Kim Hill
Richard Fairgray: cartoons and dinosaurs
Comic book writyer and illustrator, and editor-in-chief of Square Planet Comics, best known for his series Blastosaurus and children's picture books, including new book Gorillas In Our Midst. Audio
Charlie and Sherry Frye: global vaudevillians
Internationally renowned variety act based in Las Vegas who have been touring globally for the last twenty years, specialising in silent comedy, magic, juggling, slapstick, and acrobatics. Audio
Listener Feedback to Saturday 17 October 2015
Kim Hill reads messages from listeners to the Saturday Morning programme of 17 October. Audio
Shakespeare with David Lawrence: Macbeth
Director of Wellington theatre company The Bacchanals, whose next production is Isaac Asimov's A Christmas Karel Capek at BATS in December. He discusses Shakespeare's tragedy Macbeth. Audio
Evan Kindley: annotation
Literary scholar, critic, and senior editor at the Los Angeles Review of Books, who teaches at Claremont McKenna College. His article about annotation, Down the Rabbit Hole, was published recently in… Audio
Anna Ronberg: fashion in Paris
Buyer for fashion boutique Scotties who recently returned to Wellington from her second visit this year to Paris for Fashion Week. Audio
Playing Favourites with Aaron Dustin
Product Design Director at Xero, and Creative Director for the last twenty years. He was the founder of early 21st century online community NZMusic.com, built SmokeCDs.com into New Zealand's leading… Audio
Art with Mary Kisler: Le Corbusier
Senior Curator, Mackelvie Collection, International Art, at the Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tamaki. She discusses Mesures de L'Homme (The Measure of Man), an exhibition of work by Le Corbusier at the… Audio
Richard Newcomb: sense of smell
Chief scientist at Plant and Food Research, Professor of Evolutionary Genetics at the University of Auckland, and Principal Investigator at the Allan Wilson Centre for Molecular Ecology and Evolution… Audio
Paul Mason: postcapitalism
Economics editor of Channel 4 News in the UK, and writes regularly on the economy, culture and politics. His new book is PostCapitalism: a Guide to Our Future. Audio
Jesse Colombo: economic bubbles
Columnist for Forbes.com and economic analyst, who created TheBubbleBubble.com for the purpose of exposing dangerous post-2009 economic bubbles and warning of their ability to damage and destabilise… Audio
An Economic Conundrum - Question Time
Kim Hill invites questions from the audience. Audio
Listener Feedback to Saturday 10 October 2015
Kim Hill reads messages from listeners to the Saturday Morning programme. Audio
Patrick Evans and Kate De Goldi: writers and writing
Patrick Evans is the author of the first biography of the writer Janet Frame. His play based on his 2010 novel, Gifted, is playing at Wellington's Circa Theatre, and his new novel, The Back of His… Audio
Playing Favourites with Kris Sowersby
Wellington typeface designer whose Klim Type Foundry sells a range of typefaces internationally. Financier, his new typeface for the Financial Times, won him a Purple Pin for graphic design at this… Audio, Gallery
Vivian Hutchinson: the Māori Land March
Community activist and social entrepreneur based in Taranaki who was a member of the Māori Land March in 1975, and contributed to the exhibition, Not One More Acre, marking the 40th anniversary of the… Audio, Gallery
Cable Green: open education and sharing
Director of Global Learning at Creative Commons International, and advocate of affordable universal access to quality education. Audio
Madge Snow: high-country life
Wanaka resident who ran high-country Central Otago station Morven Hills with her husband for 30 years. She writes about her life in her book Snow on the Lindis. Audio
Heather Mallick: Stephen Harper and Canada
Staff columnist for the Toronto Star, and author of two books, whose piece on Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper, The Nixon of the North, appears in the latest issue of Harper's magazine. Audio
Some key facts about the TPP deal
The deal once ratified by the twelve countries will be phased in with some parts not coming into full effect for as long as 25 years. Audio