Sunday Morning

Mediawatch for 28 January 2024

January 27, 2024 20:08 - 32 minutes - 30.2 MB

What you missed over summer: harmless sharks, woke worries, sewage smells and water woes flood the holiday news drought; media cop flak for coverage of Golriz Ghahraman's downfall.

Jasmin Fox-Skelly: Balancing your oral microbiome

January 27, 2024 19:35 - 18 minutes - 16.7 MB

For many of us oral health is a matter of shiny teeth and a nice smile, but science journalist, Jasmin Fox-Skelly has been drilling into the topic and it turns out there's vast array of viruses, fungi and bacteria living in our mouths - which, if kept in balance can prevent conditions from Alzheimer's disease to cancer.

Jack Waley-Cohen: The Sunday Quiz

January 27, 2024 19:25 - 10 minutes - 9.8 MB

Quiz master Jack Waley-Cohen was such a hit over the summer that we've invited him back as a regular Sunday Morning guest. Jack is the mind behind the questions on BBC's infamous quiz show 'Only Connect', known for being both really hard - and at the same time totally obvious. Wake up your brain and have a go!

Andrew Read: How worrying is the JN1 Variant?

January 27, 2024 19:10 - 14 minutes - 13.5 MB

New Zealander Dr Andrew Read is the director of its Institutes of Life Sciences at Pennsylvania State University. He works at the forefront of international research on Covid and specialises in the ways infectious diseases work, He joins us to explore the emergence of the JN1 variant, its worrying ability to target lung cells and what this means in a world of semi-immune populations.

Lucy Corry: Recipes and book design

October 15, 2022 22:35 - 18 minutes - 16.6 MB

Award-winning food writer, Lucy Corry has written for most of our leading publications, including talking regularly on RNZ. She's the current president of Food Writers NZ, she wrote the Burger Wellington cookbook and was the co-author of Hiakai: Modern Maori Cuisine. She's been on this show before talking about her book Home Cooked, Seasonal Recipes for Every Day, which was well-received in all corners more recently winning the 1010 Printing Award for Best Cookbook at the Publishers Asso...

Tony Williams: Walking the length of New Zealand

October 15, 2022 22:25 - 13 minutes - 12.4 MB

On a sunny August day, former SAS soldier Tony Williams set out on a mission... at the age of 69 he was too old to join the fighting in the Ukraine so instead, he decided to walk the length of New Zealand to raise funds for the charity Medicines Sans Frontiers, a charity providing medical assistance to people affected by conflict, epidemics, disasters, or exclusion from healthcare. Click here if you'd like to donate.

Dr Dougal Sutherland: Emotional Infidelity

October 15, 2022 22:05 - 16 minutes - 15.1 MB

When it comes to Infidelity, most of us have a clear idea where boundaries lie. Having a physical relationship with a third party means trouble. But what about 'emotional infidelity'? Are those naughty texts between you and a 'close' friend still considered 'being unfaithful"? Dr Dougal Sutherland is a registered Clinical psychologist and CEO of Umbrella.

Julie Woods: Walking every street in Dunedin

October 15, 2022 21:45 - 11 minutes - 10.7 MB

Julie Woods, who lost her sight in 1997, began the challenge of walking every street in Dunedin with her friend and sighted guide, Jo Stodart, three years ago. This weekend she finishes on Every St to coincide with International White Cane Day and as part of Blind Low Vision Week.

Tony Connell: Clearing mines and unexploded munitions

October 15, 2022 21:05 - 33 minutes - 30.3 MB

More than 4000 people are killed by landmines every year. Nearly half of those are children. When a conflict ends, mines and unexploded bombs, shells and cluster-munitions continue to kill and maim. Former Kiwi Soldier Tony Connell is the Ukraine Country Director for the Swiss Foundation for Mine Action, a non-governmental organisation whose goal is to clear mines and unexploded munitions around the world.

Moira West: House plants for free

October 15, 2022 20:35 - 13 minutes - 12.3 MB

Moira West has a vast collection of house plants. Most of them started as small cuttings traded with friends. She talks us through the different methods of propagation and the tips and tricks for success.

Mediawatch for 16 October 2022

October 15, 2022 20:08 - 40 minutes - 37.4 MB

Heated emissions from media on greenhouse gas charging plan; the media and the low, low, local election turnout; ex-media minister's hasty move to lobbying.

Joel Sartore: Photographing rare and endangered species

October 15, 2022 19:10 - 30 minutes - 27.8 MB

Joel Sartore is an American photographer who has spent much of his life focusing - quite literally - on some of the world's rarest and most endangered species. He is a long-time contributor to National Geographic magazine, and is the founder of the Photo Ark, a ground-breaking effort to document species before they disappear-and to get people to care, while there's still time. He has created intimate portraits of an estimated 20,000 species of birds, fish, mammals, reptiles, amphibians a...

Roger Fox: A homage to Hone Tuwhare

October 08, 2022 22:25 - 25 minutes - 23.6 MB

Roger Fox is synonymous with the Big Band scene in New Zealand. He is our foremost jazz trombonist, big band leader, jazz educator and producer. He has performed in concert with some of the biggest names in the business, recorded 44 albums including live recordings at the Montreux Jazz Festival and at Bunker Studios in Brooklyn, New York.

Justin Currie: Del Amitri to tour NZ

October 08, 2022 22:05 - 16 minutes - 14.7 MB

Scottish alt-rockers Del Amitri made a worldwide name for themselves in the 80's with hits including Nothing Ever Happens and Stone Cold Sober. They return to New Zealand in February. Frontman Justin Currie talks to Anna Thomas

Kate Preece: One Weka Went Walking

October 08, 2022 21:45 - 7 minutes - 6.5 MB

One Weka Went Walking showcases some of New Zealand's rarest birds, including one the rarest seabirds in the world, the taiko. The featured birds are all endemic to the Chatham Islands, except the buff weka, introduced in 1905.

Brian Dickey: Stepping down as Auckland Crown Solicitor

October 08, 2022 21:06 - 42 minutes - 38.8 MB

Brian Dickey is Auckland Crown Solicitor. The first Maori in this role, Brian has prosecuted some of New Zealand's most high-profile and shocking cases - including convicting Jesse Kempson for the murder of English tourist, Grace Millane and Eli Epiha for the killing of constable Matthew Hunt. He was only 23 when he led his first high court jury trial.

Calling Home: Christine Ramsay

October 08, 2022 20:37 - 20 minutes - 18.9 MB

Today we're heading to the Island of Bougainville. East of Papua New Guinea and north-west of the Solomon's it was settled 8000 years ago. Christine Ramsay has lived there for five years.

Mediawatch for 9 October 2022

October 08, 2022 20:08 - 43 minutes - 40 MB

FBoy Island controversy; TVNZ's boss on the concerns about the public media merger aired on Parliamentary hearings; can epic-scale social media platforms be hacked down to size?

Two Raw Sisters: Simple Fancy

October 08, 2022 19:35 - 22 minutes - 20.4 MB

Rosa and Margo Flanagan (Two Raw Sisters) are passionate about the power of nutrition. The Christchurch cooking duo tell Anna Thomas how their individual health journeys have influenced their fresh approach to food.

Andrea Vance: Disinformation and the local body elections

October 08, 2022 19:25 - 3 minutes - 3.5 MB

Senior Stuff journalist Andrea Vance has been following the local elections with a particular focus on those candidates who've been sharing false information and baseless conspiracy theories - and looking into how things have gone for them at the ballot box.

Local Body Elections: the winners

October 08, 2022 19:10 - 17 minutes - 16.2 MB

Anna Thomas talks to new Mayor of Wellington and Rotorua, but it's too close to call in Gore...

Dr Kate Prickett – Adult children living at home longer

October 01, 2022 22:47 - 9 minutes - 8.98 MB

More young people are living at home with their parents. The Australian Institute of Family Studies has reported that nearly half a million Australians between the ages of 25 and 34 are at home, or back at home with Mum and Dad. That's a 17% jump in five years. Dr Kate Prickett is a family sociologist and demographer from Victoria University's Roy McKenzie Centre for the Study of Families.

Dr Jack Watling – Examining the latest moves in Ukrainee

October 01, 2022 22:25 - 19 minutes - 17.9 MB

A lot has happened in the fortnight since we last talked to Jack Watling about the war in Ukraine. Annexation referendums have taken place in Russian-occupied areas and their results have been rejected globally. Russian reservists have been called up and Putin has again hinted at the possible use of nuclear weapons. The attack on the Nord stream gas pipelines in the Baltic Sea is said to have been the biggest single methane release ever recorded. Award winning analyst, Dr Jack Watling is...

Dr Andrew Read – What does “post-pandemic” look like?

October 01, 2022 22:05 - 11 minutes - 10.7 MB

As many of us start to tentatively look beyond a world constrained by covid, new research findings on the after-effects of the virus shed some light on what "post-pandemic" may mean for some. New Zealander Dr Andrew Read is the director of its Institutes of Life Sciences at Pennsylvania State University. He works at the forefront of international research on Covid and specialises in the ways infectious diseases work, with expertise too in how well vaccines cope with them.

Benjamin de Bivort – Nurture, nature …or luck?

October 01, 2022 21:37 - 19 minutes - 17.4 MB

We know about the nature versus nurture debate, the combination of genes and environment that affect our chances of success and happiness in life. What also seems important is a random kind of luck, and not just the sort of luck that wins Lotto. Benjamin de Bivort is a Professor of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology at Harvard. His research has made him think another kind of random luck is at play in our lives.

Jeffrey Halley – New Zealand and shrinking global economic growth

October 01, 2022 21:22 - 14 minutes - 13.4 MB

According to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) the world's leading economies are sliding into recession as the Ukraine war sparks energy and inflation crises and cuts growth. There's a variety of opinion about what this means for Aotearoa New Zealand and the severity of what's in store. New Zealander Jeffrey Halley is a former Senior Market Analyst for the OANDA corporation. His analysis has been regularly sought by Bloomberg, the BBC, Reuters, CNBC and th...

Dr Catherine O'Reilly - World lakes changing colour

October 01, 2022 21:06 - 15 minutes - 14.3 MB

The American Geophysical Union has conducted the first-ever "global inventory of lake colour". Past studies have looked at the health of up to 200 bodies of freshwater at a time, this research looked from space at the hues of 85,360 lakes and reservoirs worldwide over 7 years, using 5.14 million satellite pictures. Dr Catherine O'Reilly is a Professor of Geology at Illinois State University and one of the two lead authors of the study.

Richard Marx – New Zealand tour

October 01, 2022 20:39 - 17 minutes - 15.8 MB

Grammy award-winning artist Richard Marx will play in New Zealand for the first time ever next year touring his 13th studio album Songwriter. His 1989 classic Right Here Waiting topped the charts in both Australia and New Zealand and in 2004 his work with Luther Vandross for the song Dance With My Father a won a Grammy for Song of the Year. He also received chart success with songs like Satisfied and Take This Heart.

Mediawatch for 2 October 2022

October 01, 2022 20:08 - 35 minutes - 32.4 MB

More rancour on the road to a new public media entity; youth crime facts and headlines don't match; Christchurch Call digs deep into algorithms.

Calling Home - Chris Donovan

October 01, 2022 19:36 - 23 minutes - 21.2 MB

Chris Donovan is calling home this morning, from Germany. Hailing from Putararu originally, Chris now lives with his partner Priscilla and their family near Stuttgart in the country's south-west in a place called Kirchheim unter Teck, which translates roughly as the villlage with a church under a castle.

Joshua Ross - Sunday Brunch

October 01, 2022 19:22 - 13 minutes - 12.6 MB

A brunch recipe this morning from Joshua Ross, the head chef at Bellamy's Restaurant at Parliament, and he has his own Upper Hutt restaurant, Twenty Eight. Josh is flying out this week to compete in the Young Chef of the Year competition in Mexico City, he's up against seventeen other young chefs from around the world who've all won their national competitions, as he has here.

Emanuel Kalafatelis – Probing appetite for a republic

October 01, 2022 19:12 - 15 minutes - 13.9 MB

The passing of Queen Elizabeth II, has for many reignited the debate about New Zealand becoming a republic. Having canvassed the topic in the past, Research New Zealand have run a new poll to gauge where opinion sits here in Aotearoa. Research New Zealand's Emanuel Kalafatelis joins us with more.

Professor Al Gillespie - Putin, politics and war

September 24, 2022 22:50 - 6 minutes - 6.37 MB

Putin's order for partial mobilisation of military reservists along with the Russian-backed referendums in Donetsk and Luhansk heralds a new phase of the war in Ukraine. Alexander Gillespie, Professor of Law at the University of Waikato disusses the opportunites and risks this presents for both sides.

Thomas Neitzert - The future of cars

September 24, 2022 22:44 - 6 minutes - 5.88 MB

Professor Thomas Neitzert is emeritus professor of mechanical engineering at Auckland University of Technology. He's been taking a look at the future sustainability of electric vehicles.

Dr Ali Hill - Nutrition to improve Brain Function

September 24, 2022 22:20 - 13 minutes - 12 MB

New research this week from the University of California confirming that adults have poorer cognition but better well-being, as they age. We see significantly worse symptoms of depression, anxiety, and loneliness in younger people, while older people evidence greater mental well-being along with a fading brain. But what are the interventions that improve brain function as we get old? We're joined once again by Dr Ali Hill from the Human Nutrition department of Otago University.

Gary Altman - Plants and happiness

September 24, 2022 22:07 - 13 minutes - 12.1 MB

The idea that talking to your plants helps them grow has been mostly debunked, but new research has shed some light on the benefits for ourselves. Nearly half of the people in a Trees.com survey acknowledged that they talk to their plants and most of those believe it has helped their mental health. Gary Altman is a Registered Horticultural Therapist and a Teaching Instructor in the Department of Plant Biology, teaching the Horticultural Therapy Certificate program at Rutgers University i...

Dr Zazie Todd - more ways to make your cat happy

September 24, 2022 21:25 - 33 minutes - 30.5 MB

So many people loved Jim Mora's first conversation with Dr Zazie Todd the animal behaviour expert agreed to come back. The author of Purr: The Science of Making Your Cat Happy answers listeners' questions about cats.

Dr Beth Ann Mallow - Daylight savings and sleep patterns

September 24, 2022 21:07 - 9 minutes - 8.39 MB

We're on daylight saving time again as we spring forward an hour this weekend. On average you'll have lost 40 minutes of sleep last night as your body adjusted, but of course the trade-off is extra sunlight at the end of the day through summer. Initially intended as a fuel-saving measure when introduced for the first time in the world in the Canadian city of Thunder Bay in 1908, in response to the Great Ontario Candle Drought of 1907. Benjamin Franklin had suggested the idea back in 1784...

Guy Gratton - Can dragons fly?

September 24, 2022 20:35 - 18 minutes - 17.2 MB

If you've been keeping up to date with HBO's latest Game of Thrones sequel House of The Dragon, you might have some questions about the dragons. Not least, could something that size even get off the ground? Dr Guy Gratton believes they could. And he should know, he's a professor of aviation and Visiting Senior Research Fellow in Aeronautics at Brunel University in London, a qualified mechanical engineer and a flight test expert.

Mediawatch for 25 September 2022

September 24, 2022 20:08 - 40 minutes - 37.1 MB

QE2, queues and cultural cues; the push for open justice; minister prods TVNZ over public media progress; 'tis the season for tomato angst.

Calling Home - Ellery Daines in Tromsø, Norway

September 24, 2022 19:36 - 23 minutes - 21.6 MB

Musician Ellery Daines is calling home this week from the northernmost city in the world, Tromsø in Norway, known as the gateway to the arctic. LatItude 69 degrees north; 69 degrees south brushes Antarctica. It's a city on the Norwegian Sea built on three land masses. Ellery left Auckland to follow his girlfriend Louise there in 2018, they're married now. He was working for an electricity company here in New Zealand, playing with a little band on the side, but he's found that in Norway h...

Rose Langbein - Eggs for brunch

September 24, 2022 19:20 - 9 minutes - 8.81 MB

Food writer Rose Langbein recently shared two brunch recipes from her latest cookbook Summer at Home - Herbed Asparagus & Ricotta Fritters and a Best-ever Omelette. She chats to Jim Mora about cooking with eggs.

Gregor Paul - Rugby Championship analysis

September 24, 2022 19:08 - 10 minutes - 9.84 MB

We get a reaction to the All Blacks performance in Saturday's Rugby Championship game from Gregor Paul, editor of Rugby World and the Herald on Sunday's voice of rugby.

Joanna Wildish – Foraging for tea

September 17, 2022 23:05 - 18 minutes - 16.9 MB

This past week, Te Wiki o Te Reo Maori /Maori Language Week, kawakawa's had boiling water poured over it up and down Aotearoa. Kawakawa's been used over the years for kidney and stomach problems, stings and cuts and wounds and nettle stings, cramping, bloating, constipation. There seems nothing that 10 good kawa kawa leaves can't do to improve your health. The teas we buy, of course, contain micronutrients, magnesium and zinc and useful bioactive compounds, but can we just shop straight ...

Dr Jack Watling – Is the tide turning in Ukraine?

September 17, 2022 23:05 - 23 minutes - 21.9 MB

What happens now in Ukraine, with Russia seemingly on the back foot, and Ukraine being able to front-foot offensives using new weaponry from the West? Award winning analyst, Dr Jack Watling is our regular go-to commentator on the way this war is being fought. He's the senior research fellow for land warfare at the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI), the UK's leading defence and security think tank. Jack's been up close as the decisions are being made on the Ukraine side.

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