Kim Hill
Reed Kroloff: buildings and disasters
Architectural writer and commentator who will visit New Zealand for the WORD Christchurch Writers Festival. Audio
Helen Garner: murder and men
Australian author, screenwriter and journalist known for her novels and non-fiction works, the latest of which is This House of Grief: The Story of a Murder Trial. Audio
Listener Feedback to 16 August programme
Kim Hill reads messages from listeners to the Saturday Morning programme of 16 August 2014. Audio
Art Crime with Arthur Tompkins: Portrait of Wally
District Court Judge and member of Interpol's DNA Monitoring Expert Group, discussing the theft of Portrait of Wally, the 1912 oil painting by Austrian painter Egon Schiele. Audio
Nikolas Rose: resilience, brains and cities
Professor of Sociology at King's College, London, whose research concerns biological and genetic psychiatry and behavioural neuroscience. He is visiting New Zealand to talk at the Competing… Audio
Playing Favourites with Rhona Fraser
Producer of small scale, intimate opera productions in Days Bay, whose latest production, Der Rosenkavalier by Richard Strauss, commemorates the 150th anniversary of the composer's birth. Audio
Alex Monro: paper history
Writer on historic and contemporary China whose first book is The Paper Trail: An Unexpected History of the World's Greatest Invention. Audio
Dave Butler: wildlife sanctuaries
Long-time conservationist who has written (with Tony Lindsay and Janet Hunt) the history of New Zealand's wildlife sanctuaries, Paradise Saved. Audio
David Carlson: oceans and climate
Director of the World Climate Research Programme in Geneva, who is coming here to speak at World Science Week New Zealand. Audio
Listener Feedback
Kim Hill reads messages from listeners to the Saturday Morning programme of 9 August 2014. Audio
Poetry with Gregory O'Brien
Painter, poet, curator and writer discussing the Parkin Drawing Prize that he judged, and "difficult" poetry with reference to the collection Heartland by Michele Leggott. Audio
Thom Conroy: channeling Dieffenbach
Senior Lecturer in Creative Writing at Massey University, whose first novel, The Naturalist, is based on the life of Dr Ernst Dieffenbach, the German naturalist who voyaged to New Zealand in 1839. Audio
Charlotte Graham: Edinburgh festivals
Producer and presenter at Radio New Zealand in Edinburgh reporting on New Zealand’s presence at the various Festivals. Audio
Paul Roy: Filipino slum life
New Zealand filmmaker whose latest six-part observational series, The Slum, follows the lives of slum dwellers over six months in Manila's Tondo district and will screen on the Al Jazeera English… Audio
Gideon Lewis-Kraus: history of autocorrect
American Journalist and author, speaking about his recent article for WIRED: 'The Fasinatng... Frustrating... Fascinating History of Autocorrect'. Audio
Legalising marijuana
Arthur Baysting Songwriter, former APRA board member and advocate for children's rights, talking about cultural changes on the issue of marijuana and how New Zealand might benefit from these changes.
…Listener Feedback
Kim Hill reads messages from listeners to the Saturday Morning programme of 2 August 2014 Audio
Kate's Klassic: The Storm of Steel
Kate Camp discusses The Storm of Steel, the memoir of German officer Ernst Jünger's experiences on the Western Front during the First World War. Audio
Hinemoana Baker: poems and boys' homes
Poet, singer-songwriter, teacher and occasional broadcaster who is currently writer-in-residence at Victoria University, and just had a new poetry collection published, Waha/Mouth. Audio
Playing Favourites with Kristin Hersh
Founder of American group Throwing Muses, solo musician, and author of the memoir Paradoxical Undressing, who is visiting New Zealand for spoken word and singing events. Audio