Sunday Morning for Sunday 15 November 2015
A Morning Report Special on the terror attack in Paris replaced the first hour of the Sunday programme. The first three items were originally scheduled to play in that hour and the time with each audio track reflect the intended broadcast time.
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The Week in Parliament for Sunday 15 November 2015
7:10 AM.Complaint about Labour Leader Andrew Little and Chief Whip Chris Hipkins alleging political bias by the Speaker sent to Privileges Committee; Opposition fails to convince Speaker David Carter to force… Read more Audio
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Is this Myanmar's Nelson Mandela moment?
7:23 AM.Igor Blazevic of the Centre for Democracy and Culture in the Czech Republic, on the landslide victory of Aung San Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy in Myanmar. (Web-only) Audio
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Chris Carter, Senior UN Advisor for Rakhine State in Myanmar
7:30 AM.Chris Carter is Senior UN Advisor for Rakhine State - his job is to lead all UN Agencies operating in Rakhine state, the most troubled region of Myanmar, which contains 90 per cent of the oppressed… Read more Audio
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Is a global deal on climate change finally within reach?
8:12 AM.Chris Bramwell explores the upcoming Climate Change talks in Paris and the attempt to achieve a binding and universal agreement Read more Video, Audio
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Dr Ian Griffin - Director of Otago Museum
8:40 AM.Dr Ian Griffin says museums are about much more than viewing our treasures - they are places of science and research which inspire curiosity about the world. Audio
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Tennis correspondent Dave Luddy on ATP World Tour Finals
8:55 AM.Novak Djokovic, Andy Murray and Roger Federer spearhead the world's top eight tennis players in the men's game at the 8-day ATP World Tour Finals in London starting in just over 16 hours time. Audio
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Director Peter Young on his new film 'The Art of Recovery'
9:43 AM.The Art of Recovery tells the story of artists and entrepeneurs who have brought the creative spirit back into central Christchurch in the years after the devastating earthquakes there. Audio
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Peter Garrett
10:06 AM.Peter Garrett just released a memoir called Big Blue Sky - which details his years on stage with Midnight Oil and in the corridors of power. Audio
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Kate Bolick on her book 'Spinster'
10:38 AM.Journalist and author Kate Bolick invites us to examine an unprecedented demographic - the millions of modern women who decide to remain unmarried. Audio
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SIDS researcher wins medal - and the work goes on
11:07 AM.Professor Ed Mitchell lead ground-breaking research almost 30 years ago which found that laying babies on their tummies was a major risk factor for cot death - now known as sudden infant death… Read more Audio
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Architect David Irwin
11:17 AM.David Irwin is part of the Isthmus Group - formed in 1988, then fresh out of landscape architecture school. The group was armed with a common interest in doing landscape architecture differently -… Read more Audio
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Author Geraldine Brooks
11:35 AM.Geraldine Brooks retells the story of King David - his extraordinary rise to power and his fall from grace, all seen through the eyes of his seer Natan. Audio
Southern Sky Aurora 8:40am Photo: Ian Griffin
Current affairs
Human rights campaigner Igor Blaževič and former Labour MP Chris Carter, who's now the UN's man in Rakhine State, reflect on this week's election in Myanmar; The Week in Parliament - Plus: Cure Kids Professor of Child Health Research Ed Mitchell who this week was awarded the Health Research Council's Beaven Medal for his ground-breaking, life-saving work into sudden infant death syndrome (or SIDS). Professor Mitchell's latest project is looking into bed sharing with babies and how, and if, it can be done safely.
Professor Ed Mitchell Photo: Supplied
8:12 Insight - Climate Summit - Talkfest or Opportunity?
Chris Bramwell previews the Paris Climate Change conference beginning at the end of November. After so much talking what is the current state of play and what hopes are there for the huge gathering in France?
Produced by Philippa Tolley.
Ian Griffin Photo: Supplied
8:40 Ian Griffin - Popular Science
Dr Ian Griffin believes museums are much more than a place to keep our treasures - museum staff around the country are researching New Zealand's natural history, science and culture and inspiring visitors to take an interest in the world around them. Ian Griffin is the Director of Otago Museum which is investing $3.5 million on ways to engage the public with science - including building the world's southernmost planetarium. Ian Griffin this week won the $100,000 Prime Minister's Science Media Communication Prize. He's also a keen astronomer and is involved in a project providing early warnings of aurora displays.
8.52 Dave Luddy - Tennis
The world's top eight tennis players in the men's game are in London for today's start of the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals at the O2 Arena. Our tennis correspondent Dave Luddy is there.
9:06 Mediawatch
Was a 24-hour broadcast on the flag debate this week a sign of things to come from media-for-hire? Also: How the media dined out on a cooking show contestant's “sexy secret”; more initial concern about RNZ's new name; and when will the new Checkpoint check in?
Produced and presented by Colin Peacock and Jeremy Rose.
9:40 Peter Young - The Art of Recovery
Director Peter Young joins Wallace to talk about his latest movie -The Art of Recovery - a celebration of the creative spirits that have brought life and community back into the heart of Christchurch after the devastating earthquakes.
Peter Garrett Photo: Supplied
10:06 Peter Garrett - From Pub Rock to Politics
From rock star to minister of the Crown - there's nothing ordinary about the life of Peter Garrett. New Zealanders will know him best as the lead singer of iconic Australian band, Midnight Oil. Peter Garrett is with Wallace to talk about his just released autobiography - Big Blue Sky - which details his journey from rock star activism to being a minister in the Australian Labour Government.
10:39 Kate Bolick - Self-Proclaimed Spinster
Kate Bolick Photo: Supplied
Spinster. It's a word that has some rather unattractive connotations, but American writer, Kate Bolick is reclaiming the word with her best-selling book - Spinster: Making a Life of One's Own.
The book weaves together parts of her personal life, but also looks at an astonishing cast of pioneering women from the last century - all of them so-called spinsters. Kate joins Wallace to talk about the book and whether or not it's possible to not settle down and still have it all.
David Irwin Photo: Supplied
11:05 David Irwin - New Zealand Design: From City to Coast
Just what goes into designing a city? David Irwin of Isthmus - a multi-disciplinary design studio - knows very well. Isthmus has been instrumental in planning and designing public projects as diverse as the extension of Wellington's Oriental Bay, Hobsonville Point in Auckland and in helping to save the West Coast's Mohikinui River from being dammed.
David Irwin is one of the founding directors of Isthmus and he joins Wallace to talk about the unique nature of New Zealand's architecture and urban design.
11:35 Geraldine Brooks - King David
Geraldine Brooks' latest book, The Secret Chord is a big, historical page-turner - the story of King David's rise to power and fall from grace. Geraldine Brooks is an author and journalist who grew up in Sydney. She has worked for the Wall Street Journal, and in 2006 she won the Pulitzer Prize for fiction for her novel March. She is touring New Zealand this month.
Geraldine Brooks Photo: Randi Baird
Music played in this show
Artist: Prince and the Revolution
Song: Paisley Park
Composer: Prince
Album: Around the World in a Day
Label: Warner
Broadcast Time: 9:40
Artist: Midnight Oil
Song: Beds are Burning
Composer: Garrett, Hirst, Moginie
Album: Diesel and Dust
Label: Columbia
Broadcast Time: 10:35
Artist: Portishead
Song: Sour Times
Composer: Geoff Barrow, Beth Gibbons, Adrian Utley
Album: Dummy
Label: Go! Discs
Broadcast Time: 10:55
