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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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00:04:36

Weather woes: Tasman mayor on the cleanup

Saturday Morning ·

2025/07/04

This week residents in Taranaki were hit with flash floods, slips, popped manholes and sewage flows after being pummelled by thunderstorms. The Nelson Tasman area is still under a state of emergency.

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00:15:48

Winter Gardening with Hannah Zwartz

Saturday Morning ·

2025/06/20

Matariki is a great time of year to slow down, reflect, and take stock of the different areas of our lives, and for some, it might be a good time to get into the garden.

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00:15:32

Northland Champion Gerry Paul - Brew of Islands Festival

Saturday Morning ·

2025/06/20

If you're looking for something to do to pass the winter blues by, look no further than the Brew of Islands Festival taking place next weekend in Kerikeri.

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00:13:56

Mother of Chooks: Jesse Leaman on his tender chicken...

Saturday Morning ·

2025/06/20

Mother of Chooks is a joyful short documentary which follows Australian woman Elaine James who has become a minor celebrity - all because she keeps pet chickens.

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00:19:59

Approaching life-changing diagnosis for "missing...

Saturday Morning ·

2025/06/20

Anyone who has or knows someone with ME, chronic syndrome fatigue or long covid knows that being believed is one of the toughest parts of having the condition.

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00:31:37

Lynne Olsen - resistance at Ravensbrück

Saturday Morning ·

2025/06/20

New York Times bestselling author, historian and White House correspondent Lynne Olson's new book The Sisterhood of Ravensbrück tells of defiance in a notorious women-only Nazi concentration camp.

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00:13:40

Photographer Kirsten Lewis shows the messy reality of...

Saturday Morning ·

2025/06/20

Voted one of America's best photographers, Colorado-based Kirsten Lewis spent 15 years capturing the complex yet fulfilling roller-coaster ride of parenting.

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00:11:00

The 21-year-old gearing up for a bellringing marathon

Saturday Morning ·

2025/06/20

When you think of bellringing in an old cathedral, the first thing that comes to mind probably isn't today's youth.

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00:21:29

Improving the lives of horses and pet animals

Saturday Morning ·

2025/06/20

Professor Natalie Waran has been recognised for her lifetime's research into improving the lives of horses.

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00:19:11

Why times speeds up as we age - and how to slow it down

Saturday Morning ·

2025/06/20

For some of us, a day or an hour disappears in the blink of an eye. For others it might feel much longer. Time also seems to speed up as we get older. But why? And how can our perceptions be so different to one another?

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00:06:21

The Māori New Year

Saturday Morning ·

2025/06/20

One of people who had a hand in deciding when we mark Matariki is Māori astronomer Victoria Campbell and she's had a busy year from partnering with Minecraft to creating unique stamps with NZ Post.

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00:06:16

Taranaki high school has surplus with $4 school lunches

Saturday Morning ·

2025/06/20

For schools delivering the lunches themselves, there have been serious cost pressures. But one Taranaki high school says they've managed to have small surplus operating under the $4 per lunch budget.

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00:04:58

Luxon's China trip

Saturday Morning ·

2025/06/20

The Prime Minister has wrapped up a whirlwind three-day trip in China. Jason Young, the director of the New Zealand Contemporary China Research Centre dissects it.

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00:08:00

The NZ-Cook Islands fallout

Saturday Morning ·

2025/06/20

Cook Islands Prime Minister Mark Brown has slammed New Zealand for what he calls a "patronising" approach over its China deal. This week it was revealed that nearly $20m of New Zealand funding to the Cook Islands is on ice.

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00:06:51

US role in the Israel-Iran conflict

Saturday Morning ·

2025/06/20

President Trump has said he will decide if the US will get directly involved in the Iran-Israel conflict within the next fortnight.

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00:10:29

Israel and Iran conflict

Saturday Morning ·

2025/06/20

The recent upsurge in conflict between Israel and Iran continues to build. European foreign ministers have been holding talks with Iran to try to restore a diplomatic path over its nuclear programme.

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00:12:37

Ben Bayly: What is New Zealand food?

Saturday Morning ·

2025/06/06

Chef, TV presenter and proud champion of Kiwi kai, Ben Bayly is back on our screens tonight with the fourth season of A New Zealand Food Story. The series has taken him all around the motu on a mission to answer the question "what is New Zealand food?".

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00:14:38

Reading for pleasure with Kate de Goldi

Saturday Morning ·

2025/06/06

Kate de Goldi is a novelist, children's writer, Arts Foundation Laureate, and the brand-new Te Awhi Rito Reading Ambassador.

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00:25:41

Michelle Duff: Surplus Women

Saturday Morning ·

2025/06/06

Weaving comedy and truth through her new collection of short stories, award-winning writer and journalist Michelle Duff's new novel Surplus Women explores power and patriarchy through women set in past, present and future Aotearoa.

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