Saturday Morning

Mar 07 2025 75 ep. 15 mins 2.4k
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Presented by Susie Ferguson and Mihingarangi Forbes. In-depth feature interviews, current affairs and news across a broad range of topics on RNZ National and online.

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Mr Meatballs - Michael Dearth

Mar 07 2025 12 mins  
The 13th Hawkes Bay Food and Wine Classic festival is set to get stomachs rumbling with the inaugural Hastings Meatball Festival.

Scottish Ballet: pirouetting to NZ

Mar 07 2025 14 mins  
The Scottish Ballet is sharing the stage with the Royal New Zealand Ballet, making its first visit to the South Pacific for performances in Wellington and Auckland.

Carla Houkamau and Robert Pouwhare

Mar 07 2025 18 mins  
From Polynesian navigators to contemporary business, Mana Moana documents the remarkable story of Maori fishing.

Autumn gardening with Hannah Zwartz

Mar 07 2025 12 mins  
Autumn is a season of fruitfulness - but it's also the season for blights, mildew, rust, shield bugs and passion vine hoppers.

Malia Johnston: A performance of air

Mar 07 2025 16 mins  
Malia Johnston is a renowned director and creative. Her latest work Belle - A Performance of Air is a mesmerising melding of lights, aerial performance and theatre at the Auckland Arts Festival this month.

The Beths - how to survive a music festival

Mar 07 2025 24 mins  
Beloved Kiwi indie rock band The Beths are set to headline the main stage at WOMAD next weekend, ahead of their upcoming Australian tour.

Live from the Pasifika Festival

Mar 07 2025 4 mins  
This weekend, Pasifika Festival returns to Auckland's Western Springs park in all its vibrancy. Mihi speaks with RNZ Pacific reporter Coco Lance who's there for the whole event.

Russia will get what it wants: Oval Office fallout

Mar 07 2025 15 mins  
World leaders have started to pick up the pieces after a trade war started by the US, and a shock showdown in the Oval Office between Zelensky and Trump.

Ruby Wax: finding the funny side

Mar 07 2025 30 mins  
Following a sell-out West End run and UK tour, Ruby Wax's critically acclaimed show I'm Not As Well As I Thought I Was is coming to New Zealand in April. Based on her bestselling book, Ruby shares her deeply personal journey trying everything she can to help manage her mental health and subsequent breakdown.

Andrew Darby's ancient tree odyssey

Mar 07 2025 16 mins  
Prize-winning nature writer Andrew Darby takes us on an island odyssey to discover the world's oldest surviving trees in his latest book The Ancients.