Kim Hill's panel discussions

Kim Hill explores the true cost of abundant cheap, fatty and sugary food with Dr Sally Mackay, Dr Matire Harwood, Deborah Manning and Prof. Hugh Campbell. Read more Audio

Kim Hill discusses the complexities of packaging and waste with four experts - Sharon Humphreys, Mike Sammons, Prof. Juliet Gerrard, and Assoc. Prof. Xiaomeng Wu.  Read more Audio

The connection between science and art is tested by Siouxsie Wiles, Rebecca Priestley, Huhana Smith and Anne Noble in conversation with Kim Hill. Read more Audio

At the 2018 Word Christchurch writers' festival, 125 years of women's suffrage is discussed by a panel of leading New Zealanders. Kim Hill is in the chair. Read more Audio

On the 125th anniversary of women's suffrage, Kim Hill discusses feminism and faith with Saziah Bashir, Dr Caroline Blyth, Rev. Jean Malcolm and Lilia Tarawa at Wellington's City Gallery. Read more Audio

Professor Martin Cole, Professor Caroline Saunders Dr Miranda Mirosa, and Ray McVinnie talk with Kim Hill about food production and consumption Read more Audio

Professor Jim Mann, Dr Jacqueline Rowarth and Professor Tony Blakely talk to Kim Hill about why free sugar is so bad, whether diet soft drinks are good, and sugar versus fat.  Read more Audio

Should we do something just because we can? Such as engineering DNA - something now within reach. Kim Hill talks to Josephine Johnston, Peter Fineran, Colin Gavaghan and Jennie Harre Hindmarsh. Read more Audio

Kim Hill talks to Josephine Johnston, Mary Birdsall, Maui Hudson, and Andrew Shelling about what gene editing means for human fertility and reproduction.  Read more Audio

Kim Hill talks with Josephine Johnston, Julie Everett-Hincks, Kevin Prime, and William Rolleston about the impact of new technologies on agriculture. Are we in the post-Frankenfood era? Read more Audio

Kim Hill talks to Josephine Johnston, Dr Andrea Byrom, Kevin Hackwell, and Jan Hania about using gene editing as a weapon against animals which are pests in New Zealand.  Read more Audio

We know that connectivity and mobility facilitates innovation and creativity but what makes a really buzzy city, both economically and culturally? A panel discussion about how being a smarter city can… Read more Audio

Our wellbeing is said to be influenced by our natural environment - so what is the cost of losing it? Recorded in Wellington, the second panel in the Cities of Tomorrow series discusses how a… Read more Audio

At the heart of every city are its people. What does it mean for a city to be inclusive, and how can we manage human interactions in an age of rising inequalities? Recorded in Christchurch, the final… Read more Audio

The first discussion panel of the Big Data series considers the questions: what makes a place? How is place imbued with personal and communal meaning? How do urbanisation and globalisation affect… Read more Audio

Change can occur gradually or it can happen rapidly, disrupting the current state of place. What are the impacts of sudden change, particularly in the urban environment? How can we plan resilient… Read more Audio

Technology enables us to perceive and to act beyond the limits of our natural senses and to blur the boundaries between the natural and virtual worlds. We can now see what was previously invisible… Read more Audio

Kim Hill and her panel ask whether the advent of the digital age changes the accepted ways in which we connect and behave? Do those born into the digital world have different attitudes to intellectual… Read more Audio

There is a growing awareness that facilitating access to data encourages collaborative science and knowledge advancement. How far are we willing to go in this direction and what are some of the… Read more Audio