Verbal Highs

Graeme Hill is a broadcaster, producer, writer, musician & raconteur. He was an Able Tasman from 1983 to 1996, and 95bFM’s first full-time brekkie host. Graeme also runs a retreat ...

Karl Steven is a composer of original music to picture, academic, music producer, & musician. He’s probably best known as the front man for Supergroove. Karl has a doctorate in Soc...

Herman Loto is a rapper, MMA fighter and trainer, former King Cobras member, & security provider. His debut album Samoans: Part 2 is a slept-on classic. Herman specialises in mosh ...

Harry T Bastard landed a role at Rough Trade Records, which led to a role at Watts Music. The front room of Harry’s New York flat was known as ‘Club H’. Some bad luck on a fishing ...

Gareth Shute is a writer, publisher, & musician. In 2004 he wrote the award-winning Hip Hop Music in Aotearoa, the first of five books he has authored. Gareth works part-time for a...

70: Paul Oremland made a film about 100 of his past lovers. 100 Men features interviews with some of the men, charting 40 years of gay history & Paul’s life. One of Paul’s first jo...

Ian Magan is a pioneer of radio & music promotion in NZ. He was one of Hauraki’s ‘Good Guys’, & has since toured artists as diverse as AC/DC & Pavarotti. Chuck Berry once did a run...

Dan Sage, by his own admission, is a giant pile of poor life decisions. He is also a stand-up comedian who’s toured the North Island (of New Zealand). Dan is a Mormon. Who is also ...

67: Julia Clement is a female transgender comedian who has made a number of significant changes later in life. Julia’s onstage shtick combines the transgender and tech geek experie...

Jackie van Beek is a film & theatre director, writer, & actor. Her film The Breaker Upperers was one of the most critically-acclaimed NZ films of 2018. When provoked, Jackie used t...

Hugh Sundae is a broadcaster & journalist who turned up to 95bFM aged 14, later hosting brekkie. Away for a decade, he returned as station manager in 2015. The question that has pl...

Tim Batt is the comedian, writer, & presenter behind NZ’s most successful podcast,‘The Worst Idea of All Time’. He once worked closely with Kevin Black. Tim’s school cricket team d...