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American documentary maker Morgan Spurlock is best known for his film, 'Super Size Me'. He's in New Zealand to promote his latest cynical look at American culture: 'The Greatest Movie Ever Sold', a… Audio

It is his final week in the role of Otago University Vice Chancellor. He is Professor of Preventive and Social Medicine at the university, and his primary research interest is cancer epidemiology. He… Audio

27 years ago, Charlene Hewat stumbled across the remains of a poached rhino and was moved to help with their conservation. She became an advocate for Africa and African wildlife, and went on to found… Audio

Bestselling thriller writer Jeffery Deaver has turned his pen to the James Bond franchise, after being invited by Ian Fleming Publications to write the new Bond novel, Carte Blanche. He's given it a… Audio

Justin Shiner's work focuses on the management of Aboriginal cultural heritage on mining sites in some of Australia's most remote spots, including Cape York, the northernmost tip of the Australian… Audio

Former Tamil Tiger, Niromi De Soyza's story as a child soldier in Sri Lanka's bloody civil war is detailed in her book, 'Tamil Tigress', published by Allen and Unwin. Audio

Australian Jennifer Barrie and her family were on the yachting trip of a lifetime, before becoming marooned on remote Micronesian island Mogmog following a massive storm. Her new book, Marooned on… Audio

Eddie Low has just reached the milestone of 50 years in the music business, performing in some of country music's most hallowed venues, and alongside some of its biggest stars. Audio

Philospher Stephen Law discusses how people defend their illogical views and manage to draw others into an intellectual black hole. He is also a senior lecturer in philosophy at the University of… Audio

Nigel Brennan and his colleague Canadian journalist Amanda Lindhout were kidnapped in Somalia by a criminal gang in 2008. He now uses his experiences to advise companies and NGOs whose employees are… Audio

Allan Scott is a Marlborough wine pioneer and founder of Allan Scott Family Winery. He planted some of the region's most famous vineyards, including the very first in 1973, and has worked every… Audio

Sean Simpson is the co-founder, and head of the science team at Lanzatech - a privately owned, NZ-based company which has developed and patented a microbe that eats polluting gases and excretes… Audio

Her film Circumstance offers a rare glimpse of forbidden love in today's Iranian youth culture. It will screen at the New Zealand International Film Festival later this month. Audio

Foundation Professor of Palliative Care at Flinders University in Australia, the first president of the Australian Association for Hospice and Palliative Care and of the Australian and New Zealand… Audio

Fresh from her first exhibition at Wellington's City Gallery is young Maori artist and roller derby skater Sarah Hudson. Audio

Every four seconds a Mills and Boon novel is sold. We meet one of its romance writers, Gill Sanderson, who in reality is a balding Yorkshireman called Roger. He is reportedly the only male Mills and… Audio

Sir Noel Robinson is the owner of Paraparaumu airport, now renamed Kapiti Coast airport. His uncle, Sir Wolf Fisher, co-founded Fisher and Paykel, and Sir Noel is also involved in a number of… Audio

The Scottish author of No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series, Alexander McCall Smith. The award-winning writer's latest book is The Importance of Being Seven, which is from the series of the Scotland… Audio

Author of The Honored Dead: A Story of Friendship, Murder, and the Search for Truth in the Arab World, and the first Western journalist ever to be embedded within an Arab security force. Audio

Business Roundtable executive director Roger Kerr was recently made a Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit - the country's second highest honour. He has headed the roundtable since 1986. He… Audio

Jay Bahadur, a Canadian journalist who travelled to the heartland of Somali pirates, Puntland, spending time with pirates, former hostages and those attempting to combat piracy on the high seas. Audio

Brigid Gallagher, Archaeological conservator and presenter of the hit British TV show Time Team. Audio

Son of Hone Tuwhare and literary executor of the Hone Tuwhare Charitable Trust, which was established to purchase and restore Hone's crib at Kaka Point in South Otago and establish a writers'… Audio

The newly-knighted agri-businessman and arts patron of the Wallace Art Awards, Sir James Wallace, says it's about time the Nouveau Riche started sharing some of their cash with the community that made… Audio

John Hellstrom is Chair of National Animal Welfare Advisory Committee (NAWAC) and has just been made an officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit in the Queen's Birthday honours for his work in the… Audio