Saturday Morning

It's 100 years since a Russian ballerina visited our shores and left her name here forever. Everyone knows the pavlova was named after Anna Pavlova, but what's still debated is exactly where and when the dessert got the name, with people on both sides of the Tasman laying claim. Writer and cultural historian Andrew Paul Wood may be the closest to knowing the answer - he's done extensive writing and research on the topic. Whatever its point of origin, the meringue-based dessert has become an icon of our national character and an undebatable part of Kiwiana.

Koroneihana celebrations are in the final days at Turangawaewae Marae in Ngaruawahia. The event is a week-long annual celebration of the anniversary of the Maori monarch's accession and coronation. This week Te Arikinui Kuini Nga wai hono i te po welcomed groups from all over the country including a delegation of politicians and iwi leaders who arrived on Friday. RNZ's Maori News Editor Taiha Molyneux brought Paddy up to date.

No matter where you go in the world, you'll find toilets. But Lonely Planet editor Jessica Lockhart has discovered that not all toilets are made equal. In the new edition of Lonely Planet's Toilets of the World, she catalogues the weirdest and wildest loos a traveler may find in their sojourns. That includes Kiwi loos with magnificent views, latrines where toes may lap in the blue Mediterranean, and commodes older than the countries they are in. Lockhart joins Saturday Morning to answer the question - what do our loos say about us?

Jordan Tane is an artist and designer whose experience of growing up takiwatanga - with autism - means she sees the world a little differently. And it's exactly that unique perspective that's seen her land on the YWCA Y25 list of female and gender-diverse changemakers for 2026. Non-verbal until she was five years old, the award-winning designer and PhD student is now creating communication tools for violence prevention within families. It's been a process that she says has helped her reconnect with her own identity as Maori.

This is Home is a new series on whakaata Maori that's about the struggles of a family to hold onto their homestead. It's based in Auckland and sees two sisters Kara and Nina being forced to live together again - but coming up against issues many of us will be familiar with, especially in today's world where many are struggling with the cost of living... they're dealing with financial pressures, personal clashes, family drama... and with a few skeletons in the closet. Two of the show's stars, Keporah Torrance and Ariel Hansen, join Paddy.