Saturday Morning
Kanaal Besonderhede
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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Live from CubaDupa: Ask a philosopher
Susie explores the multi-sensory art installations in Whanga - The Cove as part of CubaDupa
Live from CubaDupa: Wellington Seamarket
Wellington's Seamarket to be taken over by a dance party as part of the CubaDupa Festival.
Graham Leonard: Tsunamis - when should we be worried?
Regular guest Graham Leonard of Earth Sciences New Zealand on the weeks events from earthquakes to flooding.
Live from CubaDupa: Big Band Te Reo
Lisa Tomlins to perform at the CubaDupa Festival - a mix of big band sound and te reo.
Live from CubaDupa: Festival fiesta
Susie Ferguson is out and about at this weekend's CubaDupa festival in central Wellington talking to event director Bianca Bailey.
Stacey Leilua: View from the Bridge
Stacey Leilua's exciting return to theatre playing the lead in a new production of A View from the Bridge
Sashi Perera: The recovering lawyer turned comedian
Recovering lawyer turned comedian and writer Sashi Perera on the pivotal moments in her life.
Rachel Clare and Tryphena Cracknell: Aotearoa in Bloom
Aotearoa in Bloom celebrates our indigenous flora, their beauty and purpose in traditional medicine.
Bart Schrijver: The North
Dutch director Bart Schrijver's film The North was inspired by the Te Araroa trail - each step reveals something new about his central characters in t...
Calling all art lovers!
The search is on for the missing works of Tohunga Mahi Toi Maori Robyn Kahukiwa.
Dr Bali Pulendran: Closing in on a universal vaccine
How a universal vaccine is one step closer thanks to new research by Stanford university.
Kirk Jones: I Swear
"I Swear" explores John Davidson's experience living with the neurological disorder, Tourette Syndrome.
Senior NZers of the Year
Between 2001 and 2019, Dr Alan and Hazel Kerr saved the lives of nearly 800 children in Palestine through forty volunteer missions to Gaza and the Wes...
Kathy Lette: Sisterhood Rules
One of Australian comic author Kathy Lette's former agents told her "nobody wants to publish books about middle-aged women. They're just not that sexy...
Live at Polyfest 2026
Polyfest, the world's largest secondary school Pasifika cultural festival is taking place this week at Auckland's Manukau Sports Bowl.
Preserves, condiments & ferments with Del Holland
Summer's officially over so it's time to gather the end of season produce and turn it into preserves, condiments, and ferments.
P.K. Newby: Healthy Hedonism
Dedicated to rooting out junk science, Dr Newby explains how we can all be - and should be - healthy hedonists.
Young NZer of the Year: Shit You Should Care About
Young New Zealander of the Year, twenty-seven-year-old Lucy Blakiston is the founder and CEO of Shit You Should Care About.
Greg Newbold: Dream Dealer - From Prisoner to Professor
One of New Zealand's leading criminologists, Greg Newbold once served prison time for dealing drugs.
Government to review Dog Control Act
The Dog Control Act is thirty years old and this morning the government announced that it will initiate a review.
Joseph Moore: Writing for Saturday Night Live UK
Saturday Night Live - the UK version - has its first outing this Saturday and one of the writers is a Kiwi.
Jessica Palairet: Is this a step change moment?
Against the backdrop of the Iran War, is now the time to be Taking Action on Climate Change and what would that mean for farming, cities and everyday...
Jordan With a Why on her love for the Pasifika Festival
Jordan With a Why is a South Auckland-based R&B and neo-soul artist who blends Maori and Samoan heritage into her music. She joins Mihi live from the...
Preparing your winter garden with Hannah Zwartz
Gardening expert Hannah Zwartz teaches us about the optimal times for planting winter veges, pruning stone fruit and how to cultivate a thriving garde...
Championing Niue's growing organic farming sector
Live at the Pasifika Festival: Mihi talks to Chair of NIOFA, Jamal Veidreyaki about Niue's climate-resilient agriculture movement.
RBG: One woman, many voices
Heather Mitchell stars in the hit one-woman play RBG: Of Many, One about US Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
Live at NZ's biggest Pacific Festival
Mihi's reporting live from Auckland's Pasifika Festival happening this weekend in Auckland's Western Springs. Jep Savali is Group Manager, Tataki Auck...
The Dead Speak: My life in forensics
Thomas Coyle MNZM is one of New Zealand's most seasoned forensic experts. He joins Susie to talk about his new memoir, The Dead Speak: My Life in Fore...
Wellington City Library's grand opening
The Wellington City library has officially re-opened after being closed for almost seven years due to earthquake risks. RNZ reporter Krystal Gibbons r...
Paul Kilgour: Tramping through life and loving it!
A legend in tramping circles, Paul Kilgour has "bagged" over 1200 huts and walked the length of the South Island. He talks to Mihingarangi about the c...
Lisa Taouma: Taking Pasifika to the world
Papali'i Lisa Taouma is an award-winning documentary maker, writer, director and producer, recognised for bringing the essence of Pasifika communities...
David Szalay - Flesh
2025 Booker Prize winner Canadian-Hungarian author David Szalay is appearing at the Auckland Writer's Festival in May. His acclaimed novel Flesh tells...
The history of Anglo-American involvement in Iran
Author Roham Alvandi breaks down the history of Anglo-American involvement in Iran through three critical events, the 1953 coup, the 1979 Iranian Revo...
What to look out for at this year's Oscars
The 98th Oscars ceremony is taking place this coming Monday. RNZ cinephile Sam Hollis has watched the best film contenders and shares what to look out...
Joachim Trier: Sentimental Value
Norwegian writer-director Joachim Trier's Sentimental Value is nominated for nine Oscars, including best picture and best director. He's known for The...
Lachlan Harper: 10,000 hours and still messing up
The NZ Festival of the Arts is in full swing and includes a show embracing Malcolm Gladwell's idea that it takes ten thousand hours to master any skil...
She Who Tastes, Knows: Afghan food with Durkhanai Ayubi
A memoir of life as a first-generation migrant, told through food and ingredients that offers a new perspective on an often-misunderstood land.
Leah McFall: Obsession and control
What are the things you obsess about? What things are just right or just plain wrong?
Graham Leonard: New earthquake fault lines
New earthquake faultlines have been discovered across the motu.
Charlotte Grimshaw: The Black Monk
A part psychological thriller and part family saga that examines themes of shame, addiction, truth and the stories we tell to survive.