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Rating the very best of NZ TV and Film from the 2010s.
The Spinoff's Alex Casey and Tara Ward have been commissioned to curate a list of the very best New Zealand film and television from the 2010s The pair took a nostalgic look back at our local screen… Audio
Google’s top New Zealand searches of 2025 revealed
From sports stars to viral trends, Google's top searches reveal the year that's nearly over. Audio
Midweek - Luxon rolls on, Dallow goes, intimate image exposure
PM pushes back the rumours of a rolling, but Dallow leaves TVNZ. Also: the ethics of intimate image exposure, RNZ's numbers boost - and when is it too soon to wrap up 2025? Audio
Bookmarks with American singer songwriter Santigold
Time for bookmarks now, the feature where an interesting person shares their favourite cultural picks with us and today we're joined by American singer and songwriter Santigold She's headlining this… Audio
Podcast Critic: The Wonder of Stevie
Podcast Critic Elliot Childs shares his listening recommendations: Cannonball The Wonder of Stevie. Audio
RNZ hits live listener target a year early
Just-released survey figures show 500,300 live listeners in a typical week for RNZ National aged 10 or older, up from 475,800 in the last survey.
Samoan news anchor wins Emmy award for Maui coverage
In the United States, Utah's first Samoan news anchor has recently won an Emmy award for her coverage of the Maui wildfires. Audio
Television Critic: Beast in Me and All Her Fault
Cailtin Cherry joins Jesse to review two shows: All Her Fault - TVNZ on Demand The Beast in Me - Netflix Audio
What makes Melissa Stokes nervous? Not breaking news!
Melissa Stokes is the new lead presenter of TVNZ's flagship programme 1News at Six. She's moved from her weekend presenting role to anchor the broadcaster's main bulletin five nights a week - Sunday… Audio
A taniwha tale with children's author Gavin Bishop
Award-winning children's book writer and illustrator, Gavin Bishop has over 70 books to show for the last five decades of his life. His latest work is all about the mythical monsters of Aotearoa… Audio
Jordi Webber: From Rotorua to Ancient Rome
Kiwi actor and musician Jordi Webber has just joined the cast of the New Zealand-filmed series Spartacus: House of Ashur. Audio
Hira Nathan: Living a more intentional life
An electrician by day, best-selling writer Hira Nathan's latest book is a bilingual journal about using matauranga Māori every day to set up healthier habits. Audio
Stranger Things Kiwi star Nell Fisher
The final season of Stranger Things features 14 year old London-based Kiwi actor Nell Fisher. Audio
Film Review
Dominic Corry is in our Auckland studio to talk movies, and this week he's looking at: Wake Up Dead Man - A Knives Out (new in theatres this week) After the Hunt (Prime Video) Die My Love (new in… Audio
Dancing, cooking, diving: How Kiwis beat Aussies at TikTok
A New Zealand cook, a dancer, a dad and a comedian have taken out top prizes.
Morning Report Essentials for Thursday 27 November 2025
Major banks have already dropped their advertised home loan rates after the cut to the official cash rate; From next month, Wellington police will begin saliva testing drivers for four drugs - THC… Audio
The final season of Stranger Things starts today on Netflix
It's final season starts on Netflix today, with fans impatient after a three year wait to find out what happens to the residents of Hawkins, Indiana and its alternate dimension, The Upside Down. Our… Audio
Midweek - Field family funeral, highway chickens
The Field family's funeral livestreamed, newspaper readership rebound, Press shines a light on who owns Christchurch, but Stuff slips up on the story of a jobless man. Also: why did the chickens cross… Audio
Television Critic: Happiness and the Celebrity Traitors effect
Our critic Linda Burgess joins me now with her recommendations: Happiness - TV3. The Celebrity Traitors - ThreeNow Audio
One long song: "All My Friends" by LCD Soundsystem
Time now for one long song - our chance to play a song as it's meant to be - in its entirety - our only rule is it needs to be over seven minutes. We'd love to hear from you if you have a suggestion… Audio
