Boxing Day Tsunami
Engineers design tsunami-resistant buildings
US engineers who have pioneered designs for buildings able to withstand tsunamis are inviting New Zealand to get on board.
When aid does more harm than good
Dr Simon Singh is a Professor of Social Ecology at the University of Waterloo, just outside Toronto. He lived and worked for five years on the remote Nicobar islands in the Bay of Bengal - 12 hundred… Audio, Gallery
English teacher by day, life saver by night
Mark Cunningham – known as Marko to the locals in Thailand – is a Kiwi from Upper Hutt. Marko survived the Boxing Day Tsunami in 2004 and joined local volunteers to collect bodies. These days Marko is… Audio, Gallery
Ahi Karunaharan - The Mourning After
Wallace speaks with playwright Ahi Karunaharan about his play The Mourning After - a moving tale about love, loss and life reclaimed in Sri Lanka after the devastating Boxing Day tsunami of 2004. Audio
Orphans for orphans - tsunami survivor Rob Forkan
Just over ten years ago, Rob Forkan, was orphaned by the Boxing Day Tsunami. He was 17, in Sri Lanka with parents Kevin and Sandra, as well as brother Paul, who was 15, 12-year-old Mattie and… Audio
Boxing Day Tsunami
Senior Sergeant Richard McPhail and CEO of Tearfund NZ Ian McInnes revists the horrifying events of the Boxing Day tsunami ten years ago today. Audio