Sunday Morning Podcast Options

11:00 AM.The National Government seems to rate the paying of family carers of the disabled as a low priority -- a 'nice to have'. And it doesn't appreciate being legally challenged on its decisions. Audio

10:06 AM.New Zealand has thrown its hat in the ring for a place on the 2015-16 United Nations Security Council. The bid has seen Foreign Affairs Minister Murray McCully traveling the world trying to rustle up… Read more Audio

9:42 AM.Climate change commentator and the United Kingdom's former Government chief scientific adviser, Sir David King, is in New Zealand next week for a series of public lectures entitled 'Improving human… Read more Audio

9:06 AM.Mediawatch looks at a documentary asking big questions about our role in Afghanistan and whether our media have covered the issue properly. Mediawatch also talks to an Afghan journalist covering the… Read more Audio

8:40 AM.Guy Salmon has led a three-year consensus-building exercise for the management of the Mackenzie Country. The Mackenzie Agreement was unveiled earlier this month and saw key environmental groups and… Read more Audio

8:12 AM.After creating a super city is the tensions with the Government now hindering future plans. Todd Niall investigates. Audio

11:40 AM.Today, 130 years ago the word 'eugenics' was coined by Charles Darwin's half cousin, explorer and anthropologist Francis Galton. Eugenics was seen as a valid science by many, even after the Nazis took… Read more Audio

11:12 AM.Last week saw the release of the 'Sustainable Australia Report 2013: Conversations with the Future'. It is the first report of its kind in Australia. The Chair of the National Sustainability Council… Read more Audio

11:00 AM.Sky City Casino gets a couple of hundred new pokie machines and some black-jack tables in exchange for a new international convention centre. Sounds cheap, but what will be the real cost of this… Read more Audio

10:06 AM.The Quakers not only played a leading role in the anti-slavery movement - they founded many of Britain's best known companies. The Seventh Day Adventist church founded, and still owns, New Zealand's… Read more Audio

9:40 AM.As a dispute continues over Sri Lanka hosting the Commonwealth Heads of Government meeting in November, Sri Lanka's High Commissioner to Australia and New Zealand talks to Chris about allegations of… Read more Audio

9:10 AM.Should publishers get public cash because our our broadcasters do?; a major magazine pushes back at The Press Council; Members of Parliament make news acting up under the influence - what about… Read more Audio

8:40 AM.The personal life of Captain James Cook is not well known. This is partly due to his equally enigmatic wife Elizabeth, who destroyed all his letters towards the end of her long life. Finding this out… Read more Audio

8:12 AM.Why is the number of women in the NZ police still so low? Craig McCulloch investigates. Audio

11:30 AM.On Counterpoint this week more on the ideological boundaries between mainstream political parties. Audio

11:15 AM.Teresa Doherty is a judge from Northern Ireland, who was appointed a judge on the international war crimes tribunal for Sierra Leone, after that horrific civil war had ended in 2003. Audio

11:00 AM.An inebriated low-ranked National List MP makes a fool of himself and trouble for John Key by throwing his inconsiderable weight around in a restaurant and threatening the waiter. Audio

10:10 AM.Today Ideas looks at the case for a state-funded school lunch and breakfast programme. Audio

9:45 AM.Tatiana Lacerdes Prazeres, Brazil's Secretary for Foreign Trade of the Ministry of Development, Industry and Foreign Trade has been appointed the new Director General of the World Trade Organisation. Audio

9:10 AM.The media feeding frenzy on Aaron Gilmore trumps important issues; a veteran's view of print media prospects; media freedom in the age of the internet and social media; a startling story from the… Read more Audio

8:40 AM.Pankaj Mishra is the author of a very unusual book about the way that Asian societies have dealt, psychologically and politically, with European colonialism. Audio

8:10 AM.Health Correspondent Karen Brown looks into the rising rates of diabetes Audio

11:43 AM.The film industry celebrates a number of centenaries this year. The name 'Hollywood' was formally adopted a hundred years ago. The Danish film 'Atlantis' was one of the first-ever feature movies… Read more Audio

11:12 AM.Gerald Hensley has written a book telling the insider story of the collapse of the ANZUS military alliance. Gerald, who was involved in events at the time, has since interviewed key protagonists, who… Read more Audio

11:00 AM.The Nationals are being accused of cronyism with their appointment of certain people from other fields to high level public service positions - squash champion Susan Devoy is now the Race Relations… Read more Audio