Sunday Morning Podcast Options

9:06 AM.Mediawatch investigates why Samoa's government is angry with TV3, and has called in lawyers to pursue its grievances against the broadcaster. We also look at who is behind a new weekly paper that's… Read more Audio

8:40 AM.Dr Jon Johansson from Victoria University, examines the result of the US mid-term elections. He discusses why the result panned out the way it did, the overall composition of the Congress, and the… Read more Audio

8:12 AM.Richard Pamatatau explores the issue of obesity among New Zealand's Pacific population Audio

11:05 AM.In Ideas this week we explore the history of the church known as the Salvation Army. Read more Audio

10:06 AM.Has spent 30 years living and working in the south Pacific. He loves the area but he despairs of its poor political leadership and failed dreams. Audio

9:40 AM.Her latest book investigates the fate of the little-known 'eastern party' of Robert Falcon Scott's final and fatal Antarctic expedition. Audio

9:05 AM.This week, losing the plot of the Hobbit,an editor's effort to change the law and reform his readers and checking the facts. Audio

8:40 AM.Chief executive of New Zealand Winegrowers on the rise and fall of the wine industry. Audio

8:12 AM.John Gerritsen explores how much the choice of school affects a child's academic achievement. Audio

11:06 AM.This month, actors' unions around the world supported the boycott of The Hobbit until its producers agreed to negotiate an employment contract with Kiwi actors. For some it was an admirable case of… Read more Audio

10:05 AM.After just one term on the Dunedin City Council, Dave Cull is the city's new mayor and he's due to be sworn in next week. But as well as the chains of office, Dave Cull is also bearing the weight of… Read more Audio

9:43 AM.Peter Fitzsimons is one of those people who's a bit hard to pin down. He was well known as a rugby player, and the first Wallaby to be ordered off against New Zealand. He's also become an accomplished… Read more Audio

9:06 AM.Mediawatch looks at how one man refused to give a newspaper interview, but still ended up filling the best part of a page. Mediawatch also looks at a big week for a weekly business paper, how there's… Read more Audio

8:35 AM.Dr Karen Brouneus from Otago University's Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies has studied the effect of the truth and reconciliation process in Rwanda, where she questioned the assumption… Read more Audio

8:12 AM.Sue Ingram asks if New Zealand is getting a reputation for being a difficult place for skilled immigrants to find a job. Audio

10:40 AM.A struggle to find his Daily Times while danger lurks in the harbour below. Audio

10:10 AM.John talks to Chris about his journey with Contiki and the release of his book 'Only Two Seats Left'. Audio

9:40 AM.Burmese dissident, activist and former political prisoner speaks with Chris Whitta about the political aspirations for his country. Audio

8:12 AM.Matthew Peddie looks at whether alternatives for the pest poison, 1080, are just around the corner Audio

8:10 AM.This week the Mediawatch examines: the media battle for hearts and minds over offshore farm sales; the fallout from the Paul Henry affair and; the tacky treatment of a long-lived lady. Audio

11:10 AM.This week, Ideas looks at a bill currently before Parliament that may change the climate at universities. Audio

10:10 AM.Sports journalist and columnist Richard Boock brings together the life's work of cricketing legend Bert Sutcliffe and his biographer Rod Nye in the book, 'The Last Everyday Hero: The Bert Sutcliffe… Read more Audio

9:40 AM.Ian Montanjees, an inventor/physicist with degrees in engineering and architecture, talks about the White Roofs Project - how painting your roof white will help to save the planet. Audio

9:10 AM.Paul Henry's insults go global; local election campaigns and covering Auckland's Super City; a claim of dirty tricks in Delhi; an alarming report of an addiction epidemic. Audio