20 Nov 2025

The New Ships # 8

From The Reading, 7:00 am on 20 November 2025

The New Ships # 8 Peter has reluctantly sold the Castlepoint bach but is consumed with doubts about when, or if, he will see his son again. Here now is episode eight of Kate Duignan's 'The New Ships' told by Nick Blake. IN: MUSIC (0:19) 'Down at the marina, skittlers of breeze. . . . . . . OUT: . . . . . .Aaron need to know?' I say. 'How can I help?' MUSIC ( 0:21) DUR: 13:17 Nick Blake will be back at the same time Monday to read the next episode of ' The New Ships' by Kate Duignan. BRIEF TRAIL: Peter Collie is adrift in the wake of his wife's death. His attempts to understand the turn his life has taken lead him back to the past but an unexpected revelation forces Peter to navigate anew his roles as a husband, father and son. MUSIC DETAILS Once Upon A Time Composers: Andrew Michael Britton [PRS], David Stephen Goldsmith [PRS], Publishers: Universal Trailer Series, Catalogue Number: UTS016 INTERACTIVE: BOOK: The New Ships by Kate Duignan (Published 10 May 2018 by Victoria University Press ) $30:00 [ISBN-978-1776561889] https://www.radionz.co.nz/collections/readings/the-new-ships-by-kate-duignan

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