Wallace Chapman
Engineers recommended cheap option for Birkenhead slip
Ross Roberts is a geotechnical and geological specialist at the Auckland Council. He talks about a 2015 engineers' report provided to Auckland Transport that recommended a cheap solution to monitor… Audio
Poverty Bay votes for dual name
Gisborne District councillor Meredith Akuhata-Brown explains why she thinks the name Poverty Bay should be dropped altogether. Her comments come after the Council voted to submit to the NZ Geographic… Audio
Listener feedback
Wallace reads texts, emails, tweets and Facebook feedback received from listeners. Audio
Chris Bruerton and the King's Singers
The King's Singers are considered masters of harmony. They've developed their own techniques and hold workshops educating other a cappella groups. The double Grammy-winning King's Singers in in New… Audio
Sally Potter: 'I allowed the wicked side of myself to come out'
British film director Sally Potter is best known for her 1992 arthouse film Orlando with Tilda Swinton, based on the novel by Virginia Woolf. She's been writing and directing films since she left… Audio
Simon London in 1984: 'It's a visceral, surprising experience'
Kiwi actor Simon London is best known for his role in The Hobbit playing elf Feren but how he's returning to Auckland for the Auckland Arts Festival production of 1984. It's been touring Australia for… Audio
Prof David Nutt: 'It's irrational to deny people access to LSD'
A former drug policy advisor to the UK's Labour government is in New Zealand to talk about how psychedelic drugs could help control a number of mental health problems and why the war on drugs is a… Audio
Steve James: from basketball court to court room
Steve James is best remembered as the director of the award-winning "Hoop Dreams" documentary in 1994, inexplicably snubbed for an Oscar nomination. But on March 5 (NZ time) at the 90th Academy Awards… Audio
Takaka Hill residents hit the road
The NZ Transport Agency says a complete rebuild of at least one section of SH60 from Takaka to Riwaka is needed, but on Sunday from 9am until 5pm NZTA will provide restricted single-lane access on the… Audio
'Job creators for the future'
Te Auaha, the New Zealand Institute of Creativity will offer the world's first Bachelor of Creativity. Audio, Gallery
Critical time for justice in NZ: Jarrod Gilbert
Dr Jarrod Gilbert from the University of Canterbury has likened Andrew Little's intent to reform the prison system, with the abolition of the death penalty by Minister of Justice Ralph Hanan in 1961… Audio
The countries closing their prisons
John Sinclair has recently returned from studying penal systems overseas and found there are some countries that are reducing their prison population and, unlike New Zealand, closing down jails. Audio
Sunday Morning Feedback 18 February
Listerners' feedback about the show from Sunday Morning with Wallace Chapman. Audio
Doco shines light on NZ's synthetics crisis
Syn City: NZ's Synthetics Drug Crisis is a confronting short documentary by youth media outlet VICE about the deadly dangers of synthetic drugs. Audio
Catherine Delahunty: taking to the stage
Former Green MP Catherine Delahunty has teamed up with her theatrical sister Sarah Delahunty, to bring Question Time Blues to the Auckland Fringe Festival. Audio
The runaway success of Mrs Brown's Boys
Brendan O'Carroll has played Agnes Brown from Mrs Brown's Boys on our TV screens since 2011 - years after she was initially created for a short radio play. O'Carroll tells Wallace Chapman, he only… Audio
Hugh Kininmonth: what the health system needs
Hugh Kininmonth has been at the coalface of community health for many years as chief executive of one of the Hauraki PHO. He talks about the challenges faced by the health system. Audio
Imelda Staunton: finding her feet
Imelda Staunton is one of the most celebrated English actresses, and her role in Mike Leigh's Vera Drake won a Bafta and an Oscar nomination. Her latest starring role is in Finding Your Feet with… Video, Audio, Gallery
Nanotechnology can save your teeth: Carla Meledandri
Dr Carla Meledandri was awarded $200,000 in the Prime Minister's science prizes this week and became the MacDiarmid Emerging Scientist. One of her projects is looking at nanoparticles to combat tooth… Audio
Sue Gardiner in Tonga
Kiwi Sue Gardiner is one of Tonga's 107,000 residents - she has lived there for 18 years. She talks about the impact of Cyclone Gita on the locals and the attributes that will get them through. Audio