Saturday Morning

New Zealand's most popular outdoor art event kicks off today at Auckland's Botanic Gardens, and one of Sculpture in the Garden's curators, Olivia Haddon, is with us to tell what punters can expect this summer.

Dr Lori Leigh has been researching the fascinating history of how queer communities have made unique living spaces in New Zealand.

Carnegie Medal-nominated author Rachael King recommends the best local children's books to replace those unwanted David Walliams stories.

Dentist Dr Aftab Moosa is in the studio to answer your questions on how to best take care of your teeth as you get longer in the tooth.

Just four percent of the music New Zealanders stream is homegrown - and New Zealand on Air's music head Teresa Patterson wants to change that.

Legal scholar Dr Claire Charters has been digging into the foundations of our legal system, and asking what we could learn from constitutional reform overseas.

Ahead of tomorrow's Rugby League World Cup final, former Warrior (and Australian) Blake Ayshford joins us to give his unique perspective on the rivalry.

Our volcanologist, Graham Leonard from Earth Sciences New Zealand, is back to talk about the Kaikoura quake, and the lessons we've learned in the decade since.

The Summer Olympics of 1904 were held in St Louis, Missouri and they were the first ever held outside of Europe. But this particular event has gone down in history for hosting a farcical marathon which involved rat poison, hitch-hiking, stolen fruit and dog attacks. The strange tale has been brought to the stage by Nic Sampson who popped in to share a little of it.

Two poet-artists who've shared a long friendship defined by the waves and the currents of the South Pacific are John Puhiatau Pule and Gregory O'Brien. They've collaborated on a new publication called This Must Be the Island - Liga Hanai e Motu. It features poetry, art and design from both influenced by all corners of the South Pacific, its people and places. Punctuated by sketches, prints and poems the book is a feast for the eyes. During their interview they both treated us to a reading of their personal favourites.