Sunday Morning

New Plymouth author Jacqueline Bublitz joins us to talk about her second book Leave the Girls Behind, which follows her international best seller Before You Knew My Name.

Rugby writer and columnist Gregor Paul joins us with the latest from Twickenham.

As the US Election enters the final stretch, former United States Ambassador to New Zealand and Samoa, Mark Gilbert joins us to give his take on how the vote will go.

English actor and all-round treasure Stephen Fry returns to New Zealand with a brand-new show in November.

Architect Tom Reynolds is calling home from Poole in Dorset.

Could the boss of the country's biggest news publisher joining a local ginger group alongside political figures compromise her own company's coverage in the capital? Also: award-winning NZ Geographic adopts maximum transparency to secure its survival.

Earlier this year, Joe Bennett the self-described "pensioner with an iffy prostate" stuck out his thumb once again adding four new chapters to his classic yarn A Land of Two Halves.

It's Sunday morning, so wake up your brain and have a go!

Our US Correspondent, Simon Marks, joins us with the latest.

Jeffrey Halley is Sunday Morning's man on the money.

Dr Mandy Hagstrom is a senior lecturer in health sciences based at the University of NSW. She joins Jim to discuss micro-exercising.

Olivia Spooner joins us to talk about her new historical fiction The Songbirds of Florence, based on New Zealand Women's Auxiliary Army Corps welfare workers - known as "the Tuis".

Epidemiologist Professor Michael Baker joins us once again. What can we expect from the summer surge and how useful are boosters and antivirals?

Originally from Auckland, Natasha Crampton leads Microsoft's Office of Responsible AI as the company's first Chief Responsible AI Officer. She's calling home from Seattle.

Jack Whitehall and his dad Michael join Jim to talk comedy, fatherhood and what audiences can expect from their shows in Christchurch, Auckland and Wellington.

Dr Ali Hill from Otago University's Department of Human Nutrition is back to discuss the nutritional value of bread.

How US media have coped with the controversial campaign for the upcoming election there - and how our media fared covering the election here one year ago.

According to a recent article in The Boston Globe, people in their 30s and 40s are reporting an unprecedented wave of memory problems.

Our quiz master Jack Waley-Cohen is back for another Sunday Morning quiz. It's Sunday morning, so wake up your brain and have a go!

Karen Kasler is the Statehouse Bureau Chief for public radio and television in Ohio, she joins Jim to share an update on the campaigns.

Victoria University Psychology Professor Dr Marc Wilson joins us once again for a chat around habits and personality traits and whether we can ever really change.

NZ Comedian Josh Thomson plays Martin, the head of Human Resources in the newly launched season of The Office Australia. He joins us to pick his best song ever.

In 2011, New Zealander Jayne Bailey started Project Moroto, a faith-based charity that provides a safe place and home for 22 orphan girls in Northeast Uganda.

Professor Mark Orams is a world champion sailor and he's been analysing the racing off Barcelona in columns for the NZ Herald as 'The Sailing Professor'.

In early 2022, Andrew Fagan set sail in an attempt to set the world record for “The smallest boat to sail solo around the world via the Great Capes”.

In recent years, microplastics have been found in our liver, kidneys, lungs, gut, brain - the list goes on. New Scientist health reporter, Grace Wade has been looking into the implications for our health.

Our US Correspondent Mitch McCann takes a look at the different ways of polling for and predicting the upcoming US Presidential Election and the benefits and drawbacks of each method.

Coverage of capital's troubled Council - and claims the government could intervene. Also: news publishers respond to a survey showing more Kiwis dodging their news - and surge in social media scam posts co-opting big brands in news media.

Erie County, in the northwest corner of Pennsylvania, is what election watchers call a "boomerang county". Can it predict what will happen this year?

The Washington Post's security reporter, Joby Warrick talk to us about his deep dive into the details of Israel's elaborate plan to sabotage Hezbollah communications devices to kill or maim thousands of its operatives.

Our quiz master Jack Waley-Cohen is back for another Sunday Morning quiz.

Stuff's Senior International Correspondent Lisette Reyner joins us from Barcelona following Team NZ's win.

In a recent article in The Conversation, David Ekbladh, Professor of History at Tufts University in the US discussed how we may be heading towards a world order collapse similar to that of the 1930's.

The unlikely broadcasting phenomenon, the Alternative Commentary Collective (ACC) have been poking fun at mainstream sports in New Zealand for over a decade.

Twenty-two days to go until Americans vote in an election that's too close to call. Kamala Harris maintains her narrow polls lead, but the theory is that Donald Trump's numbers improve on polling day itself.

Mary Argue is back guiding us through the latest weird and wonderful headlines from the world of science.

Behind the banter, Bree Tomasel has battled anxiety, ADHD, struggled with her sexuality, and survived a harrowing attack as a young child. She shares her story in new book UnApologetically Me.

The thorny issue of reclining seats on planes has been debated for years. Colin Hunter, a Senior Associate in the Disputes team at law firm Hesketh Henry joins us to talk about where the law stands on the issue.

TVNZ's signaled more cost-saving cuts and started by scrapping its online news site next year. Meanwhile Google's threatening to cut ties with local news altogther. What's going on?

New Zealanders have some of the highest rates of avoiding the news compared to other countries.

Jack is the mind behind the questions on BBC quiz show 'Only Connect' which is known for being both difficult to crack and totally obvious.

Team NZ Emirates now have 2-0 lead over Ineos Britannia in the America's Cup match in Barcelona.

If you were running New Zealand and had $100, how much of this money would you spend to support and take care of different vulnerable groups of the population?

Dr Malcolm Wright is calling home from Southern California. Malcolm works at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory nd is the technical lead responsible for delivering the flight and ground lasers used in the Deep Space Optical Communications technology demonstration project.

Given insoles vary widely in price, AUT is looking for people to trial a bunch of different insoles for five weeks to see which ones are rated tops.

Jan Preston is known as Australasia's Queen of Boogie Piano. This October she's on the road right across the North Island promoting her new album Pianoland.

Mary Argue is back guiding us through the latest weird and wonderful headlines from the world of science.

This week saw the US Vice Presidential debate widely accepted as a tie and singer Chappell Roan faced backlash from fans for failing to endorse a candidate in the upcoming US presidential election. Dr Todd Belt joins Jim to discuss the campaign so far.

After 50 years of hit songs, superstar songstress Dionne Warwick returns to New Zealand for what she is calling "one last tour".

Multi award-winning comedian, writer, actor and host of BBC's Weakest Link, Romesh Ranganathan brings his brand-new show to Aotearoa.

Mediawatch looks at coverage of the controversial call to cut back the rebuild of Dunedin Hospital - and how local media helped to drive the backlash. Also: Patrick Gower's kicked off a new 'feel-good' weekly video show for Stuff. But do we really want good news when times are bad?

In his latest book, A Voyage Around the Queen author Craig Brown turns his attention to one of the most famous and defining figures of our time, Queen Elizabeth II.

Our quiz master Jack Waley-Cohen is back for another Sunday Morning quiz.

For the latest, we're joined by Geoffrey Miller from The Democracy Project.

Mary Argue is back guiding us through the latest weird and wonderful headlines from the world of science.

Some anglers are rethinking their approach as the waters that are favoured by trout are warming up and causing stress and even death of the fish.

New Zealander of the Year, international climate scientist Dr Jim Salinger joins us to take a long at the long-term weather predictions for New Zealand's summer months.

The much-anticipated follow-up to Chelsea Winter's #1 bestselling plant-based cookbook, Supergood, is here!

At 22, actor, film maker and Tok creator (with 1.4 million followers), Theo Shakes is having a moment. T

Marc Orams has the latest from Barcelona.

Weather permitting, many of us will be hoping to get some jobs in the garden done this weekend. Tony Murrell joins us to take your questions.

Mediawatch talks to the boss of Australia's public broadcaster the ABC - and the producer of a show putting mental health in the frame for the past 15 years. Also: fallout from the murder trial that preoccupied the media for the past two months. **This programme discusses the issue of suicide and how it is covered by the media**

Originally from Hornby in Christchurch, Corey Baker has forged a stellar career on stage, television and film - more recently as choreographer for Tim Burton's latest box office release, Beetlejuice,Beetlejuice.

Our quiz master Jack Waley-Cohen is back for another Sunday Morning quiz. Jack is the mind behind the questions on BBC quiz show 'Only Connect' which is known for being both difficult to crack and totally obvious. It's Sunday morning, so wake up your brain and have a go!

With the latest on the elections and Hurricane Helene, we're joined by our US correspondent, Mitch McCann.

Do you often find yourself bored and scrolling through social media? Nicole Vignola joins us to share how to create a dopamine menu which can help you steer clear of never-ending screen time and make your days all the more joyful for it.

Paddy Gower is one of New Zealand's best-known journalists. He spent five years as Newshub's political editor, before becoming its national correspondent, and more recently he's been a documentary maker and host of Paddy Gower Has Issues. He joins Jim to discuss his upcoming memoir This is the F#$%ing News: My Story.

Susie Dent is perhaps best known on this side of the globe as the resident word expert on 8 out of 10 Cats Does Countdown. She joins us to talk about her career and her debut murder mystery novel Guilty by Definition.

For the latest on the US Election, we're joined once again by our U.S. correspondent Karen Kasler, the Statehouse Bureau Chief for public radio and television in Ohio.

Our media put politicians' feet to the fire in the name of accountability - but some won't front up in the first place. Is the way they're doing it part of the problem? Also: local iwi steps in to save the local paper in Wairoa.

Rebecca Sharrock, who can remember every experience, thought, dream, and feeling since she was a baby has since written a book about her extraordinary life called My Life as a Puzzle.

Dr Jack Watling, senior research fellow for land warfare at the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI), the world’s oldest and the UK’s leading defence and security thinktank joins us once again.