RNZ: Saturday Morning

Arthur Tompkins is a District Court judge, and editor of Art Crime and its Prevention: A Handbook for Collectors and Art Professionals (Lund Humphries). He has a special interest in crimes involving artistic masterpieces, and writes a bi-monthly series of articles in the online magazine Versopolis about stolen masterpieces now back on public display. He will discuss the story of the Timbuktu manuscripts.

After being rocked awake by the massive 7.8 earthquake that hit North Canterbury last November, RNZ reporter Phil Pennington was among the first reporters to be sent to Kaikoura to assess the damage.

One of New Zealand’s leading figures in women’s health, Carol Shand, reflects on her career and plans for retirement.

Kim read texts and emails received from listeners.

Journalist and author Armando Lucas Correa is the Editor in Chief of People en Español - the top-selling Hispanic magazine in the US.

German writer Norman Ohler talks about the Third Reich's relationship with drugs - including cocaine, heroin, morphine and methamphetamines.

Dame Georgina Mace talks with Kim Hill about how the focus of conservation has shifted from preservation and protection to adaptability and resilience.

Professor Eric Rignot talks with Kim Hill about future sea-level rise from warming of the polar ice sheets.

Hugh McCarroll of Hamilton is one of the finalists in a global competition designed by NASA to crowdsource ideas for collecting waste from astronauts.

Wellington Hospital intensive care specialist Dr Paul Young is actively involved in clinical research designed to improve the outcomes of critically ill patients around the world.

The NZTA is looking to replicate a UK programme that has so far taught cycle skills to two million schoolchildren – Bikeability.

Kim read texts and emails received from listeners.

Kate Camp has published five collections of poetry, and a sixth collection, The internet of things will be published by VUP in March. She is the recipient of the 2016 Katherine Mansfield Menton Fellowship, and heads off to Menton in late April. Kate discusses Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand (1957).

21 years after the wildy successful heroin-addled film of Irvine Welsh's book, Trainspotting II opens next week. Director Danny Boyle talks with Kim Hill.

Devoney Looser is a professor of English at Arizona State University and author or editor of six books on literature by women. Her new book, The Making of Jane Austen, will be out in June 2017, exploring the people and events that shaped both Austen's early fame and the way we imagine this beloved writer. She's in New Zealand as the keynote speaker at Otago University's "Family Ties" symposium on 19C literary families. Her visit is supported by the University of Otago and the Marsden Fund. Professor Looser is also known as her roller derby alter ego, Stone Cold Jane Austen.