Sunday Morning Podcast Options

9:06 AM.Questions raised by the death of a child; controversy over Catton's critical comments; coverage of foreign fishing in our waters; more odd ointment advice. Audio

8:45 AM.Jesse Greenslade was bullied on his first day at primary school - and this continued for the next 11 years. Jesse talks to Wallace about his experience, and about the book he has written for young… Read more Audio

8:12 AM.Steve Wilde explores whether alcohol is Queenstown's lifeblood or a slow poison? Read more Audio

7:45 AM.Maritime historian Lieutenant Chris Maxworthy, Engineering Officer in the Royal Australian Navy tells how he discovered the incredible story of a Spanish plan to oust the Brits from Australia, New… Read more Audio

7:32 AM.Yesterday's state election in Queensland was watched closely by the Mithaka people - Aboriginal traditional owners of some of the iconic landscapes known as Channel Country in south western… Read more Audio

7:20 AM.Kenneth Weiss from the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting. Audio

7:10 AM.Climate refugee Ioane Teitiota is seeking asylum in NZ. His case is a step closer to being heard by the Supreme Court and it's garnering further international attention. Audio

11:40 AM.Helen Razer and Bernard Keane were going mad over the deteriorating quality of public debate and the dwindling of common sense in media, politics and culture. So they wrote a book about it: A Short… Read more Audio

11:15 AM.Console Wars is a David and Goliath showdown of two companies battling for dominance - the goliath that was Nintendo and the scrappy upstart called Sega - a fascinating chronicle of the culture wars… Read more Audio

11:05 AM.Tennis correspondent Dave Luddy is in Melbourne covering the Australian Open. Audio

10:34 AM.Comedian, and master storyteller Mark Thomas has created an opera about his larger-than-life builder and opera-loving father called Bravo Figaro - opera meets life, comedy, death. He's bringing the… Read more Audio

10:06 AM.Let me be Frank with you, is Richard Ford's latest book - a series of four interlocking stories, heralding the return of Frank Bascombe on the universal subjects of ageing, loss, faith, marriage, and… Read more Audio

9:40 AM.Reuters war photographer and celebrated Norwegian film director Erik Poppe talks about A Thousand Times Goodnight, winner of the Grand Prix at the 2014 Montreal film festival. Read more Audio

9:06 AM.Reaction to the Charlie Hebdo attack and what it might mean for media freedom; a confusing case of sponsored content; wet pants, unclaimed undies, bowel batteries - some stuff making news this summer… Read more Audio

8:40 AM.Samanth Subramanian is a New Dehli-based journalist. Last year Samanth's new book, This Divided Island: Stories from the Sri Lankan War, was published. Audio

7:49 AM.Should we be paid for donating our organs? New Zealand has one of the lowest rates of organ donation in the world, and postgraduate researcher at Canterbury University Elizabeth Prasad is calling for… Read more Audio

7:42 AM.The group Love Activists hit the headlines on Christmas Eve when around 20 of them were evicted from squatting in an unused Royal Bank of Scotland building in London. All were homeless, and occupied… Read more Audio

7:32 AM.More than 1 and a half million people took the streets of Paris following the murder of 17 people by terrorists earlier this month. Audio

7:22 AM.Our nearest neighbour, New Caledonia, has started the year with a political crisis. Audio

7:18 AM.UNICEF says Nigerian children are losing homes, schools and lives as result of violence. Audio

7:10 AM.With the ABC's Africa correspondent Martin Cuddihy. Audio

8:12 AM.Andrew McRae explores the prevalence of guns in NZ and whether law changes are needed Audio

8:12 AM.Andrew McRae explores the prevalence of guns in NZ and whether law changes are needed Audio

11:45 AM.Film reviewer for Afternoons on Radio NZ, Sarah McMullan, turns her attention to the small screen for the picks of the year. Read more Audio

11:20 AM.RNZ's host of The Sampler, Nick Bollinger, joins Wallace to reflect on the awesomeness of Lorde and the underwhelming return of Prince. Read more Audio