Kim Hill
Jackson Browne: music, politics and ecology
Songwriter and recording artist who has a long history of political activism. He will perform with his six-piece band in Auckland in April. Audio
Christina Bu: electric vehicles in Norway
Secretary General of the Norwegian Electric Vehicle Association who visited New Zealand as a guest of Drive Electric to talk about Norway's world-leading uptake of electric vehicles. Audio
Julian, Christian and Mabelle Dennison: filming Wilderpeople
Hutt Valley school student Julian Dennison stars alongside Sam Neill in the new Taika Waititi film, Hunt for the Wilderpeople. He is joined in the studio by his mother, Mabelle, and his twin brother… Video, Audio
The Egg in Art with Mary Kisler
Senior Curator, Mackelvie Collection, International Art, at the Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tamaki, discussing the depiction of eggs in art. Audio
Paul Muldoon: Ireland, America and poetry
One of the world's leading poets and poetry editor of The New Yorker, who has published over thirty collections, and is coming to the Auckland Writers Festival in May. Audio
James Hansen: sea level rise
Veteran climate scientist who works at the Climate Science, Awareness and Solutions Program, at the Earth Institute, Columbia University. Audio
Listener Feedback to Saturday 19 March 2015
Kim Hill reads messages from listeners to the Saturday Morning programme of 19 March including quite a lot of talk about wasps. Audio
Poetry with Gregory O'Brien: Andrew Johnston
Gregory O'Brien discusses the new collection of poetry by Andrew Johnston, Fits & Starts. Audio
Thomas Mallon: Nixon, Reagan, Bush and Trump
American novelist, essayist, and critic, whose books include Watergate: a Novel and Finale: a Novel of the Reagan Years. He is a guest at the Auckland Writers Festival. Audio
Amelia Dunbar and Emma Newborn: bitches and woolsheds
Creators of the hit touring show The Bitches' Box, who are acting as dogs again in the new show, Sons of a Bitch, which tours to 19 woolsheds throughout the South Island in April, alongside… Audio
Mackenzie Crook: detectoring
English actor, writer, director, and stand-up comedian, best known for his roles in The Office, and The Pirates of the Caribbean, whose new comedy-drama TV series Detectorists, is set around the lives… Audio
Claris Jacobs and Elsie Bollinger: the Candle Wasters
With Sally Bollinger and Minnie Grace, Claris Jacobs and Elsie Bollinger are The Candle Wasters, creators of the Shakespeare-inspired vlog YouTube series, Nothing Much To Do and Lovely Little Losers… Audio
Ann Goldstein: translating Elena Ferrante
Ann Goldstein is editor at The New Yorker, and translator to English of many Italian writers, including Primo Levi and the reclusive Elena Ferrante, author of the Neapolitan Quartet. She is a guest at… Audio
Martin Peat: crowd dynamics at the Olympics
New Zealand engineer who worked on crowd modelling and pedestrian movement at the Olympics in London, Sochi, and now Rio de Janeiro. He is the winner of the 2016 IPENZ Young Engineer of the Year… Audio
Andrew Digby: kakapo genomics and conservation
Former astronomer who became captivated with conservation when he came to New Zealand in 2006, and is now the scientist on the Kakapo Recovery team, providing advice to guide the conservation of the… Audio
Christopher McDougall: running hero
War correspondent in Rwanda and Angola, before becoming the guru of alternative running with his 2009 book, Born to Run. His new book is Natural Born Heroes: the Lost Secrets of Strength and… Audio
Sunburst Finish
Psychedelic free jazz band, featuring Wellington musicians Tom Callwood on bass, Daniel Beban on guitar and keyboards, Riki Gooch on drums, and Steve Roche on horns and biscuit-tin guitar. Audio
Sally Gardner
Prolific award-winning British author who worked in costume design and illustration before deciding to write for children full-time. Her books, including Tinder, Maggot Moon, and I, Coriander, have… Audio
Mark Anderson, Jony Easterby and Kathy Hinde: For the Birds
Leaders of the team of artists who have created the walk-through art experience For the Birds in the native forest of Otari-Wilton's Bush during the New Zealand Festival. Audio
Morgan Godfery: rethinking New Zealand
Wellington writer, commentator and trade unionist who specialises in Maori politics and international indigenous issues. He is the editor of a new collection of essays, The Interregnum: Rethinking New… Audio
