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Coming face to face with a great white: "I was absolutely petrified"
30 Sep 2021Is this what it's like to die? This was one of the thoughts drifting through sixteen year old Barry Watkins mind as he clung on to the edge of his brand new surfboard. In a story of terror and… Read more Audio
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"There was also a question of representing the black and coloured people of South Africa"
23 Sep 2021Rugby legend Sir Bryan Williams made All Blacks rugby history as the first player of Pasifika blood to play in Apartheid-era South Africa in the early 1970s. He talks to Sonia Yee about the cultural… Read more Audio
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Inside the Controversial North Beach Zoo
16 Sep 2021Not much is known of the suburban zoo that was once situated in Christchurch's North Beach. But those who visited recall eyeing up a mysterious crocodile in a small glass enclosure. In this episode of… Read more Audio
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"We risked everything for fashion"
9 Sep 2021At a time when women were embracing their femininity after the war years, Barbara Herrick wanted to change the way women felt about themselves through fashion. She speaks to Sonia Yee about Dior's New… Read more Audio
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The Wizard: A Living Work of Art
2 Sep 2021Little is known about The Wizard of New Zealand who took centre stage in Christchurch's Cathedral Square from the 70s until the Christchurch earthquakes in 2011, which saw the city in a state of… Read more Audio
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“They weren’t allowed to broadcast the weather forecast in case the enemy heard it."
26 Aug 2021This year marks 100 years since the first radio transmission in New Zealand and the man behind it is also responsible for laying the foundation for the oldest radio station in the country - Radio… Read more Audio
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The Background to NZ's Longest Running Children's Show - What Now
What Now is New Zealand's most successful and longest running children's television show and this year celebrated 40 years. Rex Simpson who founded it says it was a platform to grow new talent, and a… Read more Audio
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There's Nothing Romantic About Pitcairn
12 Aug 2021It was the spirit of adventure that took teacher, Tony Washington and his family to Pitcairn Island. One of the most isolated communities in the world, Pitcairn is just over five-and-a-half thousand… Read more Audio
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The Story Behind New Zealand's Most Iconic Ad
5 Aug 2021In this episode of Eyewitness Sonia Yee takes a look at why The Great Crunchie Train Robbery was a runaway success at a time when the advertising industry hit a turning point. Read more Audio
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The ‘49ers
An epic train journey for a game of rugby marks the end of an era. Produced by Julie Benjamin Read more Audio
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Megan Compain - Making WNBA History
22 Jul 2021Basketball has taken Whanganui born and raised, Megan Compain all over the world, including competing in the 2000 and 2004 Olympic Games. But she also made history as the youngest player (and the only… Read more Audio
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Forgotten holidays
24 Dec 2020Empire Day fell on the 24th of May and was celebrated in New Zealand from 1903 - two years after Queen Victoria passed away on 22 January 1901. The date was The Queen's birthday, but it was also one… Read more Audio
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Making Popstars: Truebliss
17 Dec 2020What is it like to be catapulted to overnight stardom? That very scenario happened to five Kiwi girls who became part of all-group Truebliss back in 1999. South African-born Megan Alatini recalls the… Read more Audio
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Tiwai Point: Fifty Years in the Furnace
Tiwai Point is a polarising place, people tend to love it or hate it. 2021 will be its 50th year of operations, it could also be the smelter's last. Eyewitness follows the history of the Tiwai Point… Read more Audio
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“I was a blue baby” - New Zealand’s first open heart surgery
3 Dec 2020Prior to 1958 mortality rates for babies born with heart conditions was extremely high. But a groundbreaking open heart surgery performed 62 years ago at Greenlane Hospital by Sir Brian Barratt-Boyes… Read more Audio
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History in the making - The First Female Police Recruits
26 Nov 2020In the 1940s, Marie Storey was part of the third intake of women to join the police force in New Zealand. She speaks to Sonia Yee about being used as a decoy to catch a pervert; segregated training… Read more Audio
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Rebuilding an iconic road: the making of State Highway 80
19 Nov 2020Rebuilding the iconic Mount Cook Road was both a challenge and a privilege. Find out more in this episode of Eyewitness. Read more Audio
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The Leap of Faith To Save a Language
Forty years ago the Māori language was on the brink of dying out. Only 5% of Māori spoke it fluently. A massive push to save it was underway and at the heart of that movement was a little school at… Read more Audio
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Lynette Forday, 'Minus one is not enough.'
5 Nov 2020How culturally diverse is New Zealand television and when did things start to shift? Sonia Yee explores the making of character Dr Grace Kwan - the first Asian character to become part of mainstream… Read more Audio
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The fall and rise of the gold kiwifruit
29 Oct 2020New Zealand is the third largest producer of kiwifruit in the world. But in November 2010, that looked to change when kiwifruit vines across the country became ravaged by the bacterial disease PSA. It… Read more Audio
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The Law Worked Against Us
26 Mar 2020"From the good and the great to the lowest of the low, she bridged a gap," says Georgina Beyer of transgender trailblazer, Carmen Rupe. Find out more in this episode of Eyewitness. Read more Audio
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"To me it was just a blur."
19 Mar 2020As Covid-19 sweeps across the world, Eyewitness examines another outbreak that captured the headlines a decade ago. Read more Audio
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"He was yelling at me down the phone."
12 Mar 2020APEC 1999; the unlikely story of how a free trade talkfest helped save a nation from destruction. Produced by Justin Gregory. Read more Audio
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'I delayed the Millennium by five or six minutes' - Murray Kingi
19 Dec 2019At the turn of the millennium 15,000 people gathered at the top of a mountain to dance. And then, it rained. A lot. Produced by Kirsten Johnstone Read more Audio
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From Rot to Riches
Millions of dollars worth of New Zealand fruit and grapes were at risk of rotting on the branches due to a worker shortage. Until a bunch of growers took a risk. Produced by Eva Corlett. Read more Audio
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What Would Xena Do?
5 Dec 2019Once upon a time, a TV show changed the way people around the world saw New Zealand, ushered in a new way for fans to get together and made a permanent impact on one fan's life. Produced by Justin… Read more Audio
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"A policeman yelled at me to stay in our quarters"
28 Nov 2019The 1972 Munich Olympics was meant to be a festival of sport. But that's not how it turned out. Produced by Sonia Sly. Read more Audio
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Never again? The case of James Whakaruru
On Eyewitness - it's been 20 years since the killing of a child shocked the country. We said it must never happen again. So why has it? Produced by Katie Doyle. Read more Audio
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When Doctors Were Gods
19 Sep 2019On Eyewitness - a look at the drug that affected the lives of 10,000 babies…the story of Thalidomide. Produced by Sonia Sly. Read more Audio
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The Polynesian Panthers
12 Sep 2019When the police started cracking down on Pasifika overstayers, a group of young people called the Polynesian Panthers started pushing back. Produced by Jamie Tahana. Read more Audio
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