Sunday Morning Podcast Options

9:08 AM.The Herald's bid to confront big national issues and 'Rebuild Better'; annoying left and right wing doesn't mean doing the right thing; irreplaceable images from papers past on the block. Read more Audio

8:40 AM.Dr Ali Hill from the Human Nutrition department of Otago University is back once again - this time to talk about sources of Vitamin D, what you can get out of almonds and more. Dr Hill answers your… Read more Audio

8:20 AM.Researchers at Queen Mary University of London have now discovered that bumblebees love to play ball games, and as with humans, young bumblebees like to play more than older ones do. Read more Audio

8:10 AM.RNZ Sports Journalist, Joe Porter brings us up to date on the weekend's sport. Read more Audio

2:20 PM.A world-first study has demonstrated that bacteria can travel through the olfactory nerve in the nose and into the brain in mice, where they create markers that are tell-tale signs of Alzheimer's… Read more Audio

10:25 AM.Author James Grant, aka Lee Child, decided to stop writing his well-regarded books, but the world wouldn't let him. So, he came to an arrangement with his younger brother Andrew, who would take over… Read more Audio

10:05 AM.Alfred Hitchcock's spy thriller North by Northwest is regarded as one of the best suspense movies of all time, adapted for the stage by Carolyn Burns, directed by Simon Phillips, and starring Antonia… Read more Audio

10:05 AM.We invited Dr Grainne, author of "Why Do Birds Do That?", back to answer more bird-y questions. Read more Audio

9:08 AM.Minister and media puts pressure on name suppression; who are New Zealand's journalists today? Read more Audio

8:20 AM.Auckland neuroscientist Dr Angelo Tedoldi travelled around to find out about the role of genes in sexuality to answer why people are gay, straight or bisexual. Read more Audio

8:10 AM.We get an update on the Black Ferns clash with France, the All Blacks match against Wales and the Black Caps performance in the T20 World cup with Mark Reason, Senior Sports Columnist with Stuff. Read more Audio

11:40 AM.With just one-third (35%) of respondents voting in the recent local body elections, and a draft report of the Review into the future for Local Government due to be released on October 28, 2022… Read more Audio

11:20 AM.Wildlife ecologist and podcaster Dr Grainne Cleary has written a new book called Why Do Birds Do That?. Read more Audio

11:06 AM.This weekend Borland Lodge celebrates its 50th year. In the late 1960s, the campsite was known as Pig Creek Hostel and was a temporary home for Manapouri power scheme workers. Once the project was… Read more Audio

10:45 AM.Dr Ali Hill from the Human Nutrition department of Otago University is back once again. On her nutrition agenda this Sunday morning, the role of Vitamin C with Covid, staying hydrated, salt cravings… Read more Audio

10:25 AM.On her @depthsofwikipedia blog, Annie Rauwerda compiles some of Wikipedia's more bizarre pages. One such page, started by an anonymous Wikipedia editor with the username "cgbuff" chronicles the… Read more Audio

10:06 AM.At 19, Craig David's debut single "Fill Me In" shot him to the top of the charts making him one of the biggest singers of the early 2000s, with a string of R&B and soul hits. He's back with a brand… Read more Audio

9:40 AM.According to the UK's Golf News magazine 500,000 New Zealanders play golf or at least belonging to a club and there are nearly 400 golf courses across the country. Sometimes our players are world… Read more Audio

9:08 AM.PM's exit speculation goes another round; a doco revival spotlights crime and justice; on the overlap: rugby TV clashes create controversy. Read more Audio

8:30 AM.On Calling Home, we head to the city of Lausanne on Lake Geneva, it's been voted the best small city in the world, in the French-speaking area of Switzerland known as Vaud. It's home to athlete and… Read more Audio

8:20 AM.As long COVID touches our lives more and more, the scientific community are rushing to catch up - hindered in no small way by the wide-range of symptoms and severity. Some research is however… Read more Audio

8:10 AM.Between T20 cricket, the All Blacks playing Japan, the Rugby World Cup quarter-final game against Wales and the Rugby League World Cup there's lots to talk about with RNZ Sports journalist Joe Porter.

11:42 AM.Journalist John Campbell's latest podcast premieres on Labour Day on TVNZ. From Egmont to Taranaki "is a personal story of Pakeha me. Who didn't know what I didn't know, until I began discovering it."