RNZ

The politics surrounding the origins of Christmas: Emperor Constantine and the Nicean Council, and a contemporary perspective from the Associate Priest from St Matthew's in the City, Clay Nelson. Audio

British Christmas Music

16 Dec 2012

Peter Watts leads us through a delightful melée of British Christmas Carols. Audio

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Fresh Cherry Christmas Parfait

10 Dec 2012

Recipe by Lauraine Jacobs

From Nine To Noon on Monday 10 December 2012

Stollen

3 Dec 2012

Recipe by Andrew Fearnside

From Nine To Noon on Monday 3 December 2012

Matangi Christmas Tree Farm

30 Nov 2012

Ulric Baumberger has three thousand Christmas trees growing on his Matangi property near Hamilton. He, his wife and young twins arrived in New Zealand nearly twenty years ago and he started growing… Audio

Traditional Christmas Mincemeat

9 Nov 2012

Recipe by Dame Alison Holst

From Afternoons on Friday 9 November 2012

Christmas Mince Pies

9 Nov 2012

Recipe by Dame Alison Holst

From Afternoons on Friday 9 November 2012

Sweetened Condensed Milk Christmas Cake

17 Dec 2011

Recipe by Mary Browne

From This Way Up on Saturday 17 December 2011

Howick Christmas Cake

17 Dec 2011

Recipe by Aunt Daisy

From This Way Up on Saturday 17 December 2011

Christmas cakes

17 Dec 2011

They're full of spice with loads of white ice. Helen Leach has studied the history and evolution of the Christmas cake in New Zealand. Audio

Christmas on the Farm

16 Dec 2011

A classic recording from 1951, of a farmer's wife from Wanganui who shares her tale of Christmas on the farm Audio

Spectrum for 25 December 2011

16 Dec 2011

Spectrum offers a few tasty treats for Christmas lunch. Fancy some ginger gems, hot cheese scones, or colonial goose, cooked on a coal range stove? Justin Gregory is on hand when the old Shacklock… Audio