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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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All Episodes

00:06:32

Latest from Gaza

Saturday Morning ·

2025/08/22

A UN-backed body has confirmed there is famine in Gaza City. The report has been labelled an "outright lie" by Israel.

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00:21:14

Mother of the Nation - the story of Dame Whina Cooper

Saturday Morning ·

2025/08/15

Written and illustrated specially for children, this is the true story of Dame Whina Cooper who drove many successful campaigns for Māori and women's rights.

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00:22:57

Charlotte Wood - Stone Yard Devotional

Saturday Morning ·

2025/08/15

Shortlisted for the Booker Prize, Stone Yard Devotional combines stories which shaped the author's childhood with an entirely invented one about an enclosed religious community.

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00:19:25

Breaking the cycle of transgenerational trauma

Saturday Morning ·

2025/08/15

We inherit our genes but can we inherit trauma? There's no doubt we can feel it but can the trauma of previous generations be expressed in our genetic code?

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00:11:09

Wood Carving with Stephen Myhre

Saturday Morning ·

2025/08/15

With decades of experience in traditional and contemporary carving, artist Stephen Myhre is known for his mastery in wood, jade and bone.

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00:16:20

Fit for TV: The Reality of the Biggest Loser

Saturday Morning ·

2025/08/15

A new documentary series reveals the toxicity behind the scenes, talking to former winners, contestants, team doctors and experts.

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00:23:32

Olaide Saddiq's Grenfell Tower documentary

Saturday Morning ·

2025/08/15

Netflix doco Grenfell traces the events leading up to the tragic Grenfell Tower fire in June 2017.

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00:05:56

Comedy in the garage: Heta Dawson

Saturday Morning ·

2025/08/08

Comedian Heta Dawson runs a unique comedy club - out of his garage in South Auckland.

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00:43:20

Linn Lorkin: Music about life well lived

Saturday Morning ·

2025/08/08

Known for her ability to turn everyday Kiwi life into music, at 82 Linn Lorkin is still performing weekly around Tāmaki Makaurau.

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00:14:33

The Life of a Purple Wiggle

Saturday Morning ·

2025/08/08

Purple Wiggle - John Pearce - also known as Big Strong John talks about the group's latest venture and what pulling on the purple jersey means to him.

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00:21:43

Dacre Montgomery: Went Up The Hill

Saturday Morning ·

2025/08/08

A modern ghost story, Went Up The Hill features Stranger Things Dacre Montgomery as Jack who travels to remote New Zealand for the funeral of his estranged mother.

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00:26:26

Defying Ageism: Dr Kiran Rabheru

Saturday Morning ·

2025/08/08

In 2021 the World Health Organisation considered classifing old age as a disease. Someone who challenged that classification is geriatric psychiatrist, Dr Kiran Rabheru.

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00:22:35

Trailblazing Tech - Julia Arnott-Neenee and Eteroa...

Saturday Morning ·

2025/08/08

Pacific people make up 4.4% of the tech industry, something that the founders of Fibre Fale are working to improve.

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00:20:25

Telling Tales: Sue Vice

Saturday Morning ·

2025/08/08

The controversy over the authenticity of Raynor Winn's The Salt Path has given rise to a broader discussion about the nature and prevalence of literary hoaxes.

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00:04:18

Cat crazy: CatVideoFest

Saturday Morning ·

2025/08/08

CatVideoFest has proved so popular, the 75-minute, family-friendly compilation of the internet's best cat content has been extended across the country.

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00:04:30

Nectar of the gods

Saturday Morning ·

2025/08/08

The New Zealand hop Nectaron has been ranked 5th most desirable in the U.S market with its unique tropical flavour.

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00:06:41

Stress and sleep

Saturday Morning ·

2025/08/08

New research from Otago University has found that when we're asleep, stress-controlling brain cells switch on and off about once every hour.

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00:05:58

Learning financial literacy at school

Saturday Morning ·

2025/08/08

From 2027 it'll be compulsory for students from year 1 to 10 to be taught financial literacy. A new report shows most of us think we're "average" with money.

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00:11:00

Tamaki Makaurau By-election: Oriini Kaipara

Saturday Morning ·

2025/08/08

Former broadcaster, Oriini Kaipara explains why she decided to contest the Tāmaki Makaurau by-election for Te Pāti Māori.

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00:05:24

The cost of commuting: road user charges

Saturday Morning ·

2025/08/08

There's a big shake up coming to the way we pay for our roads. The government wants to replace the petrol tax with electronic road user charges.

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