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Brent Hansen: 'Live Aid was 16 hours of guessing what happened next'
5 Sep 2019The 1985 Live Aid concert was broadcast all around the world. But it very nearly wasn't seen here. Produced by Katie Scotcher. Read more Audio
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A Very Bright Idea
11 Jul 2019Timaru man Colin Murdoch was one of the world's great inventors. Produced by Justin Gregory. Read more Audio
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The Rugby War
In 1995 rugby dropped its amateur ethos and went openly professional - but not before nearly tearing itself in two. Produced by Justin Gregory Read more Audio
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S.O.S
When restrictive new abortion laws were passed in this country, a grass roots group of women immediately mobilised. Produced by Claire Crofton. Read more Audio
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"That's when I grabbed the barrel of the gun"
When a routine search warrant goes suddenly wrong, an ordinary man becomes a hero. Produced by Anneke Smith. Read more Audio
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Tumblin' Down
Not that long ago, the New Zealand economy was built on sheep, sheep and more sheep. We were asking for economic trouble and in the late 1960s, we got it. Produced by Justin Gregory. Read more Audio
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Dialling up the past: the evolution of telecommunications in NZ
21 Mar 2019In the last century we have seen a massive revolution in telecommunications. Technological advances have brought the world closer together, but we have lost something too. Liz Garton looks at the… Read more Audio
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Niue and Niu Silani
14 Mar 2019For over a century, Niueans have been moving to New Zealand in search of a better life. Did they find it? Read more Audio
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Nana and the Napier Earthquake
7 Mar 2019Isobel was 14-and-a-half when the Napier earthquake hit. Decades later, her grand-daughter interviewed her about it for a school project. Read more Audio
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The New Zealand food revolution
Did you know that the tomato only became popular locally about 1920? Or that brussels sprouts and silverbeet didn't catch on until the 1930s? Our national diet has undergone massive changes in the… Read more Audio
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Are You Y2K OK?
13 Dec 2018In last year of the old millennium, governments and businesses warned us all of the dangers of the Y2K Bug. So did the hype help? Or was this bug never going to bite? Read more Audio
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The Lions of Lawrence
Two lions escape from a circus in small town New Zealand. Who you gonna call? Produced by Justin Gregory. Read more Audio
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"The Experience of a Lifetime"
Why is a Soviet ship lying on the bottom of the Marlborough Sounds? Produced by Justin Gregory. Read more Audio
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Under the Gunn
Health camps have been helping sickly Kiwi kids get better for a century now. What was it like to be at one? And why are the camps today failing to thrive? Read more Audio
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He aha te ingoa o tēnā maunga? What is the name of that mountain?
13 Sep 2018A famous mountain gets two new names. Was this a messy compromise or a farsighted decision? Or is it still too early to tell? Produced by Justin Gregory. Read more Audio
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The Strap
6 Sep 2018Getting the strap at school - a harmless rite of passage or an awful abuse of power? Produced by Justin Gregory. Read more Audio
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Behind the Iron Curtain
14 Jun 2018Moscow, near the end of the Cold War; paranoia, politics and perestroika. An embassy guard recalls life behind the Iron Curtain. Produced by Justin Gregory. Read more Audio
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The Only Way to Pay?
7 Jun 2018EFTPOS and ATMs changed not just the way we bank, but arguably, the way we live. But was that a good thing? Produced by Justin Gregory. Read more Audio
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It'll never catch on
29 Mar 2018Trade Me - buyers sending money to people they've never met for goods they've never seen? It'll never catch on! Produced by Justin Gregory. Read more Audio
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The night the lights went out in Auckland
22 Mar 2018Auckland, 1998. After a long, hot summer, the lights suddenly go out in the city. Read more Audio
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How hard can it be?
In early 90s Christchurch, a remarkable group of Pasifika performers take their first steps towards success. Read more Audio
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Foul tactics
8 Mar 2018In the icy waters of the Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary, a protest boat is rammed by Japanese whalers and sinks soon afterwards. But who was really to blame? Read more Video, Audio
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Santarchy
20 Dec 2017Christmas 2005; a hundred drunk men dressed as Santa allegedly riot in downtown Auckland. But was it true? Yes. Yes it was. Mostly. Read more Audio
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War on the Waterfront
Five months without work, scant food and the whole nation against you... Katy Gosset hears a first-hand account of the 1951 Waterfront Dispute. Read more Audio
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For richer, not for poorer
At the age of 20, Huia Welton got married. But not to the person she loved. Produced by Justin Gregory. Read more Audio
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On any other day
An emergency signal sparks a desperate search for a missing air force helicopter. Produced by Justin Gregory. Read more Audio
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Glory, glory, Man United!
The mighty Manchester United go head-to-head in a match with an amateur Auckland team. How do you reckon the game turns out? Produced by John Baker and Justin Gregory. Read more Audio
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Rescue from 'Middle Peak Hotel'
20 Sep 2017In this episode of Eyewitness: a dramatic alpine rescue that kept New Zealand on tenterhooks
More than thirty years ago, two climbers were stranded on Mt Cook for two weeks, while the media recorded… Read more Audio -
Should I stay or should I go?
Sri Lanka, 1992 - New Zealand's Black Caps cricket team dodge a suicide bomber but get caught up in a web of civil war, contract disputes and fights between players and management. Read more Audio
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Black Monday
The 1980s will be remembered for big hair, shoulder pads and the biggest destruction of wealth investors had ever seen. It's 30 years since the 1987 share market crash but the legacy of Black Monday… Read more Audio
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