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Sunday Morning for Sunday 11 October 2009

  • Professor Gregory Claeys

    8:40 AM.Talks about the global financial crisis and what this means for the modern theory of the state. Audio

  • Mediawatch for 11 October 2009

    9:05 AM.Authentic voices reporting from Samoa, the future of free-to-air sport on television and Maori TV's bid for the World Cup gets political and satirical. Audio

  • Ray Columbus

    9:45 AM.Ray and the Invaders have just been inducted into the Music Hall of Fame. Audio

  • Stephen Harris

    10:05 AM.Tells the story of his great-uncle's experiences as an airman during the Second World War. Audio

  • Ideas for 11 October 2009 Tonga in Focus: The Economy

    11:05 AM.In the final of this three part series focusing on Tonga, Ideas asks whether the transition to a truly democratic system has implications for the economic future of the country. Audio

8:12 Insight: Media Mayhem

Insight looks at the impact the recession is having on the media. Shrinking advertising coupled with continuing technological changes are demanding new business models, and are forcing Internet publishers to consider charging for content. Can this succeed or is the end of traditional media and journalism in sight?
Written and presented by the BBC's Peter Day.
Produced by Sue Ingram

8:40 Feature interview: Modern States

Professor Gregory Claeys (pictured below) discusses capitalism and how our politicians need to step up, to deal with financial meltdowns.
Gregory Claeys is Professor of History of Political Thought at Royal Holloway University of London and was in New Zealand recently to deliver the University of Auckland's annual Chapman Lecture.

Gregory Claeys

9:06Mediawatch

In Mediawatch this week: TVNZ says it can't afford to screen the Commonwealth Games, but Maori TV's secured public money to show the Rugby World Cup. Meanwhile, the Broadcasting Minister has said we should no longer expect full coverage of top sports events on TV for free. So which sports event should we expect on TV for free in the future? Mediawatch also looks at a media squabble on the sidelines of Maori TV's World Cup bid - and asks if efforts to foster diversity in our newsrooms are finally paying off in the coverage of Samoa's tsunami.
Produced and presented by Colin Peacock and Jeremy Rose.

9:45 Sunday Outlook: To be confirmed.

10:06 Sunday People: Stephen Harris - Both Sides of the Battle

Author Stephen Harris has uncovered the story of his great-uncle's experiences as an airman during the Second World War. But in his book, 'Under a Bomber's Moon' Stephen explores both sides of the war. His great-uncle, Colwyn Jones, was killed in 1944 but German pilot Otto Heinrich Fries survived and now, nearing the end of his life, talks about what it was like to fly in the Luftwaffe, the legacy of Germany's defeat, and how Germans today regard those who fought.
'Under a Bomber's Moon' is published by Exisle Publishing.

Under a Bombers Moon

10:45 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 digs out the H-bomb of rhythm and blues; as well as a sublime female collaboration from the new 'Seven World's Collide' album that's been curated and co-ordinated, initiated and inspired, by Neil Finn.
Produced by Trevor Reekie

11.05 Ideas: Tonga's Economic Development

In the final of our three-part series on Tonga we look at the economy and ask whether the transition to a truly democratic system has implications for the economic future of the country.
Presented by Chris Laidlaw
Produced by Jeremy Rose

11.55 Feedback

What you, the listeners, say on the ideas and issues that have appeared in the programme.