Sunday Morning Podcast Options

7:26 AM.Tonga is celebrating the official crowning of King Tupou VI, which is taking place in Tonga's capital, Nuku'alofa - It's a huge event for the nation and Tonga's diaspora. The ceremony was attended by… Read more Audio

7:11 AM.After the killings at the Emanuel Church in South Carolina, we again have people calling for action, and others arguing that it's not a gun issue, it's a mental health issue. But what can the Pacific… Read more Audio

11:40 AM.Candace Bushnell is best known for creating the HBO series Sex and the City - which was, at one time, the biggest show on the planet. She is also the author of seven novels including The Carrie… Read more Audio

10:40 AM.Dr Habiba Sarabi is hanging on to hope for her country's future despite this week's Taliban attack on Afghanistan's parliament which left a woman and child dead and 40 others seriously injured. Dr… Read more Audio

10:20 AM.Dr Karl Iremonger talks to Wallace about his discovery of a new cell structure and communication system within the human brain and what it may mean for conditions such as Alzheimer's and Chronic Pain… Read more Audio

10:07 AM.Ben Gleisner is the co-founder and national director of Conscious Consumers, a social enterprise that connects consumers with businesses who care about looking after the planet and being a good… Read more Audio

9:40 AM.Rob Fenwick is a businessman and environmentalist, who has worked hard for the conservation of natural and human heritage in New Zealand and Antarctica. He has a long list of achievements which have… Read more Audio

9:12 AM.The Conservative Party imploded after an interview in a sauna which had screened two weeks earlier. But in spite of wall-to-wall coverage, that didn't cause the Conservatives' collapse. Audio

9:10 AM.Sometimes the media embrace politicians who can take a joke, or try something new. Sometimes they punish them for it. Audio

9:08 AM.Mediawatch asks RNZ's Carol Hirschfeld why she's rejigging RNZ's reporting, and what on-air and online audiences should expect. Also, her reaction to turmoil at her former employers: Maori Television… Read more Audio

9:07 AM.New hosts have been named for a new show called 'Story'. But is one of them over-committed already? Audio

9:06 AM.Mike Hosking confidently tells TV One viewers New Zealand leads the world in retirement savings. But he's a bit confused . . . Audio

9:05 AM.The feeding frenzy over Colin Craig; punishment of politicians who play along with the media; RNZ's head of content on a shake-up of news, and; TV3 announces its post-Campbell show, one broadcaster's… Read more Audio

8:46 AM.Alex Richter is a founder of ThinkGeoEnergy an Icelandic geothermal advisory firm and has worked around the world on developing geothermal energy projects. In Iceland renewable energy accounts for… Read more Audio

8:40 AM.In Nepal the monsoon season has begun, bringing more hardship to a country already struggling to cope with the impact of the massive earthquakes which claimed the lives of more than eight thousand… Read more Audio

8:12 AM.Conan Young explores democracy, water rights and the future of Environment Canterbury Read more Audio

7:55 AM.Strawberries and cream, grass courts, and arguably the most prestigious tennis tournament on the planet; correspondent David Luddy on this year's Wimbledon prospects. Audio

7:50 AM.MP for Whanganui on how his electorate is coping with the recovery from the worst floods on record, and plans for the possibility of increased climate-change related disaster. Audio

7:30 AM.Murray McCully under fire in both the chamber and committee rooms, over his Saudi Sheep Farm deal; Government faces questions on Climate Change while Greenpeace protestors are on the roof; Petitions… Read more Audio

7:24 AM.Radio New Zealand International's Johnny Blades on the recent decision by the MSG to allow Indonesia full membership while denying it to the indigenous Melanesian people of West Papua. Audio

7:10 AM.Economist Geoff Bertram and Climate Scientist James Renwick on what they claim is the government's stifling of climate change debate. Read more Audio

11:30 AM.Brin Jonathan Butler is a journalist and former amateur boxer. His memoir The Domino Diaries has just been released which chronicles his time in Cuba following some of the world's greatest boxers -… Read more Audio

11:10 AM.Wallace speaks with playwright Ahi Karunaharan about his play The Mourning After - a moving tale about love, loss and life reclaimed in Sri Lanka after the devastating Boxing Day tsunami of 2004. Audio

10:55 AM.The Play it Strange project held the Strange Day's Night concert in Auckland where youngsters took to the stage to put their own spin on some old Rolling Stones numbers. Audio

10:35 AM.The recent success at the box office of 'Mad Max: Fury Road' has not just been good for the career of actor Tom Hardy - but also for the career of his New Zealand born stunt double Jacob Tomuri. Jacob… Read more Audio