM.On Joint Jukebox are Darian Woods and Lucy Botting who as Wet Wings perform The Weekend's musical theme - 'Willow Peak'.

Lucy and Darian talk to Shaun D Wilson about the Christchurch music scene of… Read more Audio

9:30 AM.Ben Galloway set up Trash Footwear a few years ago in Auckland. He fashions shoes from junk and leftover materials. Read more Audio, Gallery

9:07 AM.2017 is an election year. Will it be a goldmine for our political journalists, or a big yawn? Did John Key's resignation late last year really stir things up? Will New Zealanders bother to vote or can… Read more Audio

8:50 AM.Almost a media magnate, Neil Wilson co-owns the Golden Bay Weekly. He also owns the Geraldine News - who The Weekend heard from a few weeks back with Jan Finlayson. But it is to Golden Bay we are… Read more Audio

8:25 AM.1.5 million New Zealanders will be aged over 65 by 2061, and if you're planning on retiring in the next twenty years you might have to wait until you're 67 to claim superannuation. The retirement… Read more Audio

11:50 AM.Tagi Fiu will be working on a food stall at the capital's annual Pasifika Festival on 23 January as the sights, sounds and flavours of the Pacific Islands go on show. Read more Audio

11:30 AM.Writer and gourmande Anne Else talks about seasonal eating, top tips and her food philosophy. Read more Audio, Gallery

11:06 AM.Lynn Freeman heads out on safari in central and north-western India, joining the hundreds of thousands of people who hope to see rare one-horned rhinos, leopards and especially tigers in the wild. Read more Video, Audio, Gallery

10:40 AM.New Zealand didn't come out well when our adherence to the United Nations Conventions on the Rights of the Child, was assessed. What more can and must be done to protect the rights of Kiwi kids? Read more Audio

10:20 AM.Carolyn Press-McKenzie from the animal welfare organisation HUHA on what to do when your pet is playing up, how to choose the right pet for your family, and where you should get them from. Read more Audio