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Nine To Noon
9am - MiddayFrom nine to noon every weekday, Kathryn Ryan talks to the people driving the news - in New Zealand and around the world. Delve beneath the headlines to find out the real story, listen to Nine to Noon's expert commentators and reviewers and catch up with the latest lifestyle trends on this award-winning programme.
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Midday Report
Midday - 1pm
Featured stories
Why do some octogenarians have exceptional memories?
Research from the University of Chicago looked at 'superagers' - people over 80 years who have the memory of someone decades younger - to try to understand why.
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'The most demanding brief you could have as a sock maker'
8:08 am todayFrom this month, New Zealand Defence Force staff will be standing to attention with locally made socks on their feet.
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The people who want to keep working forever
19 May 2025Stats New Zealand data shows hundreds of thousands of us are working in our 70s, 80s and even 90s. Venetia Sherson, 77, asks, What keeps us at our posts?
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Julia Deans performs 'Six-String Heart' live on radio for first time
about 1 hour agoThe song, which the Kiwi singer has already performed at live shows, will feature on her upcoming album.
Programmes
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Saturday Morning
Presented by Susie Ferguson and Mihingarangi Forbes. In-depth feature interviews, current affairs and news across a broad range of topics on RNZ National and online.
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The Panel
The Panel features a range of panellists from across the opinion spectrum, together with expert phone guests.
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Checkpoint
Checkpoint with Lisa Owen is RNZ’s weekday drive-time news programme, Our people, stories and breaking news and interviews from 4-6pm.
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The Veggie iPlot
A grassy clay bank in Simon Morton's back garden is turned into a productive veggie patch
Presenters
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Lisa Owen
Station: National
Programme: Checkpoint
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Mark Amery
Station: National
Programme: Culture 101
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Kathryn Ryan
Station: National
Programme: Nine To Noon
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Sharon Brettkelly
Station: National
Programme: The Detail
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Todd Zaner
Station: National
Programme: News
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Charlotte Cook
Station: National
Programme: Midday Report
Today’s Schedule
12:00 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. The Sampler
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. Worlds of Music
Trevor Reekie brings you Music from the world, for the world (RNZ)