Kim Hill
Joel Solomon - The Clean Money Revolution
Joel Solomon chairs Renewal Funds, Canada's largest mission venture capital firm, at $98m assets under management, almost all in the organic foods and distribution, green tech and independent media… Audio
Climate change in the Pacific – what's really going on?
The effects of climate change on the lands of the Pacific are more complicated than tiny islands disappearing into the sea, says Auckland University professor Paul Kench. His team have discovered… Audio
Dave Goelz - Gonzo Muppeteer
Dave Goelz is an American puppeteer and voice actor who has been one of the lead Muppet performers for over 40 years, performing Gonzo, Zoot, Dr. Bunsen Honeydew, Beauregard and several other Muppet… Audio
Top Stories for Friday 6 April 2018
Edit together all of Morning Report from the end of the 0700 News till the start of 0745 Sport, chopping out the 7:30 bulletin and weather etc plus some stories from the start of the 8 o'clock hour… Audio
Listener feedback for 31 March 2018
Kim Hill reads emails and text messages from listeners to the Saturday Morning programme. Audio
Kate De Goldi - Invisible Hand and Where the world ends
Kate De Goldi is a fiction writer and book reviewer. Her most recent novel, From the Cutting Room of Barney Kettle, won the Esther Glen Medal at the 2016 NZ Children's and Young Adult Book Awards, and… Audio
Mary O'Connell and Sister Margaret Mary Birgan - Sainthood in 2018
The Catholic church in Sydney this week began the formal process for the beatification of Australian Eileen O'Connor, who co-founded the religious order Our Lady's Nurses of the Poor - also known as… Audio
Ngugi wa Thiong'o - Decolonising the mind
Ngugi wa Thiong'o is a novelist, essayist, playwright, journalist, editor, academic and social activist, and currently Distinguished Professor of English and Comparative Literature at the University… Audio
Doug Wilson on ageing and longevity
If you want to live a long healthy life, exercise, socialise and eat a Mediterranean-style diet, says medical academic and author of Ageing for Beginners Doug Wilson. Audio
Pattie Boyd: muse to Harrison and Clapton
Pattie Boyd inspired George Harrison and Eric Clapton to write some of the greatest love songs of the 20th century: Harrison wrote 'Something' and 'I Need You' for her, while Clapton penned 'Layla'… Audio
Rochelle Constantine and Regina Eisert - Whale watch
Drs Rochelle Constantine and Regina Eisert have both recently returned from expeditions to the new Ross Sea region Marine Protected Area. Dr Constantine, an associate professor in biological sciences… Audio
Listener feedback for 24 March 2018
Kim Hill reads emails and text messages from listeners to the Saturday Morning programme. Audio
David Stratton - A cinematic life
David Stratton was born and educated in Britain, migrating to Australia in 1963. He served as director of the Sydney Film Festival for 18 years, during which time he was credited with being a prime… Audio
Catherine Callaghan - Taking silk
Catherine Callaghan is the daughter of the late physicist, Sir Paul Callaghan. She's qualified as a barrister and solicitor in New Zealand and has been practicing at the English Bar since 2000. As a… Audio
'Artificial womb' offers hope for premature babies
A baby’s first year is its toughest, but for premature babies even more so, with an increased risk of dying, or, for those who survive, subsequent health problems. US researchers hope new technology… Audio
Gigi Fenster - Feverish
Wellington author Gigi Fenster pitched an unusual PhD proposal to the International Institute of Modern Letters at Victoria University - she would induce a fever in herself and the result would be… Audio
Cenk Uygur - The Young Turks
Turkish-American Cenk Uygur is the host and founder of The Young Turks, the largest online news show in the world, with over 12 million subscribers. A trained lawyer, Uygur launched The Young Turks as… Audio
Alex Perry - The Good Mothers
The Calabrian Mafia is now a “monstrous global organization”, eclipsing Cosa Nostra in Sicily and Camorra from Naples, author Alex Perry says. Audio
Top Stories for Friday 23 March 2018
Trump slaps $60b of tariffs on Chinese imports, Middlemore leaky buildings: Health Ministers Clark, Coleman in dark, Ex-Waikato DHB chair blamed for Murray fiasco, Obama fans crowd streets to spot… Audio
Ardern talks oil drilling, Greens questions, Russia trade
The issue of uncertainty around the future of oil and gas exploration in this country has arisen after Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern accepted a petition from Greenpeace on Monday calling for an end to… Audio