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In 1973, submariners Roger Chapman and Roger Malinson were trapped 480 metres below the Irish Sea in a fatally crippled midget submarine. The workmates remarkably survived the 84 hour ordeal despite… Audio

86-year old Marie Hull-Brown talks about a career spanning: the British army; being a policewoman in post WWII London, and; 25-years raising mental health awareness. Audio

A passionate collector of carnivorous plants, Don Gray has 8000 plants in a large greenhouse on the outskirts of Auckland. He's collected the plants for almost forty years - despite saying he's not… Audio

Samantha Shannon is a young British writer of dystopian and paranormal fiction. Her recently released novel 'The Bone Season' is the first book in a seven part fantasy novel series. 'The Bone Season'… Audio

Clarence B Jones was Martin Luther King's speechwriter, legal counsel and trusted lieutenant between 1960 and Dr King's assassination in Tennessee in 1968. He is Visiting/Diversity Professor at the… Audio

Tui de Roy is one of New Zealand's most dedicated wildlife photographers. She was born in the Galapagos Islands but had made her home in the South Island more than 20 years ago. Her latest… Audio

NOTICE: 24 October 2014 - In September 2013 Nine to Noon interviewed Deborah Lee Marlow, who calls herself the "business whisperer" and, "an internationally recognised, award winning serial… Audio

Amateur astronomer Gordon Hudson is president of the Royal Astronomical Society of New Zealand. He works at the Carter Observatory in Wellington, NZ's longest-serving national observatory, and has a… Audio

Professor Geoffrey Batchen is an internationally renowned photographic historian, teacher, writer and curator. Audio

Lady Fiona Carnarvon, the 8th Countess of Carnarvon, whose home, Highclere Castle, is the stately house which serves as the backdrop for the Downton Abbey television series, has just written a book… Audio

Inaugural director of the Centre for Law and Policy in Emerging Technologies, based at Otago University. It is the only NZ-based centre that's devoted to examining the legal, ethical and policy issues… Audio

Paul Whelan is a successful opera singer, and his father Don Whelan is a veteran Christchurch music teacher and choir master. Paul is in New Zealand to play the role of Daland in New Zealand Opera's… Audio

Nick Perry is the recently retired Assistant Police Commissioner. Audio

John Edgar is the president of the Waitakere Ranges Protection Society. He is has been involved in safeguarding the natural beauty of the area for twenty years. John Edgar is also an internationally… Audio

Professor Ian Frazer came up with the technology for the HPV (human papillomavirus) vaccine which helps prevent cervical cancer. The Scottish-born Australian is the subject of a new book 'Ian Frazer… Audio

Severine Hannam is the Natural Sciences Collection Manager at Auckland Museum, who was part of a research project which successfully filmed a giant squid swimming in its deep ocean habitat. Audio

Francesca Borri is a freelance Italian war correspondent and former human rights worker who most recently reported from Syria. Audio

Assistant professor of psychology at San Francisco State University, where he is the Director of The Personality and Well-Being Lab. He's also the co-founder of beyondthepurchase.org, an academic… Audio

Kath Walker and Graeme Elliot have been studying wandering albatross on the remote Antipodes and Adams Islands in the southern ocean for more than two decades. Audio

Shaun Davison trained as a Marist priest at the Catholic seminary St Mary's in Hawkes Bay in the mid-1970s. He has written a book about his time there, with interviews with 21 other men who went… Audio

Best-selling American author Matthew Quick is probably best known for his book The Silver Linings Playbook, which was made into a critically acclaimed film. His books deal frankly and humorously with… Audio

Bruce Plested started Mainfreight with just over $7000 and one truck 35 years ago. The NZX-listed company is now a global logistics business with more than 5,500 staff in 18 countries. Audio

In 1999, David Elliot found a dinosaur bone on his farm in Western Queensland - the bone of a gigantic 95 million year old sauropod. That finding led to more dinosaur bones being discovered - and the… Audio

British-born sculptor Max Patte did a technical arts degree and worked on films like the Harry Potter series and Batman before leaving the London rat race behind. He shifted to Wellington seven years… Audio

Professor of Biology at MIT famed for her imaginative research into how proteins function. Her work has shown how changes in protein folding can have profound and unexpected influences in fields as… Audio