Wayne Brittenden

In the pursuit of culinary sophistication and epicurean identity, have New Zealand restaurants strayed too far from their humble and unpretentious origins? Food and wine writer Keith Stewart discusses… Audio

Wayne takes a critical look at the prevailing global economic orthodoxy of neo-liberalism. Audio

This Tuesday and Friday mark the 68th anniversary of the atomic bomb attacks on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Wayne explores some of the enduring myths surrounding these tragic events, and Chris follows up… Audio

Last Tuesday's revelation that the crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant is leaking contaminated water into the ocean and that the Japanese government has known about the spillage, confirms the fears… Audio

With a number of commercial interests receiving gold mining exploration or prospecting permits on Coromandel's Schedule 4 land where gold mining's prohibited, Wayne looks at the industry at home and… Audio

Wayne Brittenden takes an historic gaze back through some of his inherited cookbooks and finds it's not just the recipes that are reminiscent of another time. Dr Peter Lineham from Massey University's… Audio

Edward Snowden's latest revelations concerning US surveillance of EU countries have resulted in expressions of outrage from a number of governments, although no grateful offer of asylum for the now… Audio

As the world reflects on the ailling Nelson Mandela's achievements, Wayne looks at the present state of the ruling ANC, hurt by persistent allegations of cronyism and corruption. Chris also talks to… Audio

Edward Snowden's latest revelations were a huge embarrassment for the UK Government. Foreign politicians and diplomats attending two G20 Summit meetings in London in 2009 had their phone calls… Audio

Reports that a US secret court ordered the Verizon phone company to hand over to the National Security Agency millions of phone records, and subsequent revelations that the agency taps directly into… Audio

This week Wayne looks at some of the issues that have sparked off the unrest in Turkey, and Chris follows up with Amnesty International's researcher on Turkey, Andrew Gardner. Audio

Recently a French consumer magazine tested 47 popular brands of bottled water and found that 10 of them contained residues from drugs or pesticides. This raises questions about supposedly healthier… Audio

Today, 130 years ago the word 'eugenics' was coined by Charles Darwin's half cousin, explorer and anthropologist Francis Galton. Eugenics was seen as a valid science by many, even after the Nazis took… Audio

On Counterpoint this week more on the ideological boundaries between mainstream political parties. Audio

The film industry celebrates a number of centenaries this year. The name 'Hollywood' was formally adopted a hundred years ago. The Danish film 'Atlantis' was one of the first-ever feature movies… Audio

After the fallout from the recent visit Danish politician Marie Krarup, Wayne looks at the blurring of lines between the traditional left and right sides of the political spectrum. Jesper Hansen, a… Audio

North Korea's Day of the Sun, marked the anniversary of the state's founder Kim Il Sung. As tensions are racheted up on the Korean Peninsula, Wayne discusses the security concerns and some… Audio

Today, artery-clogging trans-fats are known killers and make a massive contribution to heart disease, yet in New Zealand we often have no way of knowing which products contain them. Wayne looks at the… Audio

The latest census is expected to show a further drop in attendance at mainstream church services. While the evangelical denominations generally fare much better, most of the traditional churches are… Audio

Audio from a court-martial pre-trial hearing of Private Bradley Manning was leaked last Tuesday, and posted on the internet. Manning was heard explaining why he sent hundreds of thousands of… Audio