Summer Times Podcast Options

9:10 AM.The fires in Australia continue, and chilling images and video show the scale of the destruction in all of the states and territories. At least eight people have died since Monday, and seven are… Read more Audio

11:05 AM.Corin Dann joined Susie Ferguson as a Morning Report co-host in May last year. The Wellington journalist talks to Emile Donovan about his post-work 'surf and siesta' routine, his favourite camping… Read more Video, Audio

10:07 AM.It's 20 years since there was widespread panic that the Y2K bug might obliterate the world as we know it. Read more Audio

9:50 AM.Correspondent Glenda Tuaine fills us in on a big year of news in the islands including same sex relationships law reform and an ongoing debate about Chlorination. Read more Audio

9:32 AM.Bob Norling has been awarded the Queen's Service Medal for services to railway heritage and the community.  Read more Audio

9:15 AM.Sergeant Lehi Hohaia has worked for the New Zealand Police for 40 years, providing an important link between the Police and the Māori community in Rotorua.  Read more Audio

9:07 AM.Expert weaver Ranui Ngarimu has been made an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit For services to Māori art and culture, particularly weaving. Read more Audio

8:45 AM.Former Wellington College principal Roger Moses has been made a member of the New Zealand Order of merit for services to education. Read more Audio

8:20 AM.Dr Anna Crighton has been a fierce campaigner for the preservation of historic buildings in Aotearoa for most of her professional career, and today her services have been recognised with a damehood. 

11:55 AM.Three times a week, we'll check in with Hēmi Kelly, to learn some useful te reo Māori phrases you can use in your day-to-day life.  Read more Audio

11:04 AM.We get a prominent New Zealander in to chat about their favourite ever road trip, reflect a bit on the year just gone, and play us a few of their essential road trip tunes. Read more Audio

10:27 AM.Music critic Waveney Russ joins us to discuss her picks of the tunes released during December. Read more Video, Audio

10:06 AM.Experiencing Marine Reserves helps get people - particularly children - exploring the environment under the sea.  Read more Audio

9:46 AM.Helen McNamara from Cook and Grow in Hawke's Bay shares some ways to put Christmas leftovers to good use . Read more Audio

9:16 AM.What is shame? What's a scandal? And how have those forces adapted to the New Zealand cultural landscape?  Read more Audio

9:07 AM.The search is ongoing for a passenger who fell off the cruise ship the Norwegian Jewel near Mahia in Hawke's Bay. Read more Audio

8:25 AM.The Black Caps have ended 2019 with a whimper rather than a bang. Read more Audio

8:17 AM.A great big blob of warm water in the Pacific Ocean, near the Chatham Islands archipelago, is a bit of a mystery. Read more Audio

8:12 AM.Two people have died in Fiji as Tropical Cyclone Sarai continues to bring storm force winds and rain to much of the country.  Read more Audio

11:05 AM.Time for On The Road now. This is where we get a prominent New Zealander in to chat about their favourite ever road trip, reflect a bit on the year just gone, and play us a few of their essential road… Read more Audio

10:55 AM.Three times a week, we'll check in with Hemi Kelly, to learn some useful te reo Maori phrases you can use in your day-to-day life. Hemi's a lecturer in Te Ara Poutama - the Faculty of Maori &amp… Read more Audio

10:39 AM.Is it a wet weather day in your part of the country? Time to go to the movies? Film critic Dan Slevin is here to talk about new releases you might be able to cram the family into. Today Dan is… Read more Audio

10:30 AM.Semisi Maiai is a New Zealand musician known for his work as the front man of kiwi band Marlin's Dreaming. But he plays he plays a mean guitar and he was rocking through Wellington today so we thought… Read more Audio