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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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00:12:50

Kate de Goldi's favourite winter reads

Saturday Morning ·

2025/05/02

Novelist, children's writer, and Arts Foundation Laureate Kate de Goldi is back with her favourite winter reads.

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00:09:57

Opening Night! A new era for Otautahi's Court Theatre

Saturday Morning ·

2025/05/02

There's a big weekend in store for Christchurch where the curtain is being raised on the new Court Theatre. The new $56 million playhouse is the theatre's first permanent home since the 2011 earthquake destroyed its Arts Centre venue.

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00:29:46

Yael Van Der Wouden: debuting at the Bookers

Saturday Morning ·

2025/05/02

Yael Van der Wouden's first novel The Safekeep is a twisted tale of desire, obsession and loss set in the post-war Netherlands. It was shortlisted for the 2024 Booker Prize, and now the 2025 Women's Prize for Fiction.

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00:18:49

Outgoing Wellington mayor Tory Whanau: 'Politics has...

Saturday Morning ·

2025/05/02

Tory Whanau has announced she will not stand again for the Wellington mayoralty. Her announcement came shortly after former Labour Party Leader Andrew Little confirmed he would be contesting.

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00:28:59

Trans writer Torrey Peters on provocative new novel...

Saturday Morning ·

2025/05/02

Stag Dance, the latest novel from trans writer Torrey Peters, is made up of three short stories and the provocative titular tale of male loggers exploring their sexualities together.

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00:28:30

What have we learnt from the Covid-19 pandemic?

Saturday Morning ·

2025/05/02

Shaun Hendy is a well-respected New Zealand physicist and the chief scientist at climate innovation company Toha. He talks about his new book looking at NZ's Covid response.

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00:15:26

What is inattentional blindness?

Saturday Morning ·

2025/05/02

Have you ever missed something obvious right in front of you? Chances are you've experienced a psychological phenomenon called inattentional blindness.

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00:28:19

The name's Rimington. Stella Rimington

Saturday Morning ·

2025/05/02

What's better than 007? Stella Rimington, of course. She's the former director general of British counter-intelligence and security agency MI5.

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00:06:01

The speech competition aiming to improve race relations

Saturday Morning ·

2025/05/02

The Race Unity Speech Awards are on this weekend in Auckland. They're a platform for senior high school students from around the motu to express their ideas on how to improve race relations in Aotearoa.

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00:09:32

Tackling caulerpa in Te Tai Tokerau

Saturday Morning ·

2025/05/02

A hapū at the epicentre of the caulerpa outbreak in the Bay of Islands are calling for more concerted effort to deal with the invasive seaweed.

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00:08:13

Changes to KiwiSaver?

Saturday Morning ·

2025/05/02

This week the government announced plans to cut the operating allowance in this year's budget by $1.1 billion, and Finance Minister Nicola Willis has hinted at changes to KiwiSaver.

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00:05:25

The latest from Gaza

Saturday Morning ·

2025/05/02

Israel hasn't allowed any aid into Gaza since March 2, our correspondent Trent Murray in Tel Aviv gives Susie the latest.

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00:05:45

The big wet weather mop up

Saturday Morning ·

2025/05/02

There's still a state of emergency in Christchurch and many properties across Wellington, Wairarapa and Manawatu are still without power following the week's wild weather.

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00:10:09

Election Day in Australia

Saturday Morning ·

2025/05/02

Election booths are opening in Australia just under three hours' time. Incumbent Labor leader Anthony Albanese is considered the favourite, but polls can be wrong.

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00:14:11

Compost and winter planting with Hannah Zwartz

Saturday Morning ·

2025/04/11

It's the time of year to start thinking about a big garden clean up, building a compost heap and looking ahead to winter planting. Our gardening expert Hannah Zwartz answers listener questions.

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00:12:04

Identity Dance Company

Saturday Morning ·

2025/04/11

Thousands of performers, from more than forty countries have descended on Auckland - to compete in the inaugural World Dance Crew Championship over the next six days.

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00:26:50

Endometriosis: closing the gender pain gap

Saturday Morning ·

2025/04/11

An Auckland-based gynaecologist is calling for an improvement in the diagnosis and treatment of endometriosis in NZ.

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00:25:00

Adolescence: the manosphere explained

Saturday Morning ·

2025/04/11

Adolescence is the TV series that everyone can't stop talking about. It follows a British family as their world turns upside down when 13-year-old Jamie is arrested for murdering a schoolmate.

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00:24:50

Creating comedy out of cancer

Saturday Morning ·

2025/04/11

When Dr Jo Prendergast was diagnosed with breast cancer, she decided the best thing to do was to write an 80,000 word manuscript about her experience, and create a comedy show out of it.

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00:24:01

Ken Ludwig: adapting a legend and why Shakespeare is...

Saturday Morning ·

2025/04/11

A surprise phone call lead award-winning playwright, the most performed of his generation, Ken Ludwig into the world of murder mysteries, becoming the chosen playwright for the Agatha Christie estate.

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