Sunday Morning for Sunday 14 February 2016

7.10 Professor Claire Robinson - The Politics of Imagery
Just how does newspaper coverage of politicians affect the way we think about them? And does it have the potential to affect the way we vote? Professor Claire Robinson has been looking into how print media covered the 2014 election campaign and whether the images accurately reflected each party's campaign. Professor Claire Robinson is Pro Vice-Chancellor, College of Creative Arts, at Massey University

 

7:30 News Headlines
 

7:32 The Week in Parliament
An overview of the week's events in parliament with Tom Frewen.

7:47 Giff Johnson - Marshall Islands Takes on the Big Guns
The Marshall Islands has a hearing date next month to persuade the UN's highest court to take up a lawsuit against India, Pakistan and Britain, accusing them of failing to halt the nuclear arms race. In 2014 the Marshall Islands government filed a lawsuit against the US and the eight other nuclear-armed countries for failing their obligations under the 1968 Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty. Our correspondent in the Islands' capital, Majuro, is Giff Johnson.

 

8:12 Insight: Melanoma and the Cost of Cancer Drugs

New immunotherapy drugs are the hot topic in cancer internationally.  They stimulate the body's own immune system to fight disease, providing a possible cure for some patients.  With the highest rates in the world of the deadly skin cancer melanoma, and no effective funded treatment for advanced disease, patients here are demanding action over the drug,  Keytruda. But the price is eye-watering and Pharmac is questioning the effectiveness. RNZ's health correspondent Karen Brown investigates how good these new-generation drugs are, and the debate over whether or not NZ should fund them.
Produced by Philippa Tolley.

 

8:40 Robin Denselow - Mali Music

Mali has been a hotbed of modern African music in recent times, but in 2012 Islamic militants took control of much of Northern Mali - and banned concerts. Since then, a combined French and Malian military operation has pushed the militants back and recently the first big festival since the insurgency was held in the capital Bamako.
Robin Denselow is a British journalist who writes about music and politics in Africa - and wrote a history of political pop called 'When the Music's Over

 

9:06 Mediawatch

9:40 David McKie and Jim MacNamara - Spin Doctoring
Recently the Eighth International Forum on Public Relations and Advertising drew experts from all over the world to Wellington to talk about the growing industry.  Most major organisations - public or private - spend a lot on what's called "communications". Does 'spin' still work in the age of the internet and social media? David McKie lectures in communications at Waikato University's Management School and is writing a history of PR. Professor Jim MacNamara is from the University of Technology in Sydney and author of Journalism & PR: Unpacking 'Spin;. Stereotypes, and Media Myths.
 

10:06 Anote Tong - In the Eye of the Storm

President Anote Tong of Kiribati made the world sit up and take notice with his simple plea for the survival of his people, when he spoke on the opening day of the international climate change conference in Paris last November. He thanked Fiji for offering to open up its country to the people of Kiribati and Tuvalu who may need relocation in the event that climate change makes their islands uninhabitable. Anote Tong is in Wellington for an event at Victoria University called In the Eye of the Storm - Pacific Climate Change Conference.

 

10:30 Dayle Takitimu - Climate Change Refugees
Dayle Takitimu is a law expert specialising in indigenous rights and environmental law and she is also taking part in Victoria University's big climate change conference next week. Her main area of concern is for climate change refugees - people forced to relocate from their island homes because environmental change means that they can no longer sustain themselves on their ancestral land.
 

10:40 John Keir and Neville Aitchison - Stories Men Tell

In Auckland there is an exclusive gym, which not everyone can join. It caters  to men and many famous bodies have taken their exercise there, including filmmakers, judges, journalists and writers. Now, these men are sharing the stories they tell between the four walls in a new book called Stories Men Tell. John Keir and Neville Aitchison reveal all.

 

11:05 Geoff Chapple - Life and Influences
Geoff Chapple is probably best known for being the prime mover behind Te Araroa - The National Walkway. But he’s also a composer of operas, an author of numerous books and a keen musician. In the latest of our occasional series: Influential Kiwis talk about their Influences, Geoff Chapple tells Colin Peacock about some of the individuals, writers, thinkers and events that have influenced him. A list which includes: Bertrand Russell, mining leader Pat Mackie, Vincent Ward, pioneering composer Phil Dadson, Rewi Alley, and his cousin Maurice Gee.

 

Music played in this show

Artist: Mali Music
Song: Sunset Coming On
Album: Mali Music
Label: Honest Jon's 538440
Played at: 08:38

Artist: Toumani Diabate
Song: Ali Farka Toure
Composer: Diabate, Trad
Album: The Mande Variations
Label: World Circuit 330079
Played at: 8:56

Artist: Right Left and Centre
Song: Don't Go
Composer: Chapple, McGlashan, Stark
Album: Don't Go
Label: Virgin STOP 15
Played at: 09:37

Artist: From Scratch
Song: 6, 7, 8
Composer: From Scratch
Album: Gung Ho 1, 2, 3, D
Label: Flying Nun 085
Played at: 11:15

Artist: Right Left and Centre
Song: You've Got To Move, Move Cecil
Composer: Chapple
Album: Don't Go
Label: Virgin STOP 15
Played at: 11:30

Artist: Geoff Chapple ft. Anika Moa, Don McGlashan, Annie Crummer, & Laughton Kora
Song: Blue Trail: Te Araroa
Composer: Chapple
Album: Blue Trail: Te Araroa
Label: Private 3011
Played at: 11:55