Kim Hill

UK-based New Zealand writer and researcher, and co-author with Australian writer Greg Armstrong of the forthcoming book, Half a World Away: The Beatles' Australasian Tour 1964. Audio

Emeritus Professor at Victoria University's School of Psychology, interviewed John Lennon during the group's 1964 tour of New Zealand, and surveyed local fans for a paper about Beatlemania. Audio

New Zealand jewellers and curators of Wunderrūma, an exhibition at the Dowse featuring pieces by contemporary New Zealand artists alongside Māori taonga and Pacific and historical European pieces. Audio

Kim Hill reads messages from listeners to the Saturday Morning programme of 14 June 2014 Audio

International anti-corruption consultant who divides his time between Papua New Guinea and New Zealand, and has just produced The Sound of Words, a book and CD of poetry. Audio

President of the New Zealand Association for Gifted Children who will speak at events during the upcoming Gifted Awareness Week. Audio

Founder of the Book Sprints process, which helps groups create books from scratch in three to five days. He is about to take up a position at the Public Library of Science in San Francisco. Audio

Historical biographer and author of a number of books, most recently Fitz: the Colonial Adventures of James Edward Fitzgerald. Audio

Underwater filmmaker based north of Auckland who is a passionate advocate for New Zealand's oceans and sea life. Audio

Simon Coley of All Good Organics on how sourcing cola from Sierra Leone helped them win world's Fairest Fair Trader. Audio

Kim Hill reads messages from listeners to the Saturday Morning programme of 7 June 2014. Audio

Kim and Kate discuss three books for 8-11 year olds by American writer Kevin Henkes: Sun and Spoon, Olive's Ocean, and Junonia. Audio

Australian set and costume designer whose work for Verdi's La Traviata, can be seen in the upcoming NZ Opera production. Audio

Music critic at Slate, whose 2007 book about Celine Dion has just been issued in an expanded edition: Let's Talk About Love: Why Other People Have Such Bad Taste. Audio

District Court Judge, and member of Interpol's DNA Monitoring Expert Group, discussing the theft of Francisco Goya's portrait of the Duke of Wellington. Audio

Senior fellow at public policy think tank Demos, and author of All the President's Bankers: the Hidden Alliances That Drive America's Power. Audio

Chief executive of research and development body Callaghan Innovation who gave evidence in the trial of Abu Hamza al-Masri, the Islamic cleric behind the 1998 attack on her tour group. Audio

Kim Hill reads messages from listeners to the Saturday Morning programme of 31 May 2014 Audio

Painter, poet, curator and writer Gregory O'Brien discusses Horse with Hat by Marty Smith, and Edwin's Egg & Other Poetic Novellas by Cilla McQueen Audio