1950s
Nuhaka Dreaming 1: a free childhood cocooned by the safety of the charmed ‘50’s
John Bluck explores his memories of growing up in Nuhaka in Hawke's Bay during the 1940s and 1950s. Audio
Nuhaka Dreaming 9: The wider world beckons as childhood ends
John Bluck explores his memories of growing up in Nuhaka in Hawke's Bay during the 1940s and 1950s. Audio
Nuhaka Dreaming 8: From sentimental slush to double-entrendres, music provided an escape from small-town life
John Bluck explores his memories of growing up in Nuhaka in Hawke's Bay during the 1940s and 1950s. Audio
Nuhaka Dreaming 7: Was 1950s cuisine colourless, bland and unhealthy? Or fresh, local, seasonal and hospitable?
John Bluck explores his memories of growing up in Nuhaka in Hawke's Bay during the 1940s and 1950s. Audio
Nuhaka Dreaming 6: in the 1950s the Pictures lit up the screen, and our imaginations too
John Bluck explores his memories of growing up in Nuhaka in Hawke's Bay during the 1940s and 1950s. Audio
Nuhaka Dreaming 5: hazards? what hazards? - a 1950s childhood unrecognisable today
John Bluck explores his memories of growing up in Nuhaka in Hawke's Bay during the 1940s and 1950s. Audio
Nuhaka Dreaming 4: motors, machines, mechanics, and a very male world
John Bluck explores his memories of growing up in Nuhaka in Hawke's Bay during the 1940s and 1950s. Audio
Nuhaka Dreaming 3: Dads didn’t talk of the war in the 1950s
John Bluck explores his memories of growing up in Nuhaka in Hawke's Bay during the 1940s and 1950s. Video, Audio
Nuhaka Dreaming 2: what the shop, school, church and Post Office had in common
John Bluck explores his memories of growing up in Nuhaka in Hawke's Bay during the 1940s and 1950s. Audio
The Art of Jazz for 29 August 2015
This edition features short tracks by piano trios from the 50s through to today. Audio
Spectrum for 10 August 2014
Eleven year-old Jo Hamid and her family of seven emigrated from England to New Zealand in 1950. The boat passage cost 10 pounds and children travelled free. During the immediate post war years, this… Audio
Asian Report for 23 July 2013 - Suzanne Chan On (Part 2)
Imagine a childhood growing up with bodgies, widgies, gambling and opium dens? Lynda Chanwai-Earle gets a personalised tour around the darker side of the last vestiges of Auckland's China Town of the… Audio
Asian Report for 16 July 2013 - Suzanne Chan On (Part 1)
Suzanne Chan On recalls a hard working but colourful childhood in Auckland's Chinatown of the 1950s. "Chinese People's Street", or Tong Yan Gaai, as it was known to the Cantonese locals of the time… Audio
The Vault - Otira Tunnel
The story of the Otira Tunnel - an old dramatisation full of worthy stuff, in the classic style of the those 1950s mega productions for the hey day of the wireless. Audio