Kim Hill
Linda Tyler
Linda Tyler will review 2016: the Year in Art. Linda has been writing on art, design, architecture and fashion since 1984. She's now an associate professor and Director of the Centre for Art Research… Audio
William Grill
William Grill is a London-based writer and illustrator. His first book, Shackleton's Journey (Flying Eye Books, ISBN 978-1-909263-10-9) won the 2015 CILIP Kate Greenaway Medal for distinguished… Audio
Robin Ince: 'Part of my job is to say, look, I’m an idiot'
Comedian Robin Ince talks about turning science into jokes. Audio
Stephen Burt on poetry
Poetry can be perplexing… some say that’s the point. But writer, poet and critic Stephen Burt is here to help. Video, Audio
Johan Norberg on positivity and progress
Humanity has never had it so good, according to Johan Norberg, the author of Progress: Ten Reasons to Look Forward to the Future. Audio
Top Stories for Monday 5 December 2016
Woman abused in state care calls for independent inquiry, Commission of Inquiry into child abuse "essential", Landslide Mt Roskill victory will hurt National says Labour, Poll of Polls shows National… Audio
Confronting and dodging difficult questions
RNZ's revelations about abuse of children in care prompted a robust and revealing on-air interview with the minister responsible this week. But the same can't be said of other efforts to get a word… Audio
Confronting and dodging difficult questions
RNZ's revelations about abuse of children in care prompted a robust and revealing on-air interview with the minister responsible this week. But the same can't be said of other efforts to get a word…
AudioGregory O'Brien
Painter, poet, curator and writer Gregory O'Brien is the author of a number of books. His latest (with Nick Bevin) is Futuna: Life of a Building (VUP). He talks with Kim about the demise of the… Audio
Karyn Hay: 'You’ve got to take it to the limit'
Writing is what Karyn Hay likes best. Her debut novel Emerald Budgies won Best First Book at the Montana New Zealand Book Awards in 2000 and she’s just published a new novel, The March of the… Audio
Valerie Steele: 'Fashion is not just clothes'
Valerie Steele has been described by The Washington Post as one of “fashion’s brainiest women.” Since 2003, she been director and chief curator of The Museum at the Fashion Institute of Technology in… Audio
Kevin Furlong
Kevin Furlong is Professor of Geoscience at Penn State university and an authority on tsunami alert monitoring. Part of his work includes understanding the many methods of monitoring employed in… Audio
Simon Poole
Simon Poole, of New Business Ventures, Finisar Ltd Australia, is an engineer and an entrepreneur who recently received the Charles Todd Medal - the most prestigious award made by the Australian… Audio
Olivier Weber
Olivier Weber has been a war correspondent for 25 years,covering conflict in Central Asia, Africa, the Middle East and Iraq. He was an assistant professor at the Institut d'études politiques de Paris… Audio
Erin Joyce
Erin Joyce is a World Vision child protection and conflict specialist who has just returned from Zelikan Camp near Mosul in northern Iraq. She has seen the effects two years of ISIS occupation has had… Audio
Top stories for Friday 2 December 2016
Legendary astronaut rushed to hospital in Christchurch; eleven quake landslides being closely watched; Human Rights Commission does about face over inquiry; Final day of campaiging in Mt Roskill… Audio
Top Stories for Thursday 1 December 2016
Judge calls for independent body to monitor welfare of children; woman tells of finding whanau after 60 years in care; concerns new ministry won't place Maori children with whanau; warning online… Audio
Feedback from interview with Carolyn Henwood and Anne Tolley
Listener feeedback on the interviews with Judge Carolyn Henwood and Minister for Social Development Anne Tolley. Audio
Top Stories for Wednesday 30 November 2016
Brazil is in shock after most of the players of a top football side are killed in a plane crash in Colombia. A judge accuses the Government of lacking remorse over the abuse of children in state care… Audio