RNZ: Sunday Morning

Tuhoe chief Treaty negotiator Tamati Kruger discusses the Tuhoe Treaty settlement. The $170 million settlement for grievances – one of the biggest in New Zealand's history – has been initialled by negotiators and gone back to Tuhoe for ratification. He talks to Chris about plans for how the money will be used to benefit his iwi in Te Urewera – a nation within a nation.

The GCSB affair continues. What might be needed is a bit of clarity about what the organisation is actually allowed to do. Maybe the PM's office can fix that?

The Kurds are the world’s largest ethnic group without a state, with an estimated population of 30 million spread across Turkey, Iraq, Syria and Iran. And in all four countries the Kurds have spent the best part of a century struggling for greater autonomy and even the right to speak their own language. Ideas explores the Kurdish question with: William Harris, a professor of politics at Otago University and the author of three books on the Middle East; Welat Zeydanlioglu, author of the forthcoming The Kurdish Question in Turkey: New Perspectives on Violence, Representation and Reconciliation; and Sarkawt Abdullazada the president of the New Zealand Kurdish Association.

The Forgotten General is a docu-drama about Major General Sir Andrew Russell. Based on Jock Vennell's book of the same name, the film profiles the largely overlooked New Zealand Division commander on the Western Front, who was a significant figure in our country's participation in the First World War. Chris talks to film-maker Karl Zohrab.

A talkback host and prospective politician who tried to turn the tables on a reporter; a new online initiative aiming to hook creative kids; Australians on the downside of non-stop coverage of politics.

Journalist Jane Tolerton helped set up the World War I Oral History Archive in 1987 and interviewed 85 veterans. In her new book An Awfully Big Adventure she presents their stories.

Belinda McCammon looks at NZ's Afghan legacy

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Wayne Brittenden has been Radio New Zealand's correspondent in several capital cities over the years. Each week he gives fresh insights into a wide variety of topics of national and international concern, followed by Chris Laidlaw's discussion of the issue with guests. Earlier this month the UN General Assembly again called for the global abolition of capital punishment. Last Wednesday, Amnesty International released its annual report on the death penalty, which offers little optimism for abolitionists. Wayne explores some interesting new aspects to the death penalty, and Chris follows up with Dr Rick Halperin, Professor of Human Rights at the Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas.

Richard Hil has written about pressure on universities to make money and the effect that has on academics and teaching. He talks to Chris about the long-running industrial strife at Sydney University, the casualisation of the workforce at universities throughout Australia, which he calls an outrageous exploitation of labour, and the need for academic staff to stand up for their colleagues. Whackademia, An Insider's Account of the Troubled University, by Richard Hil, is published by NewSouth Publishing.

Where does the real power in New Zealand lie? That's right, with a bunch of bureaucrats, underlings, officials, and lowly-ranked list MPs that you and I have never heard of. Whether it's in sport, politics, commerce, education or the arts, the only way to find out what’s really going on in this country is by going ... Down the List. Written by Dave Armstrong and produced by Radio New Zealand's Drama department. Today, the GCSB affair is running out of control with accusations of illegal spying explained away as misinterpretation of the law. The solution? Change the law.

The GCSB affair is running out of control with accusations of illegal spying explained away as misinterpretation of the law. The solution? Change the law.

The honeybee is under threat around the world. Beekeepers in the United States are losing close to a third of their hives to Colony Collapse Disorder and things aren't looking much better in Europe. CCD hasn't arrived in New Zealand yet but the varroa mite has shown just how vulnerable our main pollinator is to deadly foreign threats. Ideas talks to: Beekeeper Frank Lindsay; National Bee Association CEO Daniel Paul, scientists Dr Mark Goodwin and Dr Alastair Robertson, and North Canterbury farmer Ross Little â€" one of those behind Federated Farmers' Trees for Bees campaign. Produced by Jeremy Rose.

Dr Albert Ruesga is president & CEO of the Greater New Orleans Foundation. He talks to Chris about the culture of giving in the US, and the outpouring of citizen activism and citizen advocacy after Hurricane Katrina. He was in New Zealand this week to speak at the Philanthropy New Zealand conference.

A confusing front-page story about 'offender-friendly justice'; confusing front-page ads; a global scoop on international tax havens - and Nicky Hager on the pros and cons of leaks; an underwhelming undercover investigation into modelling.