Kim Hill
John Collins - In Hemingway's Words
John Collins founded the New York-based experimental theatre company Elevator Repair Service 26 years ago and next year the ensemble brings the show The Select to Aotearoa. The play is a dramatisation… Audio
Don Brash - Ragging on Te Reo
Don Brash was Governor of the Reserve Bank of NZ for 14 years before leaving the post in 2002 to enter Parliament. He became leader of Opposition and the National Party in 2003, and edged, but did not… Audio
Damion Searls - The Inkblots
Damion Searls is a translator and author based in Brooklyn, New York. He has translated many classic modern writers, including Proust, Rilke, and Nietzsche, edited a new abridged edition of Thoreau's… Audio
Christine Fernyhough - The Museum of the Everyday
Christine Fernyhough is the author of the bestselling memoir The Road To Castle Hill: A High Country Love Story, and she set up Books in Homes and then the Gifted Kids Programme for high-achieving… Audio
Gavin Hipkins - Tourist of photography
Auckland photographer and film-maker Gavin Hipkins has been described as a "tourist of photography" - both because he travels and because he constantly explores what's possible in the medium of… Audio
Renée - Life story told in patches
At the age of 50, Otaki author Renée (Scots/Ngati Kahungungu) started to write plays - Wednesday to Come was her best loved. She has written eight novels and more than 20 plays and she often focuses… Audio
Leonardo da Vinci: the orginal Renaissance man
Walter Isaacson, Professor of History at Tulane University, has been chairman of CNN, and editor of Time magazine. From 2005-2007 he was the vice-chair of the Louisiana Recovery Authority, which… Audio
Anthony Byrt and Simon Denny - The Founder's Paradox
Simon Denny graduated with a BFA from Elam in 2004 and completed his post-graduate study in Frankfurt. Recent exhibitions include The Personal Effects of Kim Dotcom, Adam Art Gallery, Wellington… Audio
Mick Fleetwood: 'We had no raging ambition to be pop stars'
Mick Fleetwood got first drum kit at 13. A new book chronicles the early days of the band that would make his name. It's dedicated to original lead guitarist Peter Green, without whom Fleetwood Mac… Video, Audio, Gallery
Sef Darby - The Ground Between
Sefton Darby is a consultant working on public policy and natural resource governance issues for a variety of NGOs, governments - including the NZ Government - corporations, mining companies, the… Audio
Top Stories for Friday 17 November 2017
It's been party time all night in Lima after Peru ended the All Whites' World Cup dream, Six Tuis for Lorde as she clean sweeps the New Zealand music awards, and Auckland's lower income suburbs are… Audio
Top Stories for Thursday 16 November 2016
Thousands of Wellington commuters are facing disruption this morning after train drivers walked off the job.
Zimbabwe's military is insistent that its takeover in Harare is not a coup, despite it… Audio
Top Stories for Wednesday 15 November 2017
NZ pledges $3m to care for Manus detainees, Manus resolution progressing - Ardern, Manus detainees reject ex-guard's claims, Jeff Sessions denies lying over Russian contacts Audio
Top Stories for Tuesday 14 November 2017
Kaikoura a year on: Two killed, billions in damage, Kaikoura a year on: Ceremony reopens devastated South Bay, Kaikoura a year on: Fears of financial ruin after quake, Solo mums who don't name father… Audio
Top Stories for Monday 13 November 2017
N Korea to dominate East Asia summit again, Wellington shaken on eve of Kaikoura quake, Govt has 'serious concerns' for Manus detainee, Tonga celebrates historic RLWC win. Audio
Listener Feedback for 11 November 2017
Kim Hill reads listener feedback to the Saturday morning programme. Audio
NZTrio - Soar!
NZTrio is a violin, cello and piano ensemble with a mission to champion New Zealand composition within a vast and vibrant repertoire. Kim joins NZTrio as the group prepares for its last series of the… Audio
Top Stories for Friday 10 November 2017
TPP APEC talks 'tough going' - Ardern, Winston Peters comments on legal action for first time, Gareth Morgan expels TOP candidate over cat comment, Refugee sex offender's release raises alarm bells Audio