Sunday Morning for Sunday 26 October 2014
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The Employment Relations Amendment Bill
7:10 AM.The Government is pushing ahead with employment law changes which will make it easier for employers to walk away from collective negotiations. But the Minister for Workplace Relations, Michael… Read more Audio
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Vancouver's Brent Toderain on how to revitalise Auckland
7:35 AM.An international trend to make big cities better places to live in is taking hold in Auckland, which is grappling with a change of course from being a sprawling, car dominated city. Auckland also… Read more Audio
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Insight for 26 October 2014 - Turning Labour Around
8:12 AM.Catherine Hutton speaks to voters and others to discover what Labour needs to do to attract support Read more Audio
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The day Nelson Mandela came to Auckland
8:40 AM.An Auckland church, St Matthew's in the City, is holding two events to commemorate 'the day Madiba came' - 13 November 1995 - when Nelson Mandela visited and spoke to the hundreds of anti-apartheid… Read more Audio
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Armaggedon Expo
8:50 AM.Sci-fi fans have descended on Auckland this weekend for the annual Armageddon expo. It's been running in Auckland for nearly twenty years and has gone from what was essentially just a comic trading… Read more Audio
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Mediawatch for 26 October 2014
9:10 AM.Panic over property prices and rising rates in Auckland; political ploys with the Official Information Act - and what a review of compliance might uncover; changes at NZ's biggest radio and newspaper… Read more Audio
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Wayne Brittenden's Counterpoint
9:45 AM.Wayne ponders what's happened to diplomacy and the role of the UN. Jesse follows up with Dr Sarah von Billerberg in the UK and Otago University Professor of Peace Studies Richard Jackson. Audio
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Influential Kiwis talk about their influences: Helen Kelly
10:10 AM.CTU president Helen Kelly tells us about the individuals, books and events that have influenced her. Read more Audio
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Influential Kiwis talk about their influences: Phil O'Reilly
10:35 AM.Business New Zealand chief executive Phil O'Reilly tells us about individuals, books and events that have influenced him. Read more Audio
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SPQR cookbook - Chris Rupe
11:10 AM.Auckland restaurant SPQR has just released a cookbook of its favourite menu items - we speak to Chris Rupe about his award-winning Ponsonby eatery. Audio
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Kerry-Anne Walsh
11:30 AM.Australian political correspondent Kerry-Anne Walsh on former Prime Minister Julia Gillard and the passing of Gough Whitlam. Audio
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Murray Thom - The Great New Zealand Cookbook
11:43 AM.Murray Thom on how he managed to convince 80 of New Zealand's top chefs to provide him with recipes for The Great New Zealand Cookbook. Audio
Jesse Mulligan is standing in for Wallace Chapman today.
7:08 Current affairs: Labour Party labour relations spokesperson Andrew Little talks to Jesse about the Employment Relations Bill; Brent Toderain - a former chief planner of Vancouver – discusses the future of Auckland with Todd Niall; and we have reports on: Norfolk Island losing its self-governing status; illegal child immigrants in Arizona; and, prisoners in Kenya.
8:12 Insight Turning Labour Around
The Labour Party is trying to work out what's going wrong. It's in the throes of a leadership race and conducting a review into its poor performance at the last election. Insight has been speaking to people in the electorates, former politicians, unionists and academics about what the party can do to reverse its decline in popularity over the last six years.
Produced by Philippa Tolley.
8:40 Armageddon - Bill Geradts
Armageddon Expo founder Bill Geradts talks to Jesse Mulligan about the annual event that attracts thousands of gamers, sci- fi fans and comic collectors.
9:06 Mediawatch
Mediawatch looks at media anguish over the Official Information Act and what a review of compliance might uncover; panic over property prices and rising rates in the big smoke; and, changes at our biggest radio and newspaper company.
Produced and presented by Colin Peacock and Jeremy Rose.
Wayne Brittenden Photo: Wayne Brittenden
9:40 Wayne Brittenden’s Counterpoint
Wayne ponders what’s happened to diplomacy and the role of the UN. Jesse follows up with Dr Sarah von Billerberg in the UK and Otago University Professor of Peace Studies Richard Jackson.
10:06 Influential Kiwis talk about their influences: Helen Kelly
CTU president Helen Kelly tells us about the individuals, books and events that have influenced her. A list that includes her parents, Pat and Cath Kelly, Helen Clark, the Vietnam War, and ‘The Freedom Train’ by Dorothy Sterling.
10:32 Influential Kiwis talk about their influences: Phil O'Reilly
Business New Zealand chief executive Phil O’Reilly tells us about individuals, books and events that have influenced him. A list that includes his parents, his first boss Peter Carroll of the Auckland Employers Association, the Wainui dispute, and ‘Alice in Wonderland’.
Earlier interview in the Influential Kiwis talk about their influences series.
11:05 SPQR cookbook - Chris Rupe
Auckland restaurant SPQR has just released a cookbook of its favourite menu items – we speak to Chris Rupe about his award-winning Ponsonby eatery.
11.29 Kerry-Anne Walsh
Australian political correspondent Kerry-Anne Walsh on former Prime Minister Julia Gillard and the passing of Gough Whitlam.
11:45 - Murray Thom - The Great New Zealand Cookbook
Murray Thom on how he managed to convince 80 of New Zealand’s top chefs to provide him with recipes for The Great New Zealand Cookbook.