Waitangi Day 2024 Podcast Options

10:07 AM.Writer Sam Pease talks about her international travels with son Jet. Audio

9:50 AM.April Sun in Cuba is chosen by publisher Finlay MacDonald. Audio

9:38 AM.With Mana Magazine's Aaron Smale. Audio

9:31 AM.Long Ago by Herbs is chosen by newsreader and Musician Greg Boyed. Audio

9:12 AM.Te Papa curator Puawai Cairns has been researching the stories of Māori men at Gallipoli. She discusses their reasons for volunteering, what happened to them and reuniting families with the stories of… Read more Audio

9:07 AM.Bathe in The River by Hollie Smith is chosen by Labour MP Jacinda Adern. Audio

8:55 AM.Mani Dunlop live from Waitangi. Audio

8:44 AM.With Professor Gary Hawke. Audio

8:10 AM.Dr Don Brash, Dr Ella Henry, James Dunne and Professor Damon Selesa. Read more Audio

11:40 AM.Ireland is an island nation of roughly four million, colonised by the British just like us. Do they embrace the same sports? Contest them with the same intensity? Agonise about defeat as deeply? And… Read more Audio

11:17 AM.James Frankham is the editor of New Zealand Geographic, which is marking 25 years of publication with a series of major feature articles during 2014 on the big issues facing New Zealand's land and… Read more Audio

11:05 AM.February 6 is the birthday of the late great superstar of reggae, Bob Marley, making Waitangi Day the biggest day in the calendar for New Zealand reggae music. Every year the One Love festival draws… Read more Audio

10:40 AM.Paul Diamond (Ngati Haua, Te Rarawa, and Ngapuhi) is a writer, journalist, historian and broadcaster, who currently holds the position of curator, Maori, at the Turnbull Library. He has been looking… Read more Audio

10:07 AM.Riki Ellison (Taranaki, Ngai Tahu and Ngati Porou) left Christchurch as an eight-year-old to live in the US. He's the only New Zealander to be part of a winning Super Bowl team; he won three times… Read more Audio

9:33 AM.Maori Party co-leader Tariana Turia (Ngati Apa, Nga Rauru, Tuwharetoa, Whanganui) talks about whanau poverty and the nature of inequality faced by Maori, the thinking behind Whanau Ora - and how we… Read more Audio

9:08 AM.Manuka Henare (Ngapuhi, Te Aupouri, Te Rarawa, Ngati Kuri) discusses the 1835 Ngapuhi-led Declaration of Independence (He Whakaputanga o te Rangatiratanga o Nu Tireni) - a declaration of sovereignty… Read more Audio

11:43 AM.Poet Sam Hunt on his forthcoming book 'Salt River Songs'. Audio

11:10 AM.Tony Simpson is a writer and historian who has published numerous books, pamphlets and articles on New Zealand history, including 'A Distant Feast' which charts the history of Kiwi cuisine. Audio

10:32 AM.Susan Brettingen lives in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and is a long-term fan of New Zealand music. Audio

10:06 AM.Dr Kristyn Harman is a lecturer in Aboriginal Studies at the University of Tasmania and her book 'Aboriginal Convicts: Australian, Khoisan, and Maori Exiles' (New South Books) tells the story of… Read more Audio

9:47 AM.Waitangi Day will be marked in Okains Bay on Banks Peninsula. Okains Bay resident Murray Thacker briefs us on the celebrations. Audio

9:08 AM.Dame Anne Salmond DBE, CBE, FANAS, FRSNZ, FBA, FNZAH, PhD (Penn) is a Distinguished Professor of Maori Studies and Anthropology at the University of Auckland. She is involved with the Longbush… Read more Audio

11:00 AM.Kim Hill and Paul Diamond get an update from Derina Turner, and talk to engineer Michael Lawley, Taranaki Welsh group co-ordinator June Moseley, and Taranaki businesswoman Colleen Tuuta (from… Read more Audio

10:00 AM.Kim Hill and Paul Diamond talk to community worker Glen Bennett, Dutch couple Johannes & Willy-Louisa Krook, and surfer Wayne 'Arch' Arthur. Audio

9:00 AM.Kim Hill and Paul Diamond talk to Tokatumoana Kevin Walden from PKW, Derina Turner about building a solar oven, and Rachel Stewart on falconry. Audio