Sunday Morning for Sunday 27 November 2016
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Tsunami lessons with James Goff
7:08 AM.James Goff, honorary professor of tsunami research at the University of New South Wales, tells Wallace the Kaikoura earthquake should serve as a "gentle warning" to Wellington of what could be round… Read more Audio
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Iran US relations in the age of Trump
7:16 AM.During the election campaign Donald Trump promised to scrap the US Iran nuclear deal. So what would that mean for the people of Iran and the region? Rouzbeh Parsi heads up the European Iran Research… Read more Audio
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The Week In Parliament for Sunday 27 November 2016
7:36 AM.MPs on the Transport and Industrial Relations Select Committee hear submissions on the Land Transport Amendment Bill. Otaki Road Safety Group convenor, Fred MacDonald, proposes gates on station… Read more Audio
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Mike Scott - 61 Molesworth St demolition update
7:47 AM.Mike Scott is manager of building consents and compliance at Wellington City Council. He updates Wallace on when and if the demolition of the Prime Property Group's building fatally damaged in the 14… Read more Audio
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Ben Clement - Home Security
7:48 AM.The Christmas holiday's are nearly upon us and it's the busiest time of year for thieves. With burglaries on the increase - Wallace talks to security expert Ben Clement about why New Zealanders are so… Read more Audio
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Insight: Are Protection Orders Taken Seriously?
8:12 AM.RNZs police reporter Carla Penman asks, are protection orders are worth the paper they are written on? Read more Audio
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'Canopy' Meg and the science of tree tops
8:42 AM.Dr Meg Lowman is the world’s first ‘arbonaut’ an expert in the field of forest canopy science. Read more Audio
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RNZ's Tom Furley - Kaipara Harbour accident
9:40 AM.RNZs Tom Furley reports the latest on the Kaipara Harbour boating accident. Three people are still missing. Three were rescued and were in hospital, police said. Eleven people were onboard the vessel… Read more Audio
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Terence Davies - Sunset song
9:42 AM.Terence Davies has been described as one of the UK's greatest living filmmakers. He joins Wallace to talk about his latest film Sunset Song - and why it's a film that is very close to his heart.. Audio
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Miriam Frank: In her mother's footsteps
10:06 AM.Writer Miriam Frank tells Wallace the amazing story of her childhood - escaping Nazi Germany, occupied France and the Spanish Civil War. Read more Audio, Gallery
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Having a joint with the President of Uruguay
10:40 AM.Vice journalist Krishna Andavolu has been travelling the world exploring the culture of marijuana, including smoking a joint ‘with’ the President of Uruguay. Read more Audio
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New Zealand and the Pacific slave trade
11:06 AM.New Zealand’s role in the Pacific slave trade is ‘a dark piece of our history’ that is often overlooked, Scott Hamilton says. Read more Audio
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Peta Mathias: life, love & real estate
11:36 AM.Peta Mathias has led a globe-trotting life. She's lived in Canada, London and France, she's been a restaurateur, has written numerous books and had a successful broadcasting career Read more Audio
7:08 James Goff - Tsunami lessons
James Goff Photo: supplied
James Goff, honorary professor of tsunami research at the University of New South Wales, tells Wallace the Kaikoura earthquake should serve as a "gentle warning" to Wellington of what could be round the corner.
7:16 Rouzbeh Parsi - Iran US relations in the age of Trump
Rouzbeh Parsi Photo: Supplied
During the election campaign Donald Trump promised to scrap the US Iran nuclear deal. So what would that mean for the people of Iran and the region? Dr Rouzbeh Parsi heads up the European Iran Research Group and is a senior lecturer at the University of Lund in Sweden.
7:30 News headlines
7:32 The Week in Parliament
7:50 Ben Clement - Home security
The Christmas holiday's are nearly upon us and it's the busiest time of year for thieves. With burglaries on the increase - Wallace talks to security expert Ben Clement about why New Zealanders are so complacent when it comes to home security.
8:12 Insight: Are Protection orders taken seriously?
Ulanda Titford, 21. Photo: RNZ/Carla Penman
RNZs police reporter Carla Penman talks to two women who were abused by their former partners despite repeatedly turning to authorities for help, and asks whether protection orders are worth the paper they are written on? .
8:42 Meg Lowman - An abornaut's life
Dr Meg Lowman is an 'abornaut' - a tree scientist who travels the globe checking out the world's rainforests.She has just been in New Zealand looking at our own tree canopies and she tells Wallace why forests are so special and why time is running out for the world to start taking trees more seriously.
9:06 Mediawatch
Why is New Zealand's pre-eminent publisher of magazines giving its journalism away for free? Also: why the TV channel that survived the Christchurch quake is now going off the air - and low blows in the media over high hits in the rugby.
Produced and presented by Colin Peacock and Jeremy Rose
9:40 Terence Davies - Sunset Song
Terence Davies Photo: supplied
Terence Davies has been described as one of the UK's greatest living filmmakers. He joins Wallace to talk about his latest film Sunset Song - and why it's a film that is very close to his heart..
10:06 Miriam Frank - In her mother's footsteps
Writer Miriam Frank tells Wallace the amazing story of her childhood - escaping Nazi Germany, occupied France and the Spanish Civil War.
10:44 Krishna Andavolu - Weediquette
Krishna Andavolu Photo: Supplied
Vice journalist, Krishna Andavolu, has been travelling the world exploring the culture of marijuana. He talks to Wallace about his new documentary series, Weediquette, in which he debates the use of medical cannabis and smokes a joint with the President of Paraguay.
11:06 Scott Hamilton - Pacific slave trade
Scott Hamilton Photo: Supplied
Scott Hamilton is the author of The Stolen Island which tells the story of a slave raid on the isolated Tongan island of 'Ata in the 1860s. It's a tragic tale of men, women and children ripped from their homes and New Zealand's often overlooked role in the slave trade
11:40 Peta Mathias - Life, Love and real estate
Photo: supplied
Writer, chef, and bon vivant Peta Mathias joins Wallace to talk about her life.. So far.. Her loves.. So far… and why you should always think twice when buying a villa in the South of France.