Kim Hill

The day after Helen Kelly left her job as President of the Council of Trade Unions the terminally ill workers' rights advocate met with film director Tony Sutorius and agreed to let him film the final… Video, Audio

Rain Dove is a non-binary activist, and 'gender capitalist' model (they work as both male and female) who seeks to actively challenge beauty standards and gender norms. Rain has a large social media… Audio

Fantasy writer H.G (Hannah) Parry's novel The Unlikely Escape of Uriah Heep imagines what might happen if well-known literary characters broke free from the books they inhabit and invaded everyday… Audio

Kim Hill meets the hard-working, humble and often hilarious stars of the Kiwi reality TV show The Casketeers. The couple have just realised the book Life as a Casketeer: What the Business of Death Can… Video, Audio

Claudia de Rham's a cosmologist grappling with some of the biggest questions about life, the universe and everything. She focusses on the nature of the universe, how it was formed, and the role… Audio

It's been an action packed week in US politics. First a debacle over the Democratic results in the Iowa caucuses, where a combination of technical glitches and an archaic voting system meant delays in… Audio

Entomologist Neil Birrell's job title is 'maggot wrangler in chief'! His business Hexacycle uses the larvae of the black soldier fly to eat food waste and reduce the amount of food ending up in… Audio, Gallery

Australian journalist Trent Dalton's best-selling 2018 novel Boy Swallows Universe is based on his own tough childhood in seedy '80s Brisbane. He talks to Kim Hill about his love of diving deep… Audio

This week Doug Wilson addresses our typical level of happiness as we age. Why is this so important, how does this fluctuate through life, and what can we do to change it? Audio

Motown legend Gladys Knight will perform with a nine-piece band at a sold out show at the Civic Theatre in Auckland on Thursday 13 February, and at Christchurch's Town Hall on Saturday 15 February. Audio

Op-shops and second hand shops are full to bursting, thanks to a rising cultural obsession with decluttering and minimalism. Adam Minter's first book Junkyard Planet (2014) examined the US$500 million… Audio

Are you a leg-jiggler, doodler, hair twiddler or pen clicker? If so, you're not alone. Dr Kat Arney is a science writer and broadcaster who has interviewed academics, neuroscientists and fidgeters for… Audio

With more than 200 deaths and at least 9,000 confirmed cases, countries currently unaffected (including New Zealand) are bracing for the arrival of the disease. Dr Chris Smith, consultant virologist… Audio

Poet and writer Kate Camp returns for the latest instalment of Kate's Klassics. This week she reviews Elizabeth Bowen's 1948 novel, The Heat of the Day. Audio

Australia-based Nelson-born creative Anton Thomas is putting the art back into cartography with beautiful hand-drawn maps. His giant (1.2 metre by 1.5 metre) map North America: Portrait of A Continent… Audio, Gallery

Since 2003, Renwick School principal Simon Heath has been involved in developing the Mistletoe Bay Eco Village and Camp Ground, an outdoor activity centre in the Marlborough Sounds. Thousands of… Audio

American novelist André Aciman authored worldwide bestseller Call Me by Your Name in 2007. His recently released book Find Me revisits the same characters decades on from the summer romance recounted… Audio

Could having too many friends be bad for you? The answer is yes, according to Oxford University Professor Robin Dunbar who studies human social networks. Audio