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On any given Saturday, before much of Auckland is stirring the Ōtara Markets are already humming. For 50 years they've been a fixture of South Auckland life - rich in Pacific culture and vibrancy, offering food, music, crafts and art.  One stallholder has spent 30 of those years turning up week after week - driving from whakatane rain hail or shine to set up her stall. Known around the markets as...

The Kiwi-born best-selling author of The Tattooist of Auschwitz is back with another work of historical fiction, this time detailing the story of a young Jewish woman in World War Two era Paris who is protected by her piano teacher at great personal risk. Heather Morris joins Saturday Morning to talk about her new book, The Piano Teacher of Montparnasse.

With an aging population and everyday tasks that seem to involve more and more tech, technological progress marches on, but is it leaving some of us behind? Kate Rodger spoke to Melanie Stowell, a doctoral candidate at the University of Auckland, who's been looking into the way fear of technology can leave older Kiwis feeling isolated.

What may be the world's oldest shipwreck has been found off the coast of Turkey. It's a discovery that could transform our understanding of Mediterranean connections during the Early Bronze Age and show the foundations of trade routes that still mean so much today. Kate Rodger spoke to Karin Sowada, an archaeologist who specialises in Egypt and the Middle East.

East of Eden, Heart of the Beast, Tenzing and Minecraft. New Zealand locations have been front and centre in some of the biggest film and television productions. Our crews are rubbing shoulders with some of Hollywood's biggest and brightest. Director Toa Fraser spoke to Kate Rodger about the benefits of bringing Hollywood to Aotearoa.

The latest news in Niuean language (Vagahau Niue) - brought to you by our partner - Pacific Media Network.

The latest RNZ Pacific news and sport

ESNZ releases its Tropical Cyclone outlook; The Kiwi cost of living forces hard choices; Mangere's voters grill political candidates; Pacific people struggle with the highest rates of respiratory illness in Aotearoa.

This morning's top stories and other headlines

The Cook Islands braces for what could be the first Cyclone of the season. Across the region, the cost of food is surging. PNG calls for tougher laws against violent criminals. How Polynesian Voyaging stays alive in the Cook Islands

The Cook Islands braces for what could be the first Cyclone of the season.

Across the region, the cost of food is surging.

PNG calls for tougher laws against violent criminals.

The latest RNZ Pacific news and sport

How Polynesian Voyaging stays alive in the Cook Islands.

The latest news in Cook Islands Maori (Te Reo Maori Kuki Airani) - brought to you by our partner - Pacific Media Network.

Hundreds of thousands of New Zealanders living overseas are enrolled to vote. But many of them don't feel they've been invited to the party.

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 16 October 2026.

This afternoon some of those iconic named student houses, have been featured in guided walking tour lead by heritage researcher and author of book, Scarfie Flats of Dunedin, Sarah Gallagher. 

At least once a week, a small group of women head out looking for their next gardening project...except - the gardens aren't actually their own. 

This weekend, some of the best fighters from Aotearoa and Australia are heading to Brewtown in Upper Hutt for the 2026 Trans Tasman Buhurt Cup.

The latest news from Melanesia.

Whanganui is putting design and creativity centre stage, as it plays host to the inaugural National Festival of Design, which got underway earlier tonight.