Sunday Morning Podcast Options

8:35 AM.Dr David Bearman is the author of Drugs Are NOT the Devil's Tools: How Discrimination and Greed Created a Dysfunctional Drug Policy and How It Can Be Fixed. He's had more than 30 years' experience in… Read more Audio

8:12 AM.The state of the country's waterways is almost constantly in the headlines. Now a definitive landmark report from the Ministry for the Environment has confirmed what many already suspected, that there… Read more Video, Audio

7:00 AM.In part five of The 9th Floor, Guyon Espiner talks to Helen Clark about her three terms in power as she sought to draw a line under Rogernomics, unleash new social reforms and rethink New Zealand's… Read more Video, Audio

6:55 PM.The government’s support for its Pacific neighbours has been praised in the House by members during a debate on government spending. Read more Audio

10:35 PM.The visiting Speaker of Samoa's Parliament says Samoa and New Zealand have much to teach each other. Read more Audio

A Question of Restraint: Parliament hears how New Zealand prisons are in contravention of the UN Convention against Torture. Read more Audio

10:35 PM.This week the Government is tidying its books before the new budget, getting retrospective permission for extra cash that left the national wallet. Read more Audio

11:45 AM.Young Pasifika in Christchurch have set up their own Parliament to make sure their voices are heard by the real Parliament in Wellington. Read more Audio

10:35 AM.Maureen Gosling talks about her award-winning 1980s documentary Burden of Dreams, chronicling the making of Fitzcarraldo, Werner Herzog's epic feature. Audio

10:05 AM.Mpho Tutu van Furth has co-authored The Book of Forgiving with her father, Nobel Peace Prize recipient Archbishop Desmond Tutu. She will speak about the subject of forgiveness at the Auckland Writers… Read more Audio

9:40 AM.Anton Blank is the co-author, with Carla Houkamau, of Rewire: a Little Book on Bias. In the book he argues that New Zealand needs to transition from biculturalism to multiculturalism and that one of… Read more Audio

8:40 AM.There is much jargon in the language of money; hedge funds, commodities, even ‘shrinkflation’ – a British author says it's time we all got more fluent. Read more Audio

8:12 AM.Demand for medical cannabis is growing, Teresa Cowie investigates how patients are coping with living in an 'illegal limbo' Read more Audio

10:00 PM.In part four, Guyon Espiner talks to Dame Jenny Shipley about being the first woman on the 9th Floor, plus coups and coalitions, welfare reform and Winston Peters. And, above all, her commitment to… Read more Video, Audio

11:45 AM.We meet the men who 'push the MP's buttons', controlling their voices via a small replica of the chamber.  Read more Audio

11:25 AM.Mattress Men is a documentary by filmmaker Colm Quinn which tells the story of Paul Kelly and Mick Flynn, creators of the eccentric online persona "Mattress Mick". The film follows the fortunes of… Read more Audio

11:05 AM.The Distractions were only together long enough to produce one studio album in 1980, but in their short stint in post-punk Manchester they played alongside Joy Division and The Buzzcocks.The break up… Read more Audio

10:40 AM.Irish comedian Ed Byrne has been touring Aotearoa for 20 years and many of his NZ experiences have been woven into his stand-up shows. He talks to Wallace about opting for comedy over horticulture… Read more Audio

10:06 AM.In his new book, The Truth About Language: What is it and where it came from, author and psychologist Professor Michael Corballis explores the origin of human language and our unique ability to tell… Read more Audio

9:40 AM.The Unseen Anzac is Jeff Maynard's story of George Hubert Wilkins – a former Australian war photographer and Arctic explorer who produced the most detailed and accurate collection of WWI photographs… Read more Audio, Gallery

8:40 AM.Baker Benjamin talks about the contradictory rhetoric of US President Donald Trump and ongoing political tensions around the world. Read more Audio

8:12 AM.Alarm is growing in Central Otago as the region's 150-year-old water licence system is overhauled. Ian Telfer explores if the permits from the gold rush days can be updated without leaving farmers… Read more Audio