Sunday Morning for Sunday 7 May 2023

8:10 Rebecca English: The Coronation of King Charles and Queen Camilla 

As the longest-serving heir to the throne in British history is crowned at Westminster Abbey.  We catch up with the Daily Mail’s Royal Correspondent, Rebecca English to reflect on the day’s events. 

8:15 Christian Smith: In the crowds at the coronation 

New Zealand journalist Christian Smith joined the crowds in London’s Hyde Park to watch the coronation. 

8:25 Cindy McCreery: A new monarch in a changing world 

Long live the King, as the saying goes, but how long will that be? We aren’t referring to Charles' health, but his role.  

 It has been predicted by some in the UK that the monarchy could be on its last legs by 2030 - but our own Prime Minister - a self-described republican - says it is not something he will be actively pursuing.  

 Dr Cindy McCreery is an historian from the University of Sydney who has a special interest the Modern monarchy and colonialism.  

8:45 Vanda Pera: live from the Crown Inn 

Last year on Calling Home we talked to former Christchurch woman Vanda Pera, who runs a pub in Surrey, quite a famous pub locally, known as the Crown Inn.  

Vanda found a run-down hotel and turned it into a bustling establishment that’s become the heart of the local community. She was given an award for being one of the UK’s publicans who’re helping to support their local communities and combat loneliness. 

Vanda joined us the day before the funeral of the Queen. Now she joins on the evening of the coronation in the UK. 

9:10 Mediawatch 

On Mediawatch this week: the Coronation of King Charles was a once-in-a generation spectacle attracting a worldwide audience and interest. How did our media handle that - and questions about this country's future?  

Also, coverage of the unexpected defection of government minister Meka Whaitiri - and the constitutional consequences. 

9:45 Calling Home: Rhys Dunne in Edinburgh, Scotland 

Calling home this royal weekend is former Aucklander Rhys Dunne, in Edinburgh.

Rhys went to St Peter’s College and these days he works in IT.

Work took him to London in 2015, and from there he moved north.

10:05 Leta McCollough Seletzky: The Kneeling Man  

In the moments that followed the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. a photograph captured a group of people trying the help him on the balcony. Kneeling down is Marell McCullough, an undercover cop. 

In Leta McCollough Seletzky’s ‘father-daughter memoir’, she reconstructs the “life of a black spy” in 1960s America.  

Chris Bourke: Searching for the classic NZ Album 

In a first for their website, AudioCulture have launched the AudioCulture Classic NZ Album Readers Poll for 2023. 

They're inviting you, the public, to pick which locally recorded and produced album you consider to be the very best of all time. 

Dr Christiaan De Beukelaer: bringing back the epic power of the sailboat 

The shipping industry is heavily reliant on diesel and accounts for 3 per cent of the world's greenhouse gas emissions. Could the answer be in the wind power of sailboats?  

Dr Christiaan De Beukelaer is an anthropologist researching eco-friendly shipping. He boarded the Avontuur, a 1920s sailboat, in February 2020 as a shipmate. It was supposed to be a three-week field trip, but it turned into about five months at sea. 

11:10 Gery Karantzas: Craving approval from abusive, selfish or narcissistic parents 

There’s currently lots of talk about the TV series Succession. It’s the latest in a long line of shows featuring family patriarchs and matriarchs who are cruel and manipulative towards their children.  

In Succession those children love him anyway and still crave his approval - a story that is played out in real life, in millions of homes, every day. 

But how can children of any age deal with abusive, selfish or narcissistic parents? Dr Gery Karantzas is a therapist and a professor in the fields of Social Psychology and Relationship Science at Deakin University in Melbourne.

11:30 Dr Katie Pickles: King Charles and New Zealand 

The Coronation of King Charles officially welcomes in a new era for New Zealand and the Commonwealth. 

One of the biggest changes is the need to play the game of celebrity, according to historian Dr Katie Pickles, and King Charles is acutely aware of the need to modernise.

Dr Katie Pickles is a Professor of History at the University of Canterbury. 

11:50 Pipi Campbell: My latest track 

Pipiwharauroa Campbell , lead singer of the popular Aotearoa group Corrella joins us to talk about their new Te Reo Māori waiata 'Ko Au'.