Kim Hill
Playing Favourites with Whirimako Black
New Zealand singer best known for her albums sung in Te Reo Maori, though her new recording, The Late Night Plays, features English renditions of some of her favorite songs. Audio
Paul Brewer : Anatoly Kuchumov
Director External Relationships for Regional Facilities Auckland, and active supporter of the project to restore the historic Alexander Palace near St Petersberg in Russia, talking about the work of… Audio
Duncan Watts : common sense and society
Principal research scientist at Yahoo Research whose new book is Everything is Obvious Once You Know the Answer : How Common Sense Fails. Audio
Peter Lineham : rugby as a religion
Regional Director for the College of Humanities and Social Sciences, and Associate Professor of History, at Massey University, talking about rugby as New Zealand's surrogate religion. Audio
Luke Harding : Russia
Guardian journalist who recounts his experiences in his new book, Mafia State : How One Reporter Became an Enemy of the Brutal New Russia. Audio
Listener Feedback
Kim Hill reads emails and text messages from listeners to the Saturday Morning programme. Audio
Stephen Jenkinson: companion animals in urban life
Pet behaviour counsellor visiting Christchurch for a seminar, A City Good for Dogs is Great for Humans. Audio
Martyn Myer: Wanaka and philanthropy
Businessman and philanthropist who, with his wife Louise, built the Whare Kea Lodge in Wanaka 15 years ago. Audio
Yasmine Ryan: Tunisia
New Zealand journalist working for Al Jazeera English, who has been covering the Arab uprisings since the protests first erupted in Tunisia in December. Audio
Listener Feedback
Kim Hill reads emails and text messages from listeners to the Saturday Morning programme. Audio
Listener Feedback
Kim Hill reads emails and text messages from listeners of the Saturday Morning show. Audio
David Haywood, Jen Hay : post quake experiences
David Haywood is an engineer and writer and his partner, Jen Hay is the director of the New Zealand Institute of Language, Brain and Behaviour at the University of Canterbury. They describe their… Audio
Donald Leggett : rowing
Donald Leggett has coached a crew from the Cambridge University Boat Club in the annual boat race against Oxford University for many years and this year he's back in New Zealand with a Cambridge crew… Audio
Alan Hall : recreating disaster
Alan Hall is a producer with Dunedin based documentary film company NHNZ. His latest programme, I Survived, features interviews with 9/11 survivors and recreations of events. Audio
Johnny Moore : playing favourites
Johnny Moore is the owner of the Goodbye Blue Monday bar in Christchurch, which has been closed since the 22 February earthquake. He talks to Kim about the turbulent times since then and his career in… Audio
Nicky Hager : Author
Nicky Hager is an investigative journalist and author of five books including The Hollow Men. His latest publication, Other People's Wars, New Zealand In Afghanistan, Iraq and the war on terror has… Audio
Tom Scott: Rage
Tom Scott is a cartoonist, satirist, author and playwright. His latest project is a television docu-drama centred on the controversial 1981 Sprinkbok tour of New Zealand. Rage is the story of two… Audio
Andrew Holden : One year on
Editor of The Press Andrew Holden talks about the twelve months since the September quake hit Christchurch, the nature of community in Christchurch after the quakes and the divided experiences of the… Audio
Listener Feedback
Kim Hill reads emails and text messages from listeners to the Saturday Morning programme. Audio
Poetry with Peter Bland - Coming Ashore
The well known broadcaster, actor, co-founder of Wellington's Downstage Theatre and poet talks about his new collection Coming Ashore and receiving a 2011 Prime Minister's Awards for Literary… Audio