All episodes
Saturday, 8 January 2022
- 8:10 Melbourne closed for Novak Djokovic
- 8:40 Cinema legend Sidney Poitier remembered
- 9:53 The complicated legacy of Peter Bogdanovich
- 10:09 Alice Procter: an international game of Elgin Marbles
- 10:33 Lady and the Tramp: Milford Sound
- 11:08 Who Lived There? Cascade Brewery
- 11:35 Aotearoa's DJ scene: 3 Dimensional
- 1:10 Josh Wardle: The power of Wordle
- 5:51 Paleontology shifts gear in a Covid-19 world
Sunday, 2 January 2022
- 8:13 A world of disasters
- 10:05 Eleanor Janega: Going Medieval
- 10:33 Aotearoa's 19th century viral fern craze
- 11:05 Trying for a decent swim with Brannavan Gnagalingam
- 11:14 Who Lived There? The Empire
- 11:28 The Dunedin Sound with Stephen Kilroy
- 5:10 Kerry-Jayne Wilson: flying with the seabirds
- 6:42 David Shearer: from South Sudan to Tāmaki Makaurau
Saturday, 1 January 2022
- 8:12 Israel approves 4th dose of Covid-19 vaccine
- 8:20 Dame Lisa Carrington
- 8:30 Sir Robert Gillies accepts honour for the 28th Battalion
- 8:40 Sir Christopher Farrelly: on a mission
- 9:10 Golden Girl Betty White dies
- 9:14 Faumuina Professor Fa'afetai Sopoaga
- 9:30 Rodger Fox goes big with Kiwi pop
- 9:50 Dr Ang Jury - preventing harm
- 10:05 Who Lived There? - Horeke
- 10:29 Iconic entertainer Betty White dies
- 10:35 Chef Rob Oliver cooking up a storm
- 10:50 Building rural communities with Dianne Milne
- 11:05 Are the 80s back?
- 11:55 Cycling frenzy in Te Wai Pounamu
Sunday, 24 January 2021
- 8:12 Bye bye buzzy bee: Is kiwiana outdated?
- 8:22 Nomi Cohen gives the classic pub quiz a twist
- 9:06 Tasty taewa: how to grow Māori potatoes
- 9:20 How do children impact the changing Kiwi accent?
- 10:08 Scooped: The history of ice cream in New Zealand
- 10:41 Being performs new song 'Speak Softly' live in the RNZ studio
- 11:06 The Through Line #8
Saturday, 23 January 2021
- 8:12 Learning the art of deep listening
- 9:06 Veranoa Hetet: 'I weave, I breathe'
- 9:26 At The Museum: The Charlotte Museum
- 10:04 Shona Laing: 50 years later
- 10:34 Mudlarking: finding treasure by the Thames
- 11:04 The Through Line #7
Sunday, 17 January 2021
- 8:14 Surf’s Up: Saffi Vette wins NZ women's open for first time
- 8:20 The surprising history behind Dunedin's loos
- 9:10 Chef Robert Oliver on steering a Pacific food revolution
- 9:25 Our World Record Holders: Tom Conroy
- 10:07 Gerald Stratford: Big vege grower and Twitter star
- 10:29 K Road Chronicles: looking at homelessness from the inside
- 11:09 The Through Line #6
Saturday, 16 January 2021
- 8:12 Update from the United States
- 8:22 The importance of pen pals for prisoners
- 9:06 How to eliminate filler words from your speech
- 9:20 At the Museum: Whakamana Cannabis Museum
- 10:04 Matt Elliot: stories that made New Zealand a sailing nation
- 11:04 The Through Line #5
- 5:30 Are aliens walking among us?
Sunday, 10 January 2021
- 8:10 No beers who cares: learning to live without alcohol
- 9:05 How to design a garden for pets
- 9:25 Our World Record Holders: Anna Cochrane
- 10:06 The art of holding your breath
- 10:30 Worth a detour: tips from a travel guide guru
- 11:05 The Through Line #4
Saturday, 9 January 2021
- 8:10 NIWA scientists en route to Antarctica
- 9:06 At the Museum: Hawera's Elvis Museum
- 9:20 DIY: How to write a haiku
- 10:04 Democrats make moves to impeach Trump
- 10:10 Twenty years on: How Wikipedia changed the world
- 10:40 What makes a good fish and chip shop?
- 11:00 The Through Line #3
Sunday, 3 January 2021
- 8:10 Sue Chetwin: Consumer rights champion honoured
- 8:21 Our World Record Holders: Blair Williamson
- 9:06 Cottagecore: The design trend born under lockdown
- 10:04 Chef Marcus Poa: Serving NZ seafood to Australia
- 10:20 Looking after your gut health in the silly season
- 10:39 ReliefAid: Helping Syrians amid a global pandemic
- 11:04 The Through Line #2
Saturday, 2 January 2021
- 8:10 How to run 5km
- 9:10 Sir Dobbo: Dave Dobbyn reflects on knighthood
- 10:04 DIY: Make your own tea blends
- 10:18 At the Museum: Dunedin Museum of Natural Mystery
- 10:33 Could the Ancient Greeks really not see blue?
- 11:05 The Through Line #1
Sunday, 19 January 2020
- 8:10 Saving the smells of our history
- 8:25 The threats facing our kea - Tamsin Orr-Walker
- 8:40 Lifesavers - Neville Blackmore
- 8:50 The Toroa Albatross breeding season begins
- 9:06 Kiwi journalist Thomas Heaton about life in Kathmandu
- 9:30 Preserving historical Maori sites in the Hauraki Gulf
- 9:45 Blooming with history: bringing back NZ's heritage roses
- 10:06 The art of summer beaches
- 10:30 The National Library shares its musical collection
- 11:06 Mooting with Victoria University law students
- 11:15 The Dunedin children protecting the city's town belt
- 11:35 Meet the booksellers - Kit from Scorpio Books
- 11:40 Making a radio documentary in Nepal
Saturday, 18 January 2020
- 8:09 Cyclone Tino hits Fiji, heads toward Tonga
- 8:15 Journalist Kirsty Johnston: making big issues about real people
- 8:30 Rural firefighter Myles Taylor
- 8:45 Saving wild birds at The South Island Wildlife Hospital
- 9:06 Frank Jansen: gardening for mental health
- 9:06 Dave Bryden - moving kokako to a safer home
- 9:45 Dog agility training with Dog Agility Wellington Group (DAWG)
- 10:06 Olympic hopeful, boxer Troy Garton
- 10:25 Music feature, protest songs with Matariki Williams
- 11:06 Elizabeth of Tawa: teen environmentalist takes on predators
- 11:15 Joshua Henry - marking a mark on Broadway
- 11:35 Meet the bookseller - Renee Rowland, Twizel Bookshop
- 11:48 Travelling in Nepal - where to stay
Sunday, 12 January 2020
- 8:09 Kiwi volunteers helping fire-affected Australian animals
- 8:15 Claire Concannon - aboard the JOIDES Resolution
- 8:35 Identifying unmarked graves in Otago
- 9:07 Paula Penfold - Investigative journalist
- 9:30 St John ambulance Lakes Territory Manager Leisa Tocknell
- 9:45 Protecting wildlife on the Ashley-Rakahuri river
- 10:05 Samantha Hughes - creating an easier way to take urine sample from babies
- 10:15 Wally Maloney and Sally Ford from the Melbourne Ska Orchestra
- 11:04 Making Miniatures with the Lower Hutt makers club
- 11:20 Olympic hopeful Andrea Anacan - kata fighter
- 11:40 Meet the booksellers - Stella Chrystostomou
- 11:45 Doris de Pont on the 2010s - the decade of leggings
Saturday, 11 January 2020
- 8:09 Preserving our history with the National Library's digital archive
- 8:30 Mt Maunganui surf lifesavers Kent Jarman and Adriana Bird
- 8:40 Photographer Stuart Macdonald discovers a different side of New Zealand
- 9:05 Charlotte Yates - putting Katherine Mansfield's words to music
- 9:30 Sarah O'Neil on how to help your brassicas grow
- 9:45 Gillian Candler's Nature Heroes - conservation for kids
- 10:05 Hammer time: Julia Ratcliffe aims for the Olympics
- 10:30 Summer music from around the world
- 11:04 Restoring native plants with the Kaipatiki Project
- 11:20 Meet the booksellers - Kim Pittar from Muir's Bookshop
- 11:30 Travel - Nepal Safari in the Chitwan and Bardia National Parks
Sunday, 5 January 2020
- 8:09 Death of Qassem Soleimani
- 8:30 Waikato Pā
- 8:45 Rory Sweetman - Anzacs and the Irish Easter Rising
- 9:05 Australia Fires
- 9:10 Kerryanne Evans on Country Calendar and television journalism
- 9:45 David Ellacott and Chris Whitehouse - cave rescues
- 10:05 Music Feature - Ariana Tikao and taonga puoro
- 10:45 Vicki Farslow - volunteering in Nepal
- 11:05 Offering fire-affected farmers free accommodation
- 11:25 Debbie Mair - Conservation
- 11:30 The Rainbow Machine
- 11:50 Booksellers
Saturday, 4 January 2020
- 8:09 Australia fires update
- 8:25 MetService - Weekend weather
- 8:30 Bill Morris - Wildlife filmmaker
- 8:45 Haydn Jack - Designer
- 9:09 Stuart Farquhar - rescue helicopter pilot
- 9:25 Hamish Coney - Collector
- 9:45 Heather Hapeta - Gardening in the city
- 10:07 Jessie Smith - Tokyo Olympics hopeful
- 10:30 Music Feature - Gordie Tentrees
- 11:04 Lynn Freeman - Bear spotting in Finland
- 11:30 High school students harness the power of the sun
- 11:40 Paul Forrest - Creating a kaleidoscope of butterflies
- 11:50 Booksellers
Sunday, 29 December 2019
- 8:09 Tropical Cyclone Sarai - Fiji
- 8:12 RNZ Pacific's Moera Tuilaepa-Taylor
- 8:25 MetService - the week ahead
- 8:30 Dr Jonathan West - The History of Lakes
- 8:45 Malcolm McClurg and Toni Cranko - surf lifesavers
- 9:06 Peter Newport - Media
- 9:30 Rob Waddell - Olympic Chef De Mission
- 9:45 Billy Stairmand - Olympic hopeful
- 10:05 Music Feature - Mike Chunn, Play it Strange
- 10:50 Theo Papouis - Chef
- 11:06 Rebecca Ramsay - Coastal erosion in the Hauraki Gulf
- 11:20 Josephine Fitness and Elise Smith - CatMapping
- 11:50 Deborah Coddington - Booksellers
Saturday, 28 December 2019
- 8:09 Robert Lewis - SharkSpy Otago
- 8:20 James Tayler - Rescue helicopter pilot
- 8:30 MetService - the weekend's weather
- 8:40 Jim Robinson - Restoring the Opotiki Dunes Trail
- 9:06 Jesse Teat - Youth Winter Olympics
- 9:20 The history of the suit
- 9:35 Athol McCredie - The Muesli Review
- 10:04 Jane Wrigglesworth - growing herbs
- 10:20 Simon Sweetman - Music Feature
- 11:04 Tom Roa - Translating classics into te reo
- 11:30 Travel - Lynn Freeman in Helsinki
- 11:50 Booksellers
Sunday, 20 January 2019
- 8:12 Violence in Zimbabwe during major crackdown on fuel protests
- 8:43 Are corporates taking responsibility for plastic waste?
- 9:06 Scaachi Koul: Covering the culture wars
- 10:06 Eve Simmons: Getting rid of hang-ups about food
- 10:26 Donald Trump offers "compromise" to end US government shutdown
- 10:39 Eric Asimov: How to enjoy wine
- 11:06 Musical Obsessions: Chelsea Jade on Feist
- 11:48 Kitchen Stories: Maine Andrews prepares Cook Islands food
Saturday, 19 January 2019
- 8:12 Brexit: Anarchy in the UK?
- 8:35 Tension between Canada and Beijing ratchets up
- 9:05 Sarah Masters: The curious history of the periodic table
- 9:35 Dr Paul Morland: How population shifts change world history
- 10:05 Tomi Adeyemi: Seeing yourself in fantasy
- 10:35 Bernadette Vine: Just, like, actually how we talk
- 11:05 Musical Obsessions: James Nokise and D'Angelo
- 11:40 Kitchen Stories: Noha Ibrahim cooks food from Egypt
Sunday, 13 January 2019
- 8:10 Theresa May at odds with Parliament as Brexit vote approaches
- 8:41 Raqi Syed: Filmmaking that plays with reality
- 9:07 Craig Richard: Whisper therapy with ASMR
- 9:30 Insight: Should NZ Schools Ban Mobile Phones? - Summer Jan 13th
- 10:07 Rukmini Callimachi: Chasing ISIS
- 11:06 Musical Obsessions: Simon Price on Manic Street Preachers
- 11:40 Ashleigh Young: creativity and self-consciousness
- 11:50 Kitchen Stories: Timena Apa cooks Samoan food
Saturday, 12 January 2019
- 8:12 Spotlight on Saudi Arabia's "guardianship" of women
- 8:40 Erin Rhoads: simple tips for reducing waste
- 9:10 Dov Alfon: Stories from inside Israel's military
- 10:07 Anthony Cabraal: Tackling a broken culture of work
- 10:35 John Cryan: How your gut affects your brain
- 11:06 Musical Obsessions: Eamonn Marra on The Renderers
- 11:45 Three certified low-FODMAP recipes from Elle Joy
Sunday, 6 January 2019
- 8:12 Trump warns of "years" long shutdown in fight with divided congress
- 8:45 Eddie Beetham: Predicting the future of Pacific atolls
- 9:05 Leta Hong Fincher: China threatened by feminist awakening
- 9:30 Insight: Loneliness - facing the void
- 10:05 Piers Steel: Why we procrastinate - and how to stop
- 10:35 Adrian Sutherland: Sustainable, organic gardening
- 11:05 Musical Obsessions: Angella Dravid on P. D. Q. Bach
- 11:40 Kitchen Stories: Hanifa and Nilufar cook Uzbek food
Saturday, 5 January 2019
- 8:12 Brazil's new far-right leader ignites abrupt change
- 8:35 Chris Anderson: Silicon Valley leaders wary of tech for kids
- 9:05 Mere Berryman: it's time we did better by Māori students
- 9:30 Olivia Pinnock: Unpicking ethical fashion
- 10:05 Ada Calhoun: Marriage under the microscope
- 10:40 Kim Choe picks the best movies of the holiday season
- 11:05 Musical Obsessions: Jon Toogood on David Bowie
- 11:45 Laura Vincent's easy vegan treats
