Sunday Morning Podcast Options

9:05 AM.This week the Mediawatch team looks at: a proposal for public TV - using Radio New Zealand with pictures; the collapse of an odd ad campaign to abstain for the All Blacks; the week's extreme weather -… Read more Audio

8:35 AM.On his last Sunday in office His Excellency the Governor General takes time out to join the programme and talk about his term as the Queen's representative in Aotearoa. Audio

8:12 AM.Karen Brown looks at the possible shape of New Zealand's Health services in the decades to come. Audio

11:05 AM.Bill Maung, who died on May 31, filled many roles in his 93 years of life. He was an active participant in Burma's struggle for independence, an inmate of a Japanese concentration camp, a judge, a… Read more Audio

10:06 AM.Chris talks to Ian Mune, co-writer and director of Billy T: Te Movie - celebrating the life and work of the legendary musician, comedian, actor, and writer, Billy T James. The film tells of Billy's… Read more Audio

9:40 AM.Professor Jack Richards is an applied linguist and educator with a distinguished international reputation, both as a scholar and as a patron of the arts. He is the author of many widely used textbooks… Read more Audio

9:06 AM.The price of milk - and All Black jerseys; TV3's John Campbell on campaigning journalism and confronting interviewees; former Financial Times editor Sir Richard Lambert on the global market mess and… Read more Audio

8:40 AM.Professor Bogda Koczwara is an Australian-based cancer specialist here next week to lecture on caring for those who survive the disease. She says that as doctors get better and better at curing some… Read more Audio

8:30 AM.Philippa Tolley investigates how students are coping in quake-stricken Christchurch Audio

11:55 AM.What you, the listeners, say on the ideas and issues that have appeared in the programme. Audio

11:05 AM.Goods and services tend to be valued in monetary terms but there's a growing movement internationally that's questioning whether there aren't more interesting and satisfying ways of exchanging goods… Read more Audio

10:40 AM.Brings us his notes from the south. Audio

10:05 AM.Director of the Centre for Arab and Islamic Studies at the Australian National University on Arab democracy. Audio

9:40 AM.Head of the School of Linguistics at Victoria University with a new book on New Zealand English. Audio

9:05 AM.Norway's recent atrocity - and how one New Zealand witness was mercilessly mocked, low-brow humour in a documentary about high art, a Fairfax fault stops the presses and do mavericks still have a… Read more Audio

8:40 AM.From the University of Auckland's School of Biological Sciences on Bryde's whales in the Hauraki Gulf. Audio

8:12 AM.Julian Robins investigates the Government's push for a Trans Pacific Partnership deal involving the United States. Audio

11:05 AM.Lord Robert Winston is back in the country as guest of the Cawthron Institute and patron of Sir Peter Gluckman's Liggins Institute. He's on a lecture tour and found time again to talk to the programme… Read more Audio

10:05 AM.Self appointed democratic reformist and former coup strongman speaks about his beliefs for a way forward in Fiji. Audio

9:45 AM.Michael Cooper talks wine, in particular 100 of the best New Zealand wines which are the subject of his latest book. Audio

9:08 AM.Mediawatch this week looks at: TVNZ's news boss on ethical questions and the future for news after the charter; a fishy mystery and; do political polls really reflect public opinion? Audio

8:40 AM.Dr Curtin, from the University of Auckland, joins the programme to chronicle the history of women's rugby in New Zealand. Audio

8:12 AM.Philippa Tolley travelled to Fiji and reports on efforts to reduce levels of poverty. Audio

11:05 AM.We hear from two of the country's youngest councillors and Chris talks to Rick Boven from the NZ Institute about their discussion paper, More Ladders, Fewer Snakes: Two Proposals to Reduce Youth… Read more Audio

10:40 AM.Dougal Stevensons notes from the south. Audio