Saturday Morning Podcast Options

9:43 AM.John Burke and his family have taken what was considered the most environmentally degraded farm in the Western Bay of Plenty and turned it into an award-winning environmental farm.  Read more Audio

9:10 AM.The life and literary legacy of Aotearoa's internationally acclaimed writer Dame Fiona Kidman has been captured in the documentary: The House Within.  Read more Audio

8:50 AM.The NZ Youth Choir took out top honours at the Grand Prix of Nations at the European Choir Games in Aarhus, Denmark.  Read more Audio

8:30 AM.Fatal Watch is an investigation into the global trade in tuna and the deaths of several fisheries observers who were monitoring for illegal fishing.  Read more Audio

8:10 AM.At the height of her cricket career, White Fern Amelia Kerr called time out and opened up about her struggles with mental health.  Read more Audio

7:50 AM.It's finals weekend at Wimbledon. Michael Weadlock shares his predictions and discusses the big upset of the week in Formula 1. Read more Audio

7:43 AM.A toxic fungus that has been linked to deaths in the excavations of ancient tombs could be used to fight leukemia.  Read more Audio

7:36 AM.The second phase of the Royal Commission of Inquiry into New Zealand's Covid-19 response, got underway this week in Auckland.  Read more Audio

7:30 AM.More than 36,000 Te Whatu Ora nurses, midwives, health care assistants and kaimahi hauora have voted to strike for 24 hours over safe staffing concerns.  Read more Audio

7:20 AM.The UN's Human-Rights-Monitoring-Mission in Ukraine says June saw the highest monthly civilian casualties in three years, with 232 people killed.  Read more Audio

7:13 AM.Oscar Shiviti talks to Paddy Gower about the Nelson Tasman forecast for the rest of the weekend and what other parts of the country can expect. Read more Audio

7:07 AM.A state of emergency remains in place in Nelson Tasman after more heavy rain. RNZ's Mary Argue reports from Nelson. Read more Audio

11:40 AM.Private chef Hercules Noble is the man behind the 'Will it Sourdough' series where he takes a random dish and sees if he can transform it into a loaf of sourdough. Think tiramisu, carbonara, or earl… Read more Audio

11:30 AM.After a major garden renovation at home, NZ Gardener editor Jo McCarroll decided to make the bottom of her section a no mow area. She answers listener questions about switching up lawns.  Read more Audio

11:05 AM.Running an orphanage and an ambulance service is no easy feat, but when you're also right next to a civil war, there are a lot more complications. Catherine Riley-Bryan is a New Zealander and founder… Read more Audio

10:40 AM.Human sensory systems are almost as good as they can get, but memory is pretty fallible. We often misremember or downright can't remember. Ours can't hold a candle to artificial memory. But, there are… Read more Audio

10:06 AM.The 1948 American-Australian Scientific Expedition to Arnhem Land in Australia's Northern Territory was at the time the biggest scientific expedition in history. Despite this, it's largely been… Read more Audio, Gallery

9:35 AM.The lived experience of men and women who have served time, and the paths that took them there is the subject of a new book A Voice for the Silenced: Stories from inside and outside the cells of… Read more Audio

9:05 AM.Three times New Zealand Country Music Song of the Year award-winner song-writer Delaney Davidson speaks with Paddy Gower. Read more Audio

8:35 AM.Set in one of the harshest corners of Earth, a new documentary follows three women from different generations as they explore a hidden world underneath the Antarctic sea ice. Director Vanessa Wells… Read more Audio

8:10 AM.The world's most prestigious international magic convention, known as FISM, is set to take place in Italy later this month. Basically, it's the Olympics for magicians. Canadian Chris Ramsay is one of… Read more Audio

7:50 AM.The Wellington Tattoo Convention is taking place this weekend at the Old Dominion Building in Wellington. There are 120 tattoo artists from all around the motu. Read more Audio

7:42 AM.There's a massive weekend of rugby ahead with the All Blacks' first international of the year - playing France at Dunedin at the Forsyth Barr stadium. And it's already a bit controversial with France… Read more Audio

7:35 AM.We may think of rubbish as something to throw away, burn or bury - but what if we could turn waste into fragrance, food flavouring or medicine? Professor Stephen Wallace from the University of… Read more Audio

7:21 AM.This week notable New Zealand poet and academic, Selina Tusitala Marsh has been named as the very first Commonwealth Poet Laureate. Read more Audio