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Parent info: Best of Storytime is recommended for ages 6-10. It's a Story led show that should be listened to in order. Made in New Zealand, it's about Folk Tales and Fantasy for kids. Launched in 2019, it has 1 season.
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Episode 1: Heart. The journey begins.
Episode 2: Lungs. Now, on to the Lungs.
Episode 3: Brain. Into the Brain.
Episode 4: Blood. Now into the Bloodstream.
Episode 5: Kidneys. Seeping into the Kidneys.
Episode 6: Liver. Sliding into the Liver.
Episode 7: Eyes. Now, in the blink of an eye.
Episode 8: Stomach. Have you the Stomach for this?
For kids - Oscar the cat loves Tim so much, it's embarrassing.
For kids - Danielle and Jason learn about flying traditional kites, ancient kauri trees and kereru.
For kids - Nat and Nadia are twins who don't always get along. Nadia gets upset when Nat ruins her drawing.
For kids - Nick's dog, Phil, gets lost... and eats and eats.
For kids - Ruby creates a memorial garden for her sister, Hine. A sad story for older children.
For kids - Ruby's half-sister Hine dies a few months before her tenth birthday. A sad story for older children.
For kids - The twins are put in charge of a stall selling caps.
For kids - Grandma McGarvey is feeling a bit blue and needs an adventure. She drives past the bungy jumping off the bridge - and gives it a go!
For kids - Joe's ambition in life is to have really stinky feet.
For kids - Uncle Mainey doesn't want to take the old piano to the dump.
For kids - Max and Dan get help from Mr Peterson at the aquarium and he calls their parents too.
For kids - Max and Dan end up with a huge shark but it drags them and the paddle boat round all day and then gets caught in a net.
For kids - Max and Dan are desperate to get on the Fishing Fame Board. They need to follow the rules and plan to get a boat to catch a big fish.
For kids - Nat and Nadia write letters trying to have the other taken away.
For kids - Two girls dress up so they can enter a competition just for boys.
For kids - When Jessie's friend has to leave her soccer team, she isn't sure about the new kid who replaces her; will she fill the gap her friend has left?
For kids - When a rare white kiwi was born in captivity at Pukaha Mount Bruce, Māori recognised it as a treasure and a sign of new beginnings. This is Manukura the kiwi's story.
For kids - A bittersweet story about being Chinese in New Zealand in the early 1900s.
For kids - Miss Celia makes friends with the circus elephant. Set in Hastings in the 1900s.
For kids - Ben is nervous about performing his speech in front of the class.
For kids - Marty is the best tree climber in the neighbourhood - that is, until Nikki comes along.
For kids - No-Go is a big fluffy tortoiseshell cat who lives at Te Apiti station, but nobody really knows where No-Go goes.
For kids - Godwits in Alaska prepare to migrate to Aotearoa, New Zealand for the winter.
For kids - A duck pauses a war after finding residence in a gun. What will the general do?
For kids - Meg is sick of being ordinary, instead she decides she wants to be... special.
For kids - Jenny searches for dragons at the new local library. A story set in 1911, at the first library in Charleston on the West Coast.
For kids - Laura doesn't believe her Mum when she says she'll come to school with her to keep her company, but to her utter embarrassment, she does!
For kids - While fighting overseas in the Boer War, Harry's favourite horse goes missing. He wonders what has happened to Blaze, and if anyone knows where the horse might be.
For kids - When Palmerston North has a series of fires, the local volunteers come to the rescue - sort of. A story set in Aotearoa in 1910.
For kids and little kids - A humorous retelling of the traditional Norwegian story of the three billy goats Gruff, with a Kiwi twist.
For kids and little kids - Quaky Cat returns to help rebuild the city of Christchurch by helping his homeless cat-friends and taking them in.
For kids - A retelling of the legend of how Wellington Harbour was created.
For kids - When Dad discovers a mysterious, dusty box in Gran's attic, and brings it home to Max it becomes apparent that the box contains a special treasure, one that only Max can breathe life into.
For kids and little kids - When Marmaduke Duck trades sweet shop life for adventure on the wide blue seas, he gets more than he bargained for!
For kids and little kids - A child responds to controlling adults by unleashing his imaginary beast.
For kids - The story of an unexpected friendship between an adventurous cat and a grandfather who loves to fish.
For kids - When Aunt Mog asks Sarah to help her bake a cake, she's not so keen. But when the neighbourhood cat asks the same question, Sarah's curiosity takes hold.
For kids - Aunt Og believes her kitchen has been infested by some kind of buzzing beetle, but when Sarah investigates she finds something unexpected.
For kids - After two disaster film shoots, Scott decides to give up on his dreams of becoming a camera operator--but something unexpected happens on his way to sell his camera.
For kids - Scott isn't that excited to film the local ballet performance until he realises that his friend Lisa is in the performance. Unfortunately, there's something up with the footage he captures.
For kids - Scott Knight has always wanted to be a camera operator and his local news bulletin, Knightly News, goes down well with his neighbours, but disaster strikes when he helps film an interview with the mayor.
For kids - When the New Zealand Army find out about Dippy the Diplodicus, Ms Beasley has a new sticky situation to solve.
For kids - This week, Ms Beasley has to solve the mystery of Dippy the Diplodicus' collywobbles.
For kids - Ms Beasley has to solve an even bigger problem then the school's new dinosaur - wrangling the teachers!
For kids - Ms Beasley gets a call to solve a sticky situation - how to get rid of the dinosaur at Koraka School.
For kids and little kids - Cruisey Suzy the Southern Ant (from Stewart Island, New Zealand) is a top sheila who showcases the rhythms of the thumb piano (or mbira).
For kids and little kids - Despite Wiremu the Worm's (from Pukekohe, New Zealand) long and ancient history, he is passionate about the synthesiser.
For kids and little kids - Gavin the Tunnelweb Spider (from Blenheim, New Zealand) might look scary but he's a fabulous weaver and a fine bass player.
For kids and little kids - Raewyn the Huhu Grub (from Karamea, New Zealand) takes a break from her busy schedule to toot the flute.
For kids and little kids - Boris the Borer (from Nelson, New Zealand) is a borer in more ways than one. But he's a dab hand at the accordion.
For kids and little kids - Among her many talents Stephanie the Stick Insect (from New Plymouth, New Zealand) is a marimba player. She can also grow a new leg if she damages an old one.
For kids and little kids - The epic tale of the twin water beings, te Taniwha Nunui and the Rainbow Serpent, and how they changed Aotearoa and Australia forever.
For kids and little kids - Beautiful Marco the Monarch Butterfly (from Foxton, New Zealand) showcases the joyful sound of the Cuban guitar (or tres).
For kids and little kids - The epic tale of the twin water beings-te Taniwha Nunui and the Rainbow Serpent-and how they changed Aotearoa and Australia forever.
For kids and little kids - Maggie the Mite (from Sanson, New Zealand) plays a ukulele that can only be seen with a microscope.
For kids and little kids - Hineraukarauri goes on an adventure, collecting feathered friends along the way to join her as she flies on the breath of the wind.
For kids and little kids - Walter the Wasp (from Levin, New Zealand) is a punk rocker who upsets the neighbours with his loud electric guitar.
For kids and little kids - When Tamarereti steals a taniwha's star seeds, he finds out that his purerehua is useful for more than just luring and catching kaimoana.
For kids and little kids - Camilla the Crane Fly (from Christchurch, New Zealand) is a classy lady and a talented harp player.
For kids and little kids - Tānenui-a-rangi is jealous of Matariki, the brightest star in the sky made up of the eyes of his brother; he will do anything to prove that he is the brightest and most powerful of all.
For kids and little kids - This week fleaBITE travels to Hastings, New Zealand to interview Marama the Wētā. Marama plays the baritone saxophone cos it's got a mellow night-time vibe... just like her.
For kids and little kids - Tāwhaki gets sent on a quest for knowledge; what will he learn from Mahuika, Rona, and Hineraukatauri?
For kids and little kids - This week fleaBITE travels to Wellington, New Zealand to interview Simon the Cicada whose family has been in the music business for around 11 million years!
For kids and little kids - Sometimes, when we really can't see them properly, things seem very scary. Once we know what they are they are much less scary.
For kids - Sometimes Aroha doesn't feel too good about herself or just feels a bit uncomfortable. So what does she do to feel better?
He pai mō ngā tamariki - He pai ki ngā tuākana te pāengaenga i a Māui, tae noa ki te rā i hī ika rātou
For kids and little kids - Sophie, and everyone in her village, finds out that when you start laughing, sometimes you just can't stop!
For little kids - Vanshoo, vanshoo - the Jumbaroo is feeling blue - oh, what to do?
For kids and little kids - This cat loves to steal food from Mum's shopping basket - until one day!
Māui's brothers like to make fun of him - that is until the day they all go fishing together.
For kids and little kids - Māui the trickster and his brothers go on a very special adventure.
He pai mō ngā tamariki me ngā kōhungahunga - I ētahi wā, he pai noa iho ngā mea e whakamataku ana i a tātou - ki te mōhio tātou he aha ngā mea nei.
He pai mō ngā tamariki - He haerenga roa, he haerenga motuhake tā Māui tinihanga me wōna tuākana
For little kids - Wesley likes turning into different creatures to scare his family - but what scares them the most?
For kids and little kids - Tilly isn't sure about her brand-new shoes, until she discovers they are really, really special.
For kids and little kids - Tiki and his family hear some of the everyday sounds around them... in a very unusual way!
For kids and little kids - Hiria loves her Gran so much. When Gran dies, Hiria celebrates her life in a beautiful song
He pai mō ngā tamariki me ngā kōhungahunga - E kore te kāpōtanga o Aria e ārai i āia mai i te aō whakahirahira o te rongo, me te puoro
For kids and little kids - Being blind doesn't hold 6-year-old Aria back as she explores a wonderful world of touch and sound
He pai mō ngā tamariki me ngā kōhungahunga.
He pai mō ngā tamariki me ngā kōhungahunga - Ka ako a Atareta, he mahi uaua te kaute ki te tekau i te reo Māori, kia ōrite ki tōna tuakana.
For little kids and kids - You can be what you want to be and do anything you want to do ... in your imagination!
For kids and little kids - Atareta finds learning to count to ten in te reo Māori, like her big brother, is hard. Then an unusual friend turns up to help.
For kids and little kids - Sisters sometimes don't agree - but when one of the sisters develops amazing superpowers, things can change!
For kids and little kids - Kikimo is a baby spider who leaves home to explore the world for the first time. She ends up in a very unusual place!
For kids and little kids - It's Mere's 7th birthday and it's a special day - the day she goes to mahi with her Dad where she has an amazing experience.
For little kids - A very silly rabbit learns that having friends is much more important than having things.
Kauri's brother Lani is hogging the guitar and won't share. Kauri decides to become a really, really loud electric guitar that's gonna rock the whole house down!
Oh no, Uncle has left his surgical gloves behind! That's okay because Doctor Esera can take his place in the operating theatre. Saving lives is all part of the job. Is Esera ready for the challenge?
Washing the car becomes a roaring adventure on the high seas. All hands on deck to help Pirate Charlie battle a slithering serpent starboard side! Brace y'r selves!
Wing Gai explores the kitchen as a fly, a spider, and a praying mantis! All the while avoiding his giant sister and her mighty broomstick.
Esera skips to the stage, leaving her audience in awe of her amazing voice. Her fanau are impressed, but her dog Chummo isn't a fan.
Being sick is no fun. Kauri wants to get better so she can play outside. She takes command of a troop of antibodies to help her kick those horrible germs out of her body!
Teaming up with a Kung Fu fighting noodle, Wing Gai plans to take on the dragon who lives up the mountain! Hold on, this dragon looks a lot like Wing Gai's sister...
Charlie needs to find Kit Kat, who is due for a visit to the vet; but he discovers that Kit Kat has actually become the main attraction at the Circus.
Wetsuit on, surfboard ready. Kauri takes on the waves and ends up flying high in the sky. Nothing's gonna stop Sky-Surfer Kauri - not even Tawhirimatea himself.
Time to hop in a spaceship and explore the cosmos. Kauri needs to hit hyper speed and battle the Aliens trying to destroy her ship. Kauri is so fast, her brother Lani can't even keep up!
Welcome to Wing Gai's dessert restaurant. Your waiters are robots and they're ready to serve you up some delicious treats - just watch out for the flying ice cream!
Aunty Upu tells Esera that her eyes are bigger than her stomach! If Esera's eyes were actually bigger than her stomach, just think of all the amazing things she could see.
Wow, the ocean is so sparkly today, it looks like a huge blanket of diamonds. Esera the seagull flies out across the water to collect enough riches to buy whatever she wants.
The chooks are hiding their eggs again but Tracker Charlie is on the case. Charlie has to venture deep into the prehistoric jungle where there are ferocious creatures and quicksand.
With the power of his ancestors and the help of his insect mates, Wing Gai transforms into a fearless dragon. Join him on a quest for courage.
All those sheep look like big fluffy clouds don't they? Pilot Charlie flies through them on a mission to find Dad's pocket knife. Is that a huge storm rolling in?
For kids and little kids - A strong gust of wind sweeps Doctor Grundy's best, brand-new undies off the clothesline. They go flapping out to sea and across many different lands. Who will get to keep them?
For kids and little kids - It's a rainy day. The kids are stuck inside. When a passing dragon flies off with their family dog, brothers.
For kids and little kids - Staying with Nanny Mihi in the school holidays, her mokopuna get up early to whistle a tune to the birds. One bellbird learns the tune but when spring comes he is nowhere to be heard. What has happened?
For little kids - Ruru listens to the noises of the farmyard at night and hears scary sounds. His parents reassure him that the night is nothing to be feared, instead they show him that it is the perfect time for owls to hunt and play!
For little kids - One day there's a big storm in Wellington and a little cloud is born. He goes off on exciting adventures of his own and then realizes that to be a real cloud he needs to learn how to rain.
For kids and little kids - Getting wet in the rain is heaps of fun! Lily and Theo don't want to walk to school on the stormiest day of the year, but they are in for a surprise. And so is Mum.
It's summer and Christmas is coming. Two busy pūkeko build a nest and tend to their precious eggs. Meanwhile the Sanderson kids wrap presents and decorate the tree, unaware that a miracle is unfolding in their backyard.
E āmaimai ana a Daniel i tōna rā tuatahi i te kura. Engari i a ia e ako ana mō te wā o Matariki, ka ako hoki ia, he wā whakamaumahara, he wā tohatoha, he wā whakahoahoa hoki.
For little kids - Daniel is nervous on his first day at school. But through the class activities to mark the Matariki Festival, he learns it's a time of remembering, of sharing and of beginning new friendships.
For little kids and kids - The Roadman is cold and bored but finds a way to entertain himself and those stuck in the roadworks' traffic by singing and dancing.
For little kids and kids - Cam follows the river's journey from its source in the mountains all the way to the sea.
Moe finds $20 and is tempted to keep it. Meanwhile, Fern seems to have lost some money. Moe's star guest, Hollie Smith, teaches Moe about soul music and with a special song, reminds us that we all instinctively know what's right.
Moe is trying to sing Teddy to sleep, but the lullaby he's is playing on his ukulele is just too loud and rough! Violinist Jess Hindin teaches Moe to play softly and gently and Moe gets Fern to sing a lovely lullaby.
Gilbert is hassling Moe for being a monster who isn't scary, Fern for being a fairy who isn't dainty, and Frank for being a fantail who looks like an owl. Randa visits and, with a great hip-hop song, reminds everyone they should be proud to be exactly who they…
Moe wants to dance but Fern and Gilbert are feeling sleepy. Sambora (from Shapeshifter and The Peacekeepers) explains the good vibes and energy that come from making and performing dance music. Sambora's remix inspires Fern and Gilbert and gets them moving!
Moe wants Gilbert and Fern to sing a duet together, but they are bickering as usual. Jeff and Will (from Musical Island Boys) teach Moe about harmony. When Gilbert and Fern hear the harmony, they realize they need each other if they want to sound great.
Moe is excited that he is going to sing a duet with Fern, but Gilbert is jealous and starts an awful rumour about catching cooties. Moe and Fern are worried, but they decide to sing the duet anyway.
Moe is practicing his ukulele... perhaps too hard. French horn player Emma Eden explains that it takes time to get good at something. Fern also reminds Moe that learning to play an instrument is supposed to be fun!
Gilbert is feeling insecure about his small stature, especially when he hears that Moe's guest is Big Al Ammo - the famous country singer. Gilbert is delighted to discover Big Al isn't as big as he thought.
Moe is learning the ukulele. Michal (from Petite Music Box and Music with Michal) visits Moe and teaches him a song to remind him that everyone begins somewhere, and that it's important to be encouraging and kind.
Moe wants to be a musician and make a radio show. He's a bit nervous when he meets his first guest - Jason Kerrison - but Jason gives Moe the confidence he needs.
For little kids - Daniel is nervous on his first day at school but through the class activities that mark the Matariki Festival, he learns that it is a time of remembering, of sharing and beginning new friendships.
A sad story for older children - Ruby loves her half-sister Hine. Hine has suffered from a serious illness since her birth.
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