RNZ: Sunday Morning

Grammy-winning jazz singer Kurt Elling is scatting his way to NZ. Elling is playing one show, in Christchurch at the Cavell Leitch International Jazz and Blues Festival on Saturday 26 May.

Media frenzy over a foreigners faith; media freedom under the microscope; Australian media unite to fight laws to jail journalists; another Facebook photo fail.

Most New Zealanders know the distinctive flavour of hāngī . But the traditional Maori method of cooking in the ground could be lost according to Rewi Spraggon. An upcoming TV show is hoping to create a resurgence of hāngī by getting well-known chefs to compete in Hāngī Pit Masters which will air on Maori Television from 2 May.

Insight's reporter Teresa Cowie heads inside prison to find out more about the impact of New Zealand's meth epidemic.

Nelson nursing student Yasmeen Jones-Chollet has been replicating the life of a Bangladeshi garment worker on Trafalgar St in Nelson for the past week, working 16 hours a day sewing bags and not speaking to passersby. 

A rally will be held at the University of Auckland on Monday 30 April at midday to protest the closure of five specialist libraries. A petition will also be presented. That's the same day that submissions close for the proposal. Rachel Ashby, a graduate of Elam and part of a campaign called Save the Fine Arts Library explains students' concerns.

You never know when you might need an extra Sudan or Bermuda tucked away. We found a cupboardful at Parliament. Of flags that is. No Jolly Roger though.

The Productivity Commission's draft report on how New Zealand can meet the government's goal of achieving a net-zero emissions economy by 2050 was released on Friday, with some recommendations it says will get us there. Ralph Sims looks at the recommendations and whether they are realistic.

Those pictures of North Korean president Kim Jong-Un shaking hands with South Korean President Moon Jae-in are some of the most powerful political images we've seen in decades. Al Gillespie, Professor of International Law at Waikato University, says there's reason for hope but we shouldn't hold our breath.

Patrick O'Meara looks at what settlements have achieved and whether the benefit is filtering down to all iwi members

Keith Duffy started out as a member of boyband Boyzone, then went on to play Ciaran in Coronation Street. He's now teamed up with another former boy band member and Irish compatriot, Brian McFadden of Westlife for a show combining the best of both bands called Boyzlife.

Jesse Griffin is probably not as well known as his alter-ego Wilson Dixon. His routine with cowboy Wilson Dixon has won numerous awards and sold out shows. Wilson's back this year for the International Comedy Festival and a solo tour around the country of his new show "What A Country!". Griffin explains how he created Wilson and why he's so popular.

Peter Posner has been involved in the YMCA, the world's oldest youth organisation for more than 30 years - he's the organisation's world president. Its initials stand for the Young Men's Christian Association, but does that name reflect what the YMCA does in its modern incarnation? Posner has been travelling around YMCAs in New Zealand and talks about the evolution of the organisation and the issues facing the youth of today.

Professor Michael Carolan from Colorado State University is in New Zealand for the future of food symposium. He's an authority on food security and resilience - the cost of cheap food and the environmental costs and pragmatic solutions to that. He discusses how there are solutions for farming food we like to eat and how to introduce more variety into our diets.

Dr Tomicah Tilleman knows blockchains. He is the Chair of the Global Blockchain Business Council, a co-founder of the Blockchain Trust Accelerator in the US, and a member of the Advisory Board of the BitFury Group. In his role for civic thinktank New America, he works with the world's largest asset owners to reduce risk through strategic investments in social impact and development. For four years, Dr Tillemann was also senior advisor for "Civil Society and Emerging Democracies' to Secretaries of State Hillary Clinton and John Kerry. Dr Tilleman was in New Zealand recently for the Institute of Directors leadership conference.