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Mohamed Hassan: slam poetics
Kim Hill talks to Mohamed Hassan, an Auckland journalist for RNZ, and co-founder of Waxed Poetic Revival, a member of the South Auckland Poets Collective, and the 2015 National Poetry Slam Champion… Audio
Elizabeth Hay: Canada and nostalgia
Kim Hill talks to Canadian writer Elizabeth Hay, a former radio broadcaster, and the author of many short story collections and novels, most recently, His Whole Life. She speaks at two WORD… Audio
Sheila Watt-Cloutier: Arctic and Inuit
Sheila Watt-Cloutier is an environmental and human rights advocate who was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize in 2007 for her work on how global climate change is affecting human rights, especially… Audio
Cécile Maisonneuve and Marie-Anne Gobert: future cities
Kim Hill talks to Cécile Maisonneuve, President of La Fabrique de la Cité, and a senior adviser and former head of the Centre for Energy at the French Institute for International Relations, and to… Audio
Episode 6 - The End
Death is the natural culmination of the ageing process, but it can seem like an abstract idea, until it affects us directly. Video, Audio
Fight to restore Sir Edmund Hillary's historic Antarctic hut
Three tractors will travel more than 2000 kilometres from Auckland to Aoraki Mount Cook in a bid to save Sir Edmund Hillary's historic Antarctic hut. Video, Audio
The future of museums in the regions looks a little brighter
There are hundreds of small community-run museums in regions around the country. It's often a struggle - not just financially, but with the changing notions of how they show their treasures, if… Audio
Stories from the Somme
We're approaching the 100th anniversary of the Battle of the Somme. 15,000 members of the New Zealand Division went into action there, a horrifying 2,000 died and more than half of them have no known… Audio
Debbie Stoller: feminism and knitting
Debbie Stoller is the co-founder, co-publisher and editor-in-chief of BUST magazine in New York, and co-edited The BUST Guide to the New Girl Order and The BUST DIY Guide to Life. In 1999, she formed… Audio
Ryan Griffen: Aboriginal superheroes
Kim Hill talks to indigenous Australian director Ryan Griffen, creator of the Australia/New Zealand produced television series Cleverman, a futuristic drama with roots in Aboriginal mythology. Double… Audio
Jacinta Ruru: law from a Maori perspective
Kim Hill talks to Professor Jacinta Ruru (Raukawa), who has been the only Maori Law Faculty staff member at the University of Otago since 1999. She has designed a new experience of learning law that… Audio
Was gender inequality in NZ caused by colonisation? Perhaps not
Courtney Sina Meredith, Dr Ngahuia Te Awekotuku, Dr Pala Molisa; and Rosanna Raymond. talk with Mihingarangi Forbes Audio
David Levithan on LGBTQ fiction for young adults
Kim Hill talks to New York writer, editor and publisher David Levithan who is a guest at the WORD Christchurch Writers & Readers Festival 2016. Audio
Episode 4 - Intergenerational conversation
Noelle McCarthy takes an honest look at ageism, pension costs, and intergenerational tension. Video, Audio
Call for inquiry into forced adoptions
Maggie Wilkinson has been fighting a 30-year battle for the government to investigate the forced adoption of babies born to unwed mothers from the late 1950s to the mid 1970s. Audio
From floral facelift to food forest
Diana Moore, who along with her husband Richard have given the Northland township of Maungaturoto a floral facelift and with volunteers in tow they're are about to plant a community food forest. Audio, Gallery
Carmen Rupe's silhouette to light up Cuba St lights
Carmen Rupe's silhouette has been used in four pedestrian crossing lights in what was the heart of Wellington's red light district. Video, Audio
Vicky Karaminas: fashion and uniforms
Dr Vicki Karaminas is Professor of Fashion and Deputy Director of Doctoral Research at Massey University Wellington. She is the President of the Popular Culture Association of Australia and New… Audio
Black has been exchanged for blue
Former All Black Glen Osborne was one of 60 new police officers who graduated as constables today. Video, Audio
Stripper 'scared and intimidated' by Chiefs
The stripper who alleges she was sexually abused by Chiefs players says she was frightened and had to physically hit a man who wouldn't stop touching her. Video, Audio