31 episodes
Kim Hill Collection RNZ Originals
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- Society & Culture
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4.8 • 44 Ratings
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A good interview is equal parts art and science. 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. These interviews are incisive and insightful; sometimes uproarious, sometimes heartbreaking, always striving to provide for us a moment of discovery and delight.
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2019: John Oh
New Zealand and New South Wales are the only places in the world where sex work is fully decriminalised. John Oh, a heterosexual male escort, talks with Kim Hill in 2019 about his life as a sex worker, and how straight men like himself are a "tiny minority" in the sex industry.
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2023: Bill Bailey
Bill Bailey has been described as Britain's biggest alternative act, regarded there as a national treasure. Best known for his film and television work on ‘Never Mind the Buzzcocks’, ‘QI’, he was also host of the first season of NZ comedy panel show ‘Patriot Brains’. He speaks with Kim Hill in 2023 ahead of his visit to New Zealand for his comedy tour ‘Thoughtifier.’
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2023: Emma Espiner
Award-winning writer, Dr Emma Espiner (Ngāti Tukorehe, Ngāti Porou) talked to Kim Hill earlier in 2023 about her unconventional upbringing, ditching her recruitment job for med school and how New Zealand can improve healthcare for Māori.
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2020: Graham Norton
One of Kim Hill’s most popular interviews in 2020, she chats with Irish entertainer Graham Norton to discuss his novel 'Home Stretch'. Well known as the host of the eponymous BBC chat show, he has become one of the UK’s best loved figures. He’s won 9 BAFTAs, has recently taken over as Britain’s tongue-in-cheek commentator of the 'Eurovision Song Contest' and has become an author, releasing his third novel.
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2017: Don Brash
After a lengthy career in NZ politics, in 2016 Don Brash became the spokesperson for a new lobby group called Hobson's Pledge, a group formed to oppose what Brash has described as Māori favoritism. In 2017, he began weighing into the debate about the use of te reo Māori, saying he was "utterly sick" of the use of the language by RNZ reporters and presenters. He joined Kim hill to explain his perspective.
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2020: Dolly Parton
In 2020, Kim hill spoke with legendary singer, songwriter, actor, author, and humanitarian - Dolly Parton. She’s happy to be seen as a feminist icon – at the same time she's considering posing for Playboy magazine. The famous American country singer's image might be bottle-blonde with augmented breasts, but underneath Parton says she's utterly authentic.