Author Interview

We've heard it all before. 'Boomers' - arguably the most disliked generation - only think about themselves, while millennials (aka 'snowflakes') wouldn't know a hard day's work if it slapped them… Audio

Paul Kilgour has probably visited more huts than anyone else in New Zealand. He's a wanderer, a long-distance tramper and one of New Zealand's most famous hutbaggers, although he shies away from the… Audio, Gallery

The Big Carrot in Ohakune, the Hundertwasser Toilets in Kawakawa, a Toothbrush Fence in Te Pahu and the Bluff Paua Shell House all make up New Zealand's many weird and wonderful landmarks that dot the… Audio, Gallery

Dr Lana Lopesi is an author, art critic and Editor in Chief of the Pacific Arts Legacy Project. She is also Interim Director of The Pantograph Punch, and a Lecturer in the School of Art and Design at… Audio

Wellington writer John McCrystal has been interested in shipwrecks since he was a child, when at the age of six he first heard the tale of the General Grant, which struck the Auckland Islands in 1866… Audio, Gallery

Max introduces his book Too Much Money: How Wealth Disparities Are Unbalancing Aotearoa New Zealand. Audio

The inimitable Stephen Fry is an actor, comedian, director, and writer whose newest book about neckwear, Fry's Ties, is an ode to the 64-year-old's decades-long obsession with man's most trusted and… Audio

Not many people can say they have survived naked in the African wilderness for three weeks, but Waiuku twin sisters Amber and Serena Shine (The Wild Twins) can. Their new book, The Wild Twins: Tales… Audio

Award-winning food writer Lucy Corry joins us this morning to talk about her new book and share a sumptuous roast chicken salad recipe from her new cookbook, Homecooked.  Audio

We talk to Dame Anne Salmond about a new book, Hei Taonga Ma Nga Uri Whakatipu: Treasures for the Rising Generation. Audio, Gallery

In 1990, Michael Szabo wrote a book called Making Waves, telling the story of the first 20 years of Greenpeace. He's just brought this project up to date with Making Waves II. He joins us to tell us… Audio, Gallery

While the Ministry of Education works on a new curriculum to teach Aotearoa's history in schools, the fight is on for what that taught history should be. Dr Richard Shaw is a Professor of Politics at… Audio, Gallery

We talk to Matt Garrick, Yothu Yindi's authorised biographer about Writing in the Sand, the epic story of one of Australia's most original bands and how 'Treaty' - released 30 years ago - gave voice… Audio

Georgia Pritchett's memoir is called My Mess Is a Bit of a Life: Adventures in Anxiety. Audio

Dire Straits are one of the biggest bands in rock history, having sold more than 100 million records, having won four Grammy Awards, and having embarked on some of the biggest tours the industry has… Audio

It's taken a while but finally Wellington joins New York, Los Angeles, New Orleans and Paul Cleave's Christchurch as a cool crime novel city. As Anne Harre described it: "Dig a little deeper and the… Audio

When Covid struck and put a halt on touring, rockers Jane and Jimmy Barnes (as the Jane Barnes Band) launched a series of online performances, which attracted millions of views from around the world… Audio, Gallery

Otaki-based playwright Renée has many feathers in her cap, having written numerous plays and nine fiction novels - the latest being her first venture into crime writing, The Wild Card, which she… Audio

Rafia Zakaria's latest book of essays Against White Feminism bills itself as a counter-manifesto to "white feminism's global, long-standing affinity with colonial, patriarchal, and white supremacist… Audio