Stories
Trailer: Suzy & Friends
Suzy Cato and Trevor Plant present a podcast made for Kiwi kids. Based on the award-winning Suzy & Friends radio show, it features audio stories, kids talking about books, tamariki telling jokes, Fun… Audio
A new book to help children with bullying and how not to become the bully!
Children's author Lisa Hamilton-Gibbs has a new book out today - The Gubyllub. It's a story about Rose, who learns to stand up to bullying. Lisa talks to Jesse about the book and the interactive cards… Audio
Tiny objects telling big stories
Wearing a badge or pin can be a representation of your identity, your pride or your outrage. New Zealanders have created badges for almost every cause and endeavour over the years; from protest… Audio, Gallery
Big Screen Symposium to be held in Tamaki Makarau
At the Big Screen Symposium in Tamaki Makarau this weekend, a panel of writers will compare and contrast working in ideas for games, film and television. Panellist Henry Feltham from Dunedin talks to… Audio
Isa Pearl Ritchie and the characters of The Seekers' Garden
A widow, a rock star, a would be novellist and her anxious teenage daughter - these are among the strangers that Isa Pearl Ritchie beings together in new novel, The Seekers' Garden. Different paths… Audio
TRAILER: What's this all about Frank?
There's always more to a news story than what you see, so throughout this series, Rev Frank Ritchie will be sitting down with journalists to unpack the stories that have shaped and changed them.
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What Sort of Man?
"An exhilarating and harrowing exploration of contemporary masculinity" is how Breton Dukes' publishers describe his third short story collection, What Sort of Man. The Dunedin writer kept us waiting… Audio
'This Paranormal Life': otherwordly laughs
Do you believe in aliens, or doubt that the Moon Landings ever took place? Me neither...but I didn't let that stop me from enjoying 'This Paranormal Life'! We share an excerpt from episode 67 of 'This… Audio
'The Untold': taking listeners inside life-changing stories
Imagine getting right into the middle of a true story developing around you while you're listening. That's the narrative approach taken in' The Untold', a BBC show telling stories about life in modern… Audio
Going into a downward spiral: 'Short Cuts'
You encounter a rude shop assistant, there are fireworks in your neighbourhood at what is quite clearly the wrong time of the year, or the parking space you had your eye on is lost because somebody… Audio
'Podcast From The Past': a postcard podcast
Tom Jackson got into postcards more than 25 years ago, and since then he's built up a massive collection of around 60,000 of them. He's also written a book and started up a popular Twitter account… Audio
Stories of Jewish dead brought to life
The stories of those buried in the Jewish section of Auckland's oldest cemetery are coming to life thanks to the work of an anthropology student. Audio
Pulling all the Strings
New Zealand doesn't have a long history of puppeteering compared to other parts of the world where puppets still continue to serve as storytellers, reinforcing cultural traditions and bringing myths… Audio