Saturday Morning RNZ Radio

Mike joins Susie to chat about his new role, the changing face of the media, and to play a few favourite tracks.

This month marks the 60th anniversary of the Beatles historic - and hysterical - visit to Australasia. When We Was Fab: Inside The Beatles Australasian Tour 1964 is the culmination of a lifetime's research by Beatles experts, Andy Neill and Greg Armstrong, and features many previously unseen photographs and never before shared stories from the time.

New Zealand actor Temuera Morrison says making the historic film Ka Whawhai Tonu "woke him up" to his Māori ancestors' strength and suffering.

How risky is it to ski on Ruapehu, and what have we learned from previous eruptions, both recent and historic?

How do digital advertisers target people to sell their products? And how much do they really know about us? In a world increasingly lived online, our personal information is a precious resource highly sought after by advertisers.

Writing a journal helps psychiatrist Dr Hinemoa Elder work with her own high and low points across the monthly lunar cycle. Her new book Waitohu: A Journal for Making Meaning invites people to reflect on their own monthly mood patterns so they can plan and problem-solve accordingly.