Kim Hill
Human Hand: Fiona Amundsen and Tim Corballis
Everyone's had a recent experience of living in a confined space for a prolonged period. Now artist Fiona Amundsen and writer Tim Corballis collaborate on a new exhibition exploring three communities… Audio, Gallery
Tiffany Field: the power of touch in a socially distant world
Professor Tiffany Field is the Director of the Touch Research Institute at the University of Miami. She studies human touch: why we need it, what it can do for us, and how the importance of touch is… Audio
Peter McComb: studying the giant waves of the Southern Ocean
Oceanographer Peter McComb studies the giant waves of the Southern Ocean and the Ross Sea to make the region safer for fishing vessels, and for the ships of The Royal New Zealand Navy. Audio, Gallery
C.K. Stead on his second memoir You Have a Lot to Lose
C.K. Stead chats about his second memoir You Have a Lot to Lose, his relationships with foes and friends including Janet Frame and his infidelity. Audio
Andrew Wilson: what can you do with the fifth state of matter?
NZer quantum physicist Andrew Wilson was part of a team that became the first in the Southern Hemisphere to create the fifth state of matter, the Bose-Einstein Condensate. He's just been appointed to… Audio
Jesca Hoop: American-born singer/songwriter
The American singer-songwriter and guitarist Jesca Hoop has had five solo albums, been mentored by Tom Waits and collaborated with the likes of Eels, Placebo, Iron & Wine, Andrew Bird and Elbow. Audio
Lotta Dann: how the alcohol industry targets women
Lotta Dann - aka Mrs D - overcame her own problems with alcohol to become sober, and an authority on the understanding of addiction and recovery. She's in to talk about her new book The Wine O'Clock… Audio
Top Stories for Friday 12 June 2020
New Zealand First is calling for an independent review into the arming of frontline police officers with military-grade assault rifles, America's top general has apologised for innapropriately… Audio
What will happen when the wage subsidy ends?
The government expects almost a million people to come off the $11 billion wage subsidy scheme over the next month.
But applications for an eight week extension open today, applying to businesses… Audio
Health Minister on hospital fix-up bill
A massive stocktake of the country's hospitals has reveal many intensive care units, operating theatres and Emergency Departments are in 'poor or very poor' shape.
The Government is releasing the… Audio
Covid-19: Economic recovery prospects still grim
From today the government wants the country to Unite for the Recovery as the government's focus shifts to the economy.
But economists are warning any recovery is still some way off - and the economic… Audio
Prime Minister 'angry' after Warehouse job losses
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says she is "angry" after hearing up to 1000 jobs will go at The Warehouse Group.
The large company has proposed shutting six stores as part of a restructure, which the… Audio
How Alert Level 1 was announced
The country is waking up to Covid Alert Level 1 and a way of life not seen in more than 11 weeks.
From today, life is essentially back to normal. Social, travel and work restrictions were lifted at… Audio
Top Stories for Monday 8 June 2020
SIS carried out clandestine raids in the 1980s; Sergei and Yulia Skripal reportedly in New Zealand; Child welfare system racist, brutal Maori mothers say; Three killed in Raetihi crash; More unrest in… Audio
Playing Favourites with Tamatha Paul (Podcast version)
Growing up in Tokoroa, Tamatha Paul's eyes were opened to what was going on elsewhere in the world when she started listening to hip-hop. She went on to become her school's Dux, the first person in… Audio
Playing Favourites with Tamatha Paul
Growing up in Tokoroa, Tamatha Paul's eyes were opened to what was going on elsewhere in the world when she started listening to hip-hop. She went on to become her school's Dux, the first person in… Audio
Former British Vogue editor Alexandra Shulman on clothes, models and the future of fashion
Alexandra Shulman was editor of British Vogue for 25 years before resigning in 2017. It not surprising then that clothes are at the centre of her new memoir. Clothes... And Other Things That Matter… Audio
Imagining decolonisation in Aotearoa
“What does decolonisation actually mean? and how does the concept inspire Māori and Pākehā New Zealanders' vision for Aotearoa? We'll ask Mike Ross (Ngati Haua) and Amanda Thomas (Pākehā), both… Audio