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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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00:08:50

Latest from the U.S

Saturday Morning ·

2025/07/25

A senior US justice department official has met with Jeffrey Esptein's long-time associate Ghislaine Maxwell, as reports emerged that President Donald Trump's name appears in the Epstein Files.

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00:07:43

Update on the Middle East

Saturday Morning ·

2025/07/25

This week more than 100 international aid organisations have warned of mass starvation in Gaza.

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00:07:04

Economic recovery: a tale of two islands

Saturday Morning ·

2025/07/25

A new report out this morning from Kiwibank shows a widening gap between the North and South Islands.

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00:13:59

Celebrating the DIVA

Saturday Morning ·

2025/07/11

Auckland Museum's DIVA exhibition explores some of the world's best-known divas; from opera goddesses to Hollywood legends and today's global megastars.

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00:14:08

Kate de Goldi: Reading for Pleasure

Saturday Morning ·

2025/07/11

Kate de Goldi reviews Under a Fire-Red Sky by Geraldine McCaughrean; Homework by Geoff Dyer; and Broadsword Calling Danny Boy by Geoff Dyer.

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00:16:41

Stacy Gregg - The Last Journey

Saturday Morning ·

2025/07/11

International bestselling author for middle-grade readers Stacy Gregg's latest book The Last Journey was inspired by the Auckland Anniversary weekend floods.

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00:23:36

Chasing Pacific Fire - Waka Lab

Saturday Morning ·

2025/07/11

Dr Ian Schipper has combined state of the art tools with a traditional double-hulled waka to reach remote and under-studied active volcanoes.

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00:20:25

Chelsea Winstanley: TOITU Visual Sovereignty

Saturday Morning ·

2025/07/11

Award winner Chelsea Winstanley on how her documentary about an Auckland Art Gallery exhibition put her at the centre of a modern day stand for sovereignty.

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00:16:10

Hercules Noble 'Will it Sourdough?

Saturday Morning ·

2025/07/04

Private chef Hercules Noble is the man behind the 'Will it Sourdough' series where he takes a random dish and sees if he can transform it into a loaf of sourdough. Think tiramisu, carbonara, or earl grey tea flavoured loaves. He shares his sourdough secrets with Paddy Gower and Mihi Forbes.

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00:08:58

Mow to Meadow: letting it all go on the lawn

Saturday Morning ·

2025/07/04

After a major garden renovation at home, NZ Gardener editor Jo McCarroll decided to make the bottom of her section a no mow area. She answers listener questions about switching up lawns.

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00:24:13

Bamboo School - caring for orphans next to a conflict...

Saturday Morning ·

2025/07/04

Running an orphanage and an ambulance service is no easy feat, but when you're also right next to a civil war, there are a lot more complications. Catherine Riley-Bryan is a New Zealander and founder of Bamboo School, located in a village called Bong Ti in western Thailand, right next to the Myanmar border.

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00:20:16

Why memory fails us

Saturday Morning ·

2025/07/04

Human sensory systems are almost as good as they can get, but memory is pretty fallible. We often misremember or downright can't remember. Ours can't hold a candle to artificial memory. But, there are plus sides to this, related to creativity, as explained by Auckland University Professor of Psychology and Cognitive Neuroscience Anthony Lambert.

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00:26:35

The forgotten 1948 scientific expedition to Arnhem Land

Saturday Morning ·

2025/07/04

The 1948 American-Australian Scientific Expedition to Arnhem Land in Australia's Northern Territory was at the time the biggest scientific expedition in history. Despite this, it's largely been forgotten, until now. In his new book, 'Clever Men' award-winning historian and documentary filmmaker, Martin Thomas uncovers the secrets, scandals and unlikely achievements that unfolded as the worlds of scientific hubris and the world's oldest surviving cultures collided.

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00:20:27

Mighty Indeed - Life on the Ice

Saturday Morning ·

2025/07/04

Set in one of the harshest corners of Earth, a new documentary follows three women from different generations as they explore a hidden world underneath the Antarctic sea ice. Director Vanessa Wells and expedition leader Dr Natalie Robinson join Mihi.

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00:26:19

Chris Ramsay - professional puzzle solver and magic...

Saturday Morning ·

2025/07/04

The world's most prestigious international magic convention, known as FISM, is set to take place in Italy later this month. Basically, it's the Olympics for magicians. Canadian Chris Ramsay is one of the presenters this year, he's a world-renowned magician, YouTuber, and puzzle creator.

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00:05:28

Wellington's Tattoo Convention

Saturday Morning ·

2025/07/04

The Wellington Tattoo Convention is taking place this weekend at the Old Dominion Building in Wellington. There are 120 tattoo artists from all around the motu.

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00:06:34

Sports wrap: All Blacks vs France

Saturday Morning ·

2025/07/04

There's a massive weekend of rugby ahead with the All Blacks' first international of the year - playing France at Dunedin at the Forsyth Barr stadium. And it's already a bit controversial with France deciding not to send its top tier players.

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00:06:09

Turning plastic into paracetamol

Saturday Morning ·

2025/07/04

We may think of rubbish as something to throw away, burn or bury - but what if we could turn waste into fragrance, food flavouring or medicine? Professor Stephen Wallace from the University of Edinburgh have just published a new study into genetically programming bacteria such as E-Coli to turn plastic bottles into paracetamol.

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00:08:45

Commonwealth Poet Laureate - Selina Tusitala Marsh

Saturday Morning ·

2025/07/04

This week notable New Zealand poet and academic, Selina Tusitala Marsh has been named as the very first Commonwealth Poet Laureate.

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00:09:16

Weekly wrap: Israel - Gaza conflict

Saturday Morning ·

2025/07/04

The Israeli military has killed at least 20 Palestinians in Gaza, as the fate of the US truce proposal hangs in the balance. Hamas said early on Friday that it is discussing the U.S. ceasefire proposal with other Palestinian groups, and it would submit its response to mediators once the talks conclude. Toni Waterman is our US correspondent in Washington.

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