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Liz Garton
Liz Garton grew up in Oruru, in the Far North.
Originally a radio journalist and producer, Liz joined the RNZ Podcast team in 2018 has won numerous awards in Aotearoa and beyond, most recently for Conviction, the story of the Christchurch Civic Creche case. Recently, Liz became a team leader for RNZ Podcasts, which means she now oversees a number of RNZ podcasts as well as producing her own projects.
Liz says she loves helping people to tell their stories and bring New Zealand tales to life in audio.
In her spare time she says she’s a voracious reader of trashy books but has no time for reality TV.
RNZ Programmes
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Conviction
In 1991, Peter Ellis was sentenced to 10 years in prison for the sexual abuse of more than a dozen children. What really went on at the Christchurch Civic Creche? Who can you believe?
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Search results for Liz Garton
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Making a home away from Myanmar - Rohingya in Auckland
2 Sep 2024For many years, Rohingya Muslims have been fleeing their homes in Myanmar to find refuge here in New Zealand. Rashid Ansorali is one of them. He tells Liz Garton about his journey and why he now helps… Audio
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Imagining the next generation of robofish
15 Aug 2024They will look like fish, swim like fish and even sense like fish. Liz Garton meets a research team designing robofish and smart wetsuits to monitor the state of our oceans. Audio
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Stories from Our Changing World: Robots that swim like fish
14 Aug 2024They will look like fish, swim like fish and even sense like fish. Liz Garton meets a research team designing robofish and smart wetsuits to monitor the state of our oceans. Audio
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Fungal foray-ing and the search for new antibiotics
16 May 2024Could the answer to one of our most pressing health needs be hiding in Aotearoa’s bush? On Our Changing World this week, Liz Garton heads out on a foray to discover some of our fungal gems, and she… Audio
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Our Changing World – Fungal foray
15 May 2024This week we take a foray with Liz Garton into Aotearoa’s largely undiscovered fungal kingdom – where remedies for the growing problem of antibiotic resistance might be found. Audio
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Are mushroom supplements really magic or a waste of cash?
Love them or hate them, could mushrooms be the key to good health. Stacey Morrison focuses on functional fungi in the latest episode of Healthy or Hoax. Audio
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Podcast looks into controversial Christchurch Civic Creche case
A new podcast detailing the ins and outs of the controversial Christchurch Civic Creche case launched Friday 29 September.
It's nearly a year since Peter Ellis had his convictions quashed in a… Audio
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Bats vs cats
2 Mar 2023New Zealand's native long-tailed bat, pekapeka-tou-roa, is going strong in Franklin, south of Auckland. But these tiny mammals are threatened by introduced predators, especially cats. Producer Liz… Video, Audio
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Our Changing World – Bats
1 Mar 2023This week, producer Liz Garton heads out on a bat hunt south of Auckland with batman Ben Paris, and meets some locals working hard to keep their pekapeka neighbours safe. Audio
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Sunshine science: the power and peril of the sun’s rays
10 Nov 2022Summer is on its way, and this week we're exploring both the power and the peril of the sun. First, we visit the Ultrafast Laser Lab to learn about efforts to create better solar panels. Then, we hear… Audio
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In search of better solar power
9 Nov 2022Summer is coming, and all we can think about is that sweet, sweet sunshine. Meet Dr Michael Price: a researcher using lasers to find better, more efficient solar panel materials.
Coming up
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Why has this river of Antarctic ice stalled?
27 Oct 2022How do you drill through 600m of thick Antarctic ice? Using hot water, of course. In this episode from the 2020 series Voices from Antarctica, Alison Ballance joins researchers hoping to solve the… Audio
