Saturday Morning Podcast Options

10:05 AM.Kerensa Johnston is CEO of the Wakatū Incorporation, which has 4,000 shareholders descending from the original Māori landowners of the Nelson, Tasman and Golden Bay Regions. Read more Audio

9:35 AM.Don Henley is coming to New Zealand this March. He talks with Kim Hill about The Eagles' reputation for excess, his wilderness projects and moving on after a "terrible year". Read more Video, Audio

9:05 AM.SKA Alliance is a group of New Zealand experts working on the IT requirements of the world's largest science project - the Square Kilometre Array (SKA) telescope. Read more Audio

8:12 AM.Dr Lester Levy now leads all three Auckland DHBs - covering around a third of the country's population. He talks about why so much power has been vested in him - and what he intends to do with it. Read more Audio

11:20 AM.The London Klezmer Quartet are soon to play their celebratory and soulful Jewish Eastern Europe music ('klezmer') across New Zealand. They join Kim Hill for a live session. Read more Audio

11:05 AM.Talia Marshall talks about her path to writing and the lessons she learnt caring for the dying. Read more Audio

10:27 AM.Rick Gekoski talks to Kim Hill about Darke, his first novel. Read more Audio

10:05 AM.This year New Zealand will have strong representation at the inaugural Honolulu Biennale, the Venice Biennale and the DOCUMENTA exhibition in Germany. Read more Audio

9:35 AM.Three years ago Romanian mystery writer Eugene Chirovici moved to England and wrote his first English language story, The Book of Mirrors. His gamble paid off. Read more Audio

9:05 AM.Business journalist Maria Slade has written a home buyer's guide. She talks with Kim Hill about mortgages, leaky homes, building inspections and the media fixation on house prices. Read more Audio

8:45 AM.Nadia Reid chats to Kim Hill and debuts a track from her brand new album Preservation, which she says is about "strength, observation and sobriety". Read more Audio

8:40 AM.Tim Thorpe of Upper Hutt has been tweeting daily extracts from his great uncle's diary – 100 years to the day since he started serving in WW1. Read more Audio

8:12 AM.Journalist Carey Gillam is working to open up the US food production industry. She talks with Kim Hill about regulatory wind-back and potential gagging orders against scientists. Read more Audio

11:09 AM.Mark Cubey, Kate De Goldi and Laura Kroetsch talk about the year's best books and preview their summer choices. Audio

10:40 AM.Award-winning, former feature writer at the New Zealand Herald and a longtime music writer and critic. He currently lectures in the School of Music at the University of Auckland and gives his picks… Read more Audio

10:06 AM.Painter, poet, curator and writer on the year in poetry - introducing several favourites, including Paekakariki poet Rob Hack. Audio

9:40 AM.It's been a huge year for Hera Lindsay Bird whose debut collection of poetry has brought her to the attention of the world. Read more Audio

9:10 AM.Dava Sobel tells Kim Hill about the ‘Harvard Computers’, the women who helped usher in modern astrophysics.   Read more Audio

8:14 AM.NZ Rugby chief executive Steve Tew has had quite the year. He spoke to Kim Hill about culture change and the challenges facing New Zealand rugby after an incident-rich year. Read more Audio

11:07 AM.Former Federated Farmers president Bruce Wills now holds governance roles on 12 organisations, including two National Science Challenges the QEII National Trust, Ravensdown and Apiculture NZ. He is… Read more Audio