Sunday Morning

Are you sensitive, maybe overly sensitive, you think? There's a new book for you, it's called 'Sensitive: The Hidden Power of the Highly Sensitive Person in a Loud, Fast, Too-Much World'.

At just 16 years of age, Tauranga's Venice Harris has already travelled the world starring in big stage musicals like Annie, Les Miserables and The Sound of Music. She joins us to introduce her new track Tug of War.

Animal behaviour expert Zazie Todd is back again. This time to talk cats.

Imagine how it would be to visit a museum, and see your own heart in a display case. That's what's happened to Jennifer Sutton at the Hunterian Museum in London, 16 years after the heart she was born with was removed as she underwent transplant surgery.

Mediawatch talks to the radio industry's top spokesperson who called on commercial companies to curb their rivalry - and the brains behind a small music radio network spreading around the country - but without ads. Also: a controversial proposal to change the way our media content is regulated.

Michelle Gomez has appeared as Missy, aka The Master, Dr Who's female nemesis, and Lilith in the hit show The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina. Michelle also played the angry Miranda Croft in HBO's The Flight Attendant. She's in Auckland as one of the stars of Wintergeddon.

If there's one singer in New Zealand you might apply the phrase 'Prima diva' to, it would be Jackie Clarke. Having been in The Ladykillers and When The Cat's Been Spayed she was made a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit for services to entertainment and named Top Female Artist by the Variety Artists Club of New Zealand. She's heading all over New Zealand on her new Prima Diva Tour.

Marking the last Sunday Morning of NZ Music Month 2023, art-pop duo Clementine Valentine join us to introduce their new single 'Endless Night'

How we see the world is not just what we see, or hear, or smell. Dr Ashley Ward is Professor of Animal Behaviour at the University of Sydney. He has studied creatures great and small on travels that have ranged from the Serengeti plains in Africa to the Antarctic Ocean.

In Tautua: Inked in Service, RNZ Social Media Journalist Faivaeselopepe Anric Sitanilei undergoes the transformative process of receiving the traditional Samoan malofie, also known as the tatau. A celebration of heritage, tradition, and dedication to family and community, the documentary unveils the evolving role of the tatau in a changing world, and its testament to Samoan heart and spirit.