Smoking in Antarctica by Steve Braunias

Antarctica

Photo: Torsten Dederichs / Unsplash

In Smoking in Antarctica, award-winning journalist Steve Braunias touches on many of his favourite preoccupations - from the awfulness of New Zealand meals of the past to his joy at being a father.

Braunias’s humour and lyricism are often combined with an unflinching gaze as in his column on murderer Antonie Dixon.

From the sublime to the ridiculous, Smoking in Antarctica is a collection of columns by the great chronicler of our life and times.

Credits:
Written and read by Steve Braunias
Produced by Duncan Smith and engineered by Ian Gordon for RNZ

  • Smoking in Antarctica (Part 1)

    25 Jun 2012

    Anticipation for a trip to Antarctica and then the real experience. Audio

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  • Smoking in Antarctica (Part 2)

    26 Jun 2012

    Steve tackles topics as diverse as lawn mowing and Richard Clayderman. Audio

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  • Smoking in Antarctica (Part 3)

    27 Jun 2012

    Steve starts digging around in old cemeteries and attends a country wedding. Audio

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  • Smoking in Antarctica (Part 4)

    28 Jun 2012

    Steve gets his hooks into the death of Captain Cook and NZ's second Govenor, Robert Fitzroy. Audio

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  • Smoking in Antarctica (Part 5)

    29 Jun 2012

    Steve celebrates that great New Zealand culinary institution ham and pineapple. Audio

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  • Smoking in Antarctica (Part 6)

    2 Jul 2012

    Steve dips into the writing of V.S. Pritchett and then imagines a 'Kiwi' Dad on holiday as Jack Reacher. Audio

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  • Smoking in Antarctica (Part 7)

    3 Jul 2012

    Steve takes the train to Hamilton then checks out the bird life in Takanini. Audio

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  • Smoking in Antarctica (Part 8)

    4 Jul 2012

    Steve engages with the glitterati of New Zealand literature. Audio

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  • Smoking in Antarctica (Part 9)

    5 Jul 2012

    Steve gets to grips with email fraud and attends a murder trial. Audio

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  • Smoking in Antarctica (Part 10)

    6 Jul 2012

    Steve visits Fairlie and reflects on some of the little known joys of being a father. Audio

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Smoking in Antarctica

Published by Awa Press 2010
ISBN: 978 1 877551 11 6

Steve Braunias is the winner of more than twenty awards for writing. He is probably best known for his columns which are by turn witty, lyrical and lacerating. Photograph by Jane Ussher.