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Crisis- who runs the country?
Crisis- who runs the country?
June 1984 and a drunken decision late one night leads to a snap election. Sir Robert Muldoon's ruling National Governmen... Read more
7 Jun 2017
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Black Monday
Black Monday
The 1980s will be remembered for big hair, shoulder pads and the biggest destruction of wealth investors had ever seen. ... Read more
7 Sep 2017
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Moscow, near the end of the Cold War; paranoia, politics and perestroika. An embassy guard recalls life behind the Iron ... Read more
13 Jun 2018
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The night the lights went out in Auckland
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Auckland, 1998. After a long, hot summer, the lights suddenly go out in the city.
22 Mar 2018
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November 2016 sees the arrival of an American warship in a New Zealand port; the first for more than thirty years. The v... Read more
26 Oct 2016
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New Zealand’s ‘darkest day’ in test cricket - extended version
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Archived audio courtesy of The New Zealand Archive of Film, Television and Sound - Contains commentary of New Zealand's ... Read more
27 Mar 2015
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A carpet of dead bodies: a Hiroshima survivor's story
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At thirteen Taeko Yoshioka Braid survived a moment of history that changed the world forever; the atomic bombing of Hiro... Read more
20 Jun 2018
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Eyewitness: the Sisters Overseas Service and the 1977 Abortion Act
Eyewitness: the Sisters Overseas Service and the 1977 Abortion Act
When restrictive new abortion laws were passed in this country, a grass roots group of women immediately mobilised. Prod... Read more
26 Jun 2019
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The Only Way to Pay?
The Only Way to Pay?
EFTPOS and ATMs changed not just the way we bank, but arguably, the way we live. But was that a good thing? Produced by ... Read more
7 Jun 2018
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Eyewitness: The Wool Shock of 1966
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Not that long ago, the New Zealand economy was built on sheep, sheep and more sheep. We were asking for economic trouble... Read more
27 Mar 2019
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War on the Waterfront
War on the Waterfront
Five months without work, scant food and the whole nation against you... Katy Gosset hears a first-hand account of the 1... Read more
13 Dec 2017
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The Pope's chair, here
The Pope's chair, here
Only one Catholic Pope has ever made the trip all the way from Rome to New Zealand. In 1986 His Holiness Pope John Paul ... Read more
14 Jun 2017
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Dialling up the past: the evolution of telecommunications in NZ
Dialling up the past: the evolution of telecommunications in NZ
In the last century we have seen a massive revolution in telecommunications. Technological advances have brought the wor... Read more
20 Mar 2019
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The Experience of a Lifetime - Sinking of Mikhail Lermontov
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Why is a Soviet ship lying on the bottom of the Marlborough Sounds? Produced by Justin Gregory.
27 Sep 2018
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Rescue from 'Middle Peak Hotel'
Rescue from 'Middle Peak Hotel'
In this episode of Eyewitness: a dramatic alpine rescue that kept New Zealand on tenterhooksMore than thirty years ago, ... Read more
20 Sep 2017
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Ranked #16
The New Zealand food revolution
The New Zealand food revolution
Did you know that the tomato only became popular locally about 1920? Or that brussels sprouts and silverbeet didn't catc... Read more
19 Dec 2018
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Brent Hansen: 'Live Aid was 16 hours of guessing what happened next'
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The 1985 Live Aid concert was broadcast all around the world. But it very nearly wasn't seen here. Produced by Katie Sco... Read more
4 Sep 2019
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The Show Did Go On
The Show Did Go On
In 1992 a sudden financial crisis forced the Mercury theatre to close in dramatic fashion. Auckland Theatre Company rose... Read more
5 Oct 2016
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Eyewitness: 10 years on from Napier Siege
Eyewitness: 10 years on from Napier Siege
When a routine search warrant goes suddenly wrong, an ordinary man becomes a hero. Produced by Anneke Smith.
19 Jun 2019
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How hard can it be?
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In early 90s Christchurch, a remarkable group of Pasifika performers take their first steps towards success.
15 Mar 2018
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