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6pm - 7pmThe Panel features a range of panellists from across the opinion spectrum, together with expert phone guests.
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Featured stories
What sex workers think of Oscar winner Anora
The film has a stripper as the lead character. Those in adult entertainment and sex work industries pointed out what the film did well, and didn't.
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Where is the best burger in New Zealand?
1:23 pm todayA humble food truck at the bottom of the country has taken out the top spot in the Burger Nation competition. Audio
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What happens when a makeup artist loses his sight?
6:08 am todayAri Kerssens grew up watching queer makeup artists on YouTube and enrolled in a makeup course towards the end of school. It all changed when he lost most of his sight at age 19, writes Jogai Bhatt. Video
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The 'strange process' that got Badjelly on TV
5 Mar 2025For over 50 years, Spike Milligan's deliciously pernicious witch Badjelly has been hugely popular in New Zealand, but the story of how it was brought to modern-day screen life is complicated. Audio
Programmes
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Nights
Tune in to Nights every weekday from 8pm to midnight for a delectable buffet of creative ideas, open-minded conversations, music, musings and daily stimulation.
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Afternoons
Jesse Mulligan presents an upbeat mix of the curious and the compelling, ranging from the stories of the day to the great questions of our time.
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Morning Report
RNZ National’s flagship news programme known for breaking news stories, incisive interviews with politicians across the political spectrum and newsmakers and commentators from Aotearoa and…
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Tales from the festive season
The history of Christmas in New Zealand and other tales from the festive season.
Presenters
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Duncan Smith
Station: National
Programme: Country Life
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Kara Rickard
Station: National
Programme: On the Air - Mā runga iarere
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Sally Round
Station: National
Programme: Country Life
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Wallace Chapman
Station: National
Programme: The Panel
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Colin Peacock
Station: National
Programme: Mediawatch
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Jesse Mulligan
Station: National
Programme: Afternoons
Popular audio
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Robert Macfarlane goes Underland
28 Sep 2019Nature and travel writer Robert Macfarlane grew up in coal country, just next to limestone country. What was underground defined what was up above for him from a very young age. His new book Underland… Audio
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Language, music and battling the pain: Whai Te Wiata
Whai Te Wiata recently graduated at Auckland University with a BA majoring in linguistics and Maori studies. He chose linguistics believing if he could work out how languages are constructed he could… Audio
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Fruit and Vege Report with Glenn Forsyth
30 Nov 2020Live from the Monday produce markets is our Minister of Fruit and Veges Glenn Forsyth, answering your questions about fresh produce prices and supermarket mark-ups and what's best in the fruit and… Audio
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Going off antidepressants - take time to quit
9 Jul 2019What happens when it's time to stop taking antidepressants? In a significant shift in position, in the last few months the Royal College of Psychiatrists in the UK now accepts that it has not paid… Audio
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The Schizophonics perform live
22 May 2019Direct from San Diego, the rock band The Schizophonics are live in our Auckland studio. They're known for their explosive and frenzied live performances. Pat Beers is the lead singer and guitarist… Audio
Today’s Schedule
12:04 AM. All Night Programme
A selection of the best RNZ National interviews and features.
5:00 AM. First Up with Nathan Rarere
New Zealand's early morning wake-up call
6:00 AM. Morning Report with Ingrid Hipkiss and Corin Dann
RNZ's three-hour breakfast news show with news and interviews, bulletins on the hour and half-hour
9:06 AM. Nine to Noon with Kathryn Ryan
Current affairs and topics of interest.
Noon Midday Report
RNZ news, followed by updates and reports until 1.00pm
1:06 PM. Afternoons with Jesse Mulligan
An upbeat mix of the curious and the compelling, ranging from the stories of the day to the great questions of our time (RNZ)
4:00 PM. Checkpoint with Lisa Owen
RNZ's weekday drive-time news and current affairs programme
6:00 PM. The Panel with Wallace Chapman
An hour of discussion, featuring a range of panellists from right along the opinion spectrum, together with expert phone guests (RNZ)
7:06 PM. The Detail
Join The Detail team as they make sense of the big stories with the country's best journalists and experts
7:30 PM. Our Changing World
8:06 PM. Nights with Emile Donovan
RNZ's weeknight programme of entertainment and information
8:15 PM. Pacific Waves
8:30 PM. Nights Continues
Including tonight's quiz
10:00 PM. News at Ten
A roundup of today's news and sport
10:15 PM. Nights continues with Emile Donovan
11:04 PM. The Mixtape
Musical guests compile a C60 (tape) and talk us through their selections (RNZ)
