Sunday Morning Podcast Options

8:12 AM.Is traditional high country farming under threat? RNZ Rural reporter, Alexa Cook works on a cattle muster and explores why, and if, New Zealand should hold on tighter to its high country farms. Read more Video, Audio

7:47 AM.In the latest of our series of interviews with first time candidates in this year's general election we speak to Brooke van Velden - a public relations consultant standing for the ACT Party in the… Read more Audio

7:35 AM.What's in a name? Submitters and MPs say it matters a lot especially when it comes to the title of a bill on family and whanau violence. Read more Audio

7:10 AM.The UK General Election takes place on Thursday June 8. In April British PM Theresa May's Conservatives were up by as much as 21 percent in the polls - but that gap has tightened dramatically. Senior… Read more Audio

6:55 PM.Submitters arguing for and against a country of origin food labeling law brought a tasty array of props to Parliament this week. Read more Audio

10:35 PM.A settlement bill which would give care and support workers pay rises to suit their qualifications and experience could cost the government more in the long run warn care providers. Read more Audio

6:55 PM.The latest from the House Read more Video, Audio

10:35 PM.A bill to give victims of domestic violence better protections at work could encourage more men to open up but lawyers warn the bill's current drafting still needs work. Read more Audio

11:20 AM.Musicians Betty-Anne and Ryan Monga join Wallace to sing some songs and reflect on their group Ardijah and more than three decades in the music industry. Read more Audio

11:06 AM.Five years ago documentary maker Hollie Fifer was in Papua New Guinea researching the political coup when she witnessed the seaside Paga Hill community being bulldozed by developers and armed police… Read more Audio

10:35 AM.Georgian mezzo-soprano Nino Surguladze is in New Zealand to play the lead role in NZ Opera's season of Carmen - it's Bizet's tale with a feminist twist. While Nino's here, she doing a bit for Tbilisi… Read more Audio

10:06 AM.Australian Steve Keen was one of only a handful of economists to predict the Global Financial Crisis. His most recent book, 'Can We Avoid Another Financial Crisis?', leaves readers in little doubt he… Read more Audio

9:37 AM.Psychedelic 60s rock-blues supergroup Cream were Eric Clapton, Ginger Baker and the late Jack Bruce. Three family members - Jack Bruce's son Malcolm Ginger Baker's son Kofi and Eric Clapton's nephew… Read more Video, Audio, Gallery

7:47 AM.In the sixth of our series of interviews with first time candidates in this year's general election we speak to Gayaal Iddamalgoda - a trade union lawyer standing for the Wellington Central electorate… Read more Audio

7:32 AM.The Government's budget was a popular topic in the House last week but how are decisions made on where the money will go and what does Parliament have to do with it? The House explains what stage the… Read more Audio

7:10 AM.Hoani Jeremy Lambert is the tamariki advocate at the newly formed Oranga Tamariki - The Ministry for Vulnerable Children. He only got the job after being given the nod by a panel of children currently… Read more Audio

The presentation of the Government's budget sparked a debate of optimism and pessimism in the House. Read more Audio

10:35 PM.Parliament has a new owners manual and the Clerks who need to be familiar with the rules have nearly 900 pages of detailed information to get reacquainted with. Read more Audio

6:55 PM.The Ministry for Vulnerable Children says women who were forced to adopt out their children had "very little choice" but the state is not responsible. Read more Audio

10:35 PM.It's budget week - when on behalf of their wallets, people become intensely interested in finance policy. The House talks to Treasury about how the budget is born. Read more Video, Audio

11:30 AM.Ngaruawahia novelist Catherine Chidgey's fourth novel "The Wish Child" was 13 years in the writing but has now earned her the coveted $50,000 Acorn Foundation Fiction award. The judges says the… Read more Audio

11:07 AM.Everyone seems to love the 2019 All Blacks at the Rugby World Cup. But let's look back at one of the greatest teams - the 1967 All Blacks who have been described as the team that forever changed the… Read more Audio, Gallery

10:35 AM.Ros Capper is the author of The Accidental Carer: A Practical Guide Through Uncertainty by Palliative Home Carers which is informed by her experience of caring for her terminally ill husband. Audio