Kim Hill Collection

In this introduction interview, Kim Hill talks with Emile Donovan about the collection and good interviewing. Read more Audio

Burt Reynolds was Hollywood's biggest box-office star from 1978 to 1982, following his starring role in Smokey and the… Read more Audio

In 2006, Kim Hill spoke with two "quintessential Kiwi blokes" actor Sam Neill and comedian John Clarke about their friendship and their collaboration on two TV films based on Shane Maloney's novels… Read more Audio

American writer David Sedaris is famous for his self-deprecating and highly personal essay collections which manage to… Read more Audio

Sister Loyola Galvin was known as the gardening nun. She organised a community garden at the Home of Compassion in Island Bay, Wellington. In 2008, at 86, she was named NZ Gardener of the Year by The… Read more Audio

The US Ambassador to New Zealand and Samoa under the Trump administration in 2017, Scott Brown spoke with Kim Hill about… Read more Audio

In 2006, JJ Joseph was convicted of a violent assault on his wife, but against the odds he was able to turn his life around. He tells his story in the 2008 book, 'Fighting for My Life', with a forward… Read more Audio

Actor, producer, activist and former fitness guru, Jane Fonda reflects on her relationship with climate change activism in her 2020 book: ‘What Can I Do? My Path from Climate Despair to Action’. She… Read more Audio

In 2017, long-time inventor and astronomy enthusiast Hugh McCarroll was named one of 15 finalists in a global competition designed by NASA. The idea was to crowdsource ideas for how to collect human… Read more Audio

Australian feminist author Dr Germaine Greer became "the high priestess of feminism" with her 1972 book ‘The Female… Read more Audio

When Dame Annette King quit politics in 2017, she was New Zealand’s longest-serving female MP, having spent 33 years in… Read more Audio

American musician Sonny Rollins is regarded as one of the all-time great tenor saxophonists. He's been a professional jazz… Read more Audio

Kim Hill interviews one of New Zealand's most distinguished scientists, the late Sir Paul Callaghan. Sir Paul was educated at Victoria and won a Commonwealth Scholarship to Oxford University. His… Read more Audio

The author of 10 novels, Colm Tóibín speaks with Kim Hill in 2022 about his 2021 Folio Prize winning book ‘The Magician’, a fictionalised account of the life of Thomas Mann. Tóibín’s novels ‘The… Read more Audio

Jacqueline Fahey was one of the first New Zealand artists to paint from a woman's perspective, illustrating "the theatricality of domestic life" and, in the 1950s, the crippling isolation of women in… Read more Audio

Armando Iannucci is a critically-acclaimed British comedy writer and producer. He created the Emmy award winning HBO American political satire ‘Veep’, and the UK series ‘The Thick of It’. In 2017… Read more Audio

Kim Hill interviews historian and writer Dr Michael King at the time of the release of his acclaimed book ‘The Penguin History of New Zealand’, in 2003, the year before King's death. The author talks… Read more Audio

Feminist author and academic Camille Paglia joins Kim to talk about her book released in 2018 - a collection of essays on… Read more Audio

Ella Yelich-O'Connor - better known as Lorde - shot to fame with her hit single ‘’Royals in 2013, which took out a Grammy… Read more Audio

David Simon, creator of ‘The Wire’, regarded by some critics as the best TV series ever made, talked to Kim Hill in 2020… Read more Audio

Auckland's Centrepoint commune was closed down in 2000, and its founder Bert Potter jailed for drug crimes and sexual… Read more Audio

Canadian author Margaret Atwood's 1985 novel ‘The Handmaid's Tale’ was, in 2017, enjoying a resurgence of interest. The… Read more Audio

A Kim Hill interview with Professor Emeritus of Māori Studies at Auckland University, Dr Ranginui Walker, who had recently updated his book 'Ka Whawhai Tonu Mātou: Struggle Without End'. An educator… Read more Audio

Siân Davey is a photographer with a background in fine art and social policy. Her book ‘Looking for Alice’, which… Read more Audio

Poet and literature critic, Kate Camp talks with Kim Hill about Katherine Mansfield – perhaps New Zealand’s most famous literary daughter. Camp won the NZSA Jessie Mackay Award for Best First Book of… Read more Audio

In 2020, Kim hill spoke with legendary singer, songwriter, actor, author, and humanitarian - Dolly Parton. She’s happy to… Read more Audio

After a lengthy career in NZ politics, in 2016 Don Brash became the spokesperson for a new lobby group called Hobson's… Read more Audio

One of Kim Hill’s most popular interviews in 2020, she chats with Irish entertainer Graham Norton to discuss his novel 'Home Stretch'. Well known as the host of the eponymous BBC chat show, he has… Read more Audio

Award-winning writer, Dr Emma Espiner (Ngāti Tukorehe, Ngāti Porou) talked to Kim Hill earlier in 2023 about her… Read more Audio

Bill Bailey has been described as Britain's biggest alternative act, regarded there as a national treasure.  Best known… Read more Audio