All episodes
Sunday, 21 December 2008
Rabbi Johanna Hershenson and Dr Paul Blaschke talk about the Temple Sinai Torah; Jill Haldane discusses her book and oral history of Lockerbie, 20 years after a terrorist bomb brought an airliner down on the Scottish town. The Sunday Group discusses how to deal with Christmas stress - guests include Pinky Agnew, Rev Dr Margaret Mayman, and Dr Marc Wilson.
Full episodeSunday, 14 December 2008
Richard Quinn on Reverend Samuel Marsden; vinter Jane Huner; Sunday Group: Dark Days for the Black Caps. Guests - Glenn Turner, Richard Boock, Stephen Hewson.
Full episodeSunday, 7 December 2008
Sir Howard Morrison celebrates 50 years in the public eye; Prof Jan Pronk on sustainable economic development; the Sunday Group: The implications of human genome research. Guests - Ingrid Winship, Professor of Adult Clinical Genetics at the University of Melbourne; Professor Mark Henaghan, the project leader of the New Zealand Human Genome Research Project; and Professor David Weisbrot, the president of the Australian Law Reform Commission.
Full episodeSunday, 30 November 2008
Dr Sudha Ramachandran on political turmoil in Pakistan; Charlotte Petri Gornitzka and Jay Wisecarver from Save the Children. Sunday Group: Pacific Remittance Project. Guests - Ministry of Pacific Island Affairs chief executive Colin Tukuitonga; Jonathan Capal (PRON ka-PAL) from UK company Developing Markets Associates; and Manjula Luthria, the World Bank’s senior economist for the Pacific region.
Full episodeSunday, 23 November 2008
Professor Ronald Inglehart, World Values Survey; Wayne Brittenden, author, 'The Celluloid Circus: The Heyday of the NZ Picture Theatre'; Sunday Group: The Clark Legacy - Colin James, Wyatt Creech, Marilyn Waring.
Full episodeSunday, 16 November 2008
Dr Richard Vokes on the conflict in the Congo; Sidney Jones on the aftermath of the execution of the Bali bombers; Sunday Group - A Vision for New Zealand, with Council of Trade Unions economist Peter Conway, David Skilling, the chief executive of the privately-funded think-tank the New Zealand Institute, and Paul Newfield, an executive from Morrison and Co, which manages Infratil Limited. Dougal Stevenson, Notes from the South.
Full episodeSunday, 9 November 2008
Sunday Group discusses the US and the NZ elections - Professor Nigel Roberts, Dr Jon Johansson, Geoff Robinson.
Full episodeSunday, 2 November 2008
Professor Nigel Roberts on parliamentary architecture; Artist Grahame Sydney on photographing Antarctica; Sunday Group: The world financial crisis - surviving the turmoil. Guests: Craig Richardson, chief financial officer of Coca Cola Amatil; Peter Kerridge, Director of the executive search firm Kerridge Partners Ltd; and Charles Finny, chief executive of the Wellington Regional Chamber of Commerce.
Full episodeSunday, 26 October 2008
Joseph Romanos - biography of Lord Arthur Porritt; Dr Julia Gatley - Modern Architecture; Sunday Group: Green Buildings - Property developer Campbell Venning, the director of Merge Property Group; Huw Parslow, from ArcHaus Architects in Wellington; and chief executive of the NZ Building Council Jane Henley. Dougal Stevenson, Notes from the South.
Full episodeSunday, 19 October 2008
Helen Zille, mayor of Cape Town; Stevan Eldred-Grigg, author, 'Diggers Hatters and Whores'; Sunday Group: Minor Parties - Richard Lewis, the leader of the Family Party; Libertarianz leader Bernard Darnton; and Andrew McKenzie, co-leader of the Alliance.
Full episodeSunday, 12 October 2008
FW de Klerk; Denis McLean, author, 'Howard Kippenberger, Dauntless Spirit'; Sunday Group: Global Financial Crisis: Radio New Zealand Business Editor Patrick O'Meara; former Reserve Bank Governor Don Brash, and the chief executive of the Stock Exchange Mark Weldon.
Full episodeSunday, 5 October 2008
Jane Mayer, author, 'The Dark Side'; 'Urban Village: The Story of Ponsonby, Freeman's Bay and St Mary's Bay' - Jenny Carlyon and Diana Morrow; Sunday Group: Reporting the General Election - The Press political editor Colin Espiner; Scoop political editor Gordon Campbell and senior lecturer in political studies from Auckland University, Dr Joe Atkinson. Dougal Stevenson, Notes from the South.
Full episodeSunday, 28 September 2008
Susie Latham, author, 'Human Rights Overboard: Seeking Asylum in Australia'; AJ Jacobs, author, 'The Year of Living Biblically'; Sunday Group: Fisheries Management - Kevin Hackwell, advocacy manager for Forest and Bird; Dr Kevin Stokes, chief scientist for the Seafood Industry Council; Geoff Rowling, president of the Recreational Fishing Council; and Dr Pamela Mace, chief scientist for the Ministry of Fisheries.
Full episodeSunday, 21 September 2008
Harold Sirkin author, 'Globality'; Antony Green, ABC elections analyst; Sunday Group: Dunedin Stadium - Malcolm Farry, the Chairman of the Carisbrook Stadium Trust; Bev Butler, the President of Stop the Stadium; Tim Calder, a founder of the Our Stadium support group; and Otago Regional Councillor Michael Deaker.
Full episodeSunday, 14 September 2008
Dr Jon Johansson, update US Presidential elections; Dean Starnes, author, 'Roam'. Sunday Group: Kereru Pie - Professor Grahame Webb from the Crocodylus Park in Darwin; Dr Brendan Moyle, a Senior Lecturer in Economics in the Department of Commerce at Massey University; and Forest and Bird's advocacy manager Kevin Hackwell.
Full episodeSunday, 7 September 2008
Dr James Skillen, President of the Centre for Public Justice in Washington DC; Peter Ricketts - head of UK Foreign Office; Sunday Group: MMP. Nigel Roberts, professor of political science at Victoria University; Dr Janine Hayward, a senior lecturer in politics at Otago University; and former MP and Act party leader Richard Prebble. Dougal Stevenson, Notes from the South.
Full episodeSunday, 31 August 2008
Megan Hutching, author, 'Over the Wide and Trackless Sea'; Gwynne Dyer, author, 'Climate Wars'; Sunday Group: Privacy and health (National Health Index system and genetic testing issues): Barbara Robson, health consumer advocate; Prof Donald Evans, bioethics, Otago University; Marie Shroff, privacy commissioner.
Full episodeSunday, 24 August 2008
Graham Clayton - author 'Last Stand In Singapore'. Sam Hunt, poet, - new book 'Doubtless'. Sunday Group: Colin Maiden, Ray Meyer, and David Natush talk about NZ's energy resources, past and future. Dougal Stevenson, Notes from the South
Full episodeSunday, 17 August 2008
Georgia - Barry Parsonson and Jane-Mary Rawls; Kamalesh Sharma, Commonwealth sec-gen; Sunday Group: Maori eco-tourism: Brian MacKenzie, Chairman of Ecotourism NZ; Chrys Horn, from Landcare Research; and Joe Doherty, who runs Te Urewera Treks.
Full episodeSunday, 10 August 2008
Brian Turner, poet and author of 'Into the Wider World'; Sir Bob Jones - Management; Sunday Group: Olympics - veteran sports journalist and chief executive of the New Zealand Sports Hall of Fame Ron Palenski; Neil Atkinson, senior historian at the Ministry for Culture and Heritage; and world champion rower and former Olympian, Philippa Baker-Hogan.
Full episodeSunday, 3 August 2008
Save the Children's emergency programme director Chris Cattaway from the Burma capital Yangon - on the back of Insight doco on reporting Cyclone Nargis; Paul Moon - author 'This Horrid Practice'; Ray Fargher, author, 'Donald McLean: The Best Man Who Ever Served the Crown?'; Sunday Group: US/NZ Bilateral relationship - Robert Patman, professor of International Relations at the University of Otago; Dr Lance Beath, a Senior Fellow at the Centre for Strategic Studies; and former New Zealand ambassador to the US, John Wood. Dougal Stevenson, Notes from the South.
Full episodeSunday, 27 July 2008
Anton Oliver; Prof Paul Clark - author 'The Chinese Cultural Revolution: A History'; Sunday Group: Cyber-safety - Peter Dengate Thrush, the chair of the international body Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers; Martin Cocker, the executive director of Netsafe, New Zealand's principal online safety organization; and Neville Gates, whose adult daughter committed suicide and who is calling for internet companies to take more responsibility for the content of websites.
Full episodeSunday, 20 July 2008
Chris Heffelfinger, Combating Terrorism Centre, West Point; Bernard Lapasset, IRB chairman; Sunday Group: Economy - Is This A Recession? Dean Baker, Kerry McDonald, Brian Easton, Cameron Bagrie and Ganesh Nana. Dougal Stevenson, Notes from the South.
Full episodeSunday, 13 July 2008
Robert Frank, author, 'Richistan'; Prof Maxwell McCombs - media/public opinion. Sunday Group: TVNZ Charter- IIrene Gardner; Phil Wallington; Paul Norris
Full episodeSunday, 6 July 2008
Prof Margaret Clark, editor, 'The Bolger Years'; Lydia Monin, author, 'From Poverty Bay to Broadway: The Story of Tom Heeney'. Sunday Group: High Country Tenure Review - Land Information Minister David Parker; Doctor Ann Brower from Lincoln University; Federated Farmers high country committee chairman Don Aubrey; and Forest and Bird advocacy manager Kevin Hackwell. Dougal Stevenson, Notes from the South
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