Sunday Morning Podcast Options

9:40 AM.Historian Bruce Stirling discusses the rich and turbulent history of Lake Wairarapa. Audio

9:10 AM.Grassroots efforts to get news-you-can-use to people in Christchurch's stricken suburbs; TVNZ 6 is gone, TVNZ 7's in doubt - but more channels for pay TV. Is the is the writing on the wall for public… Read more Audio

9:10 AM.Grassroots efforts to get news-you-can-use to people in Christchurch's stricken suburbs; TVNZ 6 is gone, TVNZ 7's in doubt - but more channels for pay TV. Is the writing on the wall for public service… Read more Audio

9:00 AM.The Mediawatch team discusses listeners' questions and comments on the media coverage of the quake: the overuse of images; the lack of news-you-can-use; the Ken Ring vs Campbell controversy; CTV's… Read more Audio

8:40 AM.Marking International Women's Day earlier this week, writer, academic and former MP for the ANC, Dr Gertrude Fester talks about imprisonment under the apartheid regime in South Africa, race relations… Read more Audio

8:12 AM.John Gerritsen investigates the effect of changes to early childhood services Audio

11:05 AM.Jeremy Rose reflects on his relationship with his youngest son, Tai, and talks to two other fathers of disabled sons. Audio

10:40 AM.This week Dougal considers the future of Dunedin's heritage buildings. Audio

10:05 AM.Current Howard Kippenberger fellow on the rise of India as a global power and what this means for its relations with China. Audio

9:45 AM.The world of cursing, swearing and expletives. Audio

9:05 AM.The fierce reaction to a rebuttal of controversial quake claims, Australian coverage prompts a call for change, a rash rehashing of the scary news and how Lyttleton's local radio has coped. Audio

11:51 AM.Catherine Setterfield is a British journalist who's been working in Chile for the past four years as editor of the Santiago-based magazine Infrastructure. She was there when the 8.8 quake hit Chile… Read more Audio

11:45 AM.The quake came just a few days after a team of architects has set up an exhibition displaying some of the ideas on the concept of 're-imagining' the city following the September quake. Chris spoke to… Read more Audio

11:35 AM.Professor John McClure, from Victoria University's school of psychology, is undertaking a long-term study researching preparedness for earthquakes. He's found that even people who perceive the risk of… Read more Audio

11:20 AM.The Salvation Army has been helping earthquake victims find food and shelter, as well as providing support to distraught and fearful people around Christchurch. Chris talked to Major Campbell Roberts… Read more Audio

11:07 AM.70-year-old St Giles Church on Papanui Road has been badly damaged by Tuesday's quake. Rev John Hunt, who has been the minister for 30 years, is holding services this morning in the church hall. Audio

10:35 AM.18,000 people, many of whom are university students, have joined together to help those suffering in the wake of Tuesday's earthquake. Audio

10:32 AM.A team of engineers has been inspecting the water reservoirs around Christchurch to make sure they are safe. Audio

10:10 AM.This weekend Mediawatch looks at how the media coped with the quake in Christchurch - and the extraordinary efforts many people made to get the news out this week. Hear from the reporters, writers and… Read more Audio

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

11:06 AM.Claudia Orange is the author of the (updated in 2011) book: The Treaty of Waitangi (Bridget Williams Books). A work that has shaped the way many people understand the place of the treaty in New… Read more Audio

10:06 AM.Author James Kaplan reveals the real man behind the image of legendary crooner Frank Sinatra. Audio

9:40 AM.This week marks 60 years since the 1951 Waterfront Dispute began and it remains the biggest industrial confrontation in New Zealand's history. Historian Dick Scott talks with Chris Laidlaw about the… Read more Audio

9:06 AM.A ministry embarrassed by a bad beneficiary - and a pumpkin; theology makes the news; what's the future of radio - and does it even exist any more? Audio

8:38 AM.Science historian Naomi Oreskes discusses the findings in her book 'Merchants of Doubt - how a handful of scientists obscured the truth on issues from tobacco smoke to global warming'. Audio