Summer Times Podcast Options

9:45 AM.Tensions are high between the US and North Korea as extraordinary rhetoric crosses the Pacific with each leader seemingly trying to antagonise the other. Audio

9:17 AM.It's now 20 years since Dame Jenny Shipley became the first woman to lead the country. She says New Zealand is ahead of the game in terms of women in leadership, but there is still much to be done. Read more Audio

9:10 AM.Civil defence in Coromandel is warning holiday makers in the region to prepare to be cut off as heavy rain closes in on the North Island Coastal areas will be most affected and authorities are pulling… Read more Audio

11:05 AM.As a wannabe musician from way back, National's shadow leader of the house Simon Bridges knows what makes a road trip great. "I suppose I sound like a walking cliche, but it is the people, isn't it?"

10:45 AM.Professor Richard Easther is our intergalatic tour guide for our travel around the universe. Audio

10:10 AM.If you're looking for a book that has a home grown feel to it, you may well enjoy the latest offering from Catherine Robertson. Her new book, Gabriel's Bay, is based on a fictional New Zealand small… Read more Audio

9:17 AM.This year in November marks 100 years since the country's most deadly pandemic claimed 9000 lives. To mark the centenery and raise awareness about the worst publice health disaster in New Zealand's… Read more Audio

9:07 AM.In a full page ad in the Washington Post, Lorde was labelled a "bigot" by rabbi Shmuley Boteach's organisation This World The Values Network. Megan spoke to Professor Robert Ayson from Victoria… Read more Audio

11:10 AM.Choosing music for a road trip is a lot like politics, says Transport Minister Phil Twyford – "you've got to take people with you, right?" Read more Audio

10:45 AM.Each week Wellington vet Kate Robinson will talk Summer Times about keeping your animal family members safe and out of harms way in the summer heat. Audio

10:10 AM.Caravans have enjoyed a renaissance in recent years with many choosing to go back to the older styles to tow around the country. Marilyn and Don Jessen have been caravan enthusiasts for 43 years, with… Read more Audio

9:14 AM.Two leading legals minds have come together to put together a ground-breaking analysis of New Zealand's constitution. Janet McLean and Dame Alison Quentin-Baxter have written this book which explains… Read more Audio

8:30 AM.Bafta and Golden Globe-winning actor Bill Nighy was in New Zealand in 2017 to promote 'Their Finest' - a film about a British film crew's attempts to boost morale during WWII by making a propaganda… Read more Audio

8:10 AM.Roxanne Gay is a writer, educator, cultural critic and a self confessed "bad feminist". Her memoir, called Hunger, came out in New Zealand in June last year. Kathryn Ryan spoke to her ahead of her… Read more Audio

11:10 AM.Bron Thomson is the founder and CEO of Wellington based tech company Springload. She began as a sole contractor when she left university and has now built up to be one of the country's leading digital… Read more Audio

10:45 AM.Science educator Michelle 'Nanogirl' Dickinson has just released The Kitchen Science Cookbook. She talks us through the process of turning simple cream into butter or instant ice cream. Read more Audio

10:28 AM.Motorcycling enthusiast and writer George Lockyer's book The Long and Winding Aotearoa could be the ideal read if you are not getting away from home this summer. He's travelled the length of New… Read more Audio