Saturday Morning Podcast Options

7:54 AM.If you are in Tāmaki Makaurau today, you might want to head out to the Ōtāhuhu Food Festival - the country's largest.   Read more Audio

7:45 AM.Labour's Future Fund was the first major policy announcement from the opposition in the long lead up to next year's election.  Read more Audio

7:37 AM.Researchers in Australia have discovered that its tropical rainforests have become a net source of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere.  Read more Audio

7:27 AM.Health officials working on contact tracing measles patients have now identified patient zero on the Cook Strait ferry crossing.  Read more Audio

7:19 AM.US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has expressed confidence that the Gaza ceasefire will hold.  Read more Audio

7:15 AM.Earlier this week destructive gales tore through parts of the South and North Islands, exacerbating wildfires on the East Coast.  Read more Audio

7:11 AM.A state of emergency remains in place in Southland and Clutha due to extensive damage caused by Thursday's red-alert winds and ongoing power outages.  Read more Audio

11:06 AM.Neil Ieremia is celebrating 30 years since he founded the dance company Black Grace which has been credited with changing New Zealand dance forever.  Read more Audio

10:30 AM.Patrick Ryan's debut novel is a multi-generational saga that's been described as a dazzling portrait of the human spirit. Read more Audio

10:06 AM.Sean Szeps, an American father of two living in Australia, uses his Instagram platform to show, as he says, 'the raw realities of parenthood with a wink.'  Read more Audio

9:35 AM.Charities around the country have been reporting increasing levels of families in poverty with no signs of it slowing down.  Read more Audio

9:07 AM.There are movie buffs - and then there is Col Needham. As founder of Internet Movie Database IMDb, Col says he has watched more than 16,000 films. Read more Audio

8:38 AM.Simon Mills, a world leading expert in herbal medicine has led the movement to bring herbal remedies into mainstream healthcare.  Read more Audio

8:11 AM.What is mana? Are you born with it, can you earn it and can you have it taken away? Rights activist Tāme Iti explores what mana really means in his memoir.  Read more Audio

7:49 AM.A group of Kiwi researchers have held a spider olympics to find out how much of a competitive advantage introduced False katipō have over our native katipō.  Read more Audio

7:42 AM.The sister of missing Omaio man Jason Butler is speaking out after news there has been an arrest in his disappearance.  Read more Audio

7:37 AM.Prince Andrew will no longer be known as the Duke York as the fallout from his relationship with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein continues.      Read more Audio

7:26 AM.The passing of former Prime Minister Jim Bolger has been an opportunity to reflect on his life and legacy.  Read more Audio

7:21 AM.There were tense scenes in the Northland town after outgoing mayor Craig Jepson called an unprecedented emergency council meeting. Read more Audio

7:10 AM.Comments from Hamas and failure to open a major aid crossing point to the gaps in the ceasefire which came into force this week.  Read more Audio

11:37 AM.Astrid Jorgensen's memoir teaches us how to embrace mediocrity and to find joy in the act of singing - even if you're not the best singer in the world! Read more Audio

11:06 AM.Does smoking cannabis cause lung cancer? Does sitting for long periods of time cause blood clots? Professor Richard Beasley answers these questions in his national lecture tour. Read more Audio

10:29 AM.Photographer Mark Smith and botanical artist Felicity Jones have spent the past seven years uncovering stories of botanical globalisation.  Read more Audio

10:06 AM.Stan Walker, award-winning entertainer and style icon is taking part in a charity drive for high quality clothing to benefit the Red Cross.  Read more Audio

9:36 AM.One in four New Zealanders will experience some form of anxiety or depressive disorder in their lifetime. Read more Audio