Chris Whitta
John Edgar - The Mighty Mayor
John Edgar has traced the life story of Auckland's longest-serving mayor, Sir Dove-Myer Robinson. He tells Chris how the working class boy from Sheffield who was bullied for being Jewish, became New… Audio
Ideas for 15 July 2012
Child poverty is back in the headlines this week with 80 organisations banding together to call on the Government to make the well-being of children its top priority. Jeremy Rose visits Seaview's… Audio
Lelia Doolan - Bernadette Devlin
Bernadette Devlin was the face and voice of the peace campaign in Northern Ireland in the late sixties and early seventies - a period in that province's history that saw sectarian violence, riots… Audio
Jon Johansson - Outspending Obama
Reports over the last couple of weeks say that Romney is outspending Obama in the race for the White House - but is he? Dr Jon Johansson is a lecturer in political science at Victoria University. Audio
The World at Night : Palestine
Freelance journalist Nida' Tuma reports from Ramallah in the West Bank of the Palestinian Territories : Fatah and Hamas have signed an agreement to implement the Palestinian reconciliation; famous… Audio
Our Own Odysseys : Wheat-Canola Harvest
Larry Mitchell is soon to return to the long hours of the wheat and canola harvest at Shoal Lake on the prairies of the Manitoba/Saskatchewan border in Canada. Audio
Sounding Ghanaian
The changes in Ghanaian society are being reflected in the evolution of the language(s), with linguistics lecturer Prof. Kofi Agyekum from the University of Ghana. Audio
Thinkers Philosophy
AUT Philosopher in Residence, Ann Kerwin often muses on how, what, and why we think what we do... the philosophical network aided by French monk, Marin Mersenne. Audio
Midday News for 4 May 2012
The woman who outed a 100 million dollar fraudster says his irrational behaviour gave him away. Official documents show a third of the Transport Ministry's advice to the Government is substandard. Audio