Wallace Chapman
Redmer Yska: Katherine Mansfield's first published story
Historian Redmer Yska is the author of A Strange, Beautiful, Excitement: Katherine Mansfield's Wellington 1888-1903. While researching the book Yska discovered Mansfield's first published story… Audio
Oscar Kightley: 'The Polynesian-Melanesian divide is ridiculous'
In the short documentary, Tama Uli, actor and writer Oscar Kightley talks about his Solomon Island ancestry and the experience of those who came to Samoa against their will over 100 years ago. Audio
Plight of the elephants
If you've been on holiday to Thailand, India or Cambodia, chances are you've visited a park where you are allowed to ride, feed or wash an elephant. Animal welfare organisation World Animal Protection… Audio
Sugary drinks: how a tax could change our health
On average, New Zealanders each consume 37 teaspoons of added sugar a day - six times the World Health Organisation recommendations. Professor Mike Berridge, a founding scientist at the Malaghan… Audio
Students' first film heads to Toronto, wins best NZ short
A film by two Auckland Unitec students has won the best short film at the NZ International Film Festival awards. "Waiting" was written by Samuel Kamu and directed by Amberley-Jo Aumua. The Inspiration… Audio
Super Rugby Final: analysis
Alex Coogan-Reeves breaks down the Super Rugby final played in Johannesburg overnight between the Lions and the Crusaders. Audio
Lisa Coleman on the legend that was Prince
Lisa Coleman from the band behind Prince, The Revolution, and of Wendy & Lisa fame, talks about Prince and his legacy. Audio
Wallace cooks Kua Gai
(Recipe courtesy of head chef Lek Trirattanavatin from Saan restaurant, Auckland)
Makes 2 portions
Ingredients:
300g fresh, flat rice noodles
200g chicken thigh chopped
4 eggs
2 tsp chopped… Audio
Krishna Botica: hospitality and its challenges
Krishna Botica is described as a "hospitality legend" but it wasn't ever a career offered to her as a young woman. Now after more than 30 years in the hospitality business - 21 of those running… Audio
Scott Bainbridge: The Great New Zealand Robbery
A 1956 robbery is the forgotten true-crime story of how Auckland's mobsters pulled off the heist of the century. The crime eventually came to be known as the Waterfront Payroll Robbery and it has… Audio
Why we stop taking our medicine
It’s sometimes called the paradox of health - the healthier people feel, the more they worry about their health. Audio
'There’s no such thing as fair austerity'
An emerging school of economics, modern monetary theory, says surpluses can be a bad thing, and a country with a fiat currency can never run out of money. Audio
Why won't the chlorine-washed chicken cross the Atlantic?
NZ chickens are routinely washed in a chlorine solution during processing. It's a process that came close to scuttling a free trade deal between Britain and the US this week, and contributed to… Audio
Al Gillespie on North Korea
Professor Al Gillespie from Waikato University analyses latest show of threat. Audio
Simon Marks with the latest from the White House
Simon Marks from Feature Story analyses the latest move by US president Donald Trump to replace Reince Priebus, his chief of staff. Audio
Feedback from Sunday Morning 23 July
Listener feedback received during the show although not a lot of time to read it this week. Audio
Brian Van Reet: Spoils of war
A new novel, Spoils, sets out to show what the Iraq war was really like through the eyes of Cassandra Wigheard, a young tank gunner and Abu Al Hool, an Egyptian jihadi. Brian Van Reet's debut shows… Audio
Saving our audiovisual treasures
Nga Taonga Sound and Vision preservation manager Louise McCrone and acting chief executive Sarah Davy talk about the work they do to collect, share and care for New Zealand's audiovisual treasures -… Audio
Cars vs bicycles - who's at fault?
A recent study by the Australian Automobile Association found that most accidents involving a car and a bicycle were caused by motorists not cyclists. Soufiane Boufous, a researcher at the University… Audio
No Ordinary Sheila: the life of Sheila Natusch
Sheila Natusch is one of our most talented yet unsung historians, natural science writers and illustrators. A film about her life, No Ordinary Sheila, is produced by Christine Dann, a writer… Video, Audio
