Saturday Morning Podcast Options

11:55 AM.Kim Hill reads emails and text messages from listeners to the Saturday Morning programme. Audio

11:45 AM.Award-winning New Zealand filmmaker who has produced and directed two upcoming documentaries: Inside Outward Bound: The New Zealand Journey, and Maori Boy Genius. Audio

11:10 AM.Creative director of The Creature Technology Company, which built the animatronic dinosaurs and dragons for Walking with Dinosaurs: the Live Experience, and How to Train Your Dragon: the Arena… Read more Audio

10:05 AM.Bristol-born, New Zealand-raised musician and songwriter who performs as Tiny Ruins, releasing her debut album, Some Were Meant For Sea, last year and about to tour the UK following three NZ concerts.

9:45 AM.Canadian expert on the development of healthy communities in British Columbia is in New Zealand to explore possibilities for contributing to the rebuilding of a resilient Christchurch following the… Read more Audio

9:05 AM.Poet, painter, writer and curator at large whose work features in the book, Kermadec: Nine Artists Explore the South Pacific and the travelling exhibition of the same name. His most recent book of… Read more Audio

8:40 AM.Clinical psychologist at the Brain Injury Rehabilitation Service in Burwood, Christchurch, who completed a Master of Science and a PhD in the area of false memories. Audio

8:15 AM.Environmentalist who served as Golden Bay's sole radiographer for 22 years, and was discharged without conviction in the Nelson District Court on charges of cultivating and possessing cannabis. Audio

11:40 AM.Australian writer of short stories and young adult fiction, whose latest book, Sea Hearts, has the legend of the selkie as its backround. Audio

11:05 AM.Caregiver, with her husband, to their granddaughter, and author of Grandchildren : Our Hopes and Dreams - A Modern and Practical Guide to Raising Grandchildren. Audio

10:05 AM.Grammy Award-winning singer songwriter who mixes rock, blues, folk and country music in her music and plays concerts in Auckland on April 10th and Wellington on April 11th. Audio

9:45 AM.Senior Curator, Mackelvie Collection, International Art, at the Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tamaki, discussing the life and work of Vincent van Gogh, including two paintings in the Degas to Dali… Read more Audio

9:05 AM.Auckland writer, best known for his plays, particularly Foreskin's Lament, film and television drama; his new novel is titled Love and Money. Audio

8:30 AM.First Rhodes Scholar of Pacific descent, who has spent the last ten years at the University of Michigan, and returned to New Zealand as Associate Professor at the University of Auckland's Centre for… Read more Audio

8:15 AM.Professor in the Department of Economics at the University of Texas at Austin, and author of numerous articles and books, most recently Beauty Pays : Why Attractive People Are More Successful. Audio

11:55 AM.Kim Hill reads emails and text messages from listeners to the Saturday Morning programme. Audio

11:45 AM.Kate De Goldi discusses four books from the New York Review Children's Collection: The Bear and the People by Reiner Zimnik, The Crane by Reiner Zimnik, The School for Cats, and The Hotel Cat, both by… Read more Audio

11:05 AM.Former geology professor who traveled from Sydney to Vancouver Island at the age of 80 to meet his eight-year-old grandson for the first time and teach him fly fishing. He writes about it in his first… Read more Audio

10:05 AM.English songwriter, singer and multi-instrumentalist who has written songs for the likes of Johnny Cash and produced a number of varied albums since his debut, Jesus of Cool, in 1978. He is visiting… Read more Audio

9:40 AM.New Zealand Yearbooks Information analyst at Statistics New Zealand who has been involved with the digitisation of the New Zealand Official Yearbook, which provides a comprehensive statistical picture… Read more Audio

9:05 AM.Irish writer best known for his novels (Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha, The Commitments) who also writes plays, non-fiction, children's books, and short stories, including new collection Bullfighting. Audio

8:15 AM.Peak oil and the economy Senior editor of TheAutomaticEarth.org, which chronicles and interprets the ongoing credit crunch, and former editor of The Oil Drum Canada, where she wrote on peak oil and… Read more Audio

11:55 AM.Kim Hill reads emails and text messages from listeners to the Saturday Morning programme. Audio

11:45 AM.Teacher of Edible Backyard workshops from her garden in Ohau; talking about fruit trees. Audio

11:06 AM.Producer and director of a new thirteen-part Maori Television documentary series, Songs from the Inside, which follows four New Zealand musicians as they mentor prison inmates to write and perform… Read more Audio