Sunday Morning Podcast Options

11:07 AM.Arguably the first truly free country in the Americas and without doubt the first country on earth to outlaw slavery, Haiti’s history is as inspiring as it is tragic. Laurent Dubois - the author of… Read more Audio

10:40 AM.Cruising through Central Otago, Dougal Stevenson reflects on the fate of the Clutha River, and wonder whether any government is going to be brave enough to say "hands off". Audio

10:08 AM.Author Anne Sebba's biography of Wallis Simpson sets out to set the record straight on the woman blamed for the abdication of King Edward VIII. Anne doesn't pull any punches on the nature of the… Read more Audio

9:40 AM.It's New Zealand Sign Language Week and, in our monthly language slot, Dr Rachel McKee talks to Chris about the online dictionary of NZSL; some common misperceptions about sign language; and what… Read more Audio

9:08 AM.Memorable media moments featuring John Banks; anger over more taxpayer-funded reality television; TV3's Duncan Garner on provocative political journalism; a bid by broadcasters to head off more state… Read more Audio

8:40 AM.Dame Stella Rimington worked her way up the ranks of Britain's internal security agency, MI5, to become its first woman Director-General. Nowadays she writes spy stories and says her fictional hero… Read more Audio

8:12 AM.Karen Mangnall reports from Nuku'alofa onthe challenges facing Tonga and the new King. Audio

11:55 AM.Your views on some of the issues raised on the Sunday Morning programme. Audio

11:05 AM.This week, Ideas looks at the Pakeha Maori of the 19th Century, and their modern day counterparts. Audio

10:10 AM.We look at Fiji and the roller coaster role of its most dominant political leader before and after independence, Ratu Sir Kamisese Mara. Audio

9:40 AM.Sarah Murray talks about our world war one cartoonists. Audio

9:10 AM.Influence peddling: are journalists on the agenda of the lobbyists who persuade politicians?; how think tanks are teaming up to increase their impact; a big-name broadcaster confronts… Read more Audio

8:40 AM.Barbara Arrowsmith-Young discovered her mental disability could be overcome by mental exercises that altered the composition of her brain. Audio

8:12 AM.Philippa Tolley investigates why people don't vote and what can be done to turn the trend around Audio

11:06 AM.Chris talks to New Zealand's inaugural Poet Laureate, Bill Manhire. In this extended interview he talks to Chris about the creative writing course and his life with words; and he'll read some of his… Read more Audio

10:06 AM.On 25 April 1945 New Zealand writer and soldier John Mulgan, 33, took his own life. Born 100 years ago, Mulgan is remembered for his 1939 novel Man Alone, and a war memoir, Report on Experience… Read more Audio

9:40 AM.The retiring executive director of Asia NZ, Dr Richard Grant, talks to Chris about Asia-NZ relations, the effect of the current reorganisation of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, and whether… Read more Audio

9:06 AM.Critics cry foul over ultra-fast broadband - and claim consumers could lose out; loose reporting of a sensitive story in the US; more on compromised coverage of the controversial convention centre… Read more Audio

8:40 AM.Alison Parr talks to Chris about her interviews with soldiers, airmen, nurses and members of the NZ Women's Auxiliary Corps about life in the enemy territory between 1946 and 1948 - and how wartime… Read more Audio

8:12 AM.Tim Graham investigates if NZs Terrorism laws need to be reviewed in the wake of the Urewera Raids. Audio

11:05 AM.This week looks at the issue of child safety. Have we become too risk averse where our children are concerned. Audio

10:40 AM.Dougal ponders whether sporting talent is in the blood or in the soil. Audio

10:06 AM.Has conducted his own investigation into the Crewe murders and found conclusions nobody has got to before. Audio

9:40 AM.On his award winning film about the death of an Aboriginal man in custody and the failure of the Australian justice system. Audio

9:05 AM.Will ultra-fast broadband mean broader choice for TV viewers? claims Sky could corner the online market for pay TV; controversial comments about women at work revisited; TVNZ names a new chief and the… Read more Audio