Sunday Morning for Sunday 30 October 2022

8:10 Joe Porter: Weekend sports update

Between T20 cricket, the All Blacks playing Japan, the Rugby World Cup quarter-final game against Wales and the Rugby League World Cup there’s lots to talk about with RNZ Sports journalist Joe Porter.

8:20 Dr. Richard Webby: The latest research on long COVID

As long COVID touches our lives more and more, the scientific community are rushing to catch up – hindered in no small way by the wide-range of symptoms and severity. Some research is however beginning to join up some of the dots.

New Zealand's Dr Richard Webby is a prominent infectious diseases researcher at St Jude Children's Research Hospital in Memphis, Tennessee.

8:30 Calling Home: Rebecca Wardell in Lausanne, Switzerland

On Calling Home, we head to the city of Lausanne on Lake Geneva, it's been voted the best small city in the world, in the French-speaking area of Switzerland known as Vaud.

It’s home to athlete and former Olympian, Rebecca Wardell. She now works at the International Olympic Committee headquarters.

Lausanne also boasts the Olympic Museum and the Olympic Park on the lake shore. Away from the lake, the city rises in terraces, with plenty of shopping in mediaeval precincts, and there's an impressive 12th century cathedral in the gothic style.

9:06 Mediawatch

Mediawatch asks who is investigating white-collar crime in New Zealand - and why it doesn’t get the media attention of other crimes that cost the country far less in financial terms. 

Also: speculation about the PM stepping down excited the media this week, even though there were no reliable sources - and rows about rugby on TV. 

9:40 Ryan Fox: What I’m Listening To

According to the UK’s Golf News magazine 500,000 New Zealanders play golf or at least belonging to a club and there are nearly 400 golf courses across the country.

Sometimes our players are world beaters too, like Bob Charles and Michael Campbell, and right now Lydia Ko and of course, Ryan Fox, the son of All Blacks great Grant Fox.

His famous dad and his Mum Adele were in the crowd for his big win earlier this month in the Alfred Dunhill championship at St. Andrews.

This year has seen Ryan’s ascent into the top ranks of world golf, and there are still tournaments to go for him.

10:06 Craig David: Marking 22 years of Brit R&B

At 19, Craig David’s debut single “Fill Me In” shot him to the top of the charts making him one of the biggest singers of the early 2000s, with a string of R&B and soul hits.

 

He’s back with a brand new album, “22” to celebrate his 22 years making music and for him it’s a return to  a more innocent creative space, when he was just a teenager writing songs while looking out his bedroom window in Southampton, UK.

He remains at the helm of his own unique, authentically British sound - a sound that has made waves across the globe, making him the voice of one of the most pivotal eras in UK music, and in turn, making him one of the most successful artists in UK chart history.

He also celebrates the publication of his first book, What's Your Vibe?. 

10:25 Annie Rauwerda: Wikipedia and the mysterious deaths of oligarchs

On her @depthsofwikipedia blog, Annie Rauwerda compiles some of Wikipedia’s more bizarre pages.

One such page, started by an anonymous Wikipedia editor with the username “cgbuff” chronicles the increasing number of Russian oligarchs linked to large energy companies that keep dying in weird ways.

10:45 Dr Ali Hill: The nutrition edition 

Dr Ali Hill from the Human Nutrition department of Otago University is back once again. On her nutrition agenda this Sunday morning, the role of Vitamin C with Covid, staying hydrated, salt cravings and the perfect food.

11:06 John McHugh: 50 Years of Borland Lodge

This weekend Borland Lodge celebrates its 50th year. In the late 1960s, the campsite was known as Pig Creek Hostel and was a temporary home for Manapouri power scheme workers.

Once the project was complete, in 1972, it was handed over to the Southland Youth Adventure Trust in 1972, which later changed its name to the Borland Lodge Adventure and Education Trust.

John McHugh was one of the power scheme labourers and has been on the board of the trust for over 30 years.

11:20 Dr Grainne Cleary: Why do Birds Do That?

Ahead of Monday’s Bird of the Year announcement, we take a look at why birds do what they do. Not just the grand, beloved birds that win awards, but the more humdrum ones we see outside our homes every day.

Dr Grainne Cleary hails from Dublin but now, works in Australia as a wildlife ecologist and Research Fellow at Deakin University. She's the author of the book “Why Do Birds Do That?”

11:40 Emanuel Kalafatelis: Why aren’t we voting locally?

With just one-third (35%) of respondents voting in the recent local body elections, and a draft report of the Review into the future for Local Government due to be released on October 28, 2022, Research New Zealand asked New Zealanders if they voted or not, and what they thought the main reasons were for not voting.

Research New Zealand’s Emanuel Kalafatelis joins us.