Kim Hill
Music Books 2015 with Nick Bollinger
Writer, broadcaster, musician and record producer who was awarded the 2015 Adam Foundation Prize in Creative Writing at Victoria University of Wellington for Goneville, his music memoir about the… Audio
Books 2015 with Laura Kroetsch and Kate De Goldi
Laura Kroetsch is director of Adelaide Writers' Week at the 2016 Adelaide Festival. Kate De Goldi's most recent novel is From the Cutting Room of Barney Kettle, and the stage adaptation of her 2012… Audio
Art with Mary Kisler: restoring paintings and frames
Senior Curator, Mackelvie Collection, International Art, at the Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tamaki, discussing the restoration of 19th century paintings and frames. Audio
Robert Dessaix: adoption, love and writing
Hobart-based writer, whose books include the memoirs A Mother's Disgrace and What Days Are For: a Collection of Musings. He is a guest at Writer's Week at the 2016 New Zealand Festival. Audio
Cindy Gallop: sex, porn and technology
After a background in advertsising, Cindy Gallop launched the startups MakeLoveNotPorn (on the intersection of technology with human sexuality and experience), and IfWeRanTheWorld (an experiment to… Audio
Jeremy Leggett: winning the carbon war
Founder of the solar energy company Solarcentury, and international charity organisation SolarAid, chair of the not-for-profit financial think tank Carbon Tracker, and climate and energy activist and… Audio
Listener Feedback to Saturday 12 December 2015
Kim Hill reads messages from listeners to the Saturday Morning programme of 12 December. Audio
Kate's Klassics: Essays by George Orwell
Author of five collections of poems, most recently Snow White's Coffin; discussing Essays by George Orwell. Audio
James Crow: vegan treats and the homeless
Auckland co-founder of Tommy and James, which produces the dairy-free Nice Blocks range, Little Island Nice Cream, and Little Island Coconut Milk. He is also the founder of Gimme Shelter, working on… Audio
Anthonie Tonnon and Nadia Reid: urban folkies
Songwriter and performers who both released acclaimed album this year, and will be joined by Melbourne musician Darren Hanlon for an urban folk tour in March 2016. Audio
Shakespeare with David Lawrence: Twelfth Night
Director of The Bacchanals, a Wellington theatre company founded in 2000 to explore text-based theatre and redefine classic works. Their latest production is A Christmas Karel Capek at BATS (to 19… Audio
Tony Merriman: sugar, gout and genes
Professor in the Biochemistry Department, School of Medical Sciences, University of Otago, and an associate investigator at the Maurice Wilkins Centre for Moelcular Biodiversity. His research takes a… Audio
Adam Spencer: the magic of maths
Winner of the Melbourne International Comedy Festival Raw Comedy Championship in 1996, while studying for a PhD in Pure Mathematics at Sydney University, who went on to host breakfast radio shows. He… Audio
Listener feedback
Kim reads texts and emails from listeners of the Saturday Morning programme. Audio
Martin Phillipps and Graeme Downes: Dunedin double
Founders of Dunedin bands The Chills and The Verlaines, respectively, who have pursued musical careers since the early 1980s and will perform at the 2016 New Zealand Festival. Audio
Tim Crouch: living Shakespeare
Award winning UK actor and playwright who is visiting Auckland in partnership with the British Council to present his solo show, I, Peaseblossom, the story of Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream… Audio
Andrew Armitage: death of the video store
Owner of AroVideo in Wellington, one of New Zealand's largest independent film rental businesses, which faces an uncertain future in the era of streaming services. Audio
Sean Connell: oceans and emissions
Professor of Ecology and Environmental Science at the School of Biological Sciences, University of Adelaide, who works on ecosystem collapse, and the effects of carbon dioxide emissions on habitat… Audio
Michael Brooks: poultry and antibiotics
Executive Director of the Poultry Industry Association of New Zealand, and of the Egg Producers Federation of New Zealand, and New Zealand Feed Manufacturers Association. Audio
Listener Feedback to Saturday 28 November 2015
Kim Hill reads messages from listeners to the Saturday Morning programme of 28 November. Audio