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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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00:10:04

Post-natal care bill 'very odd', midwives say

Saturday Morning ·

2025/03/28

A new bill extending post-natal care at hospital, from two days to three, is being labelled as "very odd" by the professional body of midwives. Meanwhile, an organisation supporting families with anxiety and depression due to pregnancy, says it's "a drop in the ocean".

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00:09:20

Myanmar quake: BBC's Lindle Markwell reports

Saturday Morning ·

2025/03/28

More than 144 people have died after a 7.7 magnitude quake in Myanmar. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs in New Zealand says seven New Zealanders are registered in Myanmar and 161 in Thailand. All of its staff from embassies in Yangon and Bangkok have been accounted for. The BBC's Lindle Markwell who reports from Bangkok speaks to Susie.

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00:07:04

Ngati Haua signs settlement with Crown

Saturday Morning ·

2025/03/28

Today the Ngati Haua Deed of Settlement will be signed with the Crown at Ngapuwai-waha Marae in Taumarunui. Over 60 sites will be returned to Ngati Haua along with financial redress and a cultural fund of $26.5 million dollars. Chair of the Ngati Haua Iwi Trust, Graham Bell, speaks to Mihi.

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00:11:56

Australian volunteer medic in Gaza details...

Saturday Morning ·

2025/03/28

This week Doctors without Borders condemned Israel's strike on Nasser Hospital in southern Gaza. It says two people were killed in the hospital's inpatient surgical department and several injured. Australian emergency nurse Jaafar Yusof works at the hospital.

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00:07:31

Sea trawling exacerbating climate change

Saturday Morning ·

2025/03/28

Just released research from the University of Otago shows bottom trawling on the sea floor can exacerbate climate change. Dr Sebastiaan van de Velde is based at the University of Otago's Department of Marine Science and speaks to Susie.

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00:15:13

WOMAD: Talisk

Saturday Morning ·

2025/03/14

Said to be one of the most talked-about folk bands of the 21st century, Scottish band Talisk have been ripping up stereotypes and redefining folk music for the last ten years.

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00:06:16

Liam Lawson at the Melbourne Grand Prix

Saturday Morning ·

2025/03/14

Pukekohe local Liam Lawson is competing for the first time as a permanent driver for Red Bull Racing at the Australian Grand Prix.

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00:11:09

Talented farmer changing narratives for ex-prisoners

Saturday Morning ·

2025/03/14

Our next guest is someone with an incredible story of how farming turned his life around. Ben Purua is a finalist for Kiwibank's Young New Zealander of the Year.

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00:13:56

WOMAD: Jordyn with a Why

Saturday Morning ·

2025/03/14

Maori-Samoan R&B artist, Raglan-based Jordyn Rapana, aka Jordyn with a Why, is a making her mark with soulful, dynamic performances.

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00:19:11

WOMAD: Nitin Sawhney

Saturday Morning ·

2025/03/14

British musician, composer and producer Nitin Sawhney CBE is a formidable talent across many genres.

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00:29:32

Jojo Moyes: 'Chick lit' is a misogynist label for my...

Saturday Morning ·

2025/03/14

Journalist turned number one New York Times best-selling author and screenwriter, Jojo Moyes, is back with a new book. She speaks with Susie Ferguson about the importance of middle-aged women seeing themselves in literature and films, and keeping on keeping on - even after her first three books were rejected.

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00:11:11

WOMAD: Queen Omega

Saturday Morning ·

2025/03/14

Star of the global dancehall-reggae scene, from Trinidad and Tobago, Queen Omega has been blazing a trail for over 20 years, performing at some of the world's biggest reggae festivals. Her 2023 recording of No Love was a phenomenal international success, capturing the imagination of a new generation and attracting more than 53 million views on YouTube. Queenie speaks with Susie.

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00:14:08

Dr Simon Talbot: Campaigning for moral injury change

Saturday Morning ·

2025/03/14

Dr Simon Talbot is a pioneer in hand and arm transplantation, the Director of the Upper Extremity Transplant Program at the world-renowned Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts, and an associate Professor at Harvard Medical School. Simon's corrective transplant surgeries are incredible feats of modern medicine. But in many other areas, the world of healthcare is not only falling behind but failing to protect the very people that keep it running. Moral injury is an injury to

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00:24:37

Polyamory for Dummies

Saturday Morning ·

2025/03/14

The idea of non-monogamy has long been a controversial one, linked with heartache and promiscuity. But polyamory's gaining traction, including online in the last few years, with influencers normalising the lifestyle and its benefits. Dr Jaime Grant is an activist, researcher, and sex coach who has taken workshops around the world to help people understand their sexual desires. She's the host of the Just Sex podcast and has had a polyamorous lifestyle for over 40 years. She's also the author of

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00:10:18

Womad: 47 SOUL

Saturday Morning ·

2025/03/14

47SOUL is a Palestinian Shamstep group. In fact they founded the genre! The musical collective formed in Jordan in 2013, and take their influence from hip-hop, electronica and R&B - and melded it with the sounds of Dabke, a traditional folk dance, and other Shaa'bi roots music from the Levantine region. 47SOUL has a big following across Arab countries, the global Arab diaspora and beyond. Band members Tareq Abu Kwaik - known by his stage name El Far3i, and Ramzy Suleiman, known as Z the People

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00:17:02

Mapping out Long Covid on the body

Saturday Morning ·

2025/03/14

Having Long Covid can be an extremely isolating experience, patients may not look unwell, but they have debilitating symptoms like shortness of breath, muscle pain or extreme fatigue. Sufferers say it's hard to explain what's happening, but now there's another language to help them communicate. It's called "body mapping" and is bringing positive results to Long Covid patients. Oxford University research fellow Maaret Yokela-Pansini teamed up with colleague Professor Beth Greenhough to use body

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00:06:31

Suzanne Porter: Putting together Womad

Saturday Morning ·

2025/03/14

CEO of the Taranaki Arts Fetival Trust, who puts on Womad, and Event Director, Suzanne Porter speaks to her about putting the event together.

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00:16:07

Liam Dann: Trade Wars, investment and misery

Saturday Morning ·

2025/03/14

Tariffs on steel and aluminium came into effect on Wednesday, what impact is that expected to have on NZ? Plus the Government's investment summit, and where do we sit on the misery index? New Zealand Herald business editor-at-large Liam Dann unpacks what's on the economic horizon.

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00:05:02

Making recyclable silicone using sulphur

Saturday Morning ·

2025/03/14

Silicones are used for everything, from bakeware, to life-saving medical equipment, to the prosthetics in the film industry. But they're incredibly hard to recycle - until now.

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00:06:32

The PM in India

Saturday Morning ·

2025/03/14

Today Prime Minister Christopher Luxon jets off on his latest diplomatic effort, heading to India while his Deputy Winston Peters prepares to go to the US.

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