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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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00:19:30

Rob Sarkies: Pike River

Saturday Morning ·

2025/06/06

Director Rob Sarkies' new film Pike River tells the story of the fight for justice after one of the worst mining disasters in New Zealand's history.

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00:24:54

Astrophysicist Dr Michelle Thaller

Saturday Morning ·

2025/06/06

Matariki is just around the corner, and flying in for the event is renowned NASA science communicator Dr Michelle Thaller.

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00:24:41

John Boyne: overcoming trauma to be a better parent

Saturday Morning ·

2025/06/06

Multi award-winning Irish author John Boyne is famed for the global phenomenon The Boy in The Striped Pyjamas, which sold more than 11 million copies. His latest is an interlinked quartet of novellas based around the elements.

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00:07:44

Auckland's Cabaret Festival: Songs from the Factory

Saturday Morning ·

2025/06/06

Auckland's Cabaret Festival is on at The Civic until next Friday. The final show will be Songs from the Factory directed by Anapela Polata'ivao.

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00:17:12

Trump vs Musk - what's going on?

Saturday Morning ·

2025/06/06

An extraordinary public feud has erupted between President Donald Trump and his former ally Elon Musk. Simon Marks is our correspondent in Washington DC and speaks with Mihi.

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00:20:42

Unmanned military tech: Julia Macdonald

Saturday Morning ·

2025/06/06

Mines, guided missiles, satellites and more recently drones, are just some of the military tech that have been developed over the last few hundred years. A new book The Hand Behind Unmanned explores the factors and beliefs that led to the contemporary American arsenal and asks where it's headed in the future.

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00:06:17

3D animal scanning app up for award at Fieldays

Saturday Morning ·

2025/06/06

Fieldays is back for another year, kicking off next week at Hamilton's Mystery Creek. It's the Southern Hemisphere's largest agricultural event and is well known for launching cutting edge technology in the farming sector.

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00:08:19

The pressure of home premiums

Saturday Morning ·

2025/06/06

House insurance is something all homeowners need. It's meant to provide peace of mind, yet rising premiums are making it increasingly difficult to access.

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00:05:01

Exercise reduces risk cancer patients dying by third...

Saturday Morning ·

2025/06/06

It's common knowledge that exercise is good for us, but for the first time, a study has found that exercise can reduce the risk of cancer patients dying by a third.

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00:06:09

Triple murder accused takes stand in poisonous...

Saturday Morning ·

2025/06/06

The Australian trial involving death cap mushrooms in a beef wellington has captured the world. This week triple murder accused Erin Patterson took the stand for the first time.

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00:06:39

Collecting the stories on the ground in Ukraine

Saturday Morning ·

2025/06/06

Several people have been killed and dozens wounded in the Ukrainian capital Kyiv overnight as Russia launched drone and missile attacks.

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00:10:21

The longest suspension in Parliament ever

Saturday Morning ·

2025/06/06

This week parliament took the unprecedented step of suspending both Te Pati Maori leaders, Debbie Ngarewa-Packer, and Rawiri Waititi for a record-setting 21 days.

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00:16:00

Raynor Winn: The Salt Path

Saturday Morning ·

2025/05/23

What do you do when you lose everything? After being forcibly removed from their home, for Raynor Winn and her husband Moth, the answer was to set off on a 630-mile trek along the rugged Cornish coastline - a walk that changed their lives. Documented in Raynor's best-selling memoir and adapted into a feature film starring Gillian Anderson and Jason Isaacs, The Salt Path is in cinemas now. Raynor takes Mihi on the journey.

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00:12:32

From cops to bookshops, and cosy crime

Saturday Morning ·

2025/05/23

New Zealand adds to the cosy crime genre with Gareth and Louise Ward's The Bookshop Detectives.

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00:08:22

Holly Arrowsmith wins Best Country Music Song

Saturday Morning ·

2025/05/23

Last night the APRA Country Music Honours were held in Gore, bringing the country's - best country crooners under one roof.

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00:26:55

Susanna Clarke: coming back from a vanishing act

Saturday Morning ·

2025/05/23

Booker Prize long-listed English author Susanna Clarke is one of the most influential fantasy writers of our time.

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00:22:54

Tuki Laumea: battle for influence in the Pacific

Saturday Morning ·

2025/05/23

A new docuseries investigates the escalating power struggle between China and the US in the Pacific, climate displacement and colonial unrest.

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00:22:02

Keith Scholey: 44 years working with David Attenborough

Saturday Morning ·

2025/05/23

Over the past 100 years, oceans have progressed from being a complete mystery to being regarded as vital for our survival, according to Sir David Attenborough. Keith Scholey is an Emmy and Bafta award-winning natural history and environmental filmmaker who has worked with Sir David for 44 years. Keith directed Ocean with David Attenborough.

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00:06:54

Using waiata as a point of connection and learning

Saturday Morning ·

2025/05/23

After organising the world's largest haka last year and reclaiming the Guinness World Record, Dame Hinewehi Mohi is back - with the first ever Waiata Singalong series.

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00:11:07

The battle for Auckland's Western Springs Stadium

Saturday Morning ·

2025/05/23

The battle for Auckland's Western Springs Stadium - the home of the Ponsonby Rugby Club - is heating up with two former All Blacks on either side of the debate. Mihi speaks to Sir Bryan and Ashley Stanley, daughter of former all Black Joe Stanley - she's a parent at the Ponsonby Rugby Club.

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