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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Astrid Jorgensen on the joys of mediocrity
Astrid Jorgensen's memoir teaches us how to embrace mediocrity and to find joy in the act of singing - even if you're not the best singer in the world...
Richard Beasley's unexpected medical findings
Does smoking cannabis cause lung cancer? Does sitting for long periods of time cause blood clots? Professor Richard Beasley answers these questions in...
Case Studies: The history of global plant transport
Photographer Mark Smith and botanical artist Felicity Jones have spent the past seven years uncovering stories of botanical globalisation.
Stan Walker on claiming his style
Stan Walker, award-winning entertainer and style icon is taking part in a charity drive for high quality clothing to benefit the Red Cross.
Groundbreaking new treatment for anxiety and depression
One in four New Zealanders will experience some form of anxiety or depressive disorder in their lifetime.
Sparta: The Rise and Fall of an Ancient Superpower
Popular culture has mythologised The Spartans as militaristic warriors but how much of what we think we know is actually true?
Dr Barbara Sumner: NZ's adoption law loophole
The government plans to introduce changes to our adoption law which will be open to public submissions.
Melanie Lynskey and Robyn Malcolm: Pike River
The long-awaited Pike River movie premieres around the country next week.
Mental health in the workplace
With the cost of living crisis hitting hard and unemployment on the rise, how is the mental health of employees fairing?
Economic situation report with Liam Dann
New Zealand Herald business editor-at-large Liam Dann unpacks this week's economic news.
Will time of use charging take a toll on our privacy?
A privacy group is warning that a proposed fix for congestion raises questions about the use and retention of personal information.
Fronting up: Te Pāti Māori
Te Pāti Māori is trying to reset - hoping to lay to rest the fractures that have recently emerged.
Latest from Israel and Gaza
Thousands of Palestinians have begun returning to their homes in the Gaza Strip after Israeli soldiers started withdrawing.
The art of growing cut flowers
Olivia McCord's The Floral Dream features advice, seasonal tips and simple techniques for foraging, cultivating healthy soil and sowing seeds that flo...
Del Holland: From scraps to staples
How do you turn food scraps into pantry staples? Chef Del Holland has the answers.
Tamati Rimene-Sproat: Counting the Beat
Counting the Beat is a new four-part series that tells New Zealander's stories - by the numbers. Hosted by Tamati Rimene-Sproat, it explores what the...
Melissa Leong: No Guts, No Glory
Food and style icon and MasterChef Australia's Melissa Leong is laying it all on the plate in Guts: A memoir of food, failure and taking impossible ch...
Graham Leonard: The science of warnings
Earth Sciences New Zealand principal scientist, Graham Leonard is back this week looking at the role of social science in the delivery of disaster war...
Minimising the impact of grey divorce
With a growing number of divorces occurring between people aged in their 50s and older, adult children are being impacted in a way that is less well u...
Trent Dalton: Gravity Let Me Go
Trent Dalton is a journalist and Australia's #1 bestselling author. His new book is about the stories we want to tell the world - and those we shouldn...
World Space Week: Ask an Astrobiologist
It's World Space Week (4-10 October) and this year's theme is Living in Space.
Thant Myint-U: The forgotten Peacemaker
U Thant was the UNs' longest-serving Secretary-General and ranked the sixth 'most admired man' in America in 1971. So why he is largely forgotten toda...
James Laughlin: Seven principles for success
Success can mean different things to different people and while most of us strive for it - not everyone achieves it. James Laughlin says it doesn't ha...
Netball stand off continues
After a week of meetings to try and break the deadlock, the fate of coach Dame Noeline Taurua is still up in the air.
Much Ado About Tilly
AI-generated actor Tilly Norwood has sparked heated controversy across the film industry.
Game changing research on childhood asthma attacks
Researchers say millions of children around the world with asthma could benefit from a new study led by Kiwi scientists.
Climate change: how is NZ doing?
This week the first ever Overshoot Conference was held in Austria to discuss the likelihood of the earth warming by more than 1.5 degrees celsius.
Latest from the Middle East
US president Donald Trump has given Hamas a deadline of noon on Monday New Zealand time to accept his peace deal or face "all hell".
Toitu Te Tiriti’s split with Te Pati Maori
A leader of the Toitu Te Tiriti movement, Eru Kapa-Kingi announced it was severing its ties with Te Pāti Māori.
Identifying skin cancer - in seconds!
Dr Michel Nieuwoudt is a finalist in this year's KiwiNet Awards for her work on developing a diagnostic tool that can identify skin cancers within sec...
Chloe Dalton: Hare raising!
What happens when a UK foreign policy adviser discovers an abandoned newborn hare during the quiet of lockdown?
Book reviewer: Kate de Goldi
Kate de Goldi joins Susie to discuss The Bright Sword by Lev Grossman and A Truce That Is Not Peace by Miriam Toews.
Dr Hinemoa Elder on finding the surface
Child and adolescent psychiatrist, Dr Hinemoa Elder, has returned with Ara: A Maori Guidebook of the Mind offering comfort for those trying to deal wi...
Tim Lenton: How to Fix the Climate Crisis
Back in the 1990s, Dr Timothy Lenton started studying tipping points - those critical thresholds where small changes can lead to massive transformatio...
Richard Osman: The mind behind The Thursday Murder Club
If you like your cup of tea with a side of murder, chances are, you're a fan of The Thursday Murder Club.
Dr Lucy O'Hagan: A GP's story
A doctor for over 35 years, Lucy O'Hagan says so much of what it means to be a good GP stems from the patient/doctor relationship.
Black Ferns playing for pride
Sport fans are spoiled for choice with the Silver Ferns, All Blacks and Black Ferns all in action - the latter fighting it out for 3rd place at the Wo...
Could autonomous vehicles work in our transport system?
Most crashes on New Zealand roads are caused by human error so could removing the driver from the equation make our roads safer?
Pre-term baby research saves lives
Carosika Community of Practice was set up to help close the gap in specialist care for pre-term babies - but now its funding has run out.
Latest from the U.S
NZ's decision on whether to recognise a Palestinian state comes on the heels of a tumultuous week in the US.