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The Panel
6pm - 7pmThe Panel features a range of panellists from across the opinion spectrum, together with expert phone guests.
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At The Movies
Sundays at 1:30pm and Monday morning at 12:30am
Featured stories
What we're watching: Odd Taxi
Run out of stuff to watch? Join us as we excavate the streamers' back catalogues for the shows we might have missed. This week: Odd Taxi.
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At The Movies: Civil War
17 Apr 2024Civil War imagines a future America torn apart by another civil war, and the people who have to cover the story. Written by Alex Garland and starring Kirsten Dunst, it's a tight, character-driven, no-fingernails-left exciting film, writes Simon Morris. Video, Audio
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Easy Eats: Sam Parish's sizzling steak fajitas
17 Apr 2024Not sure what to eat tonight? Christchurch-based chef, author and busy mum Sam Parish knows the feeling. She shares a simple and super-tasty recipe for sizzling steak fajitas that the whole whānau will love.
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'He was a bomb that was waiting to explode'
14 Apr 2024Scoop, a new film starring Gillian Anderson, Rufus Sewell and Billie Piper, is a dramatisation of the events that led to Prince Andrew's disastrous Newsnight interview. Sam McCallister, played by Piper, tells Jim Mora it was an “extraordinary experience”. Video, Audio
Programmes
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Musical Chairs
New Zealand musicians in their own words.
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Morning Report
RNZ National’s flagship news programme known for breaking news stories, incisive interviews with politicians across the political spectrum and newsmakers and commentators from Aotearoa and…
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Sunday Morning
News, discussion, features and ideas until midday.
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The Reading
New Zealand novels, short stories and short dramas adapted by RNZ.
Presenters
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Jim Mora
Station: National
Programme: Sunday Morning
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Trevor Reekie
Station: National
Programme: Worlds of Music
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Justin Gregory
Station: National
Programme: Not Your Average Cricket Show
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Lisa Owen
Station: National
Programme: Checkpoint
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Nicola Wright
Station: National
Programme: News
Today’s Schedule
12:04 AM. All Night Programme
A selection of the best RNZ National interviews and features.
5:00 AM. First Up with Nathan Rarere
New Zealand's early morning wake-up call
6:00 AM. Morning Report with Ingrid Hipkiss and Corin Dann
RNZ's three-hour breakfast news show with news and interviews, bulletins on the hour and half-hour
9:06 AM. Nine to Noon with Kathryn Ryan
Current affairs and topics of interest
Noon Midday Report
RNZ news, followed by updates and reports until 1.00pm
1:06 PM. Afternoons with Jesse Mulligan
An upbeat mix of the curious and the compelling, ranging from the stories of the day to the great questions of our time (RNZ)
4:00 PM. Checkpoint with Lisa Owen
RNZ's weekday drive-time news and current affairs programme
6:00 PM. The Panel with Wallace Chapman
An hour of discussion, featuring a range of panellists from right along the opinion spectrum, together with expert phone guests (RNZ)
7:30 PM. At the Movies
8:06 PM. Nights with Emile Donovan
RNZ's weeknight programme of entertainment and information
8:15 PM. Pacific Waves
9:30 PM. Midweek Mediawatch
10:00 PM. News at Ten
A roundup of today's news and sport
10:10 PM. Nights continues with Emile Donovan
11:04 PM. Music 101 Pocket edition
As we wrap up the highlights from Music 101, while serving up the latest in new music (RNZ)