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Former trainer of the famous television dolphin Flipper. In the 1960's Ric O'Barry worked for the Miami Seaquarium, where he captured and trained dolphins, including the five dolphins who played the… Audio

Indian social activist who became the first woman to join the Indian Police Service - also subject of award winning documentary"Yes Madam, Sir"screening at the NZ Film Festival. Audio

NZ neuroscientist who works with athletes and celebrities and is author of The Winner's Bible. Audio

He's worked with some of the biggest names in the music business from Ella Fitzgerald to Louis Armstrong. Jazz composer and arranger Russ Garcia is still in high demand at the age of 93. Audio

Maaka Pepene has created a show called Memoirs of Active Service, based around a diary his Grandfather wrote to his grandmother in WWII. Audio

Tricia Irving-Hendry's husband committed suicide, leaving her with three young children. She now works with Skylight Trust helping others who've suffered similar losses. Audio

German Film maker Niko von Glasow was disabled by the drug thalidomide but has always avoided the label. He faced his fears by making a documentary that sees him and 11 other Thalidomiders bare all. Audio

Poet and journalist who was struck by a debilitating stroke in November last year. Audio

Major Phil Packer was paralyzed in rocket attack in Iraq and has since raised one million pounds for wounded veterans. Audio

Model Sara Ziff and Ole Schell her film-maker ex-boyfriend have made a documentary set behind the scenes of the fashion industry that exposes some of the darker sides of the industry. Audio

Sydney psychologist diagnosed with breast cancer when she had two pre-schoolers, who wrote a book for kids My Mum's Got Cancer. Lucy Blunt is also a psychologist for reality TV shows in Australia. Audio

UK Public Relations supremo and tabloid king. Audio

Dr Leroy Hood is one of the world's leading scientists in genomics, who led the team that invented the DNA sequencer, the equipment that made possible the mapping of the human genome. Dr Leroy Hood… Audio

Louise Rennison is the author of a series of fictional diaries described as Bridget Jones for teens. Audio

Successful New Zealand artist. An exhibition of many of his works is currently on at the Dowse in Lower Hutt. Part Maori, Part Irish, he grew up in Tologa Bay and many of his works reflect his… Audio

Lori Schneider conqueered the Seven Summits with MS. Audio

An award winning aeronautical engineer working for NASA, originally from Gisbourne. Audio

Author of"One Giant Leap - Apollo 11 Forty Years On"- a book celebrating the 40th anniversary of the moon landings. Audio

Michael Schaffer is a writer and journalist who has delved into the growing pet industry to try and understand why Americans treat their pets like children. Audio

Mhairi Collins recovered from serious brain injury sustained in a car crash in which resulted in the death of her husband and oldest son. She and her younger son survived. Audio

Oceanographer, Dr David G Gallo is director of special projects at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution - Massuchusetts. Audio

The father of Lateral Thinking. Audio

His parents were executed in the US for being Soviet spies (selling the secrets of the atom bomb) when Robert was aged 6. He now is a children's rights activist - the executive director of the… Audio

Catherine Freeman, formerly known as Cathy Freeman, has since retired from sport and set up a Foundation dedicated to boosting the achievements of aboriginal girls, she's also recently got married. Audio

Founding Dean of the University of Sussex School of Cognitive and Computing Sciences (COGS); A pioneering centre for intelligence and the mechanisms underlying it in humans, animals and machines. Audio