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Kirsten Johnstone caught up with musician Nathan Haines during The 3D Radio Show. Audio

Radio Hauraki was the original kiwi pirate radio station that 40 years ago went on to change the local airwaves forever. Not a tune that would represent the music of Hauraki today, but 40 years ago… Audio

Paul Jackman reports that the Government has decided to go ahead with tendering out broadcasting licences, despite the recommendation of the Waitangi Tribunal to hold back while sorting out Treaty… Audio

Diagnosed with prostate cancer in 1990, Zappa spent his last three years racing against time to complete a number of projects including 'The Yellow Shark' with the Ensemble Modern and the album… Audio

Overlooked by many, Frank Zappa's idiosyncratic guitar playing was important not only in its own right but also for the many compositions it spawned via transcriptions. James Gardner discusses what… Audio

Throughout his career Zappa tirelessly and candidly documented in song the behaviour and "folklore" of his many bands as well as contemporary society, often in a highly contentious way. Jim Gardner… Audio

By the end of 1999, up and coming British band Coldplay were being touted as the band to watch in 2000. A year later, their debut album Parachutes was named album of the year by Q magazine. In New… Audio

The dramatic story of the Hauraki pirates and their stormy start both ashore and at sea in the late 1960s. Audio

For much of radio history 'The voice of the people of the land' is only given token recognition; yet Māori entertainers and personalities have enhanced radio from the beginning. Audio

From the earliest days sports broadcasters exploit radio's immediacy. Add advances in technology and talkback, and sport becomes a hugely popular radio mainstay. Audio

The Prime Minister, Michael Joseph Savage, delivers a speech at the opening of the 2YA transmitter in Wellington. He talks about the historical significance of radio technology and the significance… Audio, Gallery