Summer Noelle for Wednesday 1 January 2014

9:08 AM.A titan of American writing, National Book Award winner, Pulizer Prize nominee, she's published over 40 novels since she first started writing in 1963, not to mention innumerable articles. She's in… Read more Audio

9:40 AM.David Watson at the 'Milk Honey and Grain' museum on Great Barrier Island. Themes include dairying, gum digging, logging, timber milling, mining, bee-keeping, shipwrecks, long drops and whaling. Audio

9:52 AM.North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is touring the Masik Pass ski-fields his latest megaproject, meanwhile signs he's continuing the purge of officials closest to his military advisor and former Number 2… Read more Audio

10:07 AM.Nurse Margaret McNabb tells Jack Perkins about her days during World War two when she worked as a District Health nurse looking after many of the working girls in Wellington. Audio

10:23 AM.Lloyd Geering reviews the Bible. Audio

10:46 AM.Building holiday homes. Audio

11:08 AM.Whose latest novel 'The Fall of Light' came out earlier this year talks about the creative process. Audio

11:27 AM.Phil Keoghan, his career in broadcasting and his latest projects. Audio

11:44 AM.With broadcaster Lindsay Yeo. Audio