Nelson Mandela
14 Barry Soper | Breakfast with Mandela
Having joined the press gallery as its youngest member in 1980, Barry Soper is set to depart this year one of its veterans. Four decades and ten Prime Ministers on, he reflects on his career-shaping… Audio
A Glitch in the Matrix: Are we living in a digital simulation?
Director Rodney Ascher's debut 'Room 237' offered up some wild theories about interpretations of Stanley Kubrick's visionary masterpiece 'The Shining.' His latest documentary, 'A Glitch in the… Audio
Stevie Van Zandt: 50 years of brotherhood with Bruce Springsteen
There isn't much E Street Band guitarist, activist and actor Stevie Van Zandt hasn't done in the world of entertainment. The man formerly known as 'Miami Steve' is in the throes of completing his… Audio
Jo Wood: 'It was a lot of fun keeping up with the Stones'
Joe Wood was married to Rolling Stones guitarist Ronnie Wood for 30 years, and she took a lot of photos of the band along the way. She has just released her latest book, Stoned: Photographs &… Audio
Mandela My Life comes to Eden Park
The life of Nelson Mandela is being commemorated in a new exhibition on display at Eden Park. Over 200 artefacts, documents and paintings from the Nelson Mandela Foundation are on display in this… Audio
Always Another Country: Sisonke Msimang
South African human rights activist and writer Sisonke Msimang's first book Always Another Country is "a memoir of exile and home." The daughter of an ANC freedom fighter, as a child she was always… Audio
Handcuffing prisoners for staff safety - Corrections
The Corrections department is making no apologies for a five fold increase in its use of handcuffs on prisoners. They were used almost a thousand times in the 2016/17 year compared to just 183 times… Audio
Winnie Madikizela-Mandela dies at 81
Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, who was for many years a figurehead of South Africa's anti-apartheid movement, has died at the age of 81. She was an anti-apartheid activist, politician and the second wife… Audio
Nelson Mandela's posthumous memoir
Former South African president Nelson Mandela died in 2013 aged 95. One of his regrets was not having published the memoir of his life after his incarceration on Robben Island, which he'd begun… Audio
Calls for more details on CIA's involvement
A former CIA agent has admitted he tipped off South African authorities to the whereabouts of Nelson Mandela leading to the ANC leader's arrest in 1962. Audio
Mandela inducted into Rugby Hall of Fame
South African icon Nelson Mandela has been posthumously inducted into the World Rugby Hall of Fame.
The day Nelson Mandela came to Auckland
An Auckland church, St Matthew's in the City, is holding two events to commemorate 'the day Madiba came' - 13 November 1995 - when Nelson Mandela visited and spoke to the hundreds of anti-apartheid… Audio
Eyewitness: The 1994 South Africa General Elections
Wellington-based Beth Houston shares her views on apartheid and recalls her experience as an election observer at the 1994 General Elections. Audio