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Tuesday, 14 October 2025
- 8:10 Are our political leaders unlikable?
- 8:20 Community book fair left with hefty bill
- 8:30 News from Europe
- 8:45 Shower Thoughts: What is life like without vision?
- 9:25 New device set to reduce plastics pollution at beaches
Monday, 13 October 2025
- 8:10 Could compulsory voting be an answer to dismal turnout for Local Body Elections?
- 8:25 Dame Gaylene Preston on Pike River film
- 8:35 Sports with Jamie Wall
- 8:45 BBC World News
- 9:25 New report recommends decriminalisation of illicit drugs
Friday, 10 October 2025
- 8:10 Napier launches dog-friendly status with 'pawrade'
- 8:20 This Weekend: National Bookshop Day
- 8:40 Short-Cuts with Dan Slevin
Thursday, 9 October 2025
- 8:10 Helen Clark on Gaza peace agreement
- 8:30 Talking semicolons with Julia de Bres
- 8:45 Meet New Zealand's longest-serving councillor
- 9:25 Poet Serie Barford on new poetry collection and facing death
Wednesday, 8 October 2025
- 8:10 Reflecting on the term of Tory Whanau
- 9:20 Counting the cost of infrastructure attacks
- 9:25 Two years on from the war in Gaza
Tuesday, 7 October 2025
- 8:10 Better times ahead or is stagflation here to stay?
- 8:30 A new type of gambler
- 8:45 Shower Thoughts: How do we know what dinosaurs looked like?
- 9:25 What shapes our political leanings?
Monday, 6 October 2025
- 12:00 Sunscreens feeling the heat
- 12:00 Small Histories of New Zealand with Emma Kay
- 12:00 Sport with Jamie Wall
- 12:00 BBC World Service
- 12:00 How hard is it to speak with a New Zealand accent?
Friday, 3 October 2025
- 8:10 First International Flight from Wellington, 75 years ago today
- 8:20 The Weekend
- 8:30 One of the world's most popular video games
- 8:40 Short-Cuts with Dan Slevin
- 9:25 Out Lately with Finn Johansson
Thursday, 2 October 2025
- 8:10 Is it time to bring back oral exams?
- 8:30 Celebrating 60 years of Porirua!
- 8:45 The Chalet in Arthur's Pass is up for sale
- 9:25 2025's Silver Scrolls shortlist, reviewed
Wednesday, 1 October 2025
- 8:10 Government announces energy sector "shake-up"
- 9:15 Jane Wrightson on her time as the Retirement Commissioner
Tuesday, 30 September 2025
- 8:10 Could new tariffs put New Zealand's film industry at risk?
- 8:30 Why is it so hard to sculpt a face?
- 8:40 European correspondent Christian Smith
- 8:50 Shower Thoughts: Can I increase my spice tolerance?
- 9:25 Raybon Kan on 30 years of comedy
Monday, 29 September 2025
- 8:10 Earthquake building overhaul set to save billions
- 8:30 We've always complained about daylight saving time!
- 8:40 Sports with Jamie Wall
- 8:50 BBC World Service with Rob Hugh-Jones
- 9:25 The race for the Irish presidency
Friday, 26 September 2025
- 8:10 You can't park there, mate
- 8:20 Ultramarathon record holder on long distance walking
- 8:40 Short-Cuts with Dan Slevin
- 9:30 Out Lately with Finn Johansson
Thursday, 25 September 2025
- 8:10 Can low voter turnout numbers be solved?
- 8:20 Making the outdoors accessible for everyone
- 8:30 Philosophy Now with Dan Weijers
- 9:25 The dangers of driving while distracted
- 9:35 How do touchscreens actually work?
Wednesday, 24 September 2025
- 8:10 The legalities of using the insanity defence in NZ courts
- 8:20 Local coffee businesses facing blend of issues
- 9:25 Science with Ezzy Pearson
Tuesday, 23 September 2025
- 8:12 Who will the new Reserve Bank governor be?
- 8:29 Is it hygienic to sit on public toilet seats?
- 8:37 Why do pets seem to prefer human food over their own
- 8:46 Shower Thoughts: Treadmill or Outside?
- 9:25 A chat with New Zealand's chief censor Caroline Flora
Monday, 22 September 2025
- 8:15 Hayden Donnell on why Wayne Brown might surprise you
- 8:30 Weird Sports with Tim Miller
- 8:40 Regular Sports with Jamie Wall
- 8:53 BBC World Service with Rob Hugh-Jones
- 9:25 Why Astrology Still Captures Our Imagination
Friday, 19 September 2025
- 8:10 How your dirty license plate could help climate science
- 8:20 This Weekend: Black Ferns watch party in Auckland
- 8:30 The Quiz Appendix: Double-barrel names and "discoveries"
- 8:40 Short-Cuts with Dan Slevin
- 9:15 Out Lately with Finn Johansson
Thursday, 18 September 2025
- 8:10 To greener pastures?
- 8:25 Myth Takes: Roman satire
- 8:40 New maps reveal New Zealand's network of paper roads
- 9:25 New Zealand's new generation of donor-conceived children
Wednesday, 17 September 2025
- 8:10 New Zealand's star turn in athletics
- 8:25 Apostrophe catastrophes with Dr Julia de Bres
- 9:25 Nepal's deadly 'Gen-Z' protests
Tuesday, 16 September 2025
- 8:10 Should vaping be easier or harder to access?
- 8:30 Where does dandruff end and sebhorreic dermatitis begin?
- 8:45 Shower Thoughts: How do you solve a cryptic crossword?
- 9:25 Why we like playing games that let us pretend to work
Monday, 15 September 2025
- 8:15 Police radio in the spotlight
- 8:30 Sports with Jamie Wall
- 8:45 BBC World Service Lookahead with Rob Hugh-Jones
- 9:25 Could citizen juries protect our democracy?
Friday, 12 September 2025
- 8:10 Initiative to clean up New Zealand's tramping huts and tracks
- 8:20 This Weekend: The Wellington Brick Show & The Hobby Horse
- 8:40 Short-Cuts with Dan Slevin
- 9:25 Out Lately with Finn Johansson
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