Diplomacy
How Widodo went under the radar
While a former US President’s visit preoccupied our media this week, the state visit of the current president of Indonesia - the world’s fourth most populous nation - went mostly under the radar… Video, Audio
Jonathan Sinclair - Exit interview
Jonathan Sinclair has been the British High Commissioner to New Zealand since August 2014, and leaves the role this week; he'll eventually return to London. He joined the UK Foreign Office in 1996… Audio
Jane Patterson: Jacinda Ardern and Malcolm Turnbull to meet
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern was winging her way to Australia on Sunday morning, where she was to meet with Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull. RNZ's political editor Jane Patterson previews… Audio
EU ambassador reflects on four plus years in the Pacific
The European Union's Pacific Ambassador for the past four and a half years, Andrew Jacobs, is finishing up and returning to Brussels. Audio
Gerald McGhie - What do diplomats do?
Dunedin-born Gerald McGhie served for 40 years as a diplomat for New Zealand, including two postings in Moscow - during Brezhnev and the Cold War years, and later during the fall of Gorbachev, the… Audio
Faulty switch blamed for PM's plane delay
The Prime Minister has received a state welcome in India after a faulty cockpit switch caused two failed take-offs that delayed his delegation.
Trans-Tasman Foreign Ministers to meet
Australia's Foreign Minister is in New Zealand for discussions with her New Zealand counterpart.
Wayne Brittenden's Counterpoint
Wayne ponders what's happened to diplomacy and the role of the UN. Jesse follows up with Dr Sarah von Billerberg in the UK and Otago University Professor of Peace Studies Richard Jackson. Audio
Playing Favourites with Claire Murdoch
Publisher and Multimedia Manager at Te Papa whose biography by Jill Trevelyan, Peter McLeavey: The Life and Times of a New Zealand Art Dealer, won best overall book at the 2014 New Zealand Post Book… Audio
Gastrodiplomacy
How countries are using their cooking to promote their interests on the world stage. Johanna Mendelson Forman's set up a course in culinary diplomacy at American University in Washington DC. Audio