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At The Movies
Sundays at 1:30pm and Monday morning at 12:30amA weekly topical magazine about current film releases and film related topics.
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What we're watching: Odd Taxi
Run out of stuff to watch? Join us as we excavate the streamers' back catalogues for the shows we might have missed. This week: Odd Taxi.
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At The Movies: Civil War
17 Apr 2024Civil War imagines a future America torn apart by another civil war, and the people who have to cover the story. Written by Alex Garland and starring Kirsten Dunst, it's a tight, character-driven, no-fingernails-left exciting film, writes Simon Morris. Video, Audio
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Easy Eats: Sam Parish's sizzling steak fajitas
17 Apr 2024Not sure what to eat tonight? Christchurch-based chef, author and busy mum Sam Parish knows the feeling. She shares a simple and super-tasty recipe for sizzling steak fajitas that the whole whānau will love.
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'He was a bomb that was waiting to explode'
14 Apr 2024Scoop, a new film starring Gillian Anderson, Rufus Sewell and Billie Piper, is a dramatisation of the events that led to Prince Andrew's disastrous Newsnight interview. Sam McCallister, played by Piper, tells Jim Mora it was an “extraordinary experience”. Video, Audio
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On the Air - Mā runga iarere
Kara Rickard and Mark Williams (aka MC Slave) present an afternoon of music, interviews and live recordings with some of Aotearoa’s favourite musicians.
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First Up
News and current affairs with Nathan Rarere, weekdays at 5am.
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Checkpoint
Checkpoint with Lisa Owen is RNZ’s weekday drive-time news programme, Our people, stories and breaking news and interviews from 4-6pm.
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The Treaty Debates
The Te Papa treaty debates from 2005 to 2015.
Presenters
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Emile Donovan
Station: National
Programme: Nights
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Wallace Chapman
Station: National
Programme: The Panel
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Trevor Reekie
Station: National
Programme: Worlds of Music
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Susie Ferguson
Station: National
Programmes: The Unthinkable, Saturday Morning
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Peter McIlwaine
Station: National
Programme: All Night Programme
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Charlotte Cook
Station: National
Programme: Midday Report
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Italian Film Festival director Paolo Rotondo
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At the Movies for 24 April 2024
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Movie review - Challengers
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The Panel with Leonie Freeman and Shane Te Pou (Part 2)
6:30 pm todayTonight on The Panel Wallace is joined by panellists Leonie Freeman and Shane Te Pou discuss whether it's okay to pile up bags of dog poo in protest of bin removal. Plus, they discuss NZDF lost… Audio
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The Panel with Leonie Freeman and Shane Te Pou (Part 1)
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Businesses call for changes to Anzac trading restrictions
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Opera about notorious South African criminal trial debuts
5:44 pm todayLet's get to South Africa now and we're joined by our correspondent Elna Schutz Audio
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Media minister rolled as industry awaits plan
Melissa Lee has been replaced as Minister of Media and Communications after just seven months in the role in which she promised new policy to address the media’s acute problems. Paul Goldsmith now…
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Disability support network's hopes for new minister
5:36 pm todayAdvocates for New Zealanders with disabilities are welcoming Louise Upston taking over from Ms Simmonds as the new Minister for Disability Issues. Chief executive of the New Zealand Disability Support… Audio
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Evening business for 24 April 2024
5:31 pm todayNews from the business sector, including a market report. Audio
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Evening business for 24 April 2024
5:31 pm todayNews from the business sector, including a market report. Audio
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Crusaders remain bottom of the Super Rugby table
5:27 pm todayThe pressure continues to mount on the struggling Crusaders who are sitting last on the Super Rugby Pacific points table but coach Rob Penney refuses to be rattled. The franchise's ceo has refused to… Audio
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. At the Movies
8:06 PM. Nights with Emile Donovan
RNZ's weeknight programme of entertainment and information
8:15 PM. Pacific Waves
9:30 PM. Midweek Mediawatch
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. Music 101 Pocket edition
As we wrap up the highlights from Music 101, while serving up the latest in new music (RNZ)