Sunday Morning Podcast Options

10:08 AM.2012 was the 100th anniversary of the passing of the Public Service Act - an Act that defined the public service for the best part of a century. This year it's the turn of the Public Service… Read more Audio

9:40 AM.In a new book, photographer Ans Westra delivers a strong message to New Zealanders to consider the environment we are leaving for our children. The book includes photographs that show a damning… Read more Audio

9:08 AM.A recent survey of media freedom around the world ranked New Zealand as one of the top 10 nations. So Mediawatch asks: Do we need to fret about press freedom here at all? We also look at local… Read more Audio

8:40 AM.Dr Sandra Grey and her colleague Dr Charles Sedgwick asked NGOs if democracy, as measured by the ability of civil society organisations to have a voice in political debate, is flourishing or… Read more Audio

8:12 AM.Andrew McRae looks at farming in a changing climate. Audio

11:40 AM.After the fallout from the recent visit Danish politician Marie Krarup, Wayne looks at the blurring of lines between the traditional left and right sides of the political spectrum. Jesper Hansen, a… Read more Audio

11:15 AM.Jane Ridley has written a book about Bertie, son of Queen Victoria, the Saxe-Coburg and Gotha monarch, and grandfather to the heir apparent Edward VIII and his younger, regally more succesful, brother… Read more Audio

11:00 AM.The Greens and Labour put up a united front with a scheme for delivering cheap power to consumers. But how united are they? Audio

10:08 AM.Prior to becoming New Zealand's 35th Prime Minister, James Brendan Bolger was first elected to Parliament as the MP for King Country in 1972. The Honourable Jim Bolger speaks to Chris Laidlaw about… Read more Audio

9:40 AM.Gordon Weiss is a writer, speaker, consultant and analyst of international affairs. He was a UN representative in Sri Lanka in 2009 during the brutal civil war in which the government effectively… Read more Audio

9:10 AM.Digital TV Switchover in the South Island - and the prospects for local broadcasters; lots of heat about racism - but little light, and; a sense of humour failure over satire. Audio

8:40 AM.Gideon Haigh is a prolific writer of books on political and economic issues. However, his latest literary contribution centres around the Australian cricketer and personality that is Shayne Warne. Audio

8:12 AM.Liz Banas follows NZ's trade and diplomatic mission to China. Audio

1:00 PM.The Mediawatch team runs through listeners' queries and comments and updates recent stories from the programme. This month: politicians and public servants failing to front up; BBC news drops off TV… Read more Audio

11:41 AM.North Korea's Day of the Sun, marked the anniversary of the state's founder Kim Il Sung. As tensions are racheted up on the Korean Peninsula, Wayne discusses the security concerns and some… Read more Audio

11:12 AM.Tuhoe chief Treaty negotiator Tamati Kruger discusses the Tuhoe Treaty settlement. The $170 million settlement for grievances – one of the biggest in New Zealand's history – has been initialled by… Read more Audio

11:00 AM.The GCSB affair continues. What might be needed is a bit of clarity about what the organisation is actually allowed to do. Maybe the PM's office can fix that? Audio

10:06 AM.The Kurds are the world's largest ethnic group without a state, with an estimated population of 30 million spread across Turkey, Iraq, Syria and Iran. And in all four countries the Kurds have spent… Read more Audio

9:42 AM.The Forgotten General is a docu-drama about Major General Sir Andrew Russell. Based on Jock Vennell's book of the same name, the film profiles the largely overlooked New Zealand Division commander on… Read more Audio

9:08 AM.A talkback host and prospective politician who tried to turn the tables on a reporter; a new online initiative aiming to hook creative kids; Australians on the downside of non-stop coverage of… Read more Audio

8:41 AM.Journalist Jane Tolerton helped set up the World War I Oral History Archive in 1987 and interviewed 85 veterans. In her new book An Awfully Big Adventure she presents their stories. Audio

8:12 AM.Belinda McCammon looks at NZ's Afghan legacy Audio

11:55 AM.Your feedback. Audio

11:40 AM.Wayne Brittenden has been Radio New Zealand's correspondent in several capital cities over the years. Each week he gives fresh insights into a wide variety of topics of national and international… Read more Audio

11:13 AM.Richard Hil has written about pressure on universities to make money and the effect that has on academics and teaching. He talks to Chris about the long-running industrial strife at Sydney University… Read more Audio