Policy

Former US diplomat Brett Bruen looks at the year ahead and why he thinks Joe Biden needs to start forming new coalitions with an eye to the western alliance sending a strong message to the likes… Audio

Research out of Oxford University shows than one in five Covid-19 patients have gone on to be diagnosed with a mental illness within three months of testing positive, with anxiety, insomnia, and… Audio

Taiwan appears to be at risk of being caught up in the power struggle between China and the US. Richard McGregor is the author of Xi Jinping: The Backlash. He joins us to discuss Taiwan issue and the… Audio

Our Sunday Morning panellists  offer their thoughts on the past week's news. They'll be discussing Covid-19 testing, the latest political polls and rumblings, personal photos being made public, and… Audio

Dr. Graham Hill is a criminologist and child protection expert who was sent to Portugal only days after British toddler Madeleine McCann went missing. He says the entire investigation was… Audio

Professor Michael Baker has been a constant and reassuring presence throughout the Covid-19 lockdown period. He returns to answer your questions and ours about the pandemic and the upcoming move to… Audio

National has released a plan to crack down on anti-social state tenants, in a policy titled 'Remind, Remedy, Remove'  Audio

Riley Elliott is a shark researcher who is determined to protect the tiger sharks off Norfolk Island, who feast on cow carcasses dumped by farmers on the old penal colony. The sharks and their… Audio

Research released this morning has crunched the numbers on just how many working poor there are in New Zealand - 50,000 working households living in poverty across Aotearoa. The research commissioned… Audio

Yesterday Parliament showed a rare display of cross party unity in all but unanimously enacting the bill designed to make New Zealand net carbon zero by 2050.  Audio

Local body voting papers have been delivered ahead of elections later this month. There are five hundred and thirty seven elections taking place for councils and health boards throughout the country… Audio

New MPs are often suprised at the varied demands of the job so now there's a training course to help them out. Audio

Sir Peter Gluckman's known to many as the country's first ever Chief Science Advisor to the Prime Minister. He's in the musical chair this week to talk about the soundtrack of his life and the many… Audio

Dr David Halpern, an experimental psychologist, was part of the original nudge unit put together by the British government to address policy challenges where human behaviour was a key component. Audio

Philanthropist Chris Clarke is urging people to think carefully about who they donate to and why. Audio

One of the submitters who appeared before Parliament today, where gun law reforms were debated, was Tim Ashton - the police officer who shot dead Aramoana gunman David Gray. He spoke with Lisa Owen. Video, Audio

Parliament's gun debate turned ugly today with the country's largest arms dealer accusing media of lynching him and telling MPs the proposed gun ban would see the terrorist win. Video, Audio

Three Minutes Max: short, sharp opinions from commentators around New Zealand. Christchruch City Councillor Raf Manji's been doing some thinking about how to measure and implement well-being for… Audio

The globotics upheaval – a combination of globalisation and robotics – is coming, and it's taking jobs with it. Dr Richard Baldwin has written a book looking at the future of work and warns of a… Audio