Kim Hill
Designing cities with 'sustainable mobility'
Expat urban designer Skye Duncan landed a top job in New York working for Michael Bloomberg on one of his philanthropic projects. As Director of the Global Designing Cities Initiative at the National… Audio
Journalist Jodi Kantor on breaking the Harvey Weinstein story
In 2017, investigative reporters Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey broke the story of American film producer Harvey Weinstein's decades of alleged sexual abuse - and helped to ignite the #MeToo… Audio
Mounted archer Denise Clifton
Denise Clifton is a mounted archer and medievalist. She took up her passion 20 years ago and has been shooting arrows from horseback and mastering the Parthian shot (firing backwards from the saddle… Audio, Gallery
The exalted and mundane in Colin McCahon's paintings
Is Colin McCahon our country's most important artist? Justin Paton thinks so. Paton is Head Curator of International Art at the Art Gallery of New South Wales, an active art critic, and author of… Audio, Gallery
How life in space changed Astro Alex's view of Earth
Dr Alexander Gerst aka "Astro Alex" has spent almost a year in space, having completed two missions on the International Space Station (I.S.S.). The European Space Agency astronaut launched on a Soyuz… Audio, Gallery
The true story of fake New York heiress Anna Delvey
Anna Delvey was an ambitious young German heiress, living the high life in New York City. That's what it looked like from the outside, and what those nearest and dearest to her thought. In fact she… Audio
Why has Bolivian President Evo Morales resigned and fled?
The South American nation of Bolivia is in a state of chaos following a general election on October 20 2019. Evo Morales, the country's first indigenous president, who has been in power since 2006… Audio
Market Update for 11 November 2019
A brief update on the movements in the financial sector. Audio
Wellington roads shut after Sunday afternoon fire
A large fire on the roof of a restaurant closed off streets in central Wellington on Sunday afternoon.
Crews were called to fight the fire on the Cuba Street just after 4pm.
Charlotte Cook has more.
…Vernon Tava discusses Sustainable NZ Party plans
New political party Sustainable New Zealand thinks they have what it takes to be the next minor party in Parliament.
Sustainable New Zealand leader Vernon Tava is promising he will work with all… Audio
New e-ferry on strict weight diet
The managing director of the newly formed Wellington Electric Boat Building company says his first project is one of the most intense of his life.
The company's building the new 19-metre long ferry… Audio
Flea: a Red Hot Chili Pepper remembers his wild childhood
Red Hot Chili Peppers' co-founder and bassist Flea (aka Michael Balzary) talks to Kim Hill about love, drugs, friendship, healing and Acid For The Children – a searingly honest memoir about his… Audio
Listener feedback for 2 November 2019
Kim reads feedback from listeners from this morning's programme. Audio
Cave Diver Jill Heinerth
Jill Heinerth is a Canadian cave diver, underwater explorer, writer, photographer, and filmmaker. She is a veteran of over thirty years of filming, photography, and exploration on projects in… Audio
Director Hamish Bennett celebrates country values in new film Bellbird
Rural Kiwi characters rarely seen on-screen take centre stage in the new film Bellbird, directed by Northland primary school teacher Hamish Bennett. Video, Audio
Granddaughter of Erebus victim on her quest for the truth
November 28th will be the 40th anniversary of the Erebus disaster which shook our nation and took 257 lives when an Air New Zealand sightseeing flight crashed into a mountain in Antarctica. A Royal… Audio
Impact sea level rise severely understated
A new study indicates previous estimates of the global impact of sea level rise have been grossly understated. The research, published in the journal Nature Communications and conducted by the… Audio