Lynn Freeman
Lynn's podcast selections
Podcast correspondent Lynn Freeman joins Nights with a selection of her favourite podcasts. Audio
Podcasts with Lynn Freeman
Podcast fan and former RNZ presenter Lynn Freeman joins Nights with a selection of top podcast suggestions. Audio
Podcasts with Lynn Freeman
Podcast fan and former RNZ presenter Lynn Freeman joins Nights with a selection of top podcast suggestions. Audio
Lynn Freeman - podcasts at the 2023 Voyager Media awards
The 2023 Voyager Media Awards are announced on Saturday 27th of May and among the most hotly contested categories was best original podcast - ongoing/episodic. One of the two judges of that category… Audio
Forest and Bird celebrates 100 years of conservation mahi
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Book review: Three of the best from 2022:A Runner's Guide to Rakiura by Jessica Howland Kany; Barefoot by R.V. Bayley and The Art of Copying Art by Penelope Jackson
Lynn Freeman reviews three of her favourite books from last year: A Runner's Guide to Rakiura by Jessica Howland Kany, published by Quentin Wilson; Barefoot by R.V. Bayley, published by Eden Street… Audio
Frances Edmond and her mother, poet Lauris
Even a three-volume autobiography doesn't come close to telling the full story of poet Lauris Edmond OBE. So her daughter and literary executor, Frances Edmond, is filling in the gaps in a biography… Audio, Gallery
Lynn Freeman reminisces with her friend Catriona MacLeod
In the final episode of Standing Room Only, host Lynn Freeman chats to Catriona MacLeod about her five decades at RNZ. Audio
Dylan Coburn - from movie storyboards to children's picture book
Visual effects art director, Dylan Coburn has drawn storyboards for some of the biggest recent New Zealand projects - Rings of Power, Cowboy Bebop - even Dame Valerie Adams More Than Gold... It's an… Audio
Vivienne Ullrich's poetry is close to home
The often heartbreaking story of the extended family of three Jewish Second World War refugees who found a new home in Aotearoa is told in a new poetry collection, We came from Hamburg. Retired judge… Audio
Susy Pointon captures stories from Hokianga
Writer Susy Pointon is determined to capture the many stories of Northland's rugged and mysterious Hokianga, her adopted home. Since moving there 18 years ago, she's talked to locals to record their… Audio
Esther Lofley - environmentally responsible fashion
The fashion industry is notoriously wasteful - for instance, cheap clothing that lasts months rather than years before ending up in landfills. But an expat now based in the US is leading by example… Audio, Gallery
Deborah McCormick and SCAPE Public Art
Since Standing Room Only started some of the biggest changes we've seen in attitudes towards art and artists has happened in Otautahi Christchurch. How much artists contributed to the city's emotional… Audio, Gallery
The Mixtape: Lynn Freeman
After an RNZ career spanning five decades, presenter and producer Lynn Freeman is saying farewell. Before taking off for a new role with Forest and Bird, she made us a mixtape. Audio
The Radio Doctor who broadcast health care for 40 years
Dr H. B. Turbott was The Radio Doctor for more than 40 years - pre and post the Second World War - dispensing advice on a range of health and social issues until his retirement in 1984. His broadcasts… Audio
Translating Aotearoa poetry to Spanish
Mexican-born poet Rogelio Guedea has been instrumental in making New Zealand poetry accessible to Hispanic audiences internationally. He's translated the work of more than 60 Kiwi poets into Spanish… Audio
Stephen Johnson's Peace Stick
Peace Stick is a novel that started with a chat to a former East German schoolgirl about life behind the Iron Curtain during the Cuban Missile Crisis 60 years ago Author Stephen Johnson shares how he… Audio
Aotearoa's best science fiction and fantasy
Director Keelan Walker on his new short film Bringing Mere Home, the Maori filmmaker talks about his shift from documentaries and into drama. Audio
From Documentary to drama: Keelan Walker
Director Keelan Walker on his new short film Bringing Mere Home, the Maori filmmaker talks about his shift from documentaries and into drama. Video, Audio
Hitchcock's North By Northwest takes to the stage
How will Auckland Theatre Company's latest production, North by Northwest duplicate Alfred Hitchcock's cinematic vision that incompassed a chase across four presidents' heads on Mount Rushmore, an… Video, Audio