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Saturday Morning

Saturday Morning

RNZ

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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Goodpods has curated a list of the 10 best Saturday Morning episodes, ranked by the number of listens and likes each episode have garnered from our listeners. If you are listening to Saturday Morning for the first time, there's no better place to start than with one of these standout episodes. If you are a fan of the show, vote for your favorite Saturday Morning episode by adding your comments to the episode page.

Saturday Morning - Long wait times for hospitals in Southland
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10/25/24 • 13 min

Cancer care advocate Melissa Vining speaks out over continuing delays for services in Southland and reveals the disease is affecting her family again.
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Saturday Morning - Joshua Prager: whatever happened to baby Roe?
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05/27/22 • 31 min

Almost 50 years ago the US Supreme Court handed down the landmark Roe v Wade ruling securing a woman's legal right to obtain an abortion. IThe plaintiff at the centre of the case, known by the pseudonym Jane Roe, was Louisiana-born woman Norma McCorvey. Journalist Joshua Prager spent hundreds of hours with McCorvey and her three children up until her death in 2017, and tells her story in his latest book, The Family Roe.
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Saturday Morning - Listener feedback for 12 February 2022
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02/11/22 • 13 min

Kim Hill reads listener feedback for 12 February 2022.
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Rather than being 'starstruck' New Zealander Rose Matafeo has herself truly struck star status.
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Between panic buying and violent protests, the global pandemic has highlighted some of humankind's worst behaviours. But Dutch writer and historian Rutger Bregman insists that despite being painted as a selfish species, humans are hardwired for kindness.
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Saturday Morning - Feedback for 19 February 2022
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02/18/22 • 3 min

Listener feedback from today's show.
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As a child Rangi Te Kanawa was surrounded by weaving. Te Kanawa's formative experiences immersed in the world of harakeke are undoubtedly what led to her current work as a textile conservator and researcher. Of particular interest to Te Kanawa are customary Maori clothing dyes.
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Saturday Morning - Sam Trubridge: making the city a theatre during Covid
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02/18/22 • 15 min

In a summer of Covid cancellations, Performance Arcade is one of the few festivals still standing. Now in its 11th year, a set of shipping containers on the Wellington waterfront is temporary home to an eclectic array of experimental 'live art' and a live music programme. It's the vision of artistic director Sam Trubridge, whose career has been all about exploring the potential for the arts outside conventional venues.
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When celebrated and rather unconventional Austrian artist, philosopher and architect Friedensreich Hundertwasser died in the Bay of Islands in 2000 part of his legacy were designs for an arts centre for Whangarei. That long-awaited arts centre - complete with the largest afforested roof in the southern hemisphere - opens 20 February.
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If you thought there wasn't any more to say about crime in Baltimore after watching The Wire, think again. Justin Fenton was a crime reporter for the Baltimore Sun newspaper for 13 years and has written a shocking true account of a corrupt police force in his new book, We Own this City.
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FAQ

How many episodes does Saturday Morning have?

Saturday Morning currently has 1145 episodes available.

What topics does Saturday Morning cover?

The podcast is about Society & Culture and Podcasts.

What is the most popular episode on Saturday Morning?

The episode title 'Long wait times for hospitals in Southland' is the most popular.

What is the average episode length on Saturday Morning?

The average episode length on Saturday Morning is 22 minutes.

When was the first episode of Saturday Morning?

The first episode of Saturday Morning was released on Jan 28, 2022.

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