Saturday Morning
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Saturday Morning
Presented by Susie Ferguson and Mihingarangi Forbes. In-depth feature interviews, current affairs and news across a broad range of topics on RNZ National and online.
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Gardening in foul weather with Hannah Zwartz
Gardens around the country have faced a battering in the wild weather of late but there are ways to deal with weather effects and changing temperature...
Sorry Not Sorry: David Williams
Apologies come in all forms. But how often are they sincere? A participatory performance show Sincere Apologies examines famous apologies.
Doug Allan: Life Behind the Lens
His lens provided the pictures for Sir David Attenborough's words.
Vampire love stories with blind author Steffanie Holmes
Stepping into the world of medieval sword collections and vampire love stories, Steffanie Holmes is the author of over 50 books and she's legally blin...
Gyles Beckford on Trump's tariffs
President Donald Trump has been left fuming over the U.S Supreme Court ruling that he didn't have the power to introduce his controversial global tari...
Percival Everett: Reimagining Huckleberry Finn
When Stephen Spielberg adapts your novel for the big screen you know it's the big time!
Michaela Brake and Lisa Burd: No Tears on the Field
No Tears on the Field is the latest film from award winning documentary maker Lisa Burd.
Dr Hilary Cass: Puberty blockers
The four-year Cass Review, carried out for NHS England recommends limiting the use of puberty blockers to research settings.
Dr Neil Melvin: 4 years of war in Ukraine
The war between Russia and Ukraine is grinding towards its fourth anniversary.
KT Tunstall's generation defining sound
Scottish singer-songwriter KT Tunstall went viral before going viral was even really a thing.
The Fijian Flying Circus debuts in NZ
The Fijian Flying Circus is a world-first fusion of indigenous storytelling and contemporary circus.
Recipes for love with Del Holland
The way to anyone's heart is through their stomach - or so we've been told. Testing that theory is chef Del Holland sharing her love inducing recipes...
27 Club: A celebration of rock and soul genius
The 27 club is a new show celebrating the rock and soul legends who passed away too soon, at the age of 27. The shows creator Zac Tyler speaks with Mi...
Why flirting is a superpower
Lawyer turned love coach Francesca Hogi shares the secrets to flirting.
Nicolas Niarchos: Power to the people
Lithium ion batteries power our everyday lives and are at the heart of the green electric revolution. But there's a very dirty story behind the clean...
Scotty Morrison: Origins and all the things
In the latest series of Origins, Scotty Morrison follows in the footsteps of the first explorers and settlers of Aotearoa.
Simon Stephens: World's most hopeful playwright
Highly acclaimed British-Irish playwright Simon Stephens is one of the most performed living English language playwrights in the world today. His adap...
Ōtorohanga locals sheltering at Te Kotahitanga Marae
A state of Emergency has been declared for the Ōtorohanga District. Some people have sought shelter at Te Kotahitanga Marae in Otorohanga. Marae spoke...
Professor Carl Bergstrom: Living with AI
Internationally acclaimed scientist Carl Bergstrom on why humans are so psychologically wired for online and whether we are living with "modern-day or...
Music Portrait of a Humble Disabled Samoan
Music Portrait of a Humble Disabled Samoan tells the story of Fonoti Pati Umaga, former bassist for the Holidaymakers, who was left a tetraplegic afte...
My Cemetery Journeys - Mariana Enriquez
Mariana Enriquez's fascination with burial grounds as a teenager lead to a lifelong interest in uncovering the secrets of our final resting places.
Wellington's sewage spill disaster
What is the ecological impact of the Moa Point treatment plant spill and how does it compare to the sewage spilling into the sea in the rest of the wo...
Behind Black Sheep
New Zealand's most awarded podcast, RNZ's Black Sheep is back with more real life, shady, controversial and sometimes downright villainous characters....
Jane and Jimmy Barnes
Aussie rock icon Jimmy Barnes has certainly lived a full life but he hasn't been living his best life - until now.
David Fiu: Making a noise at the Tattoo
The Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo is bringing its 75th anniversary show to Auckland for the very first time.
George Saunders: Life, death and what comes next
The Booker prize winner confronts the biggest issues of our time: corporate greed, the environmental consequences of progress and the question of abso...
Summer reading with Kate de Goldi
Kate de Goldi has got a nose for a good book and she's back to share her thoughts on Island Storm by Brian Floca and Sydney Smith and From Far Around...
The Visitors playwright Jane Harrison
The Visitors is a reimagining of the arrival of the First Fleet in 1788 from a First Nations' perspective and it's part of this year's Auckland Arts F...
Hitting the keys with renowned pianist Jeremy Denk
Jeremy Denk is one of America's finest pianists and a New York Times bestselling author for his 2022 memoir Every Good Boy Does Fine.
Brad Thorn: Champions Do Extra
Rugby royalty, Brad Thorn is one of those rare athletes who conquered the world in green and gold and again in black.
Carol Ann Maher: Healthy body, healthy mind
With summer and the festive season coinciding in the southern hemisphere, many of us are now dealing with the consequences of holiday weight gain.
Nicholas Hytner: The Choral
BAFTA, Olivier and Tony award winner, Nicholas Hytner's new film The Choral is just out in cinemas.
Richard Haass: A tumultuous start to 2026
From Iran to Greenland and Venezuela, it has been a tumultuous start to the year. We look at what that means for geo-political stability.
Wagner Moura: Golden Globe winner and Oscar-tipped Best Actor
Star of The Secret Agent, Wagner Moura is hotly tipped to scoop one of the most coveted Oscars at this year's Academy Awards.
Festive foods at the Northcote Saturday Market
Mihingarangi reports live from the Northcote Saturday Market and sampling the best festive foods on offer.
Christmas past and present
Whatever Christmas means to you, there is no doubt that the way we celebrate it looks very different to the way it was celebrated a generation or two...
Recycling at the Northcote Saturday Market
Mihingarangi reports live from the Northcote Saturday Market where they are using recycled materials to build a miniature town centre.
Living with dyslexia: Chanelle Moriah
Chanelle Moriah is a neurodivergent author and illustrator whose latest workbook, I Am Dyslexic, lays out what it's like to live with dyslexia.
Summer reading with Claire Mabey
Looking for a good book to get stuck into these summer holidays? Claire Mabey shares her reckons for kids, teens and adult readers.
Women on the power tools
Nikki Moss is the founder of Womenzshed in Auckland, which runs workshops for women who want to learn how to use the tools needed to get the DIY done....