Wallace Chapman
One Quick Question for 21 October 2016
We find the answers to any queries you can think up. Audio
Fiona Hatton - Sweet Louise Foundation 10 yr anniversary
The Sweet Louise Foundation was set up by Scott Perkins to help those who have incurable breast cancer after his wife, Louise, died from advanced breast cancer. The organisation is designed to help… Audio
Art crime in Aotearoa
Wallace Chapman discusses our rich history of art fraud with Penelope Jackson, author of Art Thieves, Fakers and Fraudsters: The New Zealand story. Audio
Tension in Thames over abortion stand-off
A stand-off has been going on between pro-life and pro-choice protestors in the Coromandel town of Thames. Audio
Flying high for Jean
On 16 October 1936 New Zealand aviator Jean Batten made history by becoming the first person to fly solo from England to New Zealand.
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The New Torchlight List - New Zealand and Australia
For the book, The New Torchlight List - In Search of the Best Modern Authors, Otago University Emeritus Professor of Politics Jim Flynn read and rated 400 books, mostly by modern novelists. In this… Audio
Ramona Tiatia - A youthful vision of Porirua
The median age in Porirua is 32.6 - the youngest of any New Zealand city - and 26 percent of the population is under 15. The Otago School of Medicine has created an app to help find out how the young… Audio
The obesity fight
Initiatives to target obesity are not working because we are fat shaming people and not addressing the causes. Two social science researchers at Auckland university, Dr Darren Powell and George… Audio
The New Torchlight List: New Zealand & Australia
Jim Flynn and Wallace Chapman discuss Australasian literature.
Wallace takes on Jim over Eleanor Catton's The Luminaries - too long, says Jim. Not so, says Wallace. Jim says Catton can write but she… Audio
The New Torchlight List: Europe
Jim Flynn tells Wallace Chapman that Italian Umberto Eco's best work is The Name of the Rose but this comes with a warning as Eco "loves to demonstrate his learning. The plot is interrupted by long… Audio
Insight: A Local Government Election Special
Insight's presenter Philippa Tolley and Sunday's Wallace Chapman bring you a one hour local body election special - The winners, the losers and the big issues from around the country. Audio
Campaign: Auckland (Part 5)
Campaign: Auckland 2016 is a weekly series in which Todd Niall takes you behind the scenes of the Auckland mayoral race. In episode five, it's the last night of the mayoral proms - their final public… Audio
Studs Terkel: listener and humanitarian
The late Studs Terkel has been described as the 20th century's greatest listener. In a career spanning seven decades Studs, he showed an uncanny ability to elicit fascinating stories from a who's-who… Audio
Ric Salizzo - the truth project
Ric Salizzo joins Wallace to talk about his new book and television show which seeks to find out how many prominent New Zealanders came to be successful - in all sorts of different fields. Audio
Paul Spoonley - Rebooting the Regions
Professor Paul Spoonley joins Wallace to discuss his latest book, Rebooting the Regions, which seeks to address the challenges that our regions face. Audio
Murray Burns: keyboardist from Mi-Sex
Back in the late '70s Mi-Sex were top of the charts with their new wave sound. And all these years later - Mi Sex are back on the road - founding member Murray Burns joins Wallace to talk about the… Audio
Simon Wilkinson - Beyond the Bright Black Edge of Nowhere
British transmedia artist Simon Wilkinson talks to wallace about his theatre performance 'Beyond the Bright Black Edge of Nowhere' ahead of the Dunedin Arts Festival. The show is based on the story of… Audio
Local Body Elections - Northland
Each week we visit a region in New Zealand to find out what the big issues are in the upcoming local body elections. This week we speak to The Northern Advocate's Craig Cooper Audio
Steven Gentry - The Kermadecs
The Kermadec Islands and the waters around them have been at the centre of a political storm these past few weeks with a proposed marine sanctuary put on hold by the National government after its… Audio
Alistair Woodward - The Lessons from Havelock North
The recent campylobacter outbreak in Havelock North has shown just how vulnerable New Zealand is to waterborne diseases. An independent inquiry is now investigating the causes of the outbreak and no… Audio