RNZ: Sunday Morning

John Edgar has traced the life story of Auckland's longest-serving mayor, Sir Dove-Myer Robinson. He tells Chris how the working class boy from Sheffield who was bullied for being Jewish, became New Zealand's most well-known local body politician.

Bernadette Devlin was the face and voice of the peace campaign in Northern Ireland in the late sixties and early seventies - a period in that province's history that saw sectarian violence, riots, brutality, pitched battles in the streets and the intervention of the British Army. In 1981, Bernadette and her husband Michael McAliskey were shot by members of the Ulster Freedom Fighters for being leaders of the H Block campaign against the criminalisation of members of the IRA. Both survived and now a documentary on Bernadette Devlin McAliskey is about to show in the NZ International Film Festival. Chris talks to director Lelia Doolan about Devlin's story.

Today - a couple of WINZ workers count the real cost of drug testing for beneficiaries.

Reports over the last couple of weeks say that Romney is outspending Obama in the race for the White House - but is he? Dr Jon Johansson is a lecturer in political science at Victoria University.

A new direction is necessary to continue the revitalisation process of te reo Maori, which is not yet safe from extinction. The Minister of Maori Affairs wants the financial responsibility of ensuring its survival handed over to hapu. Te Manu Korihi reporter, Rosemary Rangitauira, explores the importance of te reo and finds out why it's going to take time before tangata whenua can take the reins.