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