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Banks’ blurts bring boot from broadcaster
27 Jan 2021MediaWorks has replaced former politician John Banks as a talkback host and apologised for his comments condemning "stone age" Maori culture and warning "these people will be coming through your… Audio
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L.A.B. Live at Spark Arena
2 Jan 2021Chart topping Funk soul powerhouse L.A.B play all the hits to an enthusiastic and energetic crowd at Auckland's Spark Arena coming off the back of 2020's nationwide COVID-19 lockdown. Audio
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Dr Chris Smith: Covid-19 vaccines and variants
This week; the UK reached the grim milestone of 100,000 coronavirus deaths, new, more contagious UK, South Africa and Brazil virus variants are being linked to rising case numbers, and a row has… Audio
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Simon Winchester: how land ownership shaped the modern world
30 Jan 2021Prolific writer and journalist Simon Winchester is best known for his historical bestseller The Surgeon of Crowthorne, about an inmate in a prison for the criminally insane who was also a major… Audio
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Rebecca Mead: The metal detectors who struck gold, and trouble
30 Jan 2021In 2015, a metre under English soil, two metal-detector enthusiasts (or detectorists) literally struck gold . They discovered an underground Viking treasure trove: a bangle, pendant and a ring, with a… Audio
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Alexei Navalny vs Vladimir Putin
30 Jan 2021Alexei Navalny has been outspoken in his criticism of the Russian government for years. The former real estate lawyer became a shareholder activist and anti-corruption campaigner before running for… Audio
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Michael Baker on the latest Covid cases
28 Jan 2021Professor Michael Baker joins Kathryn to talk about the three Covid cases that have now been linked to the Pullman Hotel MIQ facility. Audio
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Stephanie Dowrick: Intimacy and Solitude
30 Jan 2021Stephanie Dowrick is a psychotherapist and interfaith minister who co-founded publishing house The Women's Press. She has written several personal development books including international bestseller… Audio
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Covid long haulers fighting to be heard
1 Feb 2021As the world grapples with the worst health crisis in a century, a secondary pandemic is starting to take hold, one which could be with us for months if not years after Covid-19 has been erradicated… Audio
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Mediawatch for 31 January 2021
The story of a strange summer (so far); John Banks booted often racist blurts - and the talk radio dilemma; housing coverage highlights homeowners - not the 'have-nots; Rātana gives politicians and… Audio
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Siouxsie Wiles responds to possible new Covid-19 cases
27 Jan 2021The Ministry of Heath has confirmed it is investigating two more possible cases of Covid-19 related to Auckland's Pullman Hotel.
The returnees completed their managed isolation in the same facility… Video, Audio
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Political commentators Jones & Morten
1 Feb 2021Neale, Brigitte and Kathryn delve into the Climate Commission report and the political consequence. Audio
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Sarb Johal - Keeping calm in a world gone viral
29 Jan 2021With the threat of Covid hanging over the New Zealand summer, clinical psychologist Dr Sarb Johal's new book looks at how to keep mentally well during a crisis. Audio
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Climate Commission's blueprint for cutting emissions: Rod Carr
1 Feb 2021Kathryn speaks with the chair of the Climate Commission about its blueprint for cutting New Zealand's greenhouse gas emissions by 2050, in line with the Paris Accord. Audio
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New Zealand sea shanty takes the world by storm
25 Jan 2021There's a certain trend this summer that's taking the world by storm - the humble sea shanty First it was a viral sensation on TikTok sung by a Scottish postman, Nathan Evans - he's now got a record… Audio
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Where are this summer's sound of cicadas?
29 Jan 2021Ahhh the sounds of a Kiwi summer. But we've noticed that the annual chorus of the cicadas has been missing this year. Our reporter Ella Stewart asked entomologist Thomas Buckley why the cicadas seem… Audio
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NZ trawler accidentally destroyed ancient coral
29 Jan 2021It's been revealed one of New Zealand's deep sea trawlers has accidentally destroyed a large amount of coral and sea sponges, forcing the temporary closure of a Tasman Sea fishing area.
The… Audio
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Covid-19: Siouxsie Wiles on new cases in community
28 Jan 2021Another two people have tested positive for Covid-19 after leaving managed isolation at the Pullman Hotel, with preliminary genomic sequencing suggesting it is linked to another positive case in… Audio
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Covid-19 update with Professor Gary McLean
31 Jan 2021Dr Gary McLean is a professor in molecular immunology at London Metropolitan University and an international authority on coronaviruses. Prof. McLean is back on Sunday Morning today to discuss… Audio
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Vacuum obsessed 5 yo on look out for Henry Hoover
29 Jan 2021People offer and hunt for all kinds of things on the Auckland Family Free Cycle Facebook page, but one mum is on the hunt for something very specific for her five-year-old son. Ellie Jay meets James… Video, Audio
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Hymns on Sunday, 31 January 2021
31 Jan 2021More listener favourites this week, including a hymn by New Zealander Nigel Eastgate. Alongside a busy career as a GP in South Dunedin for nearly 38 years, he was also a composer. He wrote a number of… Audio
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Media still covering house price rises as good news
Even in a spiralling housing crisis, record property price rises keep getting covered like they're good news. Can the media break its habit of speaking from the perspective of existing homeowners? Audio
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Covid-19: Pullman Hotel to be emptied - Hipkins
28 Jan 2021The Pullman Hotel will be emptied to allow the government to investigate how Covid-19 spread within it, Chris Hipkins says.
Two people in Auckland who completed managed isolation in the same hotel… Audio
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Financial commentator: 'China is the engine room of growth'
Just as Asia has led the way in coping with Covid-19, financial commentator Jeffrey Haley is also picking the continent -- particularly China, which has never exported more than it did last year -- to… Audio
