Sunday Morning

8:10 UK correspondent Alice Wilkins 

We catch up with the latest news from the UK with Sunday Morning correspondent Alice Watkins. 

8:30 The Sunday Morning Quiz with Jack Waley-Cohen   

Our quiz master Jack Waley-Cohen is back for another Sunday Morning quiz.   

Jack is the mind behind the questions on BBC quiz show ‘Only Connect’ which is known for being both difficult to crack and totally obvious.     

It’s Sunday morning, so wake up your brain and have a go!       

8:35 Can technology prevent shark attacks?  

Lights illuminating surfboards and wetsuits could help deter sharks from attacking people in the ocean, experiments show. 

Riley Elliott – or the Shark Man – is a New Zealand-based shark researcher, explorer and communicator tells Sunday Morning whether he thinks it’ll work.  

8:45 Ali Hill: The Nutrition Edition 

We find out whether baking soda is an effective performance enhancer with Dr Ali Hill from Otago University's Department of Human Nutrition. 

9:10 Mediawatch 

Mediawatch looks at how an award-winning journalist dedicated to reporting on abuse in state care was briefly banned from the official apology this week. Also: plans to close yet more of our local newspapers in the North Island. 

9:35 Frances Cook: What links crypto currency and chilli flakes?  

Financial journalist and podcaster Frances Cook on whether it’s worth adding digital currencies to our investment portfolios.  

10:10 Local and global: a decade as a newspaper columnist 

Tommy Kapai Wilson spent a decade as a columnist at The Bay of Plenty Times where he observed local events and wider societal changes.  

Now a richly illustrated collection of his writing, Paperboy Writer, is getting a small release. Tommy joins Jim to talk about his career and the collection.  

10:30 How dominant is right-wing online culture?  

Podcasters and Youtubers with millions of followers, situated outside of the mainstream, are dominating over traditionally liberal and arts media, said The Times columnist James Marriot in a recent article. 

He said the left’s cultural hegemony is not as total as many believed. Jim and James discuss.  

11:10 Rugby Chat with Jamie Wall

The third big rugby game for the All Blacks in Europe was France this morning. Sports journalist and author Jamie Wall was live blogging it for RNZ. He joins Jim to discuss the outcome.

11:30 Watchmen and V for Vendetta author Alan Moore returns 

Watchmen and V for Vendetta are best-known works by New York Times bestselling author Alan Moore.  

In his latest book, The Great When, history, myth and murder collide on the streets of post-WWII London.  Alan talks to Jim about the storytelling process.