Chris Laidlaw
Ideas for 2 June 2013: Myanmar / Burma in Focus
Jeremy Rose talks to Phil Robertson a co-author of the Human Rights Watch report All You Can Do Is Pray which implicated Burmese authorities in crimes against humanity and ethnic cleansing, and Maung… Audio
Kate Mosse : Touching History
Kate Mosse is author of bestsellers, Labyrinth, Sepulchre and Citadel, (published by Hachette) as well as Co-Founder and Chair of the Board for The Women's Prize for Fiction 2013 (previously the… Audio
Harriet Tuckey : Unsung Hero of Everest
Harriet Tuckey didn't get on with her father, Griffith Pugh, and didn't know that the first ascent of Everest would not have been possible without his contributions. Pugh designed the oxygen and… Audio
Wayne Brittenden's Counterpoint
Today, 130 years ago the word 'eugenics' was coined by Charles Darwin's half cousin, explorer and anthropologist Francis Galton. Eugenics was seen as a valid science by many, even after the Nazis took… Audio
John Thwaites - Sustainable Australia
Last week saw the release of the 'Sustainable Australia Report 2013: Conversations with the Future'. It is the first report of its kind in Australia. The Chair of the National Sustainability Council… Audio
Ideas for 19 May 2013
The Quakers not only played a leading role in the anti-slavery movement - they founded many of Britain's best known companies. The Seventh Day Adventist church founded, and still owns, New Zealand's… Audio
Admiral Thisara Samarasinghe - Sri Lanka After the War
As a dispute continues over Sri Lanka hosting the Commonwealth Heads of Government meeting in November, Sri Lanka's High Commissioner to Australia and New Zealand talks to Chris about allegations of… Audio
Graeme Lay - Mrs Cook and her Husband, James
The personal life of Captain James Cook is not well known. This is partly due to his equally enigmatic wife Elizabeth, who destroyed all his letters towards the end of her long life. Finding this out… Audio
Wayne Brittenden's Counterpoint
Wayne Brittenden has been Radio New Zealand's correspondent in several capital cities over the years. Each week he gives fresh insights into a wide variety of topics of national and international… Audio
Tim Bale - Thatcher's Life and Legacy
Professor Tim Bale holds the Chair in Politics at Queen Mary University of London and was formerly a lecturer at Victoria University. His books include 'The Conservative Party From Thatcher' to… Audio
Water ban lifted in Wellington region
The ban on outdoor water use in the Wellington region will be lifted at nine o'clock this morning, with the Regional Council saying it's thanks to conservation efforts from the public and some… Audio
Wayne Brittenden's Counterpoint
Audio from a court-martial pre-trial hearing of Private Bradley Manning was leaked last Tuesday, and posted on the internet. Manning was heard explaining why he sent hundreds of thousands of… Audio
Sir Don McKinnon: In the Ring
Chris speaks to Sir Don McKinnon about his new book, "In the Ring" - an account of his time as Secretary-General of the Commonwealth from 2000-2008. The memoir candidly describes what was really going… Audio
Ideas for 17 March 2013
The idea that the environment has an impact on our physical health is indisputable - but what impact is environmental degradation having on our mental health? Can psychology offer insights into how to… Audio
Paul Buchanan - The legacy of Hugo Chavez
Analyst and Latin American politics scholar Paul Buchanan talks to Chris Laidlaw about the situation in Venezuela following the death of Hugo Chavez, and what the former leader's legacy is likely to… Audio
Deborah Hart - Role of mediation in Family Court reforms
The Government's planned overhaul of the Family Courts would encourage more families to be involved in dispute resolution before a case reaches the courts. Deborah Hart from the Arbitrators and… Audio
Chris Prowse - Songs about The Shiner
Chris Prowse has followed up his Tui Award-winning 2009 album Trouble on the Waterfront with a new 'alt history' CD which takes its inspiration from John A. Lee's writings about the notorious colonial… Audio
Ideas for 3 March 2013
Arguments for intensifying the density of housing tend to fall into two categories: affordability and putting a halt to urban sprawl. Ideas talks to two architects who advocate higher density housing… Audio