Kim Hill
Beneath the Words, Beneath the Land
Morgana James, Anand Rose, Peter Egli, Adrian Whelan are four of the musicians involved in the Beneath the Words, Beneath the Land (Kei raro i te kupu Kei raro i te whenua) project which crosses a… Audio
Courtney Durr: body love blueprint
Personal trainer, whose Body Love Blueprint project works to change the way women think about themselves and others, while they get stronger and fitter was one of the recent Wellington ventures of… Audio
David Stuckler: health and austerity
Professor of Political Economy and Sociology at Oxford University, where he researches how social policy and economic changes influence health across the globe, and co-author of The Body Economic: Why… Audio
Art Crime with Arthur Tompkins
District Court Judge, and member of Interpol's DNA Monitoring Expert Group, who has a special interest in crimes involving artistic masterpieces. He discusses the loss, theft and recovery of… Audio
Pam Warhurst: eating the city
British food activist who founded and chairs voluntary gardening initiative Incredible Edible, in Todmorden, West Yorkshire. She is visiting Christchurch to deliver her talk, Eating the Garden City. Audio
Ron Layton: intellectual property in Africa
Founder and CEO of LightYears IP, board member of the African IP Trust, and a fellow of Ashoka, the largest worldwide network of social entrepreneurs. Audio
Listener Feedback to Saturday 13 February 2016
Kim Hill reads messages from listeners to the Saturday Morning programme of 13 February. Audio
Poetry with Gregory O'Brien: Barry Brickell
Painter, poet, curator and writer Gregory O'Brien is the author of a number of books, including the 2013 book (with David Craig), His Own Steam: the Work of Barry Brickell. He will discuss the poetry… Audio
Giulio Selvaggi: convicted for science
Former director of the National Earthquake Centre in Italy, who was tried and convicted of manslaughter after the 2009 L'Aquila earthquake, then acquitted by the Italian Supreme Court of all charges… Audio
Richard McGregor: the DNA of Clan Gregor
Emeritus Professor at the University of Cumbria who teaches at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland in Glasgow, and Chairman of Council of the Clan Gregor Society of Scotland, co-ordinating the Clan… Audio
J.M. Fortier and Curtis Stone: small-scale market gardening
Canadian small-scale market gardeners visiting New Zealand on the Six Figure Farming Tour, outlining their replicable system for profitable, small-scale intensive growing of organic produce. Audio
Shakespeare with David Lawrence: Titus Andronicus
Director of Wellington theatre company The Bacchanals and associate director of Twelfth Night, one of the productions of the Pop-Up Globe Auckland. He discusses the first Shakespeare tragedy, Titus… Audio
Yann Martel: philosophy, spirituality and a chimpanzee
Author of Life of Pi, the 2001 novel that won the 2002 Man Booker Prize; his new novel, The High Mountains of Portugal, also features animal characters. Audio
David Wiltshire: gravitational waves and black holes
Professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Canterbury, discussing the announcement of the first direct detection of gravitational waves, and the New Zealand connection… Audio
Gerald Friedman: Bernie, Hillary, and money
Professor of Economics at the University of Massachusetts Amherst whose analysis of Bernie Sanders' ambitious economic programme was the first comprehensive look at the impact of the US presidential… Audio
Listener Feedback to Saturday 30 January 2016
Kim Hill reads messages from listeners to the Saturday Morning programme of 30 January. Audio
Children's Books with Kate De Goldi
Kate discusses six board books for babies and toddlers: The Pencil by Paula Bossio, The Noisy Book by Soledad Bravi, What's your Favourite Animal? by Eric Carle and Friends, and My New Zealand ABC… Audio
Claudia Orange: the Waitangi Museum
Head of Research at Te Papa Tongarewa Museum of New Zealand and expert on the Treaty of Waitangi, who has been advising on Te Kongahu, the new museum at Waitangi. Audio
Rebecca Ryan: handling Handel
Soprano singer from Bluff, who pursued a successful opera career in the UK and sings the role of Poppea in the Handel opera Agrippina at the annual Opera in a Days Bay Garden. Audio
Tom Rennie: publishing resources
Publisher at Bridget Williams Books who has been developing their digital publishing programme, including The Treaty of Waitangi Collection, the first in a new series of online resources. Audio