Kim Hill Collection

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For more than 30 years, Kim Hill has set the gold standard. In this collection, we delve into the archives to bring you a selection of Kim Hill's best interviews.

  1. EPISODE 1

    Kim Hill on Interviewing

    In this introduction interview, Kim Hill talks with Emile Donovan about the collection and good interviewing. A good interview is equal parts art and science. It begins with good preparation. Good preparation leads to good questions, which elicit good responses, which are met by good follow-ups. This is the scientific element. The art is in the colour. The timing; the fearlessness; the humour, the musicality, the silence. For more than 30 years, Kim Hill has set the gold standard. She is, by popular acclaim, one of the finest interviewers New Zealand has ever produced. In this collection, we delve into the archives to bring you a selection of her best interviews - from superstar musicians to gardening nuns, with a few writers, politicians, humourists, a straight male escort, and a space-poop entrepreneur thrown in the mix too. These interviews are incisive and insightful; sometimes uproarious, sometimes heartbreaking, always striving to provide for us a moment of discovery and delight. Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details

    27 min

  2. EPISODE 2

    2016: Burt Reynolds

    Burt Reynolds was Hollywood's biggest box-office star from 1978 to 1982, following his starring role in Smokey and the Bandit. He had money, mansions, and wives, but that money went in various ways including bad investments and bad marriages. Kim spoke with Reynolds in 2016 when he was 79, discussing his life, career, and autobiography 'But Enough About Me'. Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details

    44 min

  3. EPISODE 3

    2006: Sam Neill and John Clarke

    In 2006, Kim Hill spoke with two "quintessential Kiwi blokes" actor Sam Neill and comedian John Clarke about their friendship and their collaboration on two TV films based on Shane Maloney's novels 'Stiff' and 'The Brush Off'. Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details

    47 min

  4. EPISODE 4

    2017: David Sedaris

    American writer David Sedaris is famous for his self-deprecating and highly personal essay collections which manage to combine funny and sad in equal measure. Sedaris joins Kim Hill in 2017 to discuss his book 'Theft by Finding', which is a compendium of his diary from 1977 to 2022. Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details

    40 min

  5. EPISODE 5

    2008: Sister Loyola Galvin

    Sister Loyola Galvin was known as the gardening nun. She organised a community garden at the Home of Compassion in Island Bay, Wellington. In 2008, at 86, she was named NZ Gardener of the Year by The Economist magazine. Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details

    20 min

  6. EPISODE 6

    2017: Scott Brown

    The US Ambassador to New Zealand and Samoa under the Trump administration in 2017, Scott Brown spoke with Kim Hill about his diplomatic role, as well many aspects of his political career, and some of Trump's more polarising decisions. Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details

    39 min

  7. EPISODE 7

    2009: JJ Joseph and Celia Lashlie

    In 2006, JJ Joseph was convicted of a violent assault on his wife, but against the odds he was able to turn his life around. He tells his story in the 2008 book, 'Fighting for My Life', with a forward written by social justice advocate Celia Lashlie. They both join Kim to talk about the book and how real progress on violence will only happen when men speak out against it. Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details

    48 min

  8. EPISODE 8

    2020: Jane Fonda

    Actor, producer, activist and former fitness guru, Jane Fonda reflects on her relationship with climate change activism in her 2020 book: 'What Can I Do? My Path from Climate Despair to Action'. She speaks with Kim Hill about her life on the front line as an activist, campaigning for over 50 years, tackling the climate crisis as her latest cause. Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details

    28 min
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For more than 30 years, Kim Hill has set the gold standard. In this collection, we delve into the archives to bring you a selection of Kim Hill's best interviews.

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