All episodes
Sunday, 24 February 2019
- 7:12 Philip Duncan: Weekend of wet and wild weather
- 7:15 Karen Kasler: U.S. political correspondent
- 7:20 Saeed Ghandhari: Optimistic Mars One applicant
- 7:27 Three minutes max: Sir Bob Harvey
- 7:35 First words, confidence, and written questions
- 7:45 Calling home: Shannon Campbell in Berlin
- 8:34 John Minty: Splore festival director
- 8:38 Three minutes max: Nicky Pellegrino
- 8:42 Kevin Campbell: 30th anniversary of Flight 811 disaster
- 9:37 Justine Murray: Te Matatini
- 9:41 Three Minutes Max: Jules Older
- 9:45 Richard Mattson: Genetics could affect the quality of your marriage
- 10:04 Nicholas Crane: writing his way around the world
- 10:37 Dr Gregory Smith: from homeless alcoholic to grateful academic
- 11:04 Dr Adam Grant: Finding motivation and meaning in life
- 11:25 John Mathers: Changing made in China to designed in China
- 11:59 Sunday Morning Feedback
Sunday, 17 February 2019
- 7:08 Emanuel Kalafatelis: No desire to change the summer holidays
- 7:12 Dr Justin O'Sullivan: ground breaking findings by the Liggins Insitute through 3D gene mapping
- 7:27 Three minutes max: Janet Wilson
- 7:35 Debating who is better - PM's statement
- 7:43 Calling Home: Olly Spinks in London
- 8:08 Three Minutes Max: Amanda Miller
- 8:10 Fighting Nature's Fury - The Tasman Fires
- 8:40 Dr Parag Khanna: China's growing power and influence
- 9:09 Mediawatch for 17 February 2019
- 9:37 Jess Pryles: Women of Meatstock
- 9:40 Ashley Watts: Why psychopaths are attracted to each other
- 10:04 William Trubridge: NZ's world record holding freediving champ
- 10:36 Engelbert Humperdinck on touring and singing at 83
- 11:04 Josh Cohen: renewing the feeling of joy in not doing anything
- 11:30 Three Minutes Max: Tommy Kapai Wilson
- 11:33 Adrian Mann: The world's longest piano in Dunedin
- 11:45 Vincent Connare: on being the man who created comic sans
Sunday, 10 February 2019
- 7:11 Politics with Richard Harman
- 7:18 Tarawera Ultramarathon
- 7:23 Coast to Coast
- 7:27 Brodie Kane: Coast to Coast competitor
- 7:31 Three Minutes Max: Scott Campbell
- 7:34 Vegetarian Pets
- 7:43 Calling home: Alexander Gillespie
- 8:10 Teenagers who kill
- 8:38 Nelson Fires Update
- 8:42 Screentime for kids
- 9:06 Mediawatch for 10 February 2019
- 9:37 Three Minutes Max: Jacquiline Nairn
- 9:41 Myths around family bonding
- 10:06 Peter Wells: Writer, director, activist
- 10:36 Photographer Sam Jones on shooting stars
- 11:06 Leaving Facebook
- 11:18 The partner behind the social media influencer
- 11:25 The influential Simone Anderson
- 11:44 New book - Past Caring? Women, Work and Emotion.
- 11:59 Sunday Morning Feedback
Sunday, 3 February 2019
- 7:11 Economist Bernard Hickey: what to make of all the tax talk
- 7:18 Professor Timothy Frayling: early riser or night owl?
- 7:23 Tom Carstensen: Denmark building its own wall
- 7:30 Three Minutes Max: Mai Chen
- 7:45 Calling home: Chris Adams
- 8:12 Running Dry - Can NZ thrive without irrigation?
- 8:38 Laura Watts: Orkney's sustainability revolution
- 9:06 Mediawatch for 3 February 2019
- 9:35 Three Minutes Max: Ian Telfer
- 9:37 Karen Becker: ambiguity in the workplace
- 10:06 Richard Baldwin: The globotics upheaval
- 10:45 Sarah Gallagher: Scarfie flats phenomenon
- 11:06 Graeme Simsion: unusual path to becoming a best-selling author
- 11:35 Wash Westmoreland: 'Collette' years in the making
Sunday, 27 January 2019
- 7:11 Ron Mark, Minister of Defence off to middle east
- 7:40 Three Minutes Max: Verity Johnson
- 7:45 2019 Auckland Folk Festival: Hayden Donnell
- 7:50 Calling home: Joanne Black
- 8:05 Insight: Survival mode - Rural emergency services
- 8:10 Survival mode: Why some rural emergency services are under threat
- 8:40 Three Minutes Max: Lizzie Marvelly
- 8:45 David Tamarkin: Food author
- 9:40 Mike Merrill: Man who sold shares in himself
- 10:10 Dr Peter Turchin: Concerns for the future of civilisation
- 10:45 Rufus Wainwright: singer, songwriter and composer
- 10:55 Three Minutes Max: Alan Blackman
- 11:05 Ollie, Harry and Mac: Small boys on big adventures
- 11:30 Mel Schwartz: free your mind by leaning in to uncertainty
- 11:50 Laurel Watson, professional chef and baker
Sunday, 23 December 2018
- 7:30 Parliament's last act for 2018
- 9:05 Mediawatch for 23 December 2018
- 11:55 Feedback on Sunday Morning
- 11:59 Wallace signs off from Sunday Morning
Sunday, 16 December 2018
- 7:11 Meg De Ronde: the problem with 'tough guy' world leaders
- 7:20 Marc Edelman on the rights of peasants
- 7:30 A year of changes from the Speaker, and more to come
- 7:50 Micheal Warren: how the Olympics shaped NZ's identity
- 8:38 Tim Dunlop: sorting out society with sortition
- 9:06 Mediawatch for 16 December 2018
- 9:37 Marilyn Waring: still counting the value of women's unpaid work
- 10:04 Bryn Evans: risks and rewards in documentary making
- 10:04 James Hook: pressing desire to iron
- 11:04 Charley Pride: country music legend on the hits
- 11:30 Graeme Isaako: on a magic carpet from Panmure to Aladdin
- 11:55 Sunday Morning Feedback
Sunday, 9 December 2018
- 7:11 Louise O.Fresco: future-proofing food production
- 7:30 Parliament's collaborative committees
- 7:47 Elena Casas-Montanez: Protests in France
- 8:10 Battling to turn around the lives of young criminals
- 8:38 Allan Matson: fighting facadism
- 9:05 Mediawatch for 9 December 2018
- 9:37 Dean Poole: design as a language
- 10:04 Lyndal Roper: why religious rebel Martin Luther is not a hero
- 11:04 Joanna Mathers: the stories of NZ live music venues
- 11:30 Karyn Hay: making a name as a novelist
- 11:55 Sunday Morning Feedback
Sunday, 2 December 2018
- 7:11 Ludo Campbell-Reid: explaining Access for Everyone in Auckland CBD
- 7:20 Hannah Rodgers: sending love to the lonely this Christmas
- 7:30 The man who juggles Parliament’s impossible diary
- 7:45 Pink and White Terraces brought to life
- 8:10 Frittering away - Why whitebait is in decline
- 8:38 Kim Dovey: how Melbourne shaped itself as a great city
- 9:37 Candice Harris and Rebecca Armour: the working mum's conundrum
- 10:04 John Hellemans and Andrea Hewitt: a special bond
- 10:37 Cirque Du Soleil's Mike Tyus: beating the odds
- 11:04 David Freiberg - still going strong with Jefferson Starship
- 11:40 Rebecca Rice on the significance of the Terracotta Warriors
- 11:59 Sunday Morning listener feedback
Sunday, 25 November 2018
- 7:16 Bike Auckland's Jolisa Gracewood: Taming cycle lane critics and debates
- 7:30 Annual reviews of IPCA, SFO, Privacy, and Law Commission
- 7:45 Richard Beddie: exercise awards and trends
- 8:10 Difficult and dangerous - why truck drivers are quitting
- 8:40 Diana Ürge-Vorsatz: how buildings contribute to climate change
- 9:10 Mediawatch for 25 November 2018
- 9:37 Paul Smith: obsolescence in appliances and no repairers
- 10:04 Mary Holm on making the most of the money you have
- 10:30 Barbara Plester: workplace humour in the modern world
- 11:04 Michael McGirr: books that saved his life
- 11:30 Anthonie Tonnon: trains and tunes
- 11:55 Feedback for 25 November
Sunday, 18 November 2018
- 7:11 Tim Hazledine: time to give Kiwibank teeth
- 7:35 MMP turns 25: more women, Asian, and Maori MPs
- 7:45 Melodie Robinson: Black Ferns lose to France, but silver lining
- 8:10 Has the time come for Genetic Modification?
- 8:40 Gabrielle Baker: institutional racism an awkward conversation
- 9:38 Hanelle Harris: breaking ground with Baby Mama's Club
- 10:04 Ethan Plaut: overloaded by media - how much is too much?
- 10:40 Adam Saunders: chemistry with Keisha Castle-Hughes
- 11:04 David Burton: 40 years of restaurant reviews
- 11:20 History of Toys: Warwick Henderson
- 11:43 Louise Ayling: the art of shoemaking
- 11:59 Feedback for 18 November 2018
Sunday, 11 November 2018
- 7:13 Jo Brookbanks: War Memorial Museum Armistice Commemorations
- 7:23 Other Armistice events
- 7:30 Going through the Motions
- 7:45 Rupert and Chris Powell: descendants' big part in special day
- 8:10 Learning revolution or pathway to ignorance?
- 8:40 Steve Miller: protecting premature babies' brains
- 9:08 Mediawatch for 11 November 2018
- 9:25 Anne Tenney: Pop-Up globe serenity
- 10:07 Ruth Pointer of The Pointer Sisters: she's pretty excited
- 10:35 James Nokise: eating fried chicken in the shower, as you do
- 11:05 Peter Jackson on They Shall Not Grow Old
- 11:20 Jane Tolerton: Kiwi teens on the Western Front
Sunday, 4 November 2018
- 7:11 Christopher Pugsley on the legend of Le Quesnoy
- 7:45 Andrew Little and Chris Penk discuss the Criminal Cases Review Commission Bill
- 7:48 What's up at the Labour Party Conference
- 7:53 Antarctic Ocean Sanctuary rejected
- 8:10 The next pandemic - are we ready?
- 8:38 Herb Farrant: Le Quesnoy museum a dream finally being realised
- 9:06 Mediawatch for 4 November 2018
- 9:37 Josh Davis and the science behind super-recognisers
- 10:04 Are we letting China breach New Zealand's sovereignty?
- 10:40 Jan Wright heads a new conservation effort in the south
- 11:04 Colin Hogg: Sam Hunt's show no longer on the road
- 11:22 Spin king Shane Warne sets the record straight
- 11:55 Feedback for 4 November Sunday Morning
Sunday, 28 October 2018
- 7:11 Wellington mayor on where to see Prince Harry and Meghan Markle
- 7:17 Bronywn Kelly: cup of royal tea at Maranui Cafe
- 7:30 Members' bills: Lasers, sharks, coward's punch and second languages
- 7:45 Dr Nick Wright: eating a plant-based diet
- 8:12 PNG to host APEC - but is it leaders before locals?
- 8:38 Tracey McIntosh: investing in state care not state prisons
- 9:38 Michael Lewis: The Fifth Risk and Trump's chaotic first few months
- 10:04 Jennifer Ward-Lealand: on the big screen in Vermilion
- 10:34 Dr Ingrid Visser: Orca spotter extraordinaire
- 10:50 Renee Porter: speaking up for those in care
- 11:04 Scott Dixon: 'It doesn't feel that fast when you're driving'
- 11:30 Valerie Mason-John: from orphan to inspiration
- 11:55 Listener feedback for 28 October 2018
Sunday, 21 October 2018
- 7:11 Political panel: Jane Clifton and Ben Thomas on Jami-Lee Ross going rogue
- 7:30 Politics v Parliament: Jami-Lee Ross' effect on the House
- 7:30 The drug courts on trial
- 7:47 Leo Cheng: an electrifying journey through the gut
- 8:38 The rights to water: Robin Kundis Craig
- 9:06 Mediawatch for 21 October 2018
- 9:37 Helen Taylor: communicating science with sperm and a smile
- 10:04 Ann Jacobs says prisoner parents need contact with their children
- 10:35 Kiwi director Bart Layton: bizarre story behind American Animals
- 11:00 Steve Kilbey of The Church on the 30th anniversary of Starfish
- 11:55 Listener Feedback for Sunday Morning 21 October 2018
Sunday, 14 October 2018
- 7:09 Chester Borrows' Justice Advisory Group hits the road
- 7:18 Nadia Abu-Shanab: Israel activists won't pay fine
- 7:23 Tamara Patten: day to celebrate Katherine Mansfield
- 7:30 A harrowing justice trail: stories of death and choices
- 7:45 Wensislaus Fatubun: West Papua's palm oil problem
- 8:10 On the outside: the problem with life after prison
- 8:38 Nadia Lim: double production, a book and a baby
- 9:05 Mediawatch for 14 October 2018
- 9:37 Jeff Leach: the science of the microbiome and poo
- 10:04 Jay Laga'aia: man of many talents
- 10:38 Rebecca Deed: teaching the art of wine science
- 11:04 Mark Tierney: out of the wilderness
- 11:45 Angela Lassig: shopping habits of the mid 19th-century woman
- 11:59 Listener feedback for Sunday Morning 14 October 2018
Sunday, 7 October 2018
- 7:11 Mangroves: a buffer zone for the coast
- 7:30 Checking in on the neighbours
- 7:47 Bevan Catley: making healthy workplaces
- 7:50 Protect and promote: Can DOC really do both?
- 8:38 Tim Dare: ethics in genetics and big data
- 9:38 Darcy Clay's father Bob Bolton speaks about his son, 20 years on
- 10:04 Johann Hari: 'we need to deal with why we're in such pain'
- 10:50 Kyle MacDonald: why Johann Hari touches nerves
- 11:04 Anthony Zurcher analyses US Supreme Court appointment of Brett Kavanaugh
- 11:15 Max Cryer: still in love with words and phrases
- 11:29 Dick Frizzell: 'I'd rather be a bad painter than a non painter'
- 11:55 Listener feedback for 7 October 2018
Sunday, 30 September 2018
- 7:09 Indonesia tsunami - why was the warning lifted?
- 7:20 Growing concern over rising acidity levels in seawater
- 7:30 A job where you jeer the boss
- 7:43 Bryce Wilkinson: are our tax dollars being well spent?
- 8:10 Rugby - Tackling Soft Diplomacy in the Pacific
- 8:38 Peter Temin: why the middle class is vanishing in the US
- 9:07 Mediawatch for 30 September 2018
- 9:41 Mike McRae's 'Unwell': Disease classification history and the problems of pathology
- 10:04 Rugby Foundation cooks up a recipe fundraiser
- 10:26 Stacy Gregg: no wizard required in pony books
- 10:45 Gus van Sant: back working with Joaquin Phoenix
- 11:04 Cartoonist Michael Leunig: 'simplicity is beautiful'
- 11:35 Peter McNeil: Pretty Gentlemen
- 11:59 Feedback for Sunday Morning 30 September
Sunday, 23 September 2018
- 7:10 Cameron Swanson: e-scooters poised to hit our streets
- 7:21 Alison Griswold: Americans divided over e-scooters arrival
- 7:30 'Throw this female franchise out'
- 7:50 NZ's role in the Malaysian plastics dumping ground
- 7:50 Jason Reeve: compiling the first list of NZ's Spanish flu pandemic victims
- 8:31 Valleys Project: Adopting Fiordland valleys for predator trapping
- 9:07 Mediawatch for 23 September 2018
- 9:38 Sir Owen Glenn on Eric Watson: 'I pursued it on a matter of principle'
- 10:07 Michael Morpurgo: War Horse author has soft spot for NZ
- 10:43 Charlie Huenemann: knowing more than yourself
- 11:05 Workplace ageism: AUT professor Jarrod Haar
- 11:23 Chris Stephens: gaining age, losing friends
- 11:38 David Miller from Il Divo on how the formula still works
Sunday, 16 September 2018
- 7:10 Florence's impact
- 7:15 Dana Kirkpatrick on the NZ equestrian team in North Carolina
- 7:22 Andrew Douglas Clifford maps te reo place names
- 7:30 The grandparents in immigration limbo
- 7:30 Nga Ratonga Reo Māori: Parliament's language champs
- 7:47 Law professor John Hopkins on a future without lawyers
- 8:38 Debbie Busby: where humans go wrong with horses
- 9:37 Toto and Steve Lukather: pulling the crowds for Africa
- 10:05 Sandra Coney and Bronwyn Labrum: Women Now
- 10:10 Mediawatch for 16 September 2018
- 10:35 Joel Tobeck: acting on stage and on demand
- 11:04 John Zalcberg, Richard Vines: Kiwis denied life-saving drugs
- 11:40 Jeremy Hansen: World Park(ing) Day
- 11:50 Rachael Eaton: Dunedin's Warehouse Precinct
- 11:59 Feedback Sunday Morning 16 September 2018
Sunday, 9 September 2018
- 7:08 NZ women with advanced breast cancer denied chance of longer life
- 7:23 Dave Worsley: US Open update
- 7:30 Crossing enemy lines for women's representation
- 7:47 Probiotics study casts doubt on universal effectiveness
- 8:39 Addiction treatments sexist, too separated from mental health services - Jenny Valentish
- 9:07 Mediawatch for 9 September 2018
- 9:37 Melanie Lynskey: with thanks to Miranda Harcourt
- 10:06 Carrie Exton: how the world measures wellbeing
- 10:30 Lynette McLeod: containing cats
- 10:48 Smartphones as security blankets: John Hunter
- 11:06 Paul Hersey: tips for tackling the Great Walks
- 11:34 Teau Aiturau: getting South Auckland cycling
Sunday, 2 September 2018
- 7:11 Sheldon Murtha: racing industry has had its head in the sand
- 7:22 Money Week: Katrina Shanks on financial resilience
- 7:30 Golddigger MPs: Parliament's goldfield electorates
- 7:45 Jeremy Owen: cancer-fighting properties of the sea sponge
- 8:10 Insight: Should NZ Schools Ban Mobile Phones?
- 8:37 Cosmologist Beatrice Tinsley's life on stage in Bright Star
- 9:09 Mediawatch for 2 September 2018
- 9:37 What's going on with QAnon?
- 10:04 Sam Neill follows the wake of Captain Cook in the TV series Uncharted
- 10:30 Sebastian Pons remembers Alexander McQueen
- 11:04 Emily Mayhew talks about Kiwi surgeon Sir Archibald McIndoe
- 11:45 Claire Regnault: knickerbockers on a bicycle
- 11:55 Sunday Morning Feedback 2 September
Sunday, 26 August 2018
- 7:11 Farah Palmer on women in governance in sport
- 7:20 Dr Hem Devan: dealing with chronic pain
- 7:30 Anatomy of a minister's office: What happens in the Beehive?
- 7:46 Stephen Jacobi: positivity about China
- 8:10 Insight: Farmland - not so free to roam
- 8:37 Sally Seidel: breaking down the Higgs Boson
- 9:38 William Shatner: from Star Trek to eternity
- 10:04 Nigel Latta: 'we must teach mindfulness to all kids'
- 10:38 Amber Curreen: te reo and the arts in NZ Theatre Month
- 11:04 Tom Bailey from the Thompson Twins back with new album
- 11:55 Listener feedback 26 August 2018
Sunday, 19 August 2018
- 7:10 Justice Summit not a talkfest: Andrew Little
- 7:20 Te Mata Peak Give-a-Little for $1.5m: Mike Devonshire
- 7:29 Rugby double header for All Blacks and Black Ferns
- 7:30 Māori seats? What are they?
- 7:44 Supermarket proving plastic bag ban can be done
- 7:52 Gia Garrick: Greens AGM deals with water and waka jumping
- 8:10 Insight: Foetal Alcohol - Damaging Baby Brains
- 8:32 Rachel Morrison: the gender divide on job satisfaction
- 9:30 Mediawatch for 19 August 2018
- 9:38 Stephanie Coontz: the Success Sequence
- 10:05 Anne Hegerty: quiz queen from The Chase
- 10:28 Glenn Shorrock: life with the Little River Band
- 11:04 Lauren Shields: nine-month experiment in modesty
- 11:38 Paul Turner: wartime lament over pudding
- 11:52 Julie Biuso: what is a duff?
Sunday, 12 August 2018
- 7:11 Plastic bag phase-out: getting a handle on it
- 7:18 Diane Maxwell: KiwiSaver stumbling block for Down Syndrome man
- 7:24 Maria Berrett: one-stop GP and mental healthcare shop
- 7:30 Treasury are people too: the living standards framework explained
- 7:46 Judith Binney Trust: new awards announced for NZ historians
- 8:38 Dr Nick Munn: technology raising ethical questions in farming
- 9:07 Mediawatch for 12 August 2018
- 9:37 Mike Dickison: New Zealand's first Wikipedian whiz
- 10:04 Marc Martel: 'the greatest Freddie Mercury voice on the planet'
- 10:33 Bill Bailey: comic stand-up who loves SUP
- 11:09 Lorna Piatti-Farnell: what disgusting food teaches children
- 11:28 Alice Miller: talented NZ poet who worries about words
- 11:59 Feedback for Sunday Morning 12 August 2018
