Sunday Morning

Auckland flood response review finds arms-length Council didn't use media effectively; media droning on about flying pizza - again; a fake news backflip.

If you think men today are too feminine, kids today are spoiled, and we need to get back to teaching the basics, Paul Fairie's says we've seen it all before.

Barbara Else has written award-winning fiction for decades, but didnt think her life story had enough "drama" to make an interesting memoir. But after starting to write down memories of the "little incidents" that seemed to deeply affect her life, Else realised her own experiences were as interesting as anything she could make up. The result is Laughing at the Dark.

On Monday, NASA and the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) announced the four astronauts who will venture around the Moon on Artemis II, the first crewed mission in more than 50 years. The space agency hopes to establish the first long-term presence on the moon and, using knowledge gleaned from those efforts, send the first humans to Mars. Joining us to discuss the new is the chair of Women in Space Aotearoa, Space sector consultant and Aerospace Engineer, Kate Breach.

The Rainbow Warrior bombing back in 1985 is fairly familiar to us here in Aotearoa. There have been TV documentaries and even a feature film telling the tale too. But it's not so well known around the world - until now, perhaps. A new three-part documentary series called Murder in The Pacific has just screened in the UK on BBC TV. The reviews are in - and they're good. TVNZ tells us 'Murder in the Pacific' will screen here later this year. Colin Peacock asked director Chloe Campbell and executive producer Caroline Hawkins how they pitched it to the BBC.

Twenty five years ago the Good Friday Agreement was signed in Northern Ireland.

It effectively ended armed hostilities between Republicans (or Nationalists) who wanted a united Ireland and Loyalists who wanted to remain part of the UK. A whole generation has come of age in this new era.

Among them is the man who hosts BBC Ulster's Sunday Morning show, Steven Rainey.

Calling home this week is Julian Kirwan, a former flight attendant from Christchurch who has established a successful café chain and is well and truly settled in the Dutch metropolis of Amsterdam.

Do you sometimes get the feeling that music just isn't as good as it used to be?

You might not be alone. Tom ter Bogt, a cultural psychologist and professor of pop music at the University of Utrecht might be able to explain.

One of the surprise streaming hits of the last few months is a show called Colin From Accounts. Our own Colin from RNZ spoke to co-creator and actor Patrick Brammall.

With the 87th Masters Golf Tournament taking place in Augusta, Georgia, we talk to Stuff's Senior Sports Columnist, Mark Reason.