Summer Noelle for Thursday 1 January 2015

9:07 AM.Jake Simkin is an Australian cinematographer, photographer and video maker, whose work has taken him all over the world. We caught up with him recently when he was based in northern Syria. Audio

9:40 AM.The Dowse Art Museum with Courtney Johnson. Audio

9:48 AM.Our Asia correspondent Rachel Mealey is in Yuzawa, Japan on this first day of the new year. Audio

10:06 AM.Theresa Gattung broke the glass ceiling for women in business in this country. As CEO of Telecom, she reinvented the organisation and in turn was named in Forbe's 2006 100 Most powerful women. She… Read more Audio

10:28 AM.With Bob Kerridge the executive director of the Auckland SPCA. Audio

10:40 AM.Joining us from her bach in Govenors Bay is writer Rosie Belton - whose book Wild Blackberries was probably in many peoples Christmas stocking this year. Audio

11:06 AM.Mike Chunn has worked with songs all his life, from Split Enz and Citizen Band through Mushroom Records to over a decade as Director of Operations for APRA, and CEO of the Play it Strange Trust. This… Read more Audio

11:36 AM.AUT third year journalism students present personal short documentaries on the subjects that matter to them. Today, Missy Dare explores the tradition of waka - the sea going vessels that have been… Read more Audio

11:50 AM.David Slack reviews Evelyn Waughs novel 'Decline and Fall'. Audio