Kim Hill
Andrea Byrom: science challenges and pests
Director of the Biological Heritage National Science Challenge, and an expert on pest animal ecology. Audio
Gary Bolles: education and work parachutes
Co-founder of eParachute.com who writes and lectures frequently on the future of work and learning. He is visiting New Zealand as a guest of Callaghan Innovation to deliver his talk, How To Thrive In… Audio
Francisco Toro: Venezuela in crisis
Venezuelan journalist and political scientist, who is founder and executive editor of Caracas Chronicles.com. Audio
Listener Feedback to Saturday Morning 14 May 2016
Kim Hill reads messages from listeners to the Saturday Morning programme of 14 May. Audio
Poetry with Gregory O'Brien: two Pacific writers
Kim Hill talks to Gregory O'Brien about two new collections of poetry: Fale Aitu Spirit House by Tusiata Avia, and The Lives of Coat Hangers by Sudesh Mishra. Audio
Stephen Hough: piano, performance and the priesthood
Kim Hill talks to composer, poet, painter and columnist Stephen Hough who was named one of 20 Living Polymaths by The Economist, and one of the 25 greatest pianists of all time by Classic FM. He… Audio
Michel Faber: grief, creativity and faith
Kim Hill talks to Michel Faber, award-winning author of a range of writing, including the novels Under My Skin and The Book of Strange New Things, who is a guest at the Auckland Writers Festival. Audio
Cory Taylor : writing about dying
Kim Hill talks to Australian writer Cory Taylor who wrote her last book, Dying: a Memoir, while dying of melanoma-related brain cancer. Audio
Robyn Gallagher: enjoying Eurovision
Kim Hill talks to Robyn Gallagher who is in Stockholm, Sweden for the 2016 Eurovision Song Contest. Audio
Charles Foster: being a beast
Kim Hill talks to veterinarian, lawyer and passionate naturalist Charles Foster, who took on the neuro-scientific and literary challenge of living like a fox, badger, otter, deer and swift to write… Audio
Listener Feedback to Saturday Morning 7 May 2016
Kim Hill reads messages from listeners to the Saturday Morning programme of 7 May. Audio
Children's Books with Kate De Goldi: three Newbery winners
Kim Hill talks to Kate De Goldi about children's books Last Stop on Market Street by Matt de la Peña and Christian Robinson, Roller Girl by Victoria Jamieson, and The War That Saved My Life by… Audio
Francesco Ventriglia: on a ballet high
Kim Hill talks to the artistic director of the Royal New Zealand Ballet who came here after a career as a dancer, choreographer, and artistic director in Italy. The RNZB's latest production, The… Audio
Carthew Neal: making Tickled and Wilderpeople
Kim Hill talks to the producer of the feature film Hunt for the Wilderpeople, and new documentary, Tickled. Audio
Vivian Gornick: re-reading, love, and living alone
Kim Hill talks to the New York journalist, essayist, critic and author about her memoirs Fierce Attachments (1987) and The Odd Woman & the City (2015). Audio
Art Crime with Arthur Tompkins: fakes at Knoedler
Kim Hill talks to the District Court Judge and member of Interpol's DNA Monitoring Expert Group with a special interest in crimes involving artistic masterpieces. He discusses the collapse of the… Audio
Jeanette Winterson: the disguised written self
Kim Hill talks to the British novelist who has published over a dozen works of fiction since her 1985 debut novel, Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit; her latest is The Gap of Time, a "cover version" of… Audio
Mike Berridge: mitochondria, DNA and disease
Kim Hill talks to the Distinguished Research Fellow and Group Leader, Cancer Cell and Molecular Biology at the Malaghan Institute of Medical Research, who is co-leader of a world-first research… Audio
Listener Feedback from Saturday 26 March 2016
Kim Hill reads messages from listeners to the Saturday Morning programme of 26 March, including feedback on climate change, the flag, and wasps. (There is more information about wasps on the websites… Audio
Children's Books with Kate De Goldi: Ratenburg and Lullaby
Kate De Goldi discusses two new New Zealand books: The Road to Ratenburg by Joy Cowley, illustrated by Gavin Bishop, and Lullaby by Bernard Beckett. Audio
