9/11
9/11 victims may be cleared to sue Saudi govt
A bill that would allow the families of 9/11 victims to sue the Saudi Arabian government has passed a key hurdle in the US Senate.
Paul Seawright: photographing conflict
Professor of Photography and Head of Belfast School of Art at Ulster University, acclaimed internationally for his depictions of political and social conflict, who visited New Zealand to deliver the… Audio, Gallery
Firefighters climb Sky Tower to mark lives lost
Over 150 firefighters climbed Auckland's Sky Tower today in memory of all firefighters killed in the line of duty, on the anniversary of 9/11.
'Dust lady' from 9/11 dies of cancer
A woman who featured in one of the defining images of 9/11 has died of a cancer she blamed on inhaling dust in the World Trade Center.
It’s kind of amazing the sexism that still exists, even though if you look at it through blurry glasses it doesn’t look like it’s there.
Meg Wolitzer, a leading USA novelist, talks about her extensive career with Kate De Goldi, focusing on a recent highly-awarded novel The Interestings. Audio
Spying, mass surveillance, and code names from Monty Python
The UK journalist discusses the extraordinary story of Edward Snowden, and considers the action of spy agencies and their mass surveillance of populations the world over. Harding's interaction with… Audio
The Cost of Iraq
According to the Nobel Prize-winning economist Joseph Stiglitz, the war in Iraq will become the world's first three trillion dollar war. He joins cartoonist Garry Trudeau, novelist and journalist… Audio
Writing 9/11
"After a couple of hours at their desks, on September 12, 2001, all the writers on earth were reluctantly considering a change of occupation" (Martin Amis). In this programme three very different… Audio