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10 of the best RNZ podcasts for your summer break
From New Zealand history to Anika Moa and beating the cost-of-living crisis. RNZ has something for every listener.
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The Big Sing Finale 2024
Experience the energy and joy of secondary school groups from across the motu sing their hearts out over three days in Wellington. Video, Audio
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Life after rock and roll with Eden Mulholland
RNZ Concert's Bryan Crump speaks with the multi-faceted and multi-talented Eden Mulholland ahead of the premiere of his latest ballet score, To Hold. It's one of three new works that form the Royal… Video, Audio
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E8: I'd like to find a sister
Kirsty tries to find out if Nellie did have another baby, and where that baby might be, but gets stuck in a kafkaesque nightmare of bureaucracy. Sarah reflects on her journey to find Nellie. We talk… Audio
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E6: Annemarie
Kirsty and Sarah go to see Mavis, Nellie's sister, who tells them that she thinks Nellie was raped, which led to her breakdown and incarcertation. Mavis tells Sarah about the day she was born, and how… Audio
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E5: My daughter, Sarah
Sarah goes to meet Gordon. We learn that he can remember Nellie, and remembers being caught with her in the bushes. Gordon tells us about his time at the asylum, and Sarah takes him on an outing where… Audio
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Nellie's Baby: one woman's search for her birth parents
Audio 18 Mar 2024RNZ journalist Kirsty Johnston received an email one day with an usual subject line which was: "Investigating the possible murder of my mother". The email was from a woman named Sarah, who'd been… Audio
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E4: A trip to the asylum
The mystery relative turns out to be Sharon, her father's sister. She decides to fly to Australia to meet her newly-discovered niece. Sharon tells us how her family was extremely poor and her mother… Audio
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Nellie’s Baby: One woman’s story of an adoption, an asylum and a search for the truth
Audio 15 Mar 2024Sarah is born in a psychiatric hospital, taken by the state and adopted to a new family in secret. By the time she goes looking for her birth mother, it’s too late. Nellie has died and Sarah is left…
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E3: I found him!
Sarah and Kirsty call in the big guns: DNA. A strong match comes up: a woman who shares 28% of Sarah's DNA. Is it Nellie's first child? Eventually, Fran, the genealogist, suggests the match could be… Audio
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E2: Women and Girls
Kirsty and Sarah start investigating from opposite sides of the world. We learn what it was like to live at Porirua, and fight through red tape to get Sarah's adoption records, which reveal more about… Audio
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E1: Email from a stranger
Out of the blue, Kirsty receives an email from a stranger titled "Investigating the possible murder of my mother". The author is Sarah, a young woman who was born to Nellie Wilson in a psychiatric… Audio
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Who are the five teen killers trying to get their life sentences quashed?
"Mr Lo says, "[a]ll [he] want is an end date, so [he has] a release date to work towards."
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Trailer: Nellie's Baby
Kirsty Johnston follows Sarah as she hunts for her biological mother, who turns out to have been an institutionalised mental health patient in Porirua Hospital. And that's only the start of the story.
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Actor Jay Johnston becomes latest arrested in US Capitol riot
The Hollywood actor, who has appeared on such TV shows as Arrested Development and the cartoon hit Bob's Burgers, was arrested on Wednesday for his role in the US Capitol riot.
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Swingin' Easy
Nick checks out tracks from Sarah Vaughan's classic 1957 release 'Swingin' Easy', as well as tunes from Tina Brooks, Greg Crayford, and Elvin Jones. Audio
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The Big Sing 2022 Finale Gala Concert
Secondary school choirs from all over Aotearoa gathered in Ōtautahi/Christchurch to perform at The Big Sing Finale 2022 Gala concert. Video, Audio
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'Inaction and wilful ignorance' - Majority of Australia's environment in 'poor' state
Australia's environment is in a "poor and deteriorating state", according to the latest State of the Environment Report.
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Goodie, Goodie! Python, Python! The Cambridge Circus tapes
ProgrammeBefore 'Monty Python's Flying Circus' and 'Goodies', there was 'The Cambridge Circus'. Hear the tapes recorded when John Cleese, Graham Chapman, Bill Oddie and Tim Brooke-Taylor toured New Zealand together as young comedians fresh from university.
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Goodie, Goodie! Python, Python! The Cambridge Circus tapes
CollectionBefore 'Monty Python's Flying Circus' and 'Goodies', there was 'The Cambridge Circus'. Hear the tapes recorded when John Cleese, Graham Chapman, Bill Oddie and Tim Brooke-Taylor toured New Zealand…
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World War Voices
Sound historian Sarah Johnston discusses her research into the wartime recordings of the mobile broadcasting unit that travelled with the New Zealand Division during World War II. Audio
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Best of 2021: History
Audio 6 Dec 2021Best of 2021: Looking back on some of the history-related stories of the year. Video
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Aotearoa On Air: Māori Radio - episode one
Justine Murray explores the history of Māori radio in the four-part series Aotearoa On Air. In episode one, we hear about the pioneering radio station Te Upoko o Te Ika, which played an integral role… Audio
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Exactly 100 years after the birth of radio in NZ, Sarah Johnston looks back at its early decades
Sound historian Sarah Johnston explores 100 years of radio in a talk at the National Library, focusing on the early decades and the innovative World War II radio Mobile Unit recordings. Audio
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Sarah Johnston: unearthing the voices of NZ's WWII soldiers
Sound historian Sarah Johnston discusses her research project into the wartime recordings from the New Zealand Mobile Broadcasting Unit that travelled with the New Zealand Division during World War… Audio
