20 Nov 2025

The New Ships # 9

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

The New Ships # 9 Peter's quest to contact his son Aaron in Pakistan is stymied by a longstanding dispute amongst the Gupta family. Here now is episode nine of Kate Duignan's 'The New Ships' told by Nick Blake. IN: MUSIC (0:19) 'It seems an unlikely coincidence to bump into. . . . . . . OUT: . . . .the beach. Sangita's voice lifts. Small victories.' MUSIC ( 0:21) DUR: 13:33 We'll be back with the another episode of Kate Duignan's novel ' The New Ships' told by Nick Blake at the same time tomorrow. If you've missed an episode you can find them all by clicking on the reading link on the Nine to Noon webpage on the RNZ site. 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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