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Kereyn Smith is the first female head of the NZ Olympic Committee. She has more than 20 years experience in sports administration, including holding the posts of director of the Highlanders rugby… Audio

Siautu Alefaio has become convinced that mainstream western physiological approaches to counseling and rehabilitation do not work for cultures such as that of Pacific peoples. Audio

Professor Steve Wratten - ecology professor at Lincoln University, talks about Sustainable biodiversity. Audio

John Craig recently became the oldest person in the world to walk the Pacific Crest trail, which stretches for 4265km along the US West Coast from the Mexican border all the way up to the Canadian… Audio

Pat White is a poet and the author of memoir 'How the Land Lies: Of Longing and Belonging', published by Victoria University Press. Audio

Artist and curator Greg O'Brien and photographer Mari Mahr; wife of the late New Zealand illustrator Graham Percy. Audio

Abortion lobbyist, and women's health advocate. Audio

Veteran Paparazzo Ron Galella: Brando broke his jaw, Jackie O' sued him and Richard Burton had him beaten up - but he's also been widely praised for his dramatic unguarded shots of the celebrities… Audio

Poet, author and teacher Rhoda Janzen returned to the strict Protestant religious environment she'd abandoned as a young woman and ended up back in the Mennonite home of her parents at the age of 43. Audio

Wellington writer Anne Else's husband of 30 years, the poet Harvey McQueen, died three and a half months ago - on Christmas Day, after several years of ill health. On learning to live on her own for… Audio

Heni Collins is a journalist, researcher and community worker who has written a book about her ancestor, the Maori chief Te Rauparaha. Audio

Professor of the Public Understanding of Risk at the University of Cambridge and a Senior Scientist in the UK Medical Research Council's Biostatistics Unit. He played a leading role in the public… Audio

Leon Russell has played with, written for, and produced the biggest names in pop and rock. Up until his first solo album in 1970, Leon Russell had musically mixed with people like the Mamas and Papas… Audio

This South African born barrister has a history in her mother country of anti-Apartheid activism. While in her new home she's a practicing lawyer and top surfer despite her age, 51, and suffering from… Audio

Sam Walker was a historian at the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission for 31 years and wrote a book on the Three Mile Island accident. Audio

Dame Judith Mayhew Jonas is a New Zealander who's become an influential London powerbroker and has played a major role in the rejuvenation of the UK's capital. Audio

Founder of Shakti, an Asian womens support group in NZ, and co-author of Purple Dandelion. Audio

Ardal O'Hanlon is a comic actor and stand-up comedian who became a household name playing Father Dougal Maguire, the simpleton priest in the hit Irish TV series Father Ted. Has he managed to shake the… Audio

John Marsden is an author for young readers. His books include 'Tomorrow When The War Began', which was turned into a major motion picture, and he has recently established his own alternative school… Audio

Herbie Hancock, jazz legend. Audio

Dominic Streatfeild, journalist and author of 'A history of the world since 9/11', which looks at the far reaching impacts of that fateful day on ordinary people in all parts of the world. Audio

Internationally renowned Palestinian-Israeli pianist from Nazareth who studied music at Jewish schools in Jerusalem. He lives in Berlin now but returns to his home country each year to teach local… Audio

Auckland filmmaker on turning her clandestine relationship into a documentary, and now a romantic comedy. She is the director of 'Banana in a Nutshell' and 'My Wedding and Other Secrets'. Audio

Otago farmer whose property is also wildlife/bird sanctuary and tourism venture Perry Reid tells why he transformed his Otago Peninsula property, and how he's managed to maintain a working farm… Audio

The author of the book "I Shall Not Hate". Audio