Apartheid
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
Newcastle's Saudi owners "new low in corruption"
The Saudi Arabian-backed £305m takeover of the Newcastle United Football Club has been described as a new low in football's corruption by money. Tom McTague is a London-based staff writer for The… Audio
Calling Home: Alex Jones in Tel Aviv
As someone who is involved in the tourism industry in Tel Aviv, life has been something of a roller coaster for Cantabrian Alex Jones in recent times. He's Calling Home this morning. Audio
"There was also a question of representing the black and coloured people of South Africa"
Rugby legend Sir Bryan Williams made All Blacks rugby history as the first player of Pasifika blood to play in Apartheid-era South Africa in the early 1970s. He talks to Sonia Yee about the cultural… Audio
Chairman Xi driven in quest to 'make China great again'
China's leader Xi Jinping has accelerated his ambition to put Covid-19 behind it and 'make China great again'. Macquarie University Prof. of Asia-Pacific Security Studies and long-time China-watcher… Audio
Anti-Springbok-tour veterans on the power of HART
New Zealand protest group Halt All Racist Tours (HART) formed in 1969 to protest against sporting contact with apartheid South Africa. In 1981 the issue of whether the All Blacks should play the… Audio, Gallery
Learning to forgive. Pumla Gobodo-Madikizela
South African clinical psychiatrist Professor Pumla Gobodo-Madikizela has dedicated her life to reconciliation and reparation. She talks to Lynn Freeman about to the power that forgiveness can bestow… Audio
Steven O'Meagher: The Story of Rugby
Producer and director Steven O'Meagher's spent a lot of time on the road to interview 99 people across 20 countries for his new series, The Story of Rugby. Audio, Gallery
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
South Africa's softly spoken voice of conscience
In Whispering Truth to Power filmmaker and human rights lawyer Shameela Seedat tracks the work of Thuli Madonsela, South Africa's first female Public Protector, as she builds her corruption case… Audio
Mpho Tutu van Furth: Desmond Tutu's daughter talks forgiveness
Mpho Tutu van Furth has co-authored The Book of Forgiving with her father, Nobel Peace Prize recipient Archbishop Desmond Tutu. She will speak about the subject of forgiveness at the Auckland Writers… Audio
Trevor Noah: 'The only person I looked like was Jonah Lomu'
Trevor Noah – host of The Daily Show – is the child of a black mother and white father who grew up during Apartheid in South Africa when his mere existence as a mixed-race child was evidence of a… Audio
Pinetree Plays On
Contrary to popular belief, All Black Buck Shelford did not lose a testicle while playing against France but Colin "Pinetree" Meads really did play almost an entire game of rugby with a broken arm… Audio
The Montreal Olympic Boycott 40 Years On
Forty years ago today Major Olufemi Olutoye announced that Nigeria would be boycotting the Montreal Olympics in protest at New Zealand's participation. Twenty seven countries followed suit. Sitting in… Audio
David Geary - Trudeaumania Part Deux
Trudeaumania was the phrase coined in the 1960s to capture the excitement generated during the early days of Canadian politician Pierre Trudeau premiership. Now it's his son Justin who has the world's… Audio
All Blacks and Springboks: a long history
OPINION: As the All Blacks and Springboks prepare to meet for the fourth time in a Rugby World Cup, Jamie Wall reflects on the teams' unique history. Video, Audio
Treating by Touch
This week on One in Five: Treating by touch - a profile of Motueka physiotherapist, Richard Hayward who also happens to be blind. Trained in London, Richard came to New Zealand thirty years ago via a… Audio
Trevor Noah - The Daily Show
South African comedian Trevor Noah is the new host of Comedy Central's The Daily Show - he has big shoes to fill, taking over from Jon Stewart. Wallace talks to Trevor about his upbringing in South… Audio
William Kentridge: art, law and apartheid
South African artist acclaimed worldwide for his combinations of cinema, theatre, drawing, sculpture and music. Audio