Saturday Morning

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.

Episodes

July 11, 2025 13 mins
 Auckland Museum's DIVA exhibition explores some of the world's best-known divas; from opera goddesses to Hollywood legends and today's global megastars. 
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Kate de Goldi reviews Under a Fire-Red Sky by Geraldine McCaughrean; Homework by Geoff Dyer; and Broadsword Calling Danny Boy by Geoff Dyer.
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July 11, 2025 16 mins
International bestselling author for middle-grade readers Stacy Gregg's latest book The Last Journey was inspired by the Auckland Anniversary weekend floods.
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July 11, 2025 23 mins
Dr Ian Schipper has combined state of the art tools with a traditional double-hulled waka to reach remote and under-studied active volcanoes. 
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 Award winner Chelsea Winstanley on how her documentary about an Auckland Art Gallery exhibition put her at the centre of a modern day stand for sovereignty. 
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John Burke and his family have taken what was considered the most environmentally degraded farm in the Western Bay of Plenty and turned it into an award-winning environmental farm. 
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The life and literary legacy of Aotearoa's internationally acclaimed writer Dame Fiona Kidman has been captured in the documentary: The House Within. 
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Fatal Watch is an investigation into the global trade in tuna and the deaths of several fisheries observers who were monitoring for illegal fishing. 
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At the height of her cricket career, White Fern Amelia Kerr called time out and opened up about her struggles with mental health. 
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It's finals weekend at Wimbledon. Michael Weadlock shares his predictions and discusses the big upset of the week in Formula 1.
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July 11, 2025 5 mins
A toxic fungus that has been linked to deaths in the excavations of ancient tombs could be used to fight leukemia. 
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The second phase of the Royal Commission of Inquiry into New Zealand's Covid-19 response, got underway this week in Auckland. 
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July 11, 2025 6 mins
More than 36,000 Te Whatu Ora nurses, midwives, health care assistants and kaimahi hauora have voted to strike for 24 hours over safe staffing concerns. 
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July 11, 2025 6 mins
The UN's Human-Rights-Monitoring-Mission in Ukraine says June saw the highest monthly civilian casualties in three years, with 232 people killed. 
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July 11, 2025 3 mins
Oscar Shiviti talks to Paddy Gower about the Nelson Tasman forecast for the rest of the weekend and what other parts of the country can expect.
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July 11, 2025 6 mins
A state of emergency remains in place in Nelson Tasman after more heavy rain. RNZ's Mary Argue reports from Riwaka just outside of Nelson.
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July 4, 2025 16 mins
Private chef Hercules Noble is the man behind the 'Will it Sourdough' series where he takes a random dish and sees if he can transform it into a loaf of sourdough. Think tiramisu, carbonara, or earl grey tea flavoured loaves. He shares his sourdough secrets with Paddy Gower and Mihi Forbes.
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After a major garden renovation at home, NZ Gardener editor Jo McCarroll decided to make the bottom of her section a no mow area. She answers listener questions about switching up lawns. 
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Running an orphanage and an ambulance service is no easy feat, but when you're also right next to a civil war, there are a lot more complications. Catherine Riley-Bryan is a New Zealander and founder of Bamboo School, located in a village called Bong Ti in western Thailand, right next to the Myanmar border.
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July 4, 2025 20 mins
Human sensory systems are almost as good as they can get, but memory is pretty fallible. We often misremember or downright can't remember. Ours can't hold a candle to artificial memory. But, there are plus sides to this, related to creativity, as explained by Auckland University Professor of Psychology and Cognitive Neuroscience Anthony Lambert.
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