Wallace Chapman

Novelist and poet Ben Okri had his first novel, Flowers and Shadows, published when he was 21, and has devoted much of his work to describing the social and political chaos in Nigeria, where he was… Audio

Two Nepalese staff working for Wanaka based mountain guiding company Adventure Consultants have been killed following the earthquake in Nepal. Audio

Xinran on her latest book 'Buy Me The Sky', about the impact of China's one-child policy on those born after 1970. She is coming to New Zealand for next month's Auckland Writers Festival. Audio

Boston University's Chris Walsh has been examining the relationship and balance between courage and cowardice, and how this has been represented in Western literature since the time of Socrates. Audio

Andrew Dean was born during the time of National Party finance minister Ruth Richardson's 'mother of all budgets' an experience he's written about in his book 'Ruth, Roger and Me - Debts and… Audio

Laughter the best medicine, but what about fake laughter? UCLA's Communication Studies' Associate Professor Greg Bryant talks about the evolution of the laugh, and how to tell the genuine article from… Audio

In true Anzac spirit a New Zealander is in Gallipoli covering events for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Ollie Wards talks about the wrap up of commemorations from the Dardanelles. Audio

Kunda Dixit, editor of The Nepali Times, speaks to Sunday Morning from the devastated Nepalese capital Kathmandu. Audio

Ned Olney is the country director for Save the Children's Philippine office. He speaks to Wallace about the devastating impact of extreme weather events, and why we need to help Pacific nations adapt… Audio

He is a jazz icon - Herbie Hancock. A 14 time award Grammy winner, Herbie Hancock has made 32 albums since 1978 and he's coming to NZ with another jazz trailblazer Chick Corea. Audio

The last few weeks have seen revelation after revelation about the GCSB gathering intelligence on officials in friendly countries.The Government has been prepared to say very little about the… Audio

One academic once said that there were only two superpowers left in the world. The United States and Public Opinion. In the wake of the recent spying allegations just what do the general public think… Audio

Erin Smith is an artist and researcher whose work focuses on the issue of waste and the future of fabrication. She makes wedding dresses that are grown, not made, and then easily composted when… Audio

The last 30 years has seen huge transformation to China. Millions are lifted out of poverty, with huge investment in infrastructure. But also millions of children are deeply affected by internal… Audio

After six weeks - it all comes down to this - the Black Caps take on Australia for the Cricket World Cup final at the MGC, starting at 4.30 NZ time today. Ian O'Brien with his thoughts. Audio

Winston Peters has won the Northland by-election with a resounding vistory, celebrating at the Duke of Marlborough Hotel in Russell. Audio

Irish comedian Ed Byrne is back in the country as part of the New Zealand International Comedy Festival 2015 with his new show Roaring Forties. Audio

Writer and illustrator Dav Pilkey has scored a huge worldwide hit with the childrens series Captain Underpants - ratcheting up sales of more than 70 million. Dav Pilkey is coming to NZ as part of the… Audio

Professor Beau Kilmer is a senior policy researcher at the RAND Corporation and co directs the RAND Drug Policy research center. He co-authored a book out on Oxford University Press on marijuana… Audio