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All Night Programme
There is something for everyone in the wee small hours of a brand new day, every day, on our All Night Programme, a live-hosted programme of features, music, news and weather.
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Featured stories
Myron Bolitar is back on the case in Harlan Coben's latest
Harlan Coben has reprised his character Myron Bolitar in his latest book Think Twice. The time was right, he tells Jesse Mulligan. Audio
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City couple's mushroom venture sprouts from pandemic
3 May 2024On the rural outskirts of Taupō a young couple have started a mushroom venture far removed from their previous life in Auckland.. Audio
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Sleep position secrets: How you sleep may affect your health
12 May 2024Sleep positions can affect how you sleep and cause or aggravate some health issues, a sleep scientist says. Audio
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Understanding our nearshore island volcanoes
9 May 2024Our Changing World - A multi-year research project aims to find out the risks from two Bay of Plenty offshore island volcanoes: Tūhua / Mayor Island and Whakaari / White Island. Video, Audio
Programmes
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Saturday Morning
A magazine programme with long-form, in-depth feature interviews on current affairs, science, modern life, history, the arts and more.
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The Panel
The Panel features a range of panellists from across the opinion spectrum, together with expert phone guests.
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Country Life
Country Life takes you down country roads to meet ordinary people achieving their dreams. We live in a beautiful country and we'd love to show it. Have you got a great photo? Drop us…
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Spices
Spices on This Way Up with Alison Sandle.
Presenters
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Cosmo Kentish-Barnes
Stations: Radio New Zealand
Programme: Country Life
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Wallace Chapman
Station: National
Programme: The Panel
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Nathan Rarere
Station: National
Programme: First Up
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Susie Ferguson
Station: National
Programmes: The Unthinkable, Saturday Morning
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Simon Morris
Station: National
Programmes: At The Movies, Matinee Idle, Standing Room Only
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Trevor Reekie
Station: National
Programme: Worlds of Music
Today’s Schedule
12:04 AM. All Night Programme
A selection of the best RNZ National interviews and features.
5:00 AM. First Up with Nathan Rarere
New Zealand's early morning wake-up call
6:00 AM. Morning Report with Ingrid Hipkiss and Corin Dann
RNZ's three-hour breakfast news show with news and interviews, bulletins on the hour and half-hour
9:06 AM. Nine to Noon with Kathryn Ryan
Current affairs and topics of interest.
Noon Midday Report
RNZ news, followed by updates and reports until 1.00pm
1:06 PM. Afternoons with Jesse Mulligan
An upbeat mix of the curious and the compelling, ranging from the stories of the day to the great questions of our time (RNZ)
4:00 PM. Checkpoint with Lisa Owen
RNZ's weekday drive-time news and current affairs programme
6:00 PM. The Panel with Wallace Chapman
An hour of discussion, featuring a range of panellists from right along the opinion spectrum, together with expert phone guests (RNZ)
7:30 PM. Our Changing World
8:06 PM. Nights with Emile Donovan
RNZ's weeknight programme of entertainment and information
8:15 PM. Pacific Waves
10:00 PM. News at Ten
A roundup of today's news and sport
10:10 PM. Nights continues with Emile Donovan
11:04 PM. The Mixtape
Musical guests compile a C60 (tape) and talk us through their selections (RNZ)