Summer Times for Tuesday 20 January 2026
9:10 Homegrown running champ Boh Ritchie
It was only recently that Boh Ritchie stole the 800-metre record from running legend Lorraine Moller. At the ripe age of 18, Boh has already clocked up 11 national titles.
Hailing from Hamilton, Boh is currently attending college on a scholarship in the US.
She speaks with Anna from Pennsylvania.
Boh Ritchie (right) wins women's 800m at the 2025 New Zealand Track & Field Championships at Caledonian Ground, Dunedin. Photo: Michael Dawson/Athletics NZ 2025
9:30 Cornwall Park named garden of national significance
Cornwall Park is one of New Zealand's biggest, busiest and beloved city parks, spanning 78 hectares in the middle of urban Auckland.
The New Zealand Gardens Trust has just awarded Cornwall Park 5 stars for their gardens and named it a Garden of National Significance.
The CEO of Cornwall Park, Murray Reade, joins Anna.
Cornwall Park in Auckland has been names a national garden of significance. Photo: supplied
9:40 The crucial brain health research done in Aotearoa
At no other point in human history have we known more about how to keep our brains healthy.
It’s a rapidly expanding area of research on the global stage, but some crucial research is done right here in Aotearoa.
Dr Sarah Schonberger is the head of research at the Neurological Foundation. She joins Anna in-studio to provide an update on brain health research in Aotearoa.
Dr Sarah Schonberger Photo: supplied
9:55 Geo Jumble
Each day Summer Times hosts the Geo Jumble quiz, in which listeners are asked to unscramble the letters within given words to spell out New Zealand towns and cities. The first to text in all three correct answers is entered in a weekly prize draw.
Text in your answer to 2101.
10:10 Road Trip: Dawn Freshwater
Our road trip guest today grew up in a working-class mining family in Nottingham and left school at 15. She trained and worked as a nurse before moving into academia.
Five years ago, she took up the reigns of the role of Vice Chancellor of the University of Auckland. Now, she’s stepping down.
Dawn Freshwater joins Anna to discuss her time in the hotseat.
Photo: RNZ / Samuel Rillstone
11:10 Museum Stop: Clapham Clock Museum
Today we're off to a place where time definitely doesn't stand still.
The Clapham Clock Museum in Whangārei is home to over 1700 clocks and timepieces and is one of the largest collections of clocks in the Southern Hemisphere.
It all started out of the private collection of Archie Clapham, by all accounts an interesting and colourful local character.
Museum team leader Suzy Barlow joins Anna.
Photo: Supplied
11:20 Great Rides: Chris Cameron
Time to hit the trails - on two wheels, that is.
New Zealand has a network of amazing bike rides around the country and Chris Cameron is on a mission to tick them all off.
Chris is a keen cyclist and also a senior guide for Adventure South.
She catches up with Anna between trails.
Old Ghost Road Photo: RNZ / Chris Bramwell
11:40 Book review with Bonnie Harrison
Bonnie Harrison joins Anna to review Hoods Landing (Āporo Press), the debut novel of Laura Vincent.
Photo: Āporo Press
