Saturday Morning RNZ Radio

Listener feedback for 25 March 2023.

Life-long creative Judy Darragh is known for her bright and brilliant use of colour and found materials as a sculptor, painter and jeweller. Not afraid to use plastic, Darragh wants us to reflect on how we treat the plane

Ruapehu, the largest active volcano in Aotearoa, and its neighbour Tongariro, are iconic mountains in the central North Island. They don't look like most other New Zealand volcanoes though - their rough, undulating cones more closely resemble those found in Iceland.

You might not have heard of the sport of pickleball, but it's the fastest growing sport in America, and increasingly popular with older players in New Zealand.So big a deal, that on April 2 tennis icons Andre Agassi, John McEnroe, Andy Roddick and Michael Chang will be among those competing for $1 million in an inaugural Hollywood Pickleball Slam.

Bonnie Garmus's debut novel Lessons in Chemistry has become a multi-million selling bestseller largely through word of mouth.The story concerns a American scientist who, sacked for being pregnant in 1955, takes revenge when she's hired to front a teatime cookery show. Stephen King has called it "the Catch 22 of early feminism."

NZ Army leader Dr Ellen Nelson worked night and day for almost a year to help evacuate 563 Afghan Defence Force allies and their families after the country fell to the Taliban in 2021. Ellen Nelson is a finalist for Local Hero of the Year at the 2023 New Zealander of the Year Awards.