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On the road with Girls that Invest podcaster Simran Kaur
11:08 AM.Today we take a roadtrip with Simran Kaur from the chart-topping podcast Girls That Invest https://girlsthatinvest.com/. The podcast, which helps young women invest and grow their money, has been… Read more Audio
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On the road with Girls that Invest podcaster Simran Kaur
11:08 AM.Today we take a roadtrip with Simran Kaur from the chart-topping podcast Girls That Invest https://girlsthatinvest.com/. The podcast, which helps young women invest and grow their money, has been… Read more Audio
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Museum stop: Tawhiti Museum Hawera
10:45 AM.Today our museum stop is in south Taranaki. Not far out of Hawera you will find the Tawhiti Museum. Established over 30 years ago and privately run, it takes visitors on a journey from early Maori… Read more Audio
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Phillipa Cameron: making scones for shepherds
10:30 AM.Farm cook Phillipa Cameron lives with her family on a high-country sheep station in North Otago. She posts recipes for smoko classics like cheese scones and cinnamon scrolls on Instagram and is the… Read more Audio
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Summer birdwatching with David Melville
10:10 AM.Summer's a great time for watching our local birdlife. Anna gets some tips and talks through threats to birdlife with Tasman-based ornithologist David Melville. Read more Audio
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The pact to attend every Rugby World Cup
9:45 AM.As the All Blacks stormed to victory at the first ever Rugby World Cup in 1987 a group of students in the Hutt Valley made a pact that they would attend every World Cup that followed. Two of that… Read more Audio
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Getting women hooked on fly fishing
9:30 AM.More women are taking up the sport of fly fishing - largely thanks to social media. Taupo local Libby O'Brien loves nothing more than to get out on the crisp mountain rivers and throw a line in. She… Read more Audio
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The digital skills gap in NZ
9:24 AM.Most of us encounter the digital world every day through our mobile phones, computers, when we shop online or pay our bills. But are we a country with the skills to work in the digital realm? Justin… Read more Audio
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South of the south basks in summer sun
9:20 AM.As many parts of the North Island battle bad weather, we head to the other end of the country, where in a twist of irony the south of the South Island has been basking for weeks in sun and top… Read more Audio
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Northern tourism operators count cost of bad weather
9:08 AM.As former Cyclone Hale batters the upper North Island, many tourist operators are counting the cost of what has been a very stormy summer. For Dive Tutukaka the first week of January is normally the… Read more Audio
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Urban Jumble Daily Quiz
12:00 PM.We've come up with a daily quiz to test both your word and geographical skill. Every day we're giving you three words. Within each word are letters which spell out a New Zealand town or city. Each… Read more
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Summer food - a taste of Mexico
11:35 AM.Salsa, guacamole, lime, coriander - the fresh flavours of Mexico are perfect for summer. Tio Pablo founder Faine Alexander is along to share some flavourful summer eating. Read more Audio
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On the road with comedian Tom Sainsbury
11:10 AM.Today we're taking a roadtrip with writer, comedian actor and satirist Tom Sainsbury. He shot to fame as the 'Snapchat Dude', donning wigs and manipulating his face to create laugh out loud satirical… Read more Audio
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Museum stop: Te Whare Taonga o Whaingaroa Raglan and District Museum
10:45 AM.Today we're heading to the coastal Waikato town of Raglan for our museum stop. Te Whare o Whaingaroa Raglan and District Museum covers Maori history, early settler and town life history, farming… Read more Audio
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Reimagining our health system
10:35 AM.With the health system overloaded, understaffed and patients struggling to get the timely care they need, Auckland Professor of Public Health Grant Schofield says it's time to reimagine the way… Read more Audio
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Wordle - the world's favourite word game
10:10 AM.Do you enjoy wrestling with a Wordle? Tens of millions of people now play the New York Times game, which involves figuring out the five-letter word in six tries. Senior Editor of the New York Times… Read more Video, Audio
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Summer watching
9:45 AM.Whatever the weather there's always something to watch with a myriad of streaming services to choose from. Summertimes reviewer and RNZ producer Charlie Dreaver is across them all and has some top… Read more Audio
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The soaring popularity of disc golf
9:35 AM.For Haydn Shore, golf is better with a frisbee. The concept of disc golf is the same as "ball golf", he says, but instead of hitting a ball at a target, you throw a frisbee. Read more Video, Audio
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100th anniversary of Katherine Mansfield's death
9:25 AM.100 years ago Katherine Mansfield died from tuberculosis in France aged just 34. Perhaps New Zealand's most famous writer, her short stories, poetry, letters and reviews were internationally acclaimed… Read more Audio
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Greymouth's hottest day?
9:20 AM.While North Islanders bemoan the wet stormy weather parts of the South Island have been basking in sunshine. Yesterday Greymouth reached a sizzling 30.9 degrees and NIWA says that could be a record… Read more Audio
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Toxic algae forces swimmers out of the water
9:08 AM.It's the time of the year when toxic algae flourishes in our lakes and rivers. Dangerous levels of toxic algae have been found in parts of the Hutt River and people are being warned to stay out of the… Read more Audio
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Urban Jumble Daily Quiz
12:00 PM.We've come up with a daily quiz to test both your word and geographical skill. Every day we're giving you three words. Within each word are letters which spell out a New Zealand town or city. Each… Read more
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Sporting action
11:45 AM.Despite bad weather putting a dampener on several events, there's always a lot of summer sporting action going on. Sports enthusiast Leonard Powell joins Anna to talk tennis, golf, cricket and… Read more Audio
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Summer movies
11:35 AM.If you're looking for something to do these holidays why not catch a movie? Our film reviewer Sam Hollis has some recommendations and tells us what he's been watching over the break. Read more Audio
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On the sea with celestial navigator Jack Thatcher
11:08 AM.Today we go on a sea trip with celestial navigator Jack Thatcher who has travelled thousands of kilometres across the Pacific Ocean. In a twist on Summer Times road trip series, this time Jack… Read more Audio