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Latest episodes
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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 clearin…
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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…
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20 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 g…
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26 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.…
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18 min
Penguins go bush
Around the world most people imagine penguins on icebergs and icy plains, while here in Aotearoa we're more likely to see the Little Blue paddling in through the waves and nesting…
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27 min
Tracking social media's role in NZ elections
Social media bans for under 16s have seen cross-party support this election. But while most parties are wary of it - social media has also become a crucial pillar in campaigning. D…
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25 min
Breakthrough Treatment for Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
Dr Marthinus Bekker, clinical psychologist and senior lecturer at the University of Auckland, is behind a new programme which offers a breakthrough treatment for Obsessive Compulsi…
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19 min
Should We Rework Work?
Perpetual Guardian founder and four-day work week advocate Andrew Barnes has been putting some work into answering whether the way we think about the work week fit for purpose.
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23 min
Behind the moustache for 20 years
Australian comedian Heath Franklin has spent 20 years in the iconic Aviators, fake horseshoe moustache and Sharpie tattoos that transform him into his stand-up comedy version of in…
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22 min
Graham Leonard on tsunamis and next week's drill
It's Shakeout 2026, a day and set time to practice your drill if you're in a potential tsunami danger zone. Principal Scientist at Earth Sciences NZ's Graham Leonard dropped into t…
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9 min
Fifty years of Otara Markets
On any given Saturday, before much of Auckland is stirring the Ōtara Markets are already humming. For 50 years they've been a fixture of South Auckland life - rich in Pacific cultu…
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16 min
The Piano Teacher of Montparnasse
The Kiwi-born best-selling author of The Tattooist of Auschwitz is back with another work of historical fiction, this time detailing the story of a young Jewish woman in World War…
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15 min
Are older Kiwis being excluded from the digital world?
With an aging population and everyday tasks that seem to involve more and more tech, technological progress marches on, but is it leaving some of us behind? Kate Rodger spoke to Me…
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22 min
The 4,500 year old shipwreck discovered off Turkey's coast
What may be the world's oldest shipwreck has been found off the coast of Turkey. It's a discovery that could transform our understanding of Mediterranean connections during the Ear…
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20 min
New Zealand is on screens around the world
East of Eden, Heart of the Beast, Tenzing and Minecraft. New Zealand locations have been front and centre in some of the biggest film and television productions. Our crews are rubb…
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18 min
The Wild Horses of the Last Land
Biologist Wayne Linklater on tracking the wild horses of the Kaimanawa Ranges
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24 min
Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is With Luke Kemeys
Question Time with Luke Kemeys: Financial literacy and helpful tips
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16 min
Matty Blomfield on AI and apples
The secret to start-ups with Matty Blomfield, CEO at Hectre who's done all the hard yards
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27 min
Why has Lizzie Borden haunted America?
Why the spotlight is back on the Lizzie Borden story which gripped the world and has haunted folklore since.
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20 min
The Kiwi Words That Have Made It to the Oxford English Dictionary
The latest update to the Oxford English Dictionary adds a suite of words commonly used in New Zealand