Kim Hill
Listener Feedback to Saturday 17 September 2016
Kim Hill reads messages from listeners to the Saturday Morning programme of 17 September 2016. Audio
Bruce Gilkison: James Hogg, the Ettrick Shepherd
Kim Hill talks to Bruce Gilkison, who spent the past two northern summers walking some of the Highland journeys completed in 1802-1804 by his great-great-grandfather, the Scottish writer, poet… Audio
Toby Carr
Kim Hill talks to Toby Carr is the CEO and founder of trading company DeXTech Ltd, and has just received an international youth leadership award. He is a speaker on the Future of Education panel at… Audio
Jamie Steer: introduced species
Kim Hill talks to Dr Jamie Steer, whose research explores the understanding of introduced species in New Zealand in the context of biodiversity management, arguing for a more reconciliatory approach… Audio
Dianne Brunton: bird songs and dialects
Kim Hill talks to Professor Dianne Brunton, who founded the Ecology and Conservation Group at the Albany campus of Massey University, and currently heads the Institute of Natural and Mathematical… Audio
Mitchell Chandler: Our Ocean
Kim Hill talks to Mitchell Chandler, who is majoring in oceanography at the University of Otago. He was chosen by the Sir Peter Blake Trust to represent New Zealand as one of 150 youth delegates from… Audio
Anthony Byrt: art, criticism, and poker
Kim Hill talks to New Zealand critic and journalist Anthony Byrt, writer for Metro, contributor to international contemporary art magazine Artforum International, and Reviewer of the Year at the 2015… Audio
Dylan Taylor: the ESRA think tank
Kim Hill talks to Dr Dylan Taylor, lecturer in Sociology at Victoria University of Wellington, editor of Counterfutures, and member of the board of trustees and a researcher for new think-tank… Audio
Michelle Cottle: Hillary Clinton and misogyny
Kim Hill talks to Michelle Cottle, contributing editor at The Atlantic, about the presidential candidacy of Hillary Clinton. Audio
Listener Feedback to Saturday 10 September 2016
Kim Hill reads messages from listeners to the Saturday Morning programme of 10 September 2016. Audio
Children's Books with Kate De Goldi: Wolves and Front Doors
Kim Hill talks to Kate De Goldi about two new children's books: The Wolves of Currumpaw by William Grill (Flying Eye Books), and The Family with Two Front Doors by Anna Ciddor (Allen & Unwin). Audio
Franco Lora: images of Colombia
Kim Hill talks to Colombian student Franco Lora, who has just completed a Masters degree in Design at Massey University's College of Creative Arts in Wellington. As part of his degree he has produced… Audio
Kate Pullinger: digital fictions
Kim Hill talks to Kate Pullinger, Professor of Creative Writing and Digital Media at Bath Spa University, who writes fiction for print and digital platforms, including Inanimate Alice, an ongoing… Audio
Name UL: teenage hip hop
Kim Hill talks to Emanuel John Psathas, aka rapper Name UL, who was performing in licensed venues before he was old enough to legally drink in them, and has opened for a number of international acts… Audio
Pictures of a long-lost mining life
Kim Hill talks to geologist and science historian Simon Nathan, whose new illustrated biography, Through the Eyes of a Miner: the Photography of Joseph Divis, explores the Czech miner and… Audio, Gallery
Brother Guy Consolmagno: astronomy and religion
Kim Hill talks to astronomer and Jesuit Brother Guy Consolmagno, Director of the Vatican Observatory and President of the Vatican Observatory Foundation. He is part of a group of world-leading experts… Audio
Hugh Sebag-Montefiore: the battle of the Somme
Kim Hill talks to Hugh Sebag-Montefiore about his new history, Somme: Into the Breach, a fresh account of the most famous battle of World War 1, which saw over a million casualties, including some… Audio
Listener Feedback to Saturday 3 September 2016
Kim Hill reads messages from listeners to the Saturday Morning programme of 3 September 2016. Audio
Poetry with Gregory O'Brien: Hera Lindsay Bird
Kim Hill talks to painter, poet, curator and writer Gregory O'Brien, whose latest book (with Nick Bevin) is Futuna: Life of a Building. He will discuss the debut poetry collection by Hera Lindsay… Audio
Kirsty Griffin and Viv Kernick: Amy Street
Kim Hill talks to filmmakers Kirsty Griffin and Viv Kernick, makers of the celebrated 2014 documentary Wayne. Their follow-up to that film, which focused on a resident of the Supported Life Style… Audio