Sunday Morning Podcast Options

7:45 AM.New Zealander Lorraine Cook is a Feilding-born former DOC worker who has been working as a conservationist in the Seychelles for the past two and a half years.  Read more Audio

7:30 AM.Most of the time MPs debate about the future but last week they looked back at the first women to enter Parliament and the Crown's invasion of Parihaka Read more Audio

7:20 AM.Forty per cent of Kiwi small business owners feel running a small business impacts negatively on their mental health, while another 40% don't feel responsible for their staff's wellbeing. Xero's Craig… Read more Audio

7:08 AM.Veteran commentator Keith Quinn joins the show to offer his analysis on the All Blacks' failed Rugby World campaign, which was derailed with a shock semifinal loss to England last night. Read more Audio

6:55 PM.Newsrooms have a news value to determine how stories are weighted. In parliament stories are weighted differently and this week the weight was on light rail. Read more Audio

4:00 PM.Visiting a select committee is always an education. So based on ‘day one’ of submissions on the second arms bill, The House offers a few hints for submitters. Read more Audio

6:55 PM.Parliament this week includes a number of controversial or important pieces of legislation, others that are deeply procedural. And a good smattering of New Zealand history. Read more Audio

11:30 AM.The very witty Kitty Flanagan has helpfully put together a comprehensive guide to modern behaviour, and help everyone around you be a bit less irritating, with her new book, 488 Rules For Life: The… Read more Audio

11:05 AM.Chinese-born British writer Jung Chang joins the show to discuss her latest book Big Sister, Little Sister, Red Sister and why she still remains optimistic about the future of her homeland. Read more Audio

10:20 AM.For over 30 years, philanthropist and author Christine Fernyhough has built an extraordinary collection of over 4000 everyday objects of mid-century New Zealand craft, design and folk art. Read more Audio, Gallery

10:07 AM.Canadians are heading to the polls as Prime Minister Justin Trudeau seeks a second term in office. Veteran public affairs columnist for The Globe and Mail, Lawrence Martin is picking Trudeau to gain… Read more Audio

9:37 AM.Dilip Jeste is a professor of psychiatry and neuroscience at UC San Diego and director of the UCSD Center for Healthy Aging, and he's challenging people to take another look at their perceptions of… Read more Audio

8:41 AM.United States Navy officer Dr. Robert Ballard is confident he will be the man who finds Amelia Earhart's missing plane, despite coming up short in his latest expedition.  Read more Audio

8:10 AM.Forcing racing clubs to close their tracks and outsourcing the TAB could revitalise the horse racing industry, but as Max Towle discovers, some diehards won't accept change without a fight. Read more Audio

7:45 AM.James Whitta is living the dream in his role as a product developer for the world's largest home furnishing retailer, IKEA, in its spiritual birthplace. The award-winning furniture designer is Calling… Read more Audio

7:30 AM.There are lots of rules at Parliament. They are set in stone, and change frequently. Currently under review are the rules on video (and just possibly photography). Read more Audio

7:20 AM.Boris Johnson has suffered a humiliating defeat after MPs voted to delay Brexit in a historic Saturday showdown in the House of Commons. Guardian Brexit correspondent and senior reporter Lisa… Read more Audio

7:11 AM.The All Blacks kick into the playoff stage of their Rugby World Cup campaign overnight with a comprehensive 46-14 drubbing of Ireland. Celebrated New Zealand commentator Keith Quinn offers his… Read more Audio

6:55 PM.National MPs asked the Prime Minister the same question five times on Wednesday. Here's how it happened in the House. Read more Audio

6:55 PM.Parliament has begun work on a bill to reform the process of succeeding to Māori land including tikanga-focussed solutions to land ownership disputes. Read more Audio

6:55 PM.A year's worth of rosters and a bill to improve care of tertiary students will be worked on at Parliament this week. Read more Audio

11:45 AM.Randy Newman has won almost everything there is to win over the course of his storied musical career, but has never toured New Zealand before. He'll add that to his list of accomplishments when he… Read more Audio

11:22 AM.Visiting Canadian professor Robert Hackett is currently in the country as a short-term Visiting Canterbury Fellow at the University of Canterbury's Erskine program. He is an expert on media coverage… Read more Audio

11:05 AM.Psychologist Eve Blouin-Hudon is an expert on creativity and imagination at Carleton University in Ottawa and has studied daydreams at length. Read more Audio