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The winner of this year's Nobel prize for Physics on his groundbreaking research into the new wonder material, graphene - thanks to a piece of good old sticky tape. Audio

Pulitzer Prize winning investigative journalist and author who runs the Counterspy blog on digital privacy and security. He is based at New York University's Center on Law and Security, where he holds… Audio

The Royal New Zealand Ballet's The Nutcracker will be the last production for Artistic Director Gary Harris at the helm of the company. Harris, who took up the position in 2001, will return home to… Audio

The incoming deputy mayor of the new Auckland super city council was the top-polling candidate in the Waitakere ward with 16,875 votes. Audio

A pianist / composer who has worked around the world, including New York and Paris. He's done film and TV scores, worked closely with Bruno Lawrence and and is known for his expressive improvisation… Audio

Britain's leading dog behaviourist who has helped millions of owners transform their naughty dogs into obedient pets. In her new book"Hell on Four Paws"she tells the story of how her life was turned… Audio

Randall Lane, the former Forbes writer co-founded a magazine company Doubledown Media which launched magazines aimed at traders and the Wall Street elite and gave him a box seat of the goings-on of… Audio

Japanese entrepreneur who has been described as a member of the cyber-elite. Joi Ito met eBay founder Pierre Omidyar at university in the US and spotted some of the internet's most famous pioneers… Audio

Former All Black captain and captain of business speaks to Kathryn about his life. Audio

Don Ritchie lives by the notorious Sydney suicide spot, The Gap. He is nicknamed "Angel of the Gap" for helping to save lives of an estimated 160 people who had planned to commit suicide there. He was… Audio

William Gibson coined the term "cyberspace" in a short story written back in 1982. His 1984 debut novel Neuromancer has become one of the most influential and acclaimed science fiction works of recent… Audio

Australian journalist Peter Lloyd, who was working as a correspondent in Singapore when he had a very public fall from grace when he was jailed on drugs charges. Audio

Bernhard Schlink is the author of 'The Weekend', which examines Germany's troubled past in the post-war years. Audio

Fiona Paterson was determined that her brush with aggressive cervical cancer wouldn't stop her rowing. Audio

After 12-years on the crime desk of the Yomiuri Shimbun, a respected Tokyo newspaper, Jake has written Tokyo Vice chronicling the activities of the Yakuza and other Japanese underworld dwellers. Audio

Carl Hiaasen, American novelist whose crime thrillers are all based around the seedy underbelly of Florida. Audio

Scientist and writer Ian Sample - on the Hadron Collider, the search for the God particle and the reculsive physicist Peter Higgs whose theory underlies it all. Audio

Alison Paterson is the chair of Abano Healthcare Group, former board member of the Reserve Bank, former chairwoman of state-owned Landcorp Farming, Waitemata Health, the and the District Health Boards… Audio

The first man to visit both poles unassisted. His was a feat achieved against the odds, and at a huge personal cost - he'll talk about his commitment to preserving these precious environments. Audio

A Maori doctor spearheading moves to reduce the high number of cases of rheumatic fever in the Far North. He talks about the health impacts of extreme poverty - and his tireless efforts to improve the… Audio

James"Tappy"Wright, who's worked with music legends like Tina Turner, Jimi Hendrix and The Animals. Audio

Our national bird is under threat from predators, cars, dogs, environmental destruction, from poachers, you name it. Audio

Christine Cole Catley set up the independant publishing company Cape Catley in 1973 and it is still going strong today. Christine also headed New Zealand's first polytechnic journalism course and has… Audio

Stephanie Bennett produced the first 'rockumentary' - The Compleat Beatles - in 1981 and subsequently produced and directed some 50 documentaries and concerts featuring major rock stars, such as Chuck… Audio