Sunday Morning for Sunday 25 May 2008
Sunday for 25 May 2008
8:12 Insight Youth Resilience
Insight looks at youth resilience and asks what allows some young people, brought up in violent homes, to break the cycle of abuse.
Produced by Cherie McQuilkin
8:40 Feature interview: NZ Space Industry
Rocket-maker Peter Beck talks to Chris Laidlaw about developing a space industry in New Zealand.
Produced by Christine Cessford
9:05 Mediawatch
Mediawatch looks at a challenge to the rules allowing the media to take pictures of people in court. Is it a form of pillory, as one judge has ruled, or is it crucial to justice "being seen to be done"? Also we look at the Sunday papers' appetite for news about TV personalities - and this week's so-called gaffe by trade minister Phil Goff. Was it a genuine political story - or a breathless media beat up?
Produced and presented by Colin Peacock.
9:30 Feature interview: Molesworth Station
Chris Laidlaw visits Molesworth Station, New Zealand's biggest farm, that's being hailed as a 21st century model for the high country.
Produced by Christine Cessford
9:55 Notes from the South
Dougal Stevenson in Dunedin, with an anecdotal viewpoint.
Produced by Christine Cessford
10:06 The Sunday Group: Auckland Governance.
Chris Laidlaw chairs a panel that includes: Auckland City mayor Christine Fletcher; Unite union National Secretary and political commentator, Matt McCarten; the former mayor of North Shore George Wood; and the chief executive of the Northern Employers and Manufacturers Association, Alasdair Thompson.
Produced by Christine Cessford
10:30 Hidden Treasures
Each week Trevor Reekie takes you on a trip that seeks out musical gems from niche markets around the globe, the latest re-releases and interesting sounds from the shallow end of the bit stream. This week Trevor revisits a local singer/songwriter who has just won the first place in an international songwriting competition, and we hear a quick preview from Martin Scorcese's rockumentary on the Rolling Stones, which opens this week.
Produced by Trevor Reekie
10:45 Feedback.
What the listeners have to say.
11:05 Ideas The Musical Brain
If your child has a short attention span and isn't doing so well at school, the solution might be simple; make them learn a musical instrument:
Presented by Chris Laidlaw
Produced by Justin Gregory