RNZ: Sunday Morning

Vicki Treadall has been High Commissioner to New Zealand and Samoa, and Governor of Pitcairn for 18-months now. She reflects on her time so far.

The chief of the outfit spending our money on broadcasting on how it sets its priorities in tight times; a rash of recent questions on the worth of modern medicines, and; local publications take a punt on putting up paywalls.

Film-maker who talks about the soon to screen documentary she made about the search for her childhood friend Mercy, lost in Mugabe's Zimbabwe.

Teresa Cowie investigates if online video gaming has negative effects or if it is just the latest frontier in sport

The notion of anarchy, socialist-libertarianism as opposed to chaos. Is there a place for it? Can it work?

In a recent poll, Labour gained three points and David Shearer improved his standings in the preferred-leader polls against John Key. But how?

Philosopher, and writer of the book How Much Is Enough?

This week Ideas looks at the colonial rule of Indonesia, how the republic treats its citizens in West Papua and in their former province of Timor Leste.

Andrew Erlich puts substance to the phrase that 'everything's bigger in Texas' with the tall story about his uncle Jake.

A prank with tragic consequences; TV current affairs thin out while public-funded talent shows prosper; regional TV's struggle - and a new public service channel only on pay TV, and; an embattled MP's rough ride in the media.

Author of the new book 'The Bengal Engine's Mango After Glow' speaks about poetry, alcoholism and the Catholic church.

Demelza Leslie travels to Myanmar with John Key to gauge speed of reform and trade opportunities.

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 concern, followed by Chris Laidlaw’s discussion of the issue with guests. Today, representatives of nearly 200 governments gathered in Dohar, Qatar, last Monday for two weeks of UN-sponsored talks aimed at forging an agreement on climate change. Wayne looks at the obstacles - and contradictions - of the event, and Chris follows up with Dr George Mobus, a University of Washington-based expert on cross-disciplinary approaches to understanding complex adaptive systems.

The Novopay payroll system from Australia was intended to make the paying of our school teachers work better, but so far it seems to have done the exact opposite.

The Prime Minister's Awards for Literary Achievement were announced this week and Samoa-born Albert Wendt won the $60,000 prize for fiction, recognising the seminal and lasting contribution he has made to New Zealand literature. He has published a substantial body of fiction and poetry and is internationally recognised as leading developments in New Zealand and Pacific writing. He talks to Chris about his life and long career.