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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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Tackling garden weeds with Hannah Zwartz
Our resident gardener Hannah Zwartz is back, this time with advice on how to show weeds who's boss.
Hooked Up - GP turned crime-writer on the dangers of reality TV
GP turned award-winning author Fiona Sussman's latest crime novel Hooked Up explores the manipulative nature of reality TV.
How one man's war on terror became a war on poverty
Aaron Tait was only 17 when he was deployed to Iraq. Now he has written about his inner battle with war - and his search for peace.
Toby Manhire - Juggernaught
Journalist and podcaster Toby Manhire is in to talk to Mihi and Guyon about Juggernaut Series Two.
Postnatal depression: singing the blues away
A study in the British Journal of Psychiatry supports what some mothers' groups have known for a while - group singing can help with postnatal depress...
Brendan Canty: Christy
Brendan's feature film Christy rolls back the issues surrounding the foster-care system for late-teenagers.
Dr Jeremy Lockwood: Dinosaur hunter
After nearly thirty years as a GP, Dr Jeremy Lockwood hung up his stethoscope and started hunting dinosaurs - swapping human anatomy for ancient bones...
The Governess: are you clever enough?
The first season of The Chase New Zealand premieres on Monday - Anne Hegerty aka The Governess is one of the chasers they face.
Racing for men's mental health
A team of four Kiwi adventurers are taking on NZ Godzone for Movember to raise awareness of men's mental health.
Ozempic for pets?
November is Pet Diabetes Awareness Month and highlights the importance of keeping your pet at a healthy weight.
Capital gains tax: an international perspective
This week Labour announced it will campaign for the next election with a capital gains tax as a key policy and point of difference.
Landmark case over water rights
On Monday a landmark case will begin in the High Court in Wellington over fresh water.
Potential for measles outbreak
A public health academic says there is potential for a serious outbreak of measles in New Zealand given the local transmission rate and low vaccinatio...
Latest from the US
Donald Trump threw a nuclear curve ball this week saying he wants to start testing nuclear weapons so the US can keep pace with Russia and China.
Ōtāhuhu Food Festival: Queen Shirl'e
Queen Shirl'e is an Auckland-based hip hop artist and community leader known for for founding the Queen Shirl'e Academy, where she helps young people...
Chef Del Holland's kitchen tips + the "Best Ever" Chocolate cake
Chef Del Holland shares her tips for making a proper risotto, what to do with sourdough discard (no you don't have to just throw it out), and a recipe...
These little boots are made for walking - the whole of NZ
Seven years old at the time she walked the entire Te Araroa trail, Emilie Bruce, along with mum Victoria, did the 3-thousand-kilometre walk from Cape...
Ōtāhuhu Food Festival: Charlotte Macdonald, Garrison World
Professor Charlotte Macdonald talks to Mihi about the significance of Auckland's Great South Road in the New Zealand Wars.
Ōtāhuhu Food Festival: Hare George and Rudy Alejandro
Live from the Ōtāhuhu Food Festival, Mihi speaks with local foodies Hare George and Rudy Alejandro from The Slush Truck.
Ōtāhuhu Food Festival: Karen Wilson
In early times Ōtāhuhu was a bustling trading spot with a portage for waka on the Manukau. Local iwi Chairperson of Te Akitai Waiohua, Karen Wilson sh...
Elspeth Sandys: turning trauma into great stories
A rich seam of themes can be mined from Elspeth Sandys' writing. Trauma has dogged her life. "Some people go to therapy" she says. "I write."
Ōtāhuhu Food Festival: Aroha Harris
Aroha Harris is a history lecturer at Auckland University, she shares the story of the Marmaduke Nixon monument in the Auckland suburb of Ōtāhuhu.
Ōtāhuhu Food Festival: Aute Neli
Mihi is reporting live from the Ōtāhuhu Food Festival throughout the morning. She speaks with Aute Neli from Kiwi Tucker Mussel Fritters.
Recipe for Murder: inside the mushroom trial
The trial of Erin Patterson captured headlines around the world. 'Recipe for Murder' provides insights into the woman herself and how she was caught....
Groundbreaking coma research with Dr. Sean Pauzauskie
For centuries, it was believed people in comas could not think or understand but now with new technology, we know this is not always true.
Sam Dalrymple: creating modern nations
Sam Dalrymple's debut book explores the collapse of the Indian Empire and how five major partitions between 1931 and 1971 created twelve modern nation...
The Seven Rules of Trust with Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales
In an age where information and disinformation is available at the touch of a button, trust is one of the most pressing issues of our time.
Organising the Ōtāhuhu Food Festival
If you are in Tāmaki Makaurau today, you might want to head out to the Ōtāhuhu Food Festival - the country's largest.
Liam Dann on Labour's Future Fund
Labour's Future Fund was the first major policy announcement from the opposition in the long lead up to next year's election.
New study: rainforests contributing to carbon emissions
Researchers in Australia have discovered that its tropical rainforests have become a net source of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere.
Can our hospitals cope with a measles outbreak?
Health officials working on contact tracing measles patients have now identified patient zero on the Cook Strait ferry crossing.
Latest from the Middle East
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has expressed confidence that the Gaza ceasefire will hold.
Wild weather: wildfire risk
Earlier this week destructive gales tore through parts of the South and North Islands, exacerbating wildfires on the East Coast.
Wild weather: state of emergency
A state of emergency remains in place in Southland and Clutha due to extensive damage caused by Thursday's red-alert winds and ongoing power outages.
Debut darling: Patrick Ryan's Buckeye
Patrick Ryan's debut novel is a multi-generational saga that's been described as a dazzling portrait of the human spirit.
Sean Szeps: Instagram Dad
Sean Szeps, an American father of two living in Australia, uses his Instagram platform to show, as he says, 'the raw realities of parenthood with a wi...
Rebecca Macfie: Unpacking poverty in Aotearoa
Charities around the country have been reporting increasing levels of families in poverty with no signs of it slowing down.
IMDb founder Col Needham: A life in movies
There are movie buffs - and then there is Col Needham. As founder of Internet Movie Database IMDb, Col says he has watched more than 16,000 films.
Simon Mills: Herbal remedies in mainstream healthcare
Simon Mills, a world leading expert in herbal medicine has led the movement to bring herbal remedies into mainstream healthcare.
Tāme Iti - MANA
What is mana? Are you born with it, can you earn it and can you have it taken away? Rights activist Tāme Iti explores what mana really means in his me...