Kim Hill
Social media and the disinformation war over West Papua
Social media is being used as a weapon in a war of disinformation over West Papua which intensified a year ago during widespread anti-racism protests in the Indonesian-ruled region. Audio
Geneticist James Hadfield: Mapping and tracking Covid-19 in NZ
Phylogeneticist Dr James Hadfield is working with scientists at ESR, the University of Otago & the University of Auckland to map the path of the recent Auckland COVID-19 outbreak using genetic tracing… Audio
Jail saved me from being a 'drop-out no-hoper' - Greg Newbold
Recently-retired criminology professor Dr Greg Newbold built his 30-plus year academic career on a base of personal experience - courtesy of a seven-and-a-half year jail sentence for selling heroin.
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Mark Mothersbaugh on art, music and recovering from Covid-19
American musician Mark Mothersbaugh has some advice for people who have symptoms of Covid-19 – get tested right away. He thinks if he'd got tested earlier he might not have ended up on a ventilator… Video, Audio
Devo frontman Mark Mothersbaugh plays favourites PODCAST
Mark Mothersbaugh made his name as the co-founder, composer and frontman of Devo. The avant-garde American band was influenced by the Surrealists, wore flowerpot-adjacent hats, and were pioneers of… Audio
Ghazaleh Golbakhsh: The Girl from Revolution Road
Ghazaleh Golbakhsh is a writer, filmmaker and Fulbright scholar whose work reflects on displacement, her Iranian-New Zealand experience, and the pressure that comes with living between two worlds. She… Audio
Kat Arney on the links between cancer, evolution and genetics
Many of us think of cancer as a contemporary curse, a disease of our own making caused by our modern lifestyles, but it has always been with us. It killed our hominid ancestors, the mammals they… Audio
David R Williams: The health impacts of racism
Harvard public health professor Dr David R Williams says chronic stress suffered by Black Americans from living in a constant state of vigilance accounts for striking health inequalities Video, Audio
National lambasted, accused of conspiratorial musings by coalition
The political clash surrounding the Covid-19 cluster has escalated - with the Opposition, accused of peddling conspiracy theories.
Labour, New Zealand First and the Greens say National is being… Audio
Ross and Janette Campbell: escape from Owlcatraz
Ross and Janette Campbell have run Owlcatraz, an iconic owl and animal sanctuary, from their property in Shannon for the past 23 years. After battling storms and beating cancer, they've decided it's… Audio
Portraits of pregnancy: Mary Kisler
Art historian and curator Mary Kisler is back to discuss a major exhibition in London that explores portraits of the pregnant body over 500 years. Portraying Pregnancy: From Holbein to Social Media is… Audio, Gallery
Dixon Chibanda on his revolutionary mental health intervention
Dixon Chibanda is one of only 12 psychiatrists in Zimbabwe serving a population of more than 16 million people: and over 90 per cent of them don't have access to therapy or antidepressants. To help… Audio, Gallery
Tim Saunders: This Farming Life
'An unsentimental yet lyrical love letter to the land' is how reviewer Linda Burgess describes Fielding farmer, Tim Saunders' new book This Farming Life. Tim also writes poetry and won the 2018… Audio
Paint-maker David Coles: the colourful history of pigments
Melbourne-based David Coles is one of very few master paint-makers in the world. In his book Chromatopia: An Illustrated History of Colour, he blends art, science and history in tracing some of the… Audio, Gallery
Concern for merchant sailors stranded in NZ waters
Maritime unions are worried about the deteriorating treatment, mental health, and employment conditions of an estimated 300,000 merchant sailors stranded at sea, due to the Covid-19 pandemic. The… Audio