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Wednesday, 6 August 2025
- 8:10 Biggest overhaul of road funding in half a century on its way
- 8:20 ‘Lost’ Frances Hodgkins painting valued at $112,000
- 9:25 Science and God: The Pope's Astronomer on why science and religion are not opposing forces
Tuesday, 5 August 2025
- 8:10 Landmark new report into community sport
- 8:20 European correspondent Christian Smith
- 8:40 Shower Thoughts: Who edits Wikipedia?
- 9:25 Greg Broadmore: The wonderful world of graphic novels
Monday, 4 August 2025
- 8:10 NCEA changes on the way
- 8:20 What Christchurch's poor air quality means for our health
- 8:40 Sports with Jamie Wall
- 8:45 BBC World Service Lookahead with Jonathan Frewin
- 9:25 The potential for poo transplants to cure bipolar
Friday, 1 August 2025
- 8:10 Local body elections with Jonathan Milne
- 8:20 This Weekend: 10 years of Vogelmorn Bowling Club
- 8:30 The Quiz Appendix: Cousins and councils
- 8:40 Short-Cuts with Dan Slevin
- 9:25 Out Lately with Finn Johansson
Thursday, 31 July 2025
- 8:10 Why screaming phones are a last resort
- 8:25 Philosophy Now: Is buzz-killing a social crime?
- 8:35 The Reread with Elizabeth Knox
- 9:25 Author Kerri Andrews on the desire to walk
Tuesday, 29 July 2025
- 8:10 Historians at sea
- 8:30 Live from the 2025 Bakels New Zealand Supreme Pie Awards
- 8:45 Shower Thoughts: How do you get a patent?
- 9:25 The declining rate of cousins
Monday, 28 July 2025
- 8:10 Material change for the construction industry
- 8:30 Fantasy claims 25 percent of NZ's top books list
- 8:35 Sports with Jamie Wall
- 8:45 BBC World Service lookahead with Rob Hugh-Jones
- 9:25 Josh Drummond: A cynic's guide to self-help books
Friday, 25 July 2025
- 8:10 World-leading scholar on Hulk Hogan following death
- 8:20 This Weekend: Offal-y Good Festival
- 8:30 The Quiz Appendix: Poems and planets
- 8:40 Short-Cuts with Dan Slevin
- 9:25 Out Lately with Finn Johansson
Thursday, 24 July 2025
- 8:10 Grand Final preview and a look at the future of netball
- 8:20 Te Papa named NZ's best tourist attraction, again
- 8:30 Myth Takes: The Aeneid
- 8:45 UK correspondent Christian Smith
- 9:25 The role of lobbying in NZ's new medical school
Tuesday, 22 July 2025
- 8:10 Sky TV buys Three's network
- 8:30 The best way to run your heat pump
- 8:40 Shower Thoughts: Could you tunnel through the centre of the earth?
- 9:25 The campaign to 'stop killing games'
Monday, 21 July 2025
- 8:10 Is the new assisted dying law working as intended?
- 8:20 When is a pint not a pint?
- 8:40 Sports with Jamie Wall
- 8:50 BBC World with Pete Ross
- 9:25 Liam McIlvanney on football, calling NZ home and his new crime novel
Friday, 18 July 2025
- 8:10 Survey reveals dubious behaviour at open homes
- 8:20 This Weekend: NZ's Walk of Fame
- 8:40 Short-Cuts with Dan Slevin
- 9:25 Out Lately with Finn Johansson
Thursday, 17 July 2025
- 8:10 Electronic tagging set to rise under new legislation
- 8:25 What's behind the fake news stories about DOC?
- 8:45 The strength of adjectives with Julia de Bres
- 9:25 Wētā FX visual effects designer on Emmy nominations and the inspiration for Seasmoke
Wednesday, 16 July 2025
- 8:10 Closing the book on open-plan classrooms
- 9:25 Mental As Anyone: Jonathon Moran on addiction, mental health and identity
- 10:40 World shortage on matcha as demand soars
Tuesday, 15 July 2025
- 8:10 What does Auckland need to do to regain its mojo?
- 8:20 The technology behind MagLev
- 8:35 Why coffee cups stay on top of cars
- 8:40 Shower Thoughts: What is free range?
- 9:25 Untold Intimacies: The story of sex workers in New Zealand as they changed the world
Monday, 14 July 2025
- 8:10 What's behind the surge in support for our minor parties?
- 8:20 Sports with Jamie Wall
- 8:40 Could a 'breed to eat' programme save the Kererū?
- 8:50 World news from the BBC
- 9:25 Wokeness and symbolic capitalism
Friday, 11 July 2025
- 8:10 Tasman flooding: Mayor Tim King
- 8:15 Tasman flooding: Metservice meteorologist Karl Loots
- 8:20 The Weekend: Open Water Ice Swimming Championships
- 8:30 The Quiz Appendix: Twins, tenants, and Hollywood stars
- 8:40 Short-Cuts with Dan Slevin
- 9:05 Tasman flooding: Civil defence controller Alec Louverdis
- 9:25 Out Lately with Finn Johansson
- 10:17 Tasman flooding: RNZ reporter Mary Argue
Thursday, 10 July 2025
- 8:10 Buyouts to end in 20 years, panel recommends
- 8:20 Metservice update on heavy rain
- 8:25 Dunedin is fast becoming a star on the LGBTQ+ map
- 8:35 How often should you be washing your bedding?
- 8:45 When non-fiction becomes fiction
- 9:25 The lost pubs of London
Wednesday, 9 July 2025
- 8:10 40th anniversary of the sinking of the Rainbow Warrior
- 8:20 Albania is having a moment and why you should book a trip
- 9:25 Are claims of de-extincting the moa more hype than science?
Tuesday, 8 July 2025
- 8:10 Government launches new AI strategy
- 8:20 Does Elon Musk's new 'America Party' stand a chance?
- 8:30 High-tech systems garner low opinions at Wimbledon
- 8:45 Shower Thoughts: Why does New Zealand use '.co.nz'?
- 9:25 Hippathy Valentine: Building up to be burnt down
Monday, 7 July 2025
- 8:10 Peter Dunne: Why being an MP shouldn't be treated like any other job
- 8:25 The day I met the Dalai Lama
- 8:30 Sports with Jamie Wall
- 8:40 BBC World Service with Jonathan Frewin
- 9:25 The price of immortality
Friday, 4 July 2025
- 8:10 Iconic Cardrona Hotel up for sale
- 8:20 This Weekend: Dunedin celebrates Dalai Lama's 90th
- 8:30 The Quiz Appendix: Beanstalks, Ballantynes, and the River Styx
- 8:40 Short-Cuts with Dan Slevin
- 9:25 Out Lately with Finn Johansson
Thursday, 3 July 2025
- 8:10 Nominations open tomorrow: Should you run for your local council?
- 8:20 Wild weather update with Metservice
- 8:25 Are we a group of Kiwi, or Kiwis?
- 8:30 Philosophy Now: Should we want to live forever?
- 8:45 Public lighting designer Tim Hunt
- 9:25 Can 'biological age' tell us how well our bodies are functioning?
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