Best Of The Week

Highlights from Radio New Zealand National's programmes for the week ending Friday 28 January. This week....self control may be the secret to success starting from childhood, what makes a good and bad… Read more Audio

Highlights from Radio New Zealand National's programmes for the week ending Friday 24 December. This week....the truth revealed - what was behind the strange UFO seen in Kaikoura 32 years ago, how… Read more Audio

Highlights from Radio New Zealand National's programmes for the week ending Friday 17 December. This week....Can Reindeer Fly - the science of getting Santa round the world on Christmas Eve, Saving… Read more Audio

Highlights from Radio New Zealand National's programmes for the week ending Friday 10 December. This week....is the future of the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra as grim as some think, the doctor who… Read more Audio

Highlights from Radio New Zealand National's programmes for the week ending Friday 3 December. This week....as well as stories about the West Coast tragedy, we hear about the new longitudinal study… Read more Audio

Highlights from Radio New Zealand National's programmes for the week ending Friday 19 November. This week.....former All Black John Kirwan's battle with depression, can the latest report into… Read more Audio

Highlights from Radio New Zealand National's programmes for the week ending Friday 12 November. This week.....our Symphony Orchestra wowing crowds in Europe, sexist reporting in the media, the life of… Read more Audio

Highlights from Radio New Zealand National's programmes for the week ending Friday 5 November. This week.....did the media help with the stoush over the filming of the Hobbit in New Zealand, the… Read more Audio

Highlights from Radio New Zealand National's programmes for the week ending Friday 22 October. This week.....is it curtains for The Hobbit film in New Zealand, an inside look at North Korea, a taste… Read more Audio

Highlights from Radio New Zealand National's programmes for the week ending Friday 15 October. This week.....being kidnapped by guerillas and held for more than 6 years - we hear Ingrid Betancourt's… Read more Audio

Highlights from Radio New Zealand National's programmes for the week ending Friday 8 October. This week.....Canterbury marks a month since its earthquake, a co-producer of The Hobbit speaks out about… Read more Audio

Highlights from Radio New Zealand National's programmes for the week ending Friday 1 October. This week........a Maori doctor treating third world health conditions in the Far North, finding and… Read more Audio