Follow this podcast
Direct XML Feeds
The link(s) below can be pasted into your podcasting software.
Podcast (MP3) Oggcast (Vorbis)
Recent items from Summer Times
-
Rotorua intermediate giving away uniforms, stationery to students for second year
9:20 AM.Principal Phil Palfrey doesn't hesitate when asked how Kaitao Intermediate has been able to give uniforms and stationery to students for free. Read more Audio
-
What businesses should be doing to thrive in 2024
9:10 AM.After a tough end to 2023 for businesses and expectations are for the economy to worsen this year. Read more Audio
-
Urban Jumble Daily Quiz
12:00 PM.Every day we're giving you three words. Within each word are letters which spell out a New Zealand town or city. Each letter can only be used once. While some words may have more than one answer, the… Read more
Coming up
-
Graeme Tuckett reviews The Holdovers and All of Us Strangers
11:48 AM.Movie reviewer Graeme Tuckett is in and has his take on The Holdovers and All of Us Strangers. Read more Audio
-
BROODS' Georgia Nott on going her own way
11:25 AM.Georgia Nott is known as one half of the electronic indie duo BROODS, who are now a global phenomenon and have opened for the likes of Taylor Swift and Sam Smith. But while BROODS remains a key part… Read more Audio
-
Rizz, slay, peng: Yute slang translated
11:10 AM.Rizz, yute, slay, peng, leng and my Roman Empire have all recently entered the lexicon of youth slang. Read more Audio
-
Ainslie Hogarth discusses her book Normal Women
10:45 AM.The heroine of author Ainslie Hogarth's latest book, Normal Women, is desperate to break free from a suffocating, conventional, upper-middle-class life. In her bid for freedom, Dani, stumbles stumbles… Read more Audio
-
Road trip with Dr Diane Menzies
10:10 AM.Renowned landscape architect and former Environment Court commissioner, Dr Diane Menzies, is joining us for today's road trip. Diane is a descendant of Rongowhakaata and Aitanga a Mahaki, with… Read more Audio
-
70 years on from Aotearoa's deadliest rail tragedy
9:35 AM.Many over a certain age can recall where they were when they learned of the Tangiwai Disaster. On Christmas Eve, 1953, a packed express Wellington to Auckland train plunged into a raging Whangaehu… Read more Audio
-
Fringe Festival's Vanessa Stacey
9:33 AM.Vanessa Stacey is a well-known name in the arts community. The New Zealand Fringe Festival director has more than 25 years of experience in creative arts - as an actor, singer, playwright, and… Read more Audio
-
What to do when NCEA results fall short
9:20 AM.College students around the country are on tenterhooks, with NCEA results due tomorrow, January 17. For those about to leave high school, the grades carry extra weight, and when results fall short of… Read more Audio
-
Mayor delivers frank response
9:10 AM.Thames Coromandel mayor Len Salt says he has no regrets over an email he sent out where he signed off with a rather unconventional sign off. Salt said "go f*** yourself" in an email responding to a… Read more Audio
-
Urban Jumble Daily Quiz
12:00 PM.Every day we're giving you three words. Within each word are letters which spell out a New Zealand town or city. Each letter can only be used once. While some words may have more than one answer, the… Read more
Coming up
-
Theia / TE KAAHU
11:45 AM.Alternative pop musician Theia is a fierce proponent of the revitalisation of Maori language and culture. Read more Audio
-
Retracing the steps of Nancy Wake
11:32 AM.Preparation is underway across the Tasman for a group of female veterans set to embark on an extraordinary adventure - retracing the steps of one of our most celebrated war heroes, Nancy Wake. Read more Audio
-
NZ architect on a career at Apple and coming home
11:10 AM.Claire Sharpe has come full circle ... and then some. Read more Audio
-
Road Trip with Mike Chunn
10:10 AM.Making music has always been "integral, integral, integral" to the life of Mike Chunn – founding member of Split Enz and creator of the youth songwriting charity Play It Strange. Read more Video, Audio
-
New year, new career?
9:45 AM.If you're thinking about changing jobs or trying a new career altogether, whatever your reasons, you'll need to put serious thought into making this drastic change. Read more Audio
-
Throwing wood: Kubb's rise in popularity in NZ
9:20 AM.It's a game of throwing wooden sticks in the direction of your opponent and you've probably seen it played at a wedding. Read more Audio
-
Hawke's Bay's buzzing: Hastings mayor Sandra Hazlehurst
9:10 AM.First up we head to Hawke's Bay, where the region has been a buzz with the weekend wedding of former prime Minister Jacinda Ardern to Clarke Gayford. Read more Audio
-
Urban Jumble Daily Quiz
12:00 PM.Every day we're giving you three words. Within each word are letters which spell out a New Zealand town or city. Each letter can only be used once. While some words may have more than one answer, the… Read more
Coming up
-
Top tracks to listen to this summer
11:30 AM.Brad Warrington aka DJ Sticky Fingaz reviews some of best music out over the summer - some you will have heard and some that might be new. Read more Audio
This audio is not downloadable due to copyright restrictions.
-
Hotel thefts: The oddest items pocketed by punters
11:10 AM.Televisions, coffee machines, mattresses and even a grand piano - they are just some of the things that guests have swiped from hotels, according to a survey. Read more Audio
-
Kate Wightman: walking the length of NZ for a very personal cause
10:45 AM.In her final weeks on the Te Araroa Trail, Kate Wightman is striding a path that only last year seemed impossible. the former elite road cyclist is walking the length of Aotearoa to raise awareness of… Read more Video, Audio
-
Road Trip with Rhys and Finn Darby
10:00 AM.At 49, New Zealand comedian Rhys Darby says he's finally found the confidence to be a leading man. He joins Summer Times for a road trip with his son Finn, founder of the LA-based band Great Big Cow.
…