Navigation for Sunday Morning

8:10 Team NZ at the America’s Cup 

We get the latest from Barcelona with Lisette Reymer.

Team New Zealand.

Team New Zealand. Photo: Ricardo Pinto / America's Cup

8:15 UK power prices predicted to soar

As energy prices are set to soar in the UK, we catch up our correspondent Charlie Dreaver.

Wind turbines. (Photo by FreelanceImages/Universal Images / UIG / Science Photo Library via AFP)

Photo: FREELANCEIMAGES/UNIVERSAL IMAGES

8:25 Calling Home: Bryan Caldwell in Houston, Texas 

Originally from Upper Hutt, Bryan Caldwell started his working life as a stage lighting technician here in Aotearoa but for the past six years, he’s been working for NASA at the Johnson Space Center in Houston. 

Bryan Caldwell experiencing weightlessness

Photo: Bryan Caldwell

9:10 Mediawatch 

Mediawatch looks critically at the New Zealand media - television, radio, newspapers and magazines as well as the 'new' electronic media. Photo:

9:35 What’s the least amount of exercise we need to do? 

Official Guidelines from the World Health Organisation say we should be aiming for at least 150 minutes of vigorous activity each week to live healthy lives. But Martin Gibala, the author of The One-Minute Workout, says we can save time and still reap the benefits by doing shorter and more rigorous bursts. 

Woman hand holding a stopmatch, outdoors. (Photo by Pierre Sabatier / Photononstop / Photononstop via AFP)

Photo: PIERRE SABATIER

10:10 Mitch McCann: A Week in US Politics 

Our U.S. correspondent, Mitch McCann takes a look back at another week in US Politics including the big names and the rising stars at the Democratic National Convention

CHICAGO, ILLINOIS - AUGUST 20: Former first lady Michelle Obama speaks on stage during the second day of the Democratic National Convention at the United Center on August 20, 2024 in Chicago, Illinois. Delegates, politicians, and Democratic Party supporters are gathering in Chicago, as current Vice President Kamala Harris is named her party's presidential nominee. The DNC takes place from August 19-22.   Joe Raedle/Getty Images/AFP (Photo by JOE RAEDLE / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP)

Photo: JOE RAEDLE

10:20 Argue with Science 

Mary Argue is back guiding us through the latest weird and wonderful headlines from the world of science.    

A glistening glass-like visualisation of a complex molecule. Text reads "Argue with Science, with Mary Argue"

Photo: RNZ / Robert Whitaker

10:30 The lessons learned from visiting every country in the world 

At the age of just 15, Luca Pferdmenges began ticking off a list with the intention of visiting every country in the world. Now age 22, he has visited 190 countries out of a possible 195.  He talks us though the highs and the lows. 

Luca is seen here at Bhutan's Tiger's Nest Monastery

Photo: Luca Pferdmenges

11:10 A question to you from Jim

Tune in to hear the question Jim throws listeners.  

11:15 Matt Chisholm on his journey back from burnout  

Journalist Matt Chisholm was burnt out and needed a break from his Auckland lifestyle where he worked on current affairs shows including Seven Sharp, Fair Go and Sunday, plus Celebrity Treasure Island. 

Matt checks in with Jim to talk about his book The Road to Chatto Creek, which contains tales of his new life in Central Otago where he breeds sheep and cattle – and where he says he finally feels at home.  

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11:45 Ali Hill: The Nutrition Edition  

Dr Ali Hill from Otago University's Department of Human Nutrition is back with us on Sunday Morning. This time she digs into claims that a type of fibre could have weight loss properties like that of Ozempic. 

01 July 2020, Hessen, Frankfurt/Main: Winter barley is ripe for harvest in a field belonging to farmer Matthias Mehl near Nieder-Erlenbach. The grain harvest has begun in Hesse. According to the Hessian Farmers' Association, the drought in the spring months is already showing its effects on yields. The rainfall of the past weeks came too late for the now threshed winter barley. Photo: Arne Dedert/dpa (Photo by ARNE DEDERT / DPA / dpa Picture-Alliance via AFP)

Photo: ARNE DEDERT