Chris Laidlaw
Ideas for 3 November 2013
This week on Ideas we speak to three of the youngest successful candidates in last month's local body elections: Twenty-year-old Jack McDonald who is the grandson of poets James K Baxter and Jacqui… Audio
Tim Javis : In Shackelton's Footsteps
Tim Jarvis is a British-Australian explorer who last year re-created Ernest Shackleton's epic trip across 1300km of southern ocean in a small leaky boat, followed by a long trek to reach a rescue… Audio
Marti Friedlander with Chris Laidlaw (2013)
Marti Friedlander, one of New Zealand's best-known photographers, has published an entertaining and engaging autobiography, Self Portrait. Marti tells Chris Laidlaw about growing up in a London… Audio
Marti Friedlander : Portrait of a Life
One of New Zealand's best-known photographers, Marti Friedlander - who is now in her 80's - has published her autobiography. Entertaining and engaging, Marti tells Chris Laidlaw about growing up in a… Audio
Ideas for 22 September 2013 - Syria in Focus
Ideas dedicates this hour to the unfolding tragedy in Syria and attempts to give some context to this complex conflict: Professor William Harris - the author of four books on the Middle East - talks… Audio
Prudence Stone - Black Inc
Prudence Stone's Black Inc. One nation's identity, a global politic is described as 223 pages of critical thought set side-by-side with an eclectic array of colourful visual evidence. This book is a… Audio
Charles Glass - Deserter
Charles Glass talks to Chris Laidlaw about a subject most people prefer not to discuss - desertion from the armed forces - a hidden history of World War Two. Audio
Wayne Brittenden's Counterpoint
This Tuesday and Friday mark the 68th anniversary of the atomic bomb attacks on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Wayne explores some of the enduring myths surrounding these tragic events, and Chris follows up… Audio
Helen Clark - UN Stories
What's former Prime Minister Helen Clark been up to since she took up a job at the United Nations? Miss Clark talks to Chris about her work leading the UN Development Programme. Audio
Ideas for 4 August 2013
Human rights lawyer Tim McBride and former SIS officer turned academic Dr Rhys Ball talk to Chris Laidlaw about the pros and cons of the state spying on its citizens; and US journalist Will Potter… Audio
Derek Vaughan - MP in Europe
Since the Lisbon Treaty at the end of 2009, the European Parliament has taken on increased importance both within the European Union and for third country partners such as New Zealand. Chris discusses… Audio
Jonathan Lemalu - Back Home
Grammy award-winning bass baritone Jonathan Lemalu was born in Dunedin and is now based in London, from where he's carving out a hugely successful international career. He has returned home to play… Audio
Sidney Jones - Indonesia
International Crisis Group member and Indonesia resident, Sidney Jones looks at the potential for long term democracy in the world's most populace Moslem nation. Audio
Wayne Brittenden's Counterpoint
Edward Snowden's latest revelations were a huge embarrassment for the UK Government. Foreign politicians and diplomats attending two G20 Summit meetings in London in 2009 had their phone calls… Audio
Gillian Green : Persona Non Grata
Michael Green, who died last year, was a former NZ High Commissioner in Fiji. His tour of duty coincided with shifts in Fiji politics that would lead to the 2006 military coup that established… Audio
Ideas for 23 June 2013
Wellingtonian Murdoch Stephens this week launched the Doing Our Bit Campaign, aimed at convincing New Zealanders of the need to double our refugee quota from the current 750 to 1500. Murdoch tells… Audio
Anton Blank : ending Maori child abuse
Some of New Zealand's best reggae artists are joining forces to help fight child abuse, with the release of the Herbs' song, 'Sensitive to a Smile'. All proceeds from the single by Aotearoa Reggae… Audio
Richard Towle : forced to flee
Richard Towle is the UNHCR - the UN Refugee Agency - Regional Representative for Australia, New Zealand, PNG and the Pacific. The organisations's annual Global Trends report, released this week… Audio
Wayne Brittenden's Counterpoint
Recently a French consumer magazine tested 47 popular brands of bottled water and found that 10 of them contained residues from drugs or pesticides. This raises questions about supposedly healthier… Audio
Christopher Hill : Dancing with North Korea
Ambassador Christopher Hill is the Dean of the Josef Korbel School of International Studies at The University of Denver and former US career diplomat. He talks to Chris about the niceties of… Audio