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In-depth feature interviews, current affairs and news across a broad range of topics. Presented by fill-in host Kate Rodger through until the end of 2026. Paddy Gower is the new host from 2027.

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November 6 · 46 min
Dame Naida Glavish: The Kia Ora Lady
Kahurangi Rangimarie Naida Glavish first shot to national prominence in 1984 while working at the Post Office telephone exchange in Helensville. In Dame Naida's case she greeted you with a friendly 'kia ora.' Her supervisor instructed her to stop using te reo Maori. She refused, was demoted and the story was picked up by the media. It stirred comment from the then Prime Minister, Sir Robert Muldoon, and even the BBC did a story on it. Now she's written a book called 'The Kia Ora Lady' which look
November 6 · 17 min
The world's weirdest marathon hits the theatre
The Summer Olympics of 1904 were held in St Louis, Missouri and they were the first ever held outside of Europe. But this particular event has gone down in history for hosting a farcical marathon which involved rat poison, hitch-hiking, stolen fruit and dog attacks. The strange tale has been brought to the stage by Nic Sampson who popped in to share a little of it.
November 6 · 27 min
The Poetry of the Pacific
Two poet-artists who've shared a long friendship defined by the waves and the currents of the South Pacific are John Puhiatau Pule and Gregory O'Brien. They've collaborated on a new publication called This Must Be the Island - Liga Hanai e Motu. It features poetry, art and design from both influenced by all corners of the South Pacific, its people and places. Punctuated by sketches, prints and poems the book is a feast for the eyes. During their interview they both treated us to a reading of the
November 6 · 10 min
Election Day round up
On the last day to vote we check in with RNZ hosts Jesse Mulligan and Wallace Chapman ahead of the networks special coverage which starts at 7 o'clock once polls close. There's a big night ahead with in depth analysis of the results as they role in from around the motu. Jesse and Wallace will be hopping from one location to another across a range of spots in Auckland.
November 6 · 23 min
Uncovering Australia's dark history of Blackbirding
Over the ditch, Aussies have become a little more comfortable through the years facing the wreckage of their colonial history and the violence and trauma borne from it. But there's still one dark chapter of their history that many know nothing about: it's the practice of Blackbirding - which our next guest, author Ryan Butta explained is Australia's forgotten slave trade.
November 6 · 20 min
How AI could help prevent whale strandings
Dozens of pilot whales were found stranded on a Wairarapa beach this week and despite the best efforts of conservation groups and concerned locals all the whales perished. Daren Grover from whale rescue group Project Jonah joined us for an update and to talk about a new AI-assisted bit of tech that might give us the ability to predict and prepare for these events in future.
November 6 · 22 min
Cyber criminals strike again
Cyber criminals have once again hacked into supermarket fridges and freezers across France in a bizarre attack for which no one has claimed responsibility - nor have any demands been made. With ever growing cyber-security threats and questions around the vulnerability of infrastructure we invited National Cyber Security Centre head Catriona Robinson to find out the risk factors in Aotearoa and what can be done about them.
October 30 · 23 min
Black Sheep Returns
Ahead of this week's release of Black Sheeps, actor Nathan Meister is here to talk about reprising his role from Black Sheep twenty years ago and Weta Workshop's Stephen Crowe tells us about creating the titular ovine monstrosities.
October 30 · 13 min
Why do we celebrate Halloween?
Academic and pop culture history expert Lorna Piatta-Farnell is here to talk about Halloween and its origins, particularly whether it's an example of an Americanising influence on our culture or a link back to our Celtic social history.
October 30 · 6 min
Running for Gut Health
If you're spectating or running in the marathon in Auckland tomorrow, you might wonder why there's a woman dressed as a giant poo in the race. That's Anna Ross, who along with her team is running to raise awareness and money for gut cancer.
October 30 · 21 min
Questions with Dr Buzz
Saturday Morning's medical expert Dr Buzz Burrell is back to answer listener questions and track what ailments are widespread as we head into summer.
October 30 · 23 min
The Voice Behind Country Calendar
Country Calendar producer and host Dan Henry joins us to talk about helming the longest-running television programme in New Zealand history and how they manage to find a new patch of rural life every week.
October 30 · 22 min
Searching for Afunakwa
Searching for Afunakwa is a documentary and music project that traces the little-known origins of one of the most recognizable pieces of "world music" of the 1990s. Sweet Lullaby, by Deep Forest became a global hit, selling millions of copies and appearing in films, advertisements, and viral videos. But the woman behind the vocals was never acknowledged. DJ Matt Singmin went looking for Afunakwa, deep in the forests of the Solomon Islands
October 30 · 18 min
Changing How We Look at Kaupapa Maori
For more than four decades, Distinguished Professor Graham Hingangaroa Smith has dedicated himself to validating and advocating for Maori education systems that better serve indigenous peoples. His work identifying and analysing Kaupapa Maori Theory has been transformative in kura, and the world of academia both here and overseas which is why he's been recognised this week with the Te Puawaitanga Research Excellence Medal at the Royal Society Te Aparangi Awards.
October 30 · 21 min
Tracking the Overseas Elections Making History
BBC security Correspondent Frank Gardner joins to give us the latest on the monumental elections that define last week and next week - namely, the elections in Israel and the upcoming midterm decisions to be made by voters in the United States of America.
October 30 · 18 min
A Breakthrough in Skin Cancer Treatment
A deeply compelling innovation has cancer specialists buzzing. An experimental mRNA cancer vaccine which has allowed people with high-risk melanoma to live longer, cancer-free, according to drug companies Moderna and Merck. Medical Oncologist and Melanoma NZ Spokesperson Gareth Rivalland has been leading this from the New Zealand end and will explain what it means.
October 23 · 21 min
Labour weekend gardening tips and trips
Labour weekend is traditionally the long weekend we rip into the garden. There are sales on, the sun (hopefully - whereever you are in the motu) is shining! It's a time for clearing out the weeds and new plantings... a time of new beginnings. The queen of green thumbs, Hannah Zwartz is here to help us make the right choices.
October 23 · 19 min
En pointe with the ballet classic Sleeping Beauty
Sleeping Beauty is back with the Royal New Zealand Ballet this month - and touring around the country. The ballet steps us into a fairytale of magic, telling the story of Princess Aurora, a wicked curse and of course, true love. It's all happening under the watchful, wise eye of Greg Horsman came into the Wellington studio to talk it through.
October 23 · 19 min
Belonging in Aotearoa
More than a century after his great-grandfather arrived in New Zealand, Harpreet Singh still gets told he doesn't belong here. Sikhs have been confronted at public events, racist graffiti has appeared outside schools, and anti-immigration rhetoric has once again entered the public conversation.
October 23 · 25 min
Talking to your loved one about dementia
Three people develop dementia every hour - that's 500 new cases every week. And our aging population means the number of people with dementia is expected to nearly double by 2050. But navigating the disease is incredibly difficult, both for those who have it and their caregivers. Nurse, Naomi Anderson, spent 20 years working in dementia care and says there are ways we can make that journey a whole lot less heartbreaking.

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