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Featured stories
Pixies deliver polished walk down unconventional memory lane
Fans soaked up the nostalgia of hearing 1990 album, Bossanova, followed by 1991’s Trompe le Monde in full on a glorious weekend of music in Auckland.
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Tool dives into back catalogue for return to New Zealand
24 Nov 2025The US progressive rock band's New Zealand dates offered an enthralling two-hour show that included a few classics, and a tribute to Ozzy Ozbourne.
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Pluto reflect on Pipeline Under the Ocean
10 Nov 2025Band members Mike Hall and Milan Borich say listening to the 20-year-old double-platinum record takes them right back to a slightly turbulent, but joyful time.
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Despised Auschwitz marching band gave some hope of life
6 Nov 2025A group of women prisoners in Auschwitz Concentration Camp were formed into a notorious marching band. They played as inmates got off the trains, marched for roll call, and as ash from the crematoriums rained down.
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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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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Country Life
Country Life takes you down country roads to meet ordinary people achieving their dreams. We live in a beautiful country and we'd love to show it. Have you got a great photo? Drop us…
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Waitangi Day
Waitangi Day on RNZ National with Mihingarangi Forbes and Julian Wilcox from 6-10am live from Waitangi, and Susana Lei'ataua presenting from 10am-midday. RNZ National willl also broadcast…
Presenters
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Amanda Gillies
Station: National
Programme: The Detail
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Sharon Brettkelly
Station: National
Programme: The Detail
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Jesse Mulligan
Station: National
Programme: NZ Live
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Kathryn Ryan
Station: National
Programme: Nine To Noon
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Mark Leishman
Station: National
Programme: News
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Susana Lei'ataua
Station: National
Programmes: News, Summer Weekends, Waitangi Day
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
Live and interactive discussion, featuring a range of panellists from right along the opinion spectrum, together with expert phone guests (RNZ)
7:06 PM. Country Life
The Country life team take you all over the motu to hear the extraordinary stories of every day rural New Zealand
8:06 PM. Nights with Emile Donovan
RNZ's weeknight programme of entertainment and information
8:30 PM. Short Cuts with Dan Slevin
Film and Television Review
9:06 PM. Nights with Emile Donovan continues
9:25 PM. Out Lately with Finn Johansson
New Music reviews
9:45 PM. Pacific Waves
10:00 PM. News at Ten
A roundup of today's news and sport
10:15 PM. The Detail
Join The Detail team as they make sense of the big stories with the country's best journalists and experts