Kim Hill

In 1920 Whanganui residents were rocked by the news that their mayor had shot D'Arcy Cresswell, a young gay poet, who had been blackmailing him. Mackay was sentenced to hard labour and later left New… Audio

"Mr Organ is a black hole and I've fallen in," quips journalist and filmmaker David Farrier midway through his latest feature documentary, as he plays a bizarre cat and mouse game with the titular and… Video, Audio

Earlier this week the government announced plans to introduce hate speech legislation. Such legislation has not always proven successful, as Danish lawyer Jacob Mchangama shows in his book Free… Audio

More than 45,000 people, including world leaders and our own climate change minister, are descending on the resort town of Sharm El Sheikh in Egypt for COP27, the annual UN climate conference, which… Audio

Americans go to the polls next week for their midterm elections. At stake is the balance of power within the House of Representatives and the Senate. But more fundamentally - as the first elections… Audio

Award-winning music producer Joel Little talks to Kim Hill about songwriting, ambition and the brand-new music-making hub he's created in Auckland. Video, Audio

The knee is the largest and most complex joint in the body and retired orthopaedic surgeon Russell Tregonning is passionate about the evolving science of knee injuries and replacement surgery. In his… Audio

Our regular art correspondent Megan Dunn has an exhibition of her own just opened at Wellington's Adam Art Gallery, revealing another long standing obsession: mermaids. Audio, Gallery

Sydney-based New Zealander Dr Matt Baker returns for a chat about some of the latest science news. This week: there are reports that ancient Mars may have had an environment capable of harbouring an… Audio

Indie-sleaze darlings the Yeah Yeah Yeahs are back with their fifth album, Cool It Down. The New York triple-Grammy nominated band started out over two decades ago opening for the White Stripes… Audio

 Flowing from his interest in the Colonial Office of the 1830s and how English law was brought to New Zealand, historian and lawyer Ned Fletcher argues in The English Text of the Treaty of Waitangi… Audio

The dead do tell tales: sometimes they are the only ones who can speak to the living about the costs of civil war, terror and corruption. Sri Lankan writer Shehan Karunatilaka won the Man Booker Prize… Audio

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Hannah Gadsby says only in the last year has she "come out the other side" after being catapulted to fame by her 2018 Netflix comedy special Nanette. The Australian comedian is currently in New… Video, Audio