Saturday Morning with Kim Hill: 20 November 2010

Radio New Zealand National


8:15 Joel Salatin: influential farming
9:05 John Howard: running Australia
10:05 Playing Favourites with Fane Flaws 11:10 Ian Mune: acting up
11:45 Children's Books with Kate De Goldi: Allen Say

Producer: Mark Cubey
Associate Producer: Sean McKenna
Wellington engineer: Marc Chesterman
Auckland engineer: Jeremy Ansell

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Saturday Morning guest information and links:

8:15 Joel Salatin
Joel Salatin, from the family owned, pasture-based Polyface Farm, has been called the most influential farmer in the United States after appearing in the book The Omnivore's Dilemma by Michael Pollan, and the films Food Inc and Fresh. Joel is visiting New Zealand to present a two-day workshop, Making the Family Farm Hum, in Havelock North (20-21 November), covering the Polyface Farm story, the principles of profitable farming, on-farm nutrient cycling, whole farm planning, irrigation, inter-generational family farms and relationship marketing.
www.polyfacefarms.com/
http://www.thefamilyfarm.net.nz/salatin

9:05 John Howard

Australian politician John Howard became Treasurer of the Liberal/National federal coalition when he was 38, then spent years in the political wilderness before leading the Coalition to a resounding national victory, and 11 years as Prime Minister. He tells his story in Lazarus Rising: A Personal and Political Autobiography - HarperCollins
10:05 Playing Favourites with Fane Flaws
Fane Flaws is a musician (Blerta, Spats, The Crocodiles, I Am Joe's Music), author (The Underwater Melon Man & Other Unreasonable Rhymes), animator, artist, and designer. He is currently preparing the debut album for The Living Hamsters, his group with Tony Backhouse and Peter Dasent, and on 19 November will be inducted into the Massey Design Wall of Fame as part of the university's BLOW 2010 creative arts festival.
www.faneflaws.com/
http://tonybackhouse.com/BlogRetrieve.aspx?BlogID=419&PostID=53353
www.blowfestival.co.nz/

11:10 Ian Mune

Ian Mune is one of the most important figures in the last 50 years of New Zealand theatre, television and film. He tells his story in Ian Mune: An Autobiography - Craig Potton Publishing


11:45 Children's Books with Kate De Goldi

Kate De Goldi will discuss the work of Japanese-American picture book artist and author Allen Say (pic right).

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Saturday Morning repeats:
On Saturday 20 November 2010 during Great Encounters between 6:06pm and 7:00pm on Radio New Zealand National, you can hear a repeat of Kim Hill's interview from Saturday 13 November with John Battle, former UK Labour MP and Tony Blair's faith envoy.

Preview: Saturday 27 November 2010
Kim Hill's guests will include Dr Caldwell Esselstyn, hospice doctor Ian Gwynne-Robson, and the winner of the Prime Minister's Science Prize for 2010.