White Silence

A Stuff/RNZ podcast about the Erebus Disaster and what happened next. From the plane crash that took 257 lives, through the "orchestrated litany of lies", to the way it changed NZ to this day.

Contains sensitive themes.

Written, produced and presented by Katy Gosset and Michael Wright

A snowy volcano with the words "White Silence" appear in front of it, with the wreckage of an Air NZ plane wing strewn at the bottom third below the text.

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Credits

Katy Gosset

Writer, Presenter and Producer

Michael Wright

Writer, Presenter and Producer
Carol Hirschfeld
Executive Producer and Commissioning Editor, Stuff
Keith Lynch
Executive Producer and Digital Editor, Stuff
Kamala Hayman
Executive Producer and Commissioning Editor, Stuff
Tim Watkin
Executive Producer and Commissioning Editor
Justin Gregory
Executive Producer
Jason Dorday
Visual Journalist
Ryan Attwood
Video Editor
Sungmi Kim
Designer and Developer
John Hartevelt
Digital Editor
Cameron Russell
Digitial Editor
Alex Harmer
Audio Engineer

Thank you to Adam Dudding, Alex Liu, Jude Tewnion, Jeremy Ansell, Julie Glamuzina, Ngā Taonga Sound and Vision, Archives NZ, Channel 9, the Chapman archive, Wingnut Films and TVNZ.

To see more images and details about the series, vist the website here.

Produced in partnership with

Logo reads "Stuff"

Awards

2020 New York Festivals Radio Awards

Narrative/Documentary - Gold

2020 Voyager Media Awards

Best Narrative/Serial Podcast

2020 NZ Radio Awards

Best Documentary/Factual Talk Feature

2020 NZ Radio Awards

Best News/Current Affairs Podcast

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Email us at: podcasts@rnz.co.nz
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