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Saturday Morning
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.
Episodes
- Saturday Morning
Charlotte Lockhart and Professor Jean Abraham: treating breast cancer
A new cancer treatment being developed at Cambridge University's Precision Breast Cancer Institute is returning results the global medical community is…
- Saturday Morning
The 2026 Lynley Dodd Children’s Writers Award
This week Claire Mabey was announced as the winner of the Lynley Dodd Children's Writers Award. Claire's she's the founder of Verb Wellington, LitCrawl…
- Saturday Morning
Jemima Jones: tackling hard to recycle plastics
Grassroots Recycling is a volunteer-run scheme that has diverted more than 200,000 food and beverage cartons from landfill in the Nelson region. Since its…
- Saturday Morning
Antarctica's volcanic landscape
When you think of Antarctica it's more likely that cold and ice come to mind than magma and ash; but the continent is home to the largest volcanic region on…
- Saturday Morning
A body needs a body - para-athletics
The Commonwealth Games are underway in Glasgow, one of those rare tournaments celebrating para-athletes in tandem with other competitors. For tetraplegic rugby…
- Saturday Morning
90's Icon: Macy Gray
90's icon, Macy Gray is heading to New Zealand. Since breaking out with the 1990's megahit 'I try', Macy's gone on to sell millions of albums, earn numerous…
- Saturday Morning
Macbeth - the same skulduggery today: Ben Kilby-Henson
Shakespeare's OG thriller Macbeth is as relatable today as it was 420 years ago. And it's coming to Auckland. In-demand director Ben Kilby-Henson's Macbeth…
- Saturday Morning
Death with Dignity, Fergus Wheeler
A funeral in New Zealand can cost between $8,000-15,000, and it keeps getting more expensive. So, can death be done with dignity, without debt, and with out a…
- Saturday Morning
Jimmy Paul, turning Scotland's crime stats upside-down
New Zealand and Scotland have a similar population size, but while our youth prison population hovers around 130 to 160, Scotland's is currently zero. It's an…
- Saturday Morning
H is for Hawk flies onto the big screen
Dealing with grief? Have you tried training a hawk? Reckoning with her dads death, historian Helen Macdonald, did just that. It became the subject of her…
- Saturday Morning
Quake Update - Weston Kirton
A strong and shallow earthquake jolted the central North Island at 4.51am, around five kilometres southwest of Taumarunui, Measuring 5.9, and only nine…
- Saturday Morning
Remembering Emmy & BAFTA winning wildlife cameraman Doug Allan
The cameraman behind award-winning images that helped to bring Sir David Attenborough's conservation work to life, is being remembered in a special charity…
- Saturday Morning
Cheap warming winter meals
Chef and food waste expert Del Holland is back to share her tips on getting savvy in the kitchen, without compromising on taste.
- Saturday Morning
Contemporary ballet - keeping us on point
Dunedin born Sarah Foster Sproull is one of New Zealand's top choreographers. Her work 'Ultra Folly' is making its way around the country as part of the Royal…
- Saturday Morning
A record of the Bounty that keeps giving
For generations, the story of the Bounty has been told as an adventure - a dramatic clash between Captain Bligh and Fletcher Christian. But for the descendants…
- Saturday Morning
Celebrating Sam
This week we lost a screen legend, and according to all accounts - a top bloke. Sam made a huge impact on stars of our stage and screen in their own right…
- Saturday Morning
The kiwi behind the world cup grass
Last month we spoke with FIFA's Head of Pitch Infrastructure, Ewen Hodge. He's responsible for some of the most important grass in the world. He's joins us to…
- Saturday Morning
Peter Hambleton: from Hobbit hole to local library
Peter Hambleton is perhaps better known as Glóin in The Hobbit trilogy. But he's ditched the Dwarf costume and put down his axe to do battle with people we pay…
- Saturday Morning
Welby Ings - fighting for gay rights
This month marks the 40th anniversary of the Homosexual Law Reform Act. Welby Ings is a queer activist, who in the early 1980s established Gay Rights of…
- Saturday Morning
Bird Flu and our native birds
The bird flu's now in New Zealand - what could it mean for our native bird populations? The Pukorokoro Shorebird Centre's Keith Woodley explains the risks.
- Saturday Morning
World Cup wrap
The Football World Cup is in its final throes this weekend with the play-off for 3rd and 4th between France and England tomorrow at 9am.
- Saturday Morning
How to skip the Small Talk and go Big
Kalina Silverman is the founder of a global movement Big Talk; she wants everyone to skip the small talk to make room for big conversations
- Saturday Morning
Matariki Gardening with Hannah Zwartz
Our resident gardening expert is back, this time to talk about all things Matariki. Hannah Zwartz has over 30 years' experience gardening professionally…
- Saturday Morning
Majic Paora: Music for Matariki
Majic won Best Maori Female Solo Artist at the Waiata Maori Music Awards in 2015 and she's putting together a concert which is next weekend to mark Matariki…
- Saturday Morning
Architecture from Cape to Bluff
From a home perched impossibly on the side of hills, to a flat pack build that needs only three people to put together - our landscape hosts some rather unique…
- Saturday Morning
They're NUMBER ONE! Patea Maori Club
Poi E is right up there with iconic Kiwi songs. The chart-topping waiata is 42 years old and still going strong. The Patea Maori Club is still going strong too…
- Saturday Morning
Katie Deare: The Winter 31 Club
Now, granted, it is a long weekend - and you have every right to put your feet up and relax - but if you're worried about becoming a winter couch potato, then…
- Saturday Morning
Mihi Forbes: Launching the latest NZ Wars doco
The Doc Edge Festival is on at the moment with screenings at all the main centres. There's even a Virtual Cinema launching at the end of the month - so no one…
- Saturday Morning
Cameron Bennett: Bringing our stories to the screen, NZ Wars
Veteran war correspondent Cameron Bennett joins Paddy to talk about the NZ Wars documentary: Stories of Waerenga-a-Hika. Cameron's directed the doco about the…
- Saturday Morning
Takahe released onto Farewell Spit
Two things you'll find in Golden Bay are horopito and takahe, and they're two things that father daughter duo Peter and Lucy Butler have put together. Peter…
- Saturday Morning
The mysterious networks of fungi right under our feet
A recent study has revealed that there are vast and mysterious underground networks of fungi right under our feet. These organisms are so small they can't be…
- Saturday Morning
Move that body!
Those of us who sit at a desk for most of the day know the importance of taking a break. New research has figured out exactly how often we should get up and…
- Saturday Morning
David Howman: Insight into the dark world of sports doping
One of the most senior figures in global anti-doping is a New Zealander. David Howman is Chairman of the International Athletics Integrity Unit which polices…
- Saturday Morning
TALA: the Samoan cuisine making Michelin history
Auckland's TALA has received the first-ever Michelin Star awarded for Samoan food.
- Saturday Morning
Kate de Goldi: Bookworm reviews
Kate de Goldi, our resident reader, is back with her latest picks.
- Saturday Morning
Dogs of the World
Craig Turner-Bullock has spent almost a decade travelling the world, taking photos of dogs. He talks to Susie about capturing canines - and finding their best…
- Saturday Morning
Antarctica through a te ao Maori lens
Matariki became a public holiday in 2022 largely thanks to the mahi of Professor Rangi Matamua who last year decided he would do Matariki in Antarctica.
- Saturday Morning
Carol Guzy: Snapping ICE
Four-time Pulitzer Prize winning photo-journalist, Carol Guzy, on documenting ICE.
- Saturday Morning
Alien water and black holes with Dr Michelle Thaller
Black holes, glittery images and alien water on an interstellar comet - the infinite possibilities of space!
- Saturday Morning
Kate Daly: Divorcing well
There's no doubt divorce can be messy, but according to divorce expert Kate Daly, it doesn't have to be!
- Saturday Morning
Lenny McAllister: The US at 250
This July fourth in the USA marks the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence. As it reaches this milestone, we take a look at the…
- Saturday Morning
World-leading Kiwi research wins top science prize
The PM's Science Prize has been awarded to an Auckland team who's work has prevented severe disability for thousands of babies around the world.
- Saturday Morning
The Bug Man and the river
The mighty Ruamāhanga river is set to play the starring role in an upcoming documentary alongside naturalist Ruud Kleinpaste, also known as The Bug Man.
- Saturday Morning
The new digital book club
Have you always wanted to join a book club but haven't quite found the time to make it happen? Well, the Libby Reads digital book club might be your answer.
- Saturday Morning
Chris Chang: Can the All Whites make history?
TVNZ's FIFA World Cup host, Chris Chang speaks to Mihingarangi ahead of this afternoon's match between the All Whites and Belgium.
- Saturday Morning
Daughter of Fidel Castro
The Cuban revolution is particularly personal for Alina Fernández. When Alina was 10 years old, she found out that her father was its leader - Fidel Castro.
- Saturday Morning
The art of letting go
Many of us spend years building our lives around accumulation, believing that's how we'll find security and happiness. But what if we've got it backwards?…
- Saturday Morning
Can we outsmart AI?
How do we build resilience in the face of more technological and societal change? Acclaimed neuroscientist, Dr Hannah Critchlow shares her tips.
- Saturday Morning
Afterlife Lab: How important is legacy?
How will you be remembered after you die? And does it really matter if you're not here to see it? It turns out that an awful lot of us do care.
- Saturday Morning
Max Dickins: Modern masculinity
We often talk about how life has changed for women across the generations but what about men? What does it mean to be a man today?