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Biologist Wayne Linklater on tracking the wild horses of the Kaimanawa Ranges

Is it really worth putting all your money into property or is there another way to protect your investments? Accountant and "Keep the Change" podcaster Luke Kemeys is on a mission to make Kiwis rethink their attitude to money and will take our listeners questions on financial literacy.

Matty Blomfield, CEO at Hectre knows all about the hard yards of start-ups having led his agritech company to being a globally recognised business that uses AI to identify the best apples among many other things. He popped in to tell us how he did it.

The Lizzie Borden story gripped the world and has haunted folklore since as a kind of grisly pre-cursor of the worldwide fascination with true crime. The story is back in the spotlight with Netflix's Monster: The Lizzie Borden Story, a fictional retelling of events that's been accused of sensationalism and playing fast and loose with what really happened. To do a bit of a fact check, we've got his...

The latest update to the Oxford English Dictionary adds a suite of words commonly used in New Zealand - including both unique colloquialisms and words from Te Reo Maori. World English editor Danica Salazar joins Kate to talk about the changing face of Kiwi English, and the colonial mechanisms behind how our languages grow.

The Cornell 7 case has sparked anger at the justice system, privilege and fraternity culture. It's also prompting a deeper conversation about boys and young men. How are attitudes towards women formed? What role do parents play? And how do we raise boys who won't stay silent when others cross the line? A psychologist joins us to discuss the lessons parents and society should be taking from this tr...

Australian-based demographer Simon Kuestenmacher makes an art out of tracking the demographic shifts of the world, and he's been taking a detailed look at what the workplace of the near-future will look like as four generations share the open-plan office and have to find a way to communicate.

On the morning of the first Bledisloe Cup bout of 2026, we're talking to sports commentator Scotty Stevenson about the history of the All Blacks and Springboks rivalry and the annual competition that's been running for nearly a century.

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This morning's top stories and other headlines

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Kia Orana kotou katoatoa, this is Pacific Waves from RNZ Pacific, with Tiana Haxton On the show today: Pacific media appreciate access to climate conversations at PRECOP, a Samoan-Maori rapper channels Pacific identity in new music, and find out how your little ones can celebrate Fijian language week.

Pacific media appreciate access to climate conversations at PRECOP.

Samoan-Maori rapper channels Pacific identity in new music.

The latest RNZ Pacific news and sport

Heres how your little ones can celebrate Fijian language week.

How Australia and New Zealand face the same issues in a challenging international scene, and where they differ in their approaches.

A wrap of the day's big stories

He's back, and no doubt ready to inform, educate and entertain us with an array of eclectic music.

ABC Wantok Program for 9 October 2026

The dominant force in English football for the past decade has been found guilty of serious breaches of Premiere League rules. 

This weekend is looking pretty good for all the literary lovers out there, with Bookshop Day back tomorrow for its eleventh year.