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Joanna Trollope is a best-selling author whose novels include 'The Rector's Wife', 'The Choir and Other People's Children'. Her 16th contemporary novel 'Daughters-in-Law' has just been released. The… Audio

Opera singer who has had double lung transplant. Audio

The desirablility of human enhancement through technology and doping. Andy is a professor of ethics and emerging technologies at the University of the West of Scotland. He's an academic, futurist and… Audio

Annie Proulx is NZ between 16-21 March during NZ Book Month. Her new book, BIRD CLOUD is the first piece of non fiction Annie has written for some years. She is also the author of The Shipping News… Audio

Former Executive Secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and former Dutch diplomat, Yvo de Boer speaks to Kathryn about his career. Audio

Jeremy Borland - sign language interpreter Audio

Australian folk-rock legend Paul Kelly has recorded seventeen studio albums as well as several film soundtracks and live albums, in a career spanning more than thirty years. He was inducted into the… Audio

Irish comedian whose annual ticket sales in his homeland are only beaten by U2. Audio

Former Chief Executive of the Earthquake Commission for 17 years, and worked in the insurance industry for 20 years before that. Should EQC take on more of a social welfare role? Audio

Managing Director of Bioscience Strategies NZ Ltd and Chairman of CoDa Therapeutics Inc. Audio

Richard Ballantyne is the Executive Director of Ballantynes department store and a member of the Central City Business Association, which represents retailers and property owners in the CBD. Richard… Audio

Some teritary students are beginning to enrol elsewhere in the country. Audio

He's the Editor of the Christchurch Press newspaper. The newspaper's building in Cathedral Square was severely damaged in the quake and one staff member was killed yet they managed to keep the presses… Audio

The evolution of New Zealand - how did NZ happen, and what do our land formations tell us? Dr Hamish Campbell's book, In Search of Ancient New Zealand, shares some of the most important stories about… Audio

David Seidler is the screenplay writer of the BAFTA winning film The King's Speech. He has also been nominated for an Oscar. Audio

Journalist, author, social commentator and solo mother Susan Maushart took herself, and her three totally wired teenagers offline for six months. She's written a book about their experience The Winter… Audio

John Aloro - Sudanese refugee and chairman of the Wellington Sudanese community. Audio

The former Royal Marine officer has breakfasted with cannibals, ridden reindeer and dined on rat's innards in some of the world's most remote corners. His award-winning series 'Tribe' saw him live… Audio

The pilot in charge of a British Airways Boeing 747 which unknowingly flew through volcanic ash near Jakarta in June 1982. All four engines failed in an event unprecendented in aviation history… Audio

Tiffany Speight is an Australian soprano playing the role of Romilda in the NZ Opera's production of Xerxes which begins in March. Audio

New Zealander Fenella France is a world-renowned preservation scientist - she has worked on projects including the World Trade Centre artefacts, Pre-Columbian textiles, the Ellis Island Immigration… Audio

Developmental molecular biologist and best selling author John Medina, has drawn on the brain sciences to form his views on the 'Nature' vs 'Nurture' debate and to advise parents on how to provide the… Audio

Brad van Liew is competing in the Velux 5 Oceans Race. The third leg of the race left Wellington on Sunday 6 February, setting sail for Uruguay. Audio

Dame Jenny Gibbs is one New Zealand's wealthiest women, who has over the years given buildings to become art galleries, sponsored cultural and artistic prizes. She supports the Opera New Zealand… Audio

Social entrepeneur Daniel Lubetzky has been named a"Global leader for Tomorrow"by the World Economic Forum; he talks about his goal to bring peace to the middle east through business cooperation. Audio