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Long before Peter Jackson created his vision of Middle Earth on film, artist Mary Fairburn created her own pen and ink illustrations of Middle Earth. JRR Tolkien, who had always been against an… Audio

Dr Rob Burns, senior lecturer in music at the University of Otago, is the author of Transforming Folk, a book about innovation and tradition in English folk-rock music - it's not all about dulcimers… Audio

Dr Clare Wall is a Senior Lecturer of Nutrition, at the School of Medical Sciences, University of Auckland. She discusses children and nutrition. Today, Food and Nutrition Guidelines for Healthy… Audio

'2312' by Kim Stanley Robinson and 'The Testimony' by James Smythe. Audio

Why aren't girls and single women funded to store eggs or ovarian tissue if they're facing cancer treatment that could make them infertile? Dr Andrew Murray is from Fertility Associates in Wellington.

Emissions trading and climate change - where are we at with research? Dr Harry Clark is Director of the NZ Agricultural Greenhouse Gas Research Centre. Audio

Reviewing 'The Taliban Cricket Club' by Timeri Murari and 'The Age of Miracles' by Karen Thompson Walker. Audio

NZ missionary doctor who since 1983 has been based in a rural area of Bangladesh where he runs a hospital and clinic. Audio

Despite record low interest rates the Reserve Bank's governor's dismissing suggestions he's helping fuel another housing boom. Audio

Dr Eric Crampton from the University of Canterbury is an expert on the economics of organ donation, and he talks about improving New Zealand's donation rates which are among the lowest in the Western… Audio

Dr Scott Walker has been looking at the issue of forced democratisation. Audio

Senior Lecturer in the School of Arts and Social Sciences at Southern Cross University, Tweed Heads, Dr Hil is also the author of 'Whackademia: An insider's account of the Troubled University'. In… Audio

"The Red House" by Mark Haddon and "The Forrests" by Sarah Perkins. Audio

Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment, Dr Jan Wright, who's calling for greater protection for New Zealand's wild and scenic rivers. Audio

Dr John Baker is a Feilding-based entrepreneur who has been nominated for the World Food Prize for his invention - a cross-slot seed drill which is described as the keyhole surgery of farming. Audio

Dr Judy McGregor the Equal Opportunities Commissioner, is on the warpath over the pay and conditions of aged care workers. Audio

Dr Nick Barratt is a British genealogist, broadcaster, historian and author. He was the head genealogist on the BBC's television series Who Do You Think You Are? for four years. He's coming to NZ to… Audio

'Burnt Ice' by Steve Wheeler and 'The Gathering of the Lost' by Helen Lowe. Audio

Lynda Chanwai-Earle gets a close up look at the miracles of plastic surgery with reconstructive plastic surgeon, Dr Swee Tan. Audio

Dave Snell is a Waikato University student who has just completed his PhD on bogans. Audio

He's helped innumerable people suffering from cancer, burns or severed limbs and has been nick-named the "Miracle Man", yet this man came from rural Malaysia working coconut plantations as a child. Audio

Dr Keith Hammett is a professional private breeder of ornamental plants on a bloack at Massey in West Auckland. Keith was previously a Scientist with the Horticulture and Food Research Institute… Audio

NZSM period performance lecturer and early keyboard expert giving concert of CPE Bach and JS Bach at Wellington's Ilott Theatre tonight. Audio

Reviewing 'Mudwoman' by Joyce Carol Oates and 'The New Republic' by Lionel Shriver. Audio

Dr Hone Kaa is being remembered as a champion of te reo, Christianity and the campaign to stop child abuse. The 70 year old Archdeacon of Tamaki Makaurau, died in Auckland after a short battle with… Audio