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The night the lights went out in Auckland
3:30 PM.Auckland, 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?
3:30 PM.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
3:30 PM.In 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
3:30 PM.Christmas 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
3:30 PM.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
3:30 PM.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
3:30 PM.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!
3:30 PM.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'
3:30 PM.In 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?
3:30 PM.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
3:30 PM.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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The Pill
3:30 PM.In 1961, the 'Pill' went on sale in New Zealand and women's lives were changed forever. The first truly reliable contraceptive, the Pill meant being able to control your fertility was now a matter of… Read more Audio
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The Pope's chair, here
3:35 PM.Only one Catholic Pope has ever made the trip all the way from Rome to New Zealand. In 1986 His Holiness Pope John Paul II spent three days here and the local church prepared for his visit in a… Read more Audio
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Crisis- who runs the country?
3:30 PM.June 1984 and a drunken decision late one night leads to a snap election. Sir Robert Muldoon's ruling National Government is thrown out of office and David Lange's reforming Labour Party voted in. But… Read more Audio
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Only on 3
3:30 PM.It's been a wild three-decade ride for broadcaster TV3. They launched in 1989 as an energetic alternative to state-owned Television New Zealand and proved they had what it took to survive - but not… Read more Audio
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'If you were twenty, you were old'
3:30 PM.How young is too young to compete in international sport? Rebecca Perrott had an outstanding swimming career which began when she was picked at the age of 12 for the 1974 Commonwealth Games in… Read more Audio
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The day Straitjacket Fits broke up
2:30 PM.February 1994 in Auckland, the Big Day Out is bursting noisily into life. But as the giant outdoor music festival gets going, one band on the line-up is calling it quits. Eyewitness goes back to the… Read more Audio
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'She's a good chap'
3:35 PM.On Valentine's Day 2007 Georgina Beyer brought down the curtain on her 8 year career in government. The first transsexual in the world to be elected to parliament, her short time in national politics… Read more Audio
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In the driving seat
3:35 PM.Not that long ago, women held all of the top-ranking positions in NZ. In this episode of the Eyewitness podcast series, we discover that this is far from the case now. Read more Audio
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The Peace Squadron
3:30 PM.November 2016 sees the arrival of an American warship in a New Zealand port; the first for more than thirty years. The visit is stirring up memories of a time when New Zealand's harbours were battle… Read more Audio, Gallery
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Pinetree Plays On
3:35 PM.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… Read more Audio
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Avalanche at Everest Base Camp
3:35 PM.In 2015 a violent earthquake shook Nepal, killing thousands across the country. In its wake, climbing teams at Mt Everest were hit by a deadly avalanche that destroyed Base Camp and caused the deaths… Read more Audio
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The Show Did Go On
3:35 PM.In 1992 a sudden financial crisis forced the Mercury theatre to close in dramatic fashion. Auckland Theatre Company rose from its ashes. Actor/director Simon Prast was there and recalls the upheaval… Read more Audio
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Jenny and Jools
8:10 AM.In August 2013 Labour MP Louisa Wall's Marriage Amendment Act came into effect. Since the passing of this historic law, more than two thousand same sex couples have tied the knot. RNZ's Eyewitness… Read more Video, Audio
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The Poet and the Runaway
2:15 PM.Ella Henry is a respected broadcaster and academic but in 1970 she was a lost and restless teenager, on the verge of getting into serious trouble. A chance encounter with a famous literary figure… Read more Video, Audio