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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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00:24:59

Silencing your inner-critic

Saturday Morning ·

2025/02/14

Many of us have a nagging inner critic, yet most people wouldn't consider themselves perfectionists - the unforgiving mindset demanding excellence and nothing less. Dr. Ellen Hendriksen is a clinical psychologist who helps millions of people around the world calm their anxiety.

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00:08:09

The thousand year old instrument closing out the new...

Saturday Morning ·

2025/02/14

The Lantern Festival is a four day event that marks the first-full moon of the new lunar year, and welcomes the Year of the Snake. Among those, taking to the stage will be my next guest Nancy Summerhays with her traditional Chinese instrument, the er hu.

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00:12:35

Built to fail? The right to repair

Saturday Morning ·

2025/02/14

The Consumer Guarantees (Right to Repair) Amendment Bill is set to have its first reading next Wednesday. This is the first time there could potentially be legislation that looks at the consumer's right to repair in New Zealand.

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00:27:02

Ben Elton: Authentic Stupidity

Saturday Morning ·

2025/02/14

Ben Elton burst onto the British alternative comedy scene in the '80s. He went on to co-write The Young Ones and Blackadder, with Richard Curtis. He's coming back to NZ with new show, Authentic Stupidity.

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00:08:25

Sean Simpson: Gene Technology

Saturday Morning ·

2025/02/14

On Monday, at midnight - submissions will close on the government's Gene Technology Bill. But opponents of the bill are warning against it. Groups like Greenpeace and GE Free NZ say there are serious environmental and health risks, that there won't be enough controls and that our GE free reputation will be ruined.

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00:06:14

Nándor Tánczos: Whakatane Hospital Protest

Saturday Morning ·

2025/02/14

At midday on Saturday there's a protest in Whakatane to demand action over the closure of the hospital's obstetrics unit. Now - if you have a high risk pregnancy or need an emergency caesarian you'd have to go to Tauranga hospital which is over an hour away. Demonstrators say they've uncovered a raft of other issues at the hospital they say are symptomatic of an underfunded system. Whakatane District Councillor Nándor Tánczos, who is organising the protest, told Susie

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00:13:26

David Smith: Gaza and Israel

Saturday Morning ·

2025/02/14

Both Hamas and Israel now say they will continue to release hostages as part of the ceasefire agreement. Meanwhile, U.S. president Donald Trump has suggested his country will take over the Gaza strip. And, he's turned his eye to Ukraine this week also.

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00:07:45

Caleb Fortheringham: Cook Islands

Saturday Morning ·

2025/02/14

Cook Islands Prime Minister Mark Brown is on his way back to Rarotonga after signing an agreement with China yesterday which has concerned our Deputy Prime Minister. Meanwhile a protest is being planned in the Cook Islands.

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00:16:23

Geoff Parkes - from Rugby to Rural Noir

Saturday Morning ·

2025/02/07

Geoff Parkes' has written two books on rugby, but now he's written about a different type of ruckus. His debut novel is a crime fiction, set in rural New Zealand in the 1980s.

en

00:28:51

Saving the planet and your money at the same time

Saturday Morning ·

2025/02/07

Sustainability expert Lottie Dalziel has built a career turning environmental problems into sustainable solutions.

en

00:33:54

Dr Julie Smith - rewriting life advice when facing death

Saturday Morning ·

2025/02/07

Psychologist and Tik Tok sensation Dr Julie Smith breaks down complex ideas about how our mind works into simple and creative snack-size viral videos.

en

00:11:24

Tariffs, growth and unemployment: Liam Dann

Saturday Morning ·

2025/02/07

What are tariffs and how will they affect New Zealand? New Zealand Herald business editor-at-large Liam Dann unpack what's on the economic horizon.

en

00:18:29

A moneyless Life: Jo Nemeth

Saturday Morning ·

2025/02/07

A decade ago Jo Nemeth stopped using money in daily life. She works for free, paying it forward, growing her own food and finding it in dumpsters.

en

00:08:36

Off leash - dog trainer Flip Calkoen

Saturday Morning ·

2025/02/07

Auckland Council has been accused of overreacting after proposing dog rule changes. Dog trainer Flip Calkoen talks about whether the balance is right.

en

00:21:33

Demystifying geothermal energy

Saturday Morning ·

2025/02/07

New Zealand is the world's fifth largest generator of geothermal energy with just under 20 percent of our electricity generated this way.

en

00:17:19

Are NZ designs open to being ripped off?

Saturday Morning ·

2025/02/07

Last year, two new treaties were adopted by the WIPO, one relating to patents and the other design law, in a bid to increase protections for original and indigenous ideas.

en

00:10:43

Te Tii Marae reopens

Saturday Morning ·

2025/02/07

Chair of the 101-year old marae, Ngati Kawa, explains the significance of the whare to local hapu - and the nation.

en

00:05:21

TikTok: Security concern or victim of geopolitics?

Saturday Morning ·

2025/02/07

TikTok is the social media app that feels like it is taking over the world, but can genuine security concerns be separated from the international politics?

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00:05:25

Kiwi scientist at the heart of the UK's serial killer...

Saturday Morning ·

2025/02/07

An international expert panel has found there is no evidence to support the conviction of British serial killer, Lucy Letby, in a detailed report released this week.

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00:05:33

Diet and Parkinson's disease

Saturday Morning ·

2025/02/07

More than 12,000 New Zealanders suffer from the condition, and numbers are expected to increase significantly over the coming years. How can diet help?

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