Smart, in-depth and relentlessly curious, host Kathryn Ryan dives into the stories shaping New Zealand and its people. Interviews and expert analysis from around the world and at home. It’s where big ideas are unpacked and everyday life explored.
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Smart, in-depth and relentlessly curious, host Kathryn Ryan dives into the stories shaping New Zealand and its people. Interviews and expert analysis from around the world and at home. It’s where big ideas are unpacked and everyday life explored.
Episodes
22541-
Sport correspondent Sam Ackerman
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Fri, 19 Jun 2026
22540-
Friday funnies
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Fri, 19 Jun 2026
22539-
Around the motu: Samantha Gee, RNZ's reporter in Nelson
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Fri, 19 Jun 2026
22538-
Book review: Thirst by Darren Simpson
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Fri, 19 Jun 2026
22537-
Why Patagonia is weaving more NZ wool into its products
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Fri, 19 Jun 2026
22536-
The adventurer making films in extreme environments
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Fri, 19 Jun 2026
22535-
Pacific correspondent Johnny Blades
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Fri, 19 Jun 2026
22534-
Speights turns 150, brewer Bill McAdam looks back on 44 years
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Fri, 19 Jun 2026
22533-
Black Fern's after school crash motivates road patrol campaign
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Fri, 19 Jun 2026
22532-
Funding loss threatens driving school aimed at helping youth
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Fri, 19 Jun 2026
22531-
Screentime: HBO Max's debut, Leviticus & more
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Thu, 18 Jun 2026
22530-
What can be done about fussy eaters for parents?
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Thu, 18 Jun 2026
22529-
Tech: Microsoft's 'Nightmare-Eclipse' problem & more
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Thu, 18 Jun 2026
22528-
GDP Result
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Thu, 18 Jun 2026
22527-
Around the motu: Kereama Wright, Director of Mairanga Media
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Thu, 18 Jun 2026
22526-
Book review: Islands Ever After by Majella Cullinane
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Thu, 18 Jun 2026
22525-
More than a fritter: Exploring the secret lives of whitebait
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Thu, 18 Jun 2026
22524-
New Zealand film maker, Pietra Brettkelly, and a group of young Nigerian backyard movie makers
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Thu, 18 Jun 2026
22523-
UK: Russian ship in the channel, PM warns Burnham & more
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Thu, 18 Jun 2026
22522-
'I Have a Dream' charity celebrates first uni graduate
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Thu, 18 Jun 2026
22521-
Water bills are changing next month - what to expect?
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Thu, 18 Jun 2026
22520-
Lack of information over why the regulatory Board of Psychotherapists resigned en masse
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Thu, 18 Jun 2026
22519-
Mediterranean chef putting soups in jars
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Mon, 15 Jun 2026
22518-
How can older Kiwis protect themselves from financial abuse?
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Wed, 17 Jun 2026
22517-
The most valuable thing you can do in the garden this winter
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Wed, 17 Jun 2026
22516-
Around the motu : Jonathan McKenzie
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Wed, 17 Jun 2026
22515-
Book review: Land by Maggie O'Farrell
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Wed, 17 Jun 2026
22514-
Dr Kerry Spackman: What sets winners apart
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Wed, 17 Jun 2026
22513-
Australia: Freebirth concerns, El Niño confirmed, & more
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Wed, 17 Jun 2026
22512-
From transient radio station to wine bar, now Wellington
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Wed, 17 Jun 2026
22511-
Solar-powered sensors using AI to detect wildfires
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Wed, 17 Jun 2026
22510-
Financial struggles push Playcentre to propose overhaul
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Wed, 17 Jun 2026
22509-
Shayne P. Carter on reforming classic songs
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Tue, 16 Jun 2026
22508-
Business commentator Rebecca Stevenson
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Tue, 16 Jun 2026
22507-
Sport with Sam Ackerman
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Tue, 16 Jun 2026
22506-
Around the motu: Jesse Archer from LakeFM in Taupō
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Tue, 16 Jun 2026
22505-
Food to help humans survive outside of earth's atmosphere
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Tue, 16 Jun 2026
22504-
Book review: Elemental by Arthur Snell
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Tue, 16 Jun 2026
22503-
USA correspondent David Smith
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Tue, 16 Jun 2026
22502-
How climate change is impacting young Kiwi athletes
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Tue, 16 Jun 2026
22501-
New state-of-the-art hospice funded entirely from the community
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Tue, 16 Jun 2026
22500-
Proportion of kaupapa Maori mental health services funded drops
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Tue, 16 Jun 2026
22499-
Off the beaten track with Libby O'Brien
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Mon, 15 Jun 2026
22498-
Political commentators Tim Hurdle and Gareth Hughes
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Mon, 15 Jun 2026
22497-
Around the motu: Torika Tokalau Stuff Local Democracy reporter in Auckland
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Mon, 15 Jun 2026
22496-
Book review: His Story by Hans B. Grueber
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Mon, 15 Jun 2026
22495-
Why Anthropic's powerful Fable AI model got pulled over the weekend
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Mon, 15 Jun 2026
22494-
An honest memoir detailing forced adoptions in the 60s and 70s
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Mon, 15 Jun 2026
22493-
Europe correspondent Seamus Kearney
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Mon, 15 Jun 2026
22492-
Igelese Ete on 40 years of the Secondary Students Choir