8:15 Steve Jones

Geneticist and popular science writer Professor Steve Jones is Principal Research Associate in the Genetics, Evolution & Environment department of University College London. He is the author of a number of books, most recently The Serpent’s Promise: The Bible Retold as Science (Little, Brown, ISBN: 978-1-40870-285-7), and is visiting New Zealand as a guest of the Allan Wilson Centre for Molecular Ecology and Evolution. He has delivered his lecture, Nurture, Nature, or Neither?, in Auckland, Wellington, and Palmerston North, and will complete his tour in Christchurch (22 November), Nelson (23 November), and Dunedin (26 November).

9:05 Sir Geoffrey Palmer

Sir Geoffrey Palmer KCMG AC QC served as the 33rd Prime Minister of New Zealand, leading the fourth Labour Government. He writes about his life in Reform: A Memoir (Victoria University Press, ISBN: 978-0-86473-905-6).

9:45 Art with Mary Kisler

Mary Kisler is the Senior Curator, Mackelvie Collection, International Art, at the Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tamaki. She will discuss three shows at the Adam Art Gallery in Wellington: John Panting: Spatial Constructions; Peter Robinson: Cuts and Junctures; and State of the Art: Reproductive Prints from the Renaissance to Now (to 20 December).

Gallery: Images from the exhibitions


Installation view of State of the Art: Reproductive Prints from the Renaissance to Now

10:05 Playing Favourites with Kelly Joe Phelps

Kelly Joe Phelps is a American jazz and blues guitarist and singer who has played concerts with Caleb Klauder and Reeb Willms (vocals and guitars) this month in Auckland and Tauranga, with gigs forthcoming in New Plymouth (22 November), Masterton (23 November), Wellington (24 November), Nelson (28 November), and Lyttleton (29 November). He will also play a solo concert in Dunedin (30 November), and perform in Wanaka with Warren Maxwell and Gerry Paul (1 December).

11:05 Huhana Smith

Dr Huhana Smith (Ngāti Tukorehe, affiliated to Ngāti Raukawa ki te Tonga) is an artist, academic and kaitiaki (environmental guardian). She is currently Research Leader Māori for Manaaki Taha Moana and the Horowhenua case study, a kaupapa Māori and action research project in local wetlands, and sits on the International Advisory Board for the Humboldt Forum, a new museum project in Berlin, Germany. Her current exhibition, Rae ki te Rae / Face to Face, at City Gallery Wellington (to 26 January 2014) reflects her research into issues of water degradation in a coastal region around Horowhenua. She will give a talk at City Gallery on 23 November at 1pm, followed by bus trip to a walking tour of Te Hākari Dune Wetland and Kuku Ōhau Estuary.

11:45 Kate’s Klassic: Love in a Cold Climate

Kate Camp has published five collections of poems, most recently Snow White’s Coffin (Victoria University Press). Kate will discuss Love in a Cold Climate, the 1949 novel by Nancy Mitford.

Music played in this show

Playlist

Lord Echo, featuring Leila Adu: Molten Lava
From the 2013 album: Curiousities
(Economy Records)
Played at around 8:55

Neko Case: Night Still Comes
From the 2013 album: The Worse Things Get, The Harder I Fight, The Harder I Fight, The More I Love You
(Anti)
Played at around 11:40

The Pipi Pickers: Hitchcock Railway
From the 2013 album: As I, Where Is
(Pipi Pickers)
Played at around 11:55

Playing Favourites with Kelly Joe Phelps

Kelly Joe Phelps: By and By I’m Going to See the King
Live in the Wellington Studio of Radio New Zealand
Played at around 10:05

Miles Davis: Seven Steps to Heaven
From the 1963 album: Seven Steps to Heaven
(Columbia)
Played at around 10:15

Leo Kottke: The Fisherman
Live recording from the compilation album: Instrumentals – The Best of Leo Kottke
(Takoma)
Played at around 10:30

Mississippi John Hurt: Nearer My God to Thee
From the album: The Complete Vanguard Studio Recordings
(Vanguard)
Played at around 10:45

Kelly Joe Phelps: Goodnight Irene
Live in the Wellington Studio of Radio New Zealand
Played at around 10:55