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Tales from the festive season
The history of Christmas in New Zealand and other tales from the festive season.
Hazelwoods Father Christmas 1966. Image: Upper Hitt City Library Heritage Collection. (CC By-NZ 3.0 NZ)
The history of Christmas in New Zealand and other tales from the festive season.
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The history of Christmas in New Zealand (Part 1)
Brigid Gallagher, Vice President of the NZ Conservators of Cultural Materials Association. Audio
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The history of Christmas in New Zealand (Part 2)
Brigid Gallagher, Vice President of the NZ Conservators of Cultural Materials Association. Audio
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Tales From The Back Country - Fighting Father Christmas
A daily serial featuring colourful characters from our rural past. Audio
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Christmas on the Farm
A classic recording from 1951, of a farmer's wife from Wanganui who shares her tale of Christmas on the farm Audio
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Christmas cakes
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
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Samuel Marsden and the introduction of Christianity to New Zealand
As Christmas draws ever nearer, so do the bicentennial celebrations of the introduction of Christianity to New Zealand. The man credited with making that introduction is Reverend Samuel Marsden who… Audio
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Augusten Burroughs - Stories for Christmas
Writer Augusten Burroughs talks to Chris Laidlaw about what he calls the most dysfunctional day of the year - Christmas. Audio
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Strange Christmas traditions
Why do they decorate Christmas trees with spider webs in the Ukraine? And the country where Christmas dinner includes deep fried caterpillars. Author Joey Green knows all about the weird side of… Audio
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The legendary First World War Christmas truce
In the month marking the 100th anniversary of the legendary First World War Christmas truce, Wayne Brittenden looks at how the warrior bishops on both sides managed to get the message of peace and… Audio
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Wayne Brittenden's Counterpoint - Christmas
16 Dec 2012The 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
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Poetry for Christmas
A word here and there may imply more than what those words meant to mean... poetry for Christmas. Audio
Poetry for Christmas
Father Christmas at the Levin Adventure Park 2007. Image: Kete Horowhenua.