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RNZ National broadcasts 24 hours a day, featuring the best in news, current affairs, Māori programming, series, readings and music – plus podcasts, a live audio feed and on-demand programmes.
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What’s on
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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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Checkpoint
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Our Changing World
repeated 1:15am Sundays. One feature plays 3:35pm Wednesdays.
Featured stories
The new Beetlejuice is no longer novel, just cheesy
Tim Burton's ghostly 1980s hit returns in Beetlejuice Beetlejuice. But has the 36-year wait been worth it? Audio
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She was running Move it Mama - then her husband got cancer
Lisa Fong built a business based on exercise making you feel good. Then she realised she'd have to change her tune.
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What do Mormons think of Secret Lives of Mormon Wives?
10 Sep 2024The "soft-swinging" scandal TV series is very un-Mormon, so what do members of the church think?
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How music therapy might just change a life
For many, music is a central part of life, but often we don't realise how it helps people psychologically and physiologically. Audio
Programmes
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Saturday Morning
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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Sunday Morning
News, discussion, features and ideas until midday.
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Worlds of Music
Music from the world, for the world, hosted by Trevor Reekie.
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Adventures in Musicland
Local music fanatics take us along on a personal pilgrimage to discover more about the musical roots and stories of a place, culture or artist.
Presenters
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Susie Ferguson
Station: National
Programmes: The Unthinkable, Saturday Morning
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Nathan Rarere
Station: National
Programme: First Up
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Ingrid Hipkiss
Station: National
Programme: Morning Report
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Perlina Lau
Station: National
Programme: Culture 101
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Tony Stamp
Station: National
Programme: The Sampler
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Trevor Reekie
Station: National
Programme: Worlds of Music
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. Our Changing World
8:06 PM. Nights with Emile Donovan
RNZ's weeknight programme of entertainment and information
8:15 PM. Pacific Waves
10:00 PM. News at Ten
A roundup of today's news and sport
10:15 PM. Nights continues with Emile Donovan
11:04 PM. The Mixtape
Musical guests compile a C60 (tape) and talk us through their selections (RNZ)