Summer Times Podcast Options

9:20 AM.When Lynn Paterson - or Red as she's also known - told people she wanted to kayak around New Zealand, they said she couldn't do it. Not only that, some said she would die. But she set off from… Read more Audio

9:05 AM.Over the last month new variants of Covid-19 have been spreading further around the world. Managed isolation facilities here now hold cases of the highly-transmissible UK variant of Covid-19 and a new… Read more Audio

11:50 AM.Working in a school library keeps Catherine Ross in a steady supply of books It's her job to give recommendations so students at Diocesan School in Auckland to girls between the ages of 11 and 18. She… Read more Audio

11:05 AM.RNZ presenter Wallace Chapman is loving spending time with his whānau this summer, but he did come back limping from a family holiday in Waipu Cove. The reason? Three-year-old Wallace Junior's daily… Read more Video, Audio

10:10 AM.In a warehouse in Minneapolis back in 1983, legendary artist Prince asked his newly hired sound technician to set up to record Let's Go Crazy, a song that would become one of his greatest hits. In… Read more Audio

9:47 AM.Now to a rather unusual TradeMe auction that has created a bit of a stir online this week... The listing advertised "three left footed jandals looking for a match" and the auction closed this morning… Read more Audio

9:38 AM.In the 1930s deer that had been introduced into New Zealand were declared a noxious pest. Originally brought over by colonists for trophy hunting - the animals were believed to be responsible for soil… Read more Audio, Gallery

9:21 AM.The Huka Falls tui singing what sounds a lot like the opening lines of an Annie Lennox song has been a summer hit on RNZ. Massey University professor Dianne Brunton, who specialises in the… Read more Audio

9:10 AM.Dr Tom Mulholland has made it his mission to look after the heart health of farmers for most of the past decade. He has a 1988 retro V8 ambulance kitted out for doing blood pressure and cholesterol… Read more Audio

11:55 AM.Time now for our cross to somewhere around the country ... but can you guess where? Jacq Dwyer joins Jesse Mulligan. Audio

11:15 AM.Nicola Toki joins Jesse  to talk about her favourite books, songs, TV shows and podcasts! Read more Audio

11:10 AM.We cross live to Washington DC where thousands of pro Trump protesters are clashing with police outside the US Capitol building. Audio

11:05 AM.We cross live to Washington DC where thousands of pro Trump protesters are clashing with police outside the US Capitol building. Audio

10:50 AM.We cross live to Washington DC where thousands of pro Trump protesters are clashing with police outside the US Capitol building. Audio

10:37 AM.2020 was one for the history books. Covid dominated the headlines, but here in New Zealand we also had a historic general election, and the scale of our housing crisis was finally realised. Globally -… Read more Audio

10:15 AM.We cross live to Washington DC where thousands of pro Trump protesters are clashing with police outside the US Capitol building. Audio

10:05 AM.We cross live to Washington DC where thousands of pro Trump protesters are clashing with police outside the US Capitol building. Audio

9:30 AM.We cross live to Washington DC where thousands of pro Trump protesters are clashing with police outside the US Capitol building. Audio

9:20 AM.About a kilometre from Arrowtown in Central Otago lies a rare goldmining settlement on the banks of the Arrow River known as Coopers Terrace Archaeological artist Jan Morrison first discovered the… Read more Audio, Gallery

9:15 AM.We cross live to Washington DC where thousands of pro Trump protesters are clashing with police outside the US Capitol building. Read more Audio

9:07 AM.Since Boxing Day, Franz Josef has seen a small boost in business but many are worried about the long-term future due to the lack of international visitors - the town's bread and butter. We speak to… Read more Audio

11:35 AM.Some of the country's best musicians have been touring the country playing three albums that have helped define rock and pop music Called Come Together - the tour has included the likes of Delaney… Read more Audio

11:10 AM.For Bookmarks today, we're talking to someone who writes books for a living and often joins us on Afternoons as our book critic. Pip Adam joins us in the Wellington studio to share some of her… Read more Audio