Sunday Morning Podcast Options

7:20 AM.Marc Edelman explains what the UN Declaration on the Rights of Peasants and Other People Working in Rural Areas means. Just seven countries voted against its adoption recently, and of those was NZ… Read more Audio

7:11 AM.Amnesty International warns the actions of "tough guy" world leaders pushing misogynistic, xenophobic and homophobic policies has placed freedoms and rights that were won long ago in fresh jeopardy… Read more Audio

6:55 PM.Four types of bills can be passed by Parliament and this week some of the less common type had their third and final reading. Audio

6:55 PM.Select committees don't get as much time in the limelight as other parts of Parliament but they're an important point of contact between MPs and the public says the chair of the Finance and… Read more Audio

6:55 PM.In case a government gets carried away with itself and makes up rules where it can't get laws passed, Parliament regularly checks through the latest decrees and keeps itself at the 'top of the hill'.

11:30 AM.Karyn Hay is still remembered for presenting Radio With Pictures from 1980-1986 and RNZ listeners will know her from her show Lately, with Karyn Hay. But Karyn is also an author of note. Her first… Read more Audio

11:04 AM.New book Backstage Passes: The Untold Story of New Zealand Live Music Venues looks back at the history of  NZ music venues between 1960 and 1990. Wallace spoke to its author Joanna Mathers. Read more Audio

10:04 AM.Lyndal Roper, Regius Professor of History at Oxford, is a respected historian and author of the 2016 biography "Martin Luther: Renegade and Prophet", a book described by Hilary Mantel s "smart… Read more Audio

9:37 AM.Dean Poole's the first New Zealander to become president of the global design organisation Alliance Graphique Internationale (AGI). He talks about the importance of design in a world reliant on… Read more Audio

8:38 AM.Facadism in Auckland is getting under the collar of heritage expert Allan Matson. It's an architectural practice that took off in the 1980s - gutting old buildings and retaining their facade. The art… Read more Audio

8:10 AM.Insight - Philippa Tolley investigates how well youth justice residences are doing at turning offending around. Read more Video, Audio

7:47 AM.Many Parisian tourist attractions and museums, along with shops on the Champs-Élysées are closed this weekend amidst fears of renewed violence in the French capital. Authorities have deployed… Read more Audio

7:30 AM.Parliament has 17 select committees but the Maori Affairs and Health Committees both claim to be the most collaborative.  Read more Audio

7:11 AM.A visiting expert on the science of agriculture and food says we need to take action now to ensure the planet's growing population can be fed. Professor Louise O.Fresco says science needs to work hard… Read more Audio

6:55 PM.Treaty settlements are a major part of the Māori Affairs committee's work but it also finds time for karakia, waiata, and kai in its work.  Read more Audio

6:55 PM.Parliament's select committees often fly under the public's radar but the chairs of the Health Committee say its done some heavy work considering breast cancer treatments and medicinal cannabis. Read more Audio

6:55 PM.Every bill goes through four stages in the House. Three of them are usually predictable, the fourth is either a sprint or a crawl. This week we'll likely have both speeds. Read more Audio

11:40 AM.Dr Rebecca Rice explains the significance of The Terracotta Warriors: Guardians of Immortality exhibition that opens at Te Papa on 15 December. The Terracotta Warriors are 2,300 year old artworks of… Read more Audio, Gallery

11:04 AM.Famed Californian rock band Jefferson Starship are heading to NZ for A Summer's Day Live series of concerts, joining Toto and Dragon in January. The band, best known for mega hits like 'We Built this… Read more Audio

10:37 AM.As a child, Mike Tyus improvised dance with his babysitters, making up routines to Michael Jackson. But aged 11, he was diagnosed with Blount's Disease and his legs had to be broken and realigned to… Read more Audio

10:04 AM.John Hellemans is a top sports doctor, elite triathlete and coach who was the first to see something special in Olympic triathlete Andrea Hewitt. He was her original coach and she's now in her 13th… Read more Audio, Gallery

9:37 AM.Working mothers are facing the stress of managing the family alongside their careers - and employers' inflexibility around school and holidays makes things even harder, new research suggests. Read more Audio