Kim Hill

29 year old Tangaroa Walker is an award winning Southland contract milker who's evangelical about the joys of rural life. On his increasingly popular Facebook page Farm 4 Life he posts videos of daily… Audio

He's designed bald patch detectors, giant chairs, shoes that let you walk on water, flying machines, and amphibious cars. But Keith Alexander is best known for his invention of the Springfree… Audio, Gallery

Salman Rushdie was catapulted to literary fame when his second novel Midnight's Children won the Booker Prize in 1981.His controversial 1988 book, The Satanic Verses, inspired in part by the life of… Audio

What can Greenland's vast ice sheet tell us about the health of the world's glaciers? Glaciologist and climate scientist Ruth Mottram works for the Danish Meteorological Institute in Copenhagen where… Audio

The connection between science and art is tested by Siouxsie Wiles, Rebecca Priestley, Huhana Smith and Anne Noble in conversation with Kim Hill. Audio

Entomologist and conservationist Tara Murray from Canterbury University describes robust grasshoppers as being "a bit like the Kakapo of the insect world - large, flightless, smelly and reliant on… Audio, Gallery

What's-a matter you? Hey! Gotta no respect? Joe Dolce kept Ultravox's 'Vienna' off the top of the charts with his 1981 hit 'Shaddap You Face'. An ode to his Italian-American roots, the lyrics used… Audio

Artist Michel Tuffery has been part of efforts to broaden and refocus narratives around Captain Cook's arrival in Aotearoa 250 years ago, including giving proper credit to his Tahitian navigator and… Audio, Gallery

English actor David Suchet was in the Royal Shakespeare Company for more than a decade, and has been directed by Harold Pinter, but he's undoubtedly best known for his 25 year turn playing Agatha… Audio

Professor Robert Wade argues that the Trump presidency is a symptom of an emerging syndrome in the world-at-large, which he thinks may last for 30 years. He links the spread of 'strongman' leaders… Audio

Forgiveness shouldn't be forced, but even an imagined apology can be transformational, says American writer and activist Eve Ensler. In her latest book The Apology, Ensler writes an apology to herself… Audio

Professor David Carroll, from Parsons School of Design in New York, is one of the central figures in 'The Great Hack', a recently released Netflix documentary looking at the Cambridge… Video, Audio

Civil rights activist DeRay Mckesson is a leading voice in the Black Lives Matter Movement and a co-founder of Campaign Zero. He has been praised by Barack Obama for his work as a community organizer… Audio

This week it was announced that all three MasterChef Australia judges Matt Preston, Gary Mehigan and George Calombaris will be leaving the show after a contract dispute. Calombaris has also been under… Audio

Edo de Waart began his career as an Assistant Conductor to Leonard Bernstein and is now a world authority on Beethoven. Frank Zappa has called him "the Paul McCartney of classical music". He is Music… Audio

Archaeologist David Veart says the failure of heritage protection legislation has caused the situation at Ihumātao and while we get upset about the destruction of other people's heritage we've managed… Audio, Gallery

In 2017, author Elspeth Sandys travelled to China with other family members to mark the 90th anniversary of her cousin Rewi Alley's arrival in Shanghai. The book she wrote about that journey is called… Audio