Maata Wharehoka (Ngati Tahinga, Ngati Koata, Ngati Apakura, Ngati Toa, Ngati Kuia) lives with a painful lung disease - chronic obstructive pulmonary disease or COPD. Her chronic pain is such that she'd seriously consider euthanasia if she met the legal requirements when the End of Life Choice Act takes effect on 7 November. . Wharehoka is also spokeswoman for Parihaka Pa, where she has been a caretaker of the marae for over 30 years. This coming Friday 5 November marks 140 years since Maori were evicted from the peaceful settlement.

British actress, activist and dedicated royalist Joanna Lumley is busier than she's ever been with multiple projects on the go, but somehow she's managed to find time to curate and edit a book celebrating Queen Elizabeth II. Entitled A Queen For All Seasons.

At 15 years old Mikayla Cahill learned she was supposed to have been born a boy. Mikayla was born with an intersex condition called complete androgen insensitivity syndrome, meaning she started to develop as a male foetus, but her body couldn't process testosterone so she developed as a female.

A senate panel in Brazil has backed a report calling for criminal charges against president Jair Bolsonaro for his handling of the Covid pandemic, including crimes against humanity. Professor Idelber Avelar teaches Latin American Studies at Tulane University in New Orleans, Louisiana. He joins the show to discuss the developments in Brazil, and what might happen next.

Dame Cindy Kiro became New Zealand's first female Maori governor-general when she was sworn in at a ceremony at parliament this week.

Kim Hill reads listener feedback for Saturday Morning 23 October 2021.

Organic gardener Kath Irvine returns to share some tips around spring gardening and to answer your questions. This week her topics include building your own compost and ensuring healthy citrus trees.

In the mid-1970s artist Fiona Clark pushed the envelope with her vivid photographs of Auckland's burgeoning queer scene. Four decades later, a new documentary directed by Lula Cucchiara recounts how the Taranaki-based photographer overcame censorship, homophobia, sexism and debilitating physical injuries to become one of the country's most respected social documentarians.

British actress Miriam Margolyes talks to Kim Hill about her charming, funny and often serious new memoir This Much Is True.

Megan Dunn joins the show to discuss the intersection of art and life, looking at the ways art is and isn't good for our wellbeing. This week, what art hangs on the walls of the hospital and why?