RNZ: Saturday Morning

Kate de Goldi is a novelist and the Te Awhi Rito Reading Ambassador. This week she's talking Irish literature with Guyon Espiner.

New Zealand Photography Collected: 175 Years of Photography in Aotearoa spans nearly two centuries in more than 400 pages, exploring our identity as a nation. 

Recreational fishermen from around the country are converging on Auckland this morning in protest of The Hauraki Gulf Marine Protection Act. 

With the eminent close of one year and start of another, it's a time when many of us start to take stock of where we are in life and where we want to go next. 

Patrick McGuigan and Carlos Yescas are two cheese connoisseurs, who together set out in search of the world's best 100 cheeses.

Hugh Mackay explores twenty-five profound quotes from some of the world's greatest thinkers, from Confucius and Plato to Susan Sontag and Gloria Steinem.

How good is your memory? Are you more 'memory like a sieve'? Photographic or somewhere in the middle? And have you ever wondered why that is? 

Dr Lassiter works primarily with marginalised communities at a time when the US no longer feels like a safe or welcoming place for many. 

Sir Tony Robinson is perhaps best known for playing dogsbody Baldrick in British sitcom Blackadder. But that's just one highlight of his 50-year acting career.

Not only are New Zealand's cycle trails helping get more and more people outdoors but they are also boosting the economy by $1.28 billion a year. 

A world-first study by the University of Auckland contributes to the growing body of evidence that climate change effects the likelihood of earthquakes. 

This week the government put the brakes on the use of puberty blockers. The drugs delay the onset of puberty in children and young people experiencing gender dysphoria. Health Minister Simeon Brown said the changes were about ensuring treatments are safe and carefully managed. Youth health expert Dame Sue Bagshaw talks to Paddy about what this will mean for those young people affected.

As the UN Security Council voted to adopt a plan by US President Donald Trump for Gaza, Israel launched a strike and Trump rolled out the red carpet for the Saudi Crown Prince. 

This weekend people from Tai Tokerau will gather in Kaikohe for a hui with MP Mariameno Kapa-Kingi. She was expelled from Te Pāti Māori last week. 

MMP is all about compromise but it appears some serious rifts are appearing in our coalition government. 

Kereama Taepa's work 'Whakairo' has been described as one of the most ambitious augmented reality art experiences ever shown in a New Zealand gallery. 

Investors are fearful that the AI bubble may be about to burst but what are the wider implications if that happens? 

This week hundreds will commemorate the loss, arrest and deportation of their ancestors in a siege that took place 160 years ago on Waeranga A Hika. 

Corey Baker's career has taken him from Hornby to Hollywood. The choreographer and filmmaker has worked with Lady Gaga, Tim Burton and Dua Lipa, among others. 

Otago-born Hamish McKenzie co-founded subscription publishing start-up Substack and is its Chief Writing Officer. 

Hybrid working - and the option of flexible workspaces - is a worldwide trend that is also being adopted here. 

A recent recipient of a coveted Marsden grant to research early-onset Parkinson's was diagnosed with the disease herself, age 41. 

Never short of an opinion, Fran Lebowitz has for decades lambasted the ridiculous. 

For people pleasers who say "yes" too often, setting boundaries can be really hard. 

Language is evolving under the influence of internet slang, algorithms and influencer culture but what does that mean for the future of communication?

In a big weekend of sport involving the Black Caps, the Silver Ferns and the All Whites, the All Blacks are taking on England at Twickenham overnight. 

Zenno Astronautics is partnering with a US company called Portal Space Systems which will use Zenno's technology to launch their spacecraft into orbit next year. 

COP30 - the 30th annual United Nations climate summit comes as the government faces criticism for its planned amendments to the Climate Change Response Act.

MP's Tākuta Ferris and Mariameno Kapa- Kingi were expelled from the party this week with its President John  Tamihere accusing them of plotting a leadership coup.

In emails released this week, the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein wrote "the dog that hasn't barked is Trump."

Organisations working to end sexual violence are calling for comprehensive police reform. 

Volcanologist and Earth Sciences New Zealand principal scientist, Graham Leonard is back this week looking at the technology driving new Earth science. 

He once sold sandwiches but thanks to the overnight success of his debut novel, Christian White can now focus on telling stories - especially scary ones. 

New Zealand's best-selling cookbook author Chelsea Winter is back with a brand-new cookbook 'Nourish'. 

This week historian, te reo Maori translator and author, Ross Calman received the Prime Minister's Award for Literary Achievement for Non-fiction. 

The Allied campaign in North Africa was a turning point of World War Two. New Zealand forces including the Maori Battalion were major players. 

Identity defines and shapes us all - and if we don't know who we are - or don't accept who we are, it is easy to feel lost and even harder to see a way forward. Dan Te Whenua Walker is a child of two cultures - born to a Scottish father and a Maori mother, growing up he says he struggled to find a sense of belonging. But the love and support of his kuia - on both sides of his family - helped to connect him to his roots and set him on the right path. Dan, of Ngati Ruanui, is now Senior Partner Development Manager and the first global co-chair for Indigenous at Microsoft - a group that empowers employees to share, support and celebrate indigenous culture. He talks to Mihingarangi about finding his place in the world - and his plan to shape AI using Te Ao Maori.

Priscilla Presley tells Guyon Espiner what she lost and what she found when she walked away from Elvis Presley.

About 500 Ngāti Pāoa iwi members filled the parliamentary gallery this week to witness the house pass their treaty bill. The claim was lodged 41 years ago. The iwi received 23 million dollars in compensation. 

The fallout from Tongan forward Eli Katoa's concussion came hard and fast this week resulting in him being hospitalised and requiring brain surgery. RNZ Sports reporter Jamie Wall talks to the likely repercussions.

Today the Paekakariki fire brigade is turning 80. Paekakariki Deputy Chief Aaron Richardson spoke to Guyon ahead of today's celebrations.

The government has said it is considering a ban on people begging and sleeping rough in central business districts. Mark Knoff-Thomas is the CEO of Auckland's Newmarket Business Association, he's concerned that a ban would only move vulnerable people into other areas of the city.