Sunday Morning for Sunday 31 July 2016
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John Cocks and Dave Bamford - Mountain Men
7:10 AM.The New Zealand Alpine Club is worried that a dramatic growth in the number of tourists is putting pressure on our mountain environment. From dealing with human waste to limiting helicopter flights… Read more Audio
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The Week In Parliament for 31 July 2016
7:30 AM.The Speaker, David Carter, talks about Question Time, the difference between answering and addressing questions, the upcoming review of Standing Orders, settling into the job, his daily routine and… Read more Audio
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Insight: The Horror of NZ's Suicide Rates
8:12 AM.New Zealand's suicide rates remain stubbornly high. Philippa Tolley explores what else can be done to turn them around. Read more Video, Audio
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What we're reading
8:40 AM.New Zealanders are voracious readers. Whitcoulls Head of Books, Joan MacKenzie, joins Wallace to talk about our reading habits - what our children are reading; why we still prefer international… Read more Audio
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David Howman - Standing Tall for Clean Athletes
9:40 AM.Counting down to the Rio Olympic Games, Wallace talks to David Howman, the New Zealander who recently stepped down from his role as Director General of WADA - the World Anti-Doping Agency. He says he… Read more Audio
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Craig Sisterson - Kiwi Crime Novels
10:07 AM.The shortlist for this year's Ngaio Marsh Award for Best Crime Novel was announced this week. Award founder and convener of the judging panel Craig Sisterson takes a look at the finalists and reflects… Read more Audio
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Drew Philp - Walking to the Republican National Convention
10:30 AM.Earlier this month journalist Mike Carter told us about walking from Liverpool to London and being struck by a deep well of discontentment fuelling the Brexit vote. Journalist Drew Philp has made a… Read more Audio
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Zana Fraillon - Growing up in Detention
11:10 AM.Author Zana Fraillon discusses her young adult novel, The Bone Sparrow, about a boy born to a refugee in a an Australian permanent detention centre and who, by the age of 10, has never been beyond the… Read more Audio
Mount Cook in snow. Photo: Unwin Lodge, Mt Cook
7:08 John Cocks and Dave Bamford - Mountain Men
Mountain environments around the world are under pressure from dramatic growth in tourism. NZ Alpine Club past president John Cocks, and Dave Bamford, who runs a sustainable tourism consultancy business, discuss the issues - from dealing with human waste, to track erosion and scenic flights. They are organising the international Sustainable Summits Conference on next week at Aoraki Mt Cook National Park.
John Cocks (left) and Dave Bamford Photo: Supplied
7:30 News headlines
7:32 The Week in Parliament
7:47 Brent Budowsky - The Race is On
Brent Budowsky is based in Washington DC and is a columnist for The Hill. He reviews the Republican and Democratic conventions and looks ahead to what's next in the battle for the US presidency now the candidates have been formally nominated.
8:12 Insight : The Horror of NZ's Suicide Rate
Isolation is often a risk factor in suicide Photo: RNZ / Rebekah Parsons-King
The most recent statistics show one New Zealander took their own life every 17 hours. Suicide in 2013 was the third highest cause of premature death. But such rates have been know about for years. As current official Health Ministry strategies come to an end, Philippa Tolley asks what else is being planned?
- Lifeline: 0800 543 354 (available 24/7)
- Suicide Crisis Helpline: 0508 828 865 (0508 TAUTOKO) (available 24/7)
8:40 Joan MacKenzie - What We're Reading
New Zealanders are voracious readers. Whitcoulls Head of Books, Joan MacKenzie, joins Wallace to talk about our reading habits - what our children are reading; why we still prefer international authors to homegrown ones; and why crime novels are still so incredibly popular.
9:06 Mediawatch
False claims can spread faster than the truth in the online age. How can the media fight back with the facts? Also: RNZ's feature programmes scaled back as on-demand listening is ramped up, and TV drama choices confounding the critics.
Produced and presented by Colin Peacock and Jeremy Rose.
9:40 David Howman - Standing Tall for Clean Athletes
David Howman Photo: Supplied
Counting down to the Rio Olympic Games, Wallace talks to David Howman, the New Zealander who recently stepped down from his role as Director General of WADA - the World Anti-Doping Agency. He says he was "gobsmacked" by the Russian state-sanctioned doping programme, but fears it's not the only country encouraging wide-scale cheating.
10:06 Craig Sisterson - Kiwi Crime Novels
Photo: Supplied
The shortlist for this year's Ngaio Marsh Award for Best Crime Novel was announced this week. Award founder and convener of the judging panel Craig Sisterson takes a look at the finalists and reflects on what makes Kiwi crime novels different.
10:30 Drew Philp - Walking to the Republican National Convention
Drew Philp Photo: supplied
Earlier this month journalist Mike Carter told us about walking from Liverpool to London and being struck by a deep well of discontentment fuelling the Brexit vote. Journalist Drew Philp has made a similar journey - from Detroit to Cleveland - and found a similar sense of anger, fear and distrust of the political elites along the way.
11:05 Zana Fraillon - Growing up in Detention
Zana Fraillon Photo: Supplied
Author Zana Fraillon discusses her young adult novel, The Bone Sparrow, about a boy born to a refugee in a an Australian permanent detention centre and who, by the age of 10, has never been beyond the centre's locked gates.
11:25 A Wrinkle in Time - A Series Looking at Ageing
In part two of Noelle McCarthy's series on ageing, Noelle visits the Dunedin Study to find out about the results of its groundbreaking ageing study and how it's changing the game for healthy ageing research.
