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Daughter hears voice of father killed in action
Audio 25 Apr 2025Margaret Hooton's dad was Pilot Officer Daniel Clifford who was killed in action in 1942 while flying on a Royal Air Force bomber on a mission to Germany. He had left New Zealand before Margaret was… Audio
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White Ferns stars missing from North-South series
Selectors are taking the opportunity to give some domestic players higher honours.
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Cricket: The code switch that changed the course of Georgia Plimmer's life
When Georgia Plimmer made the switch from softball to cricket as a 14-year-old, she had no idea it would lead to a career, great money, travel, and a shot at the Olympics.
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10 of the best RNZ podcasts for your summer break
From New Zealand history to Anika Moa and beating the cost-of-living crisis. RNZ has something for every listener.
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Lea Tahuhu ruled out of Australia ODI series
The White Ferns will be without their top ODI wicket-taker Lea Tahuhu for the Rose Bowl series against Australia.
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The Big Sing Finale 2024
Experience the energy and joy of secondary school groups from across the motu sing their hearts out over three days in Wellington. Video, Audio
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Life after rock and roll with Eden Mulholland
RNZ Concert's Bryan Crump speaks with the multi-faceted and multi-talented Eden Mulholland ahead of the premiere of his latest ballet score, To Hold. It's one of three new works that form the Royal… Video, Audio
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Full Olympics schedule for Kiwi athletes
New Zealand has close to a 200-strong team in Paris, some of whom are competing already while others don't line up till the final day.
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E8: I'd like to find a sister
Kirsty tries to find out if Nellie did have another baby, and where that baby might be, but gets stuck in a kafkaesque nightmare of bureaucracy. Sarah reflects on her journey to find Nellie. We talk… Audio
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E6: Annemarie
Kirsty and Sarah go to see Mavis, Nellie's sister, who tells them that she thinks Nellie was raped, which led to her breakdown and incarcertation. Mavis tells Sarah about the day she was born, and how… Audio
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E5: My daughter, Sarah
Sarah goes to meet Gordon. We learn that he can remember Nellie, and remembers being caught with her in the bushes. Gordon tells us about his time at the asylum, and Sarah takes him on an outing where… Audio
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Nellie's Baby: one woman's search for her birth parents
Audio 18 Mar 2024RNZ journalist Kirsty Johnston received an email one day with an usual subject line which was: "Investigating the possible murder of my mother". The email was from a woman named Sarah, who'd been… Audio
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E4: A trip to the asylum
The mystery relative turns out to be Sharon, her father's sister. She decides to fly to Australia to meet her newly-discovered niece. Sharon tells us how her family was extremely poor and her mother… Audio
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Nellie’s Baby: One woman’s story of an adoption, an asylum and a search for the truth
Audio 15 Mar 2024Sarah is born in a psychiatric hospital, taken by the state and adopted to a new family in secret. By the time she goes looking for her birth mother, it’s too late. Nellie has died and Sarah is left…
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E3: I found him!
Sarah and Kirsty call in the big guns: DNA. A strong match comes up: a woman who shares 28% of Sarah's DNA. Is it Nellie's first child? Eventually, Fran, the genealogist, suggests the match could be… Audio
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E2: Women and Girls
Kirsty and Sarah start investigating from opposite sides of the world. We learn what it was like to live at Porirua, and fight through red tape to get Sarah's adoption records, which reveal more about… Audio
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E1: Email from a stranger
Out of the blue, Kirsty receives an email from a stranger titled "Investigating the possible murder of my mother". The author is Sarah, a young woman who was born to Nellie Wilson in a psychiatric… Audio
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Who are the five teen killers trying to get their life sentences quashed?
"Mr Lo says, "[a]ll [he] want is an end date, so [he has] a release date to work towards."
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Trailer: Nellie's Baby
Kirsty Johnston follows Sarah as she hunts for her biological mother, who turns out to have been an institutionalised mental health patient in Porirua Hospital. And that's only the start of the story.
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NZ's only publicly funded Long Covid clinic to close
The Christchurch clinic will shut up shop after a short, five-month run. A patient has concerns about the impact the closure will have on her health.
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Actor Jay Johnston becomes latest arrested in US Capitol riot
The Hollywood actor, who has appeared on such TV shows as Arrested Development and the cartoon hit Bob's Burgers, was arrested on Wednesday for his role in the US Capitol riot.
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North-South T20 squads announced
The squads have been announced for the women's North vs South T20 series which returns more than a decade after the competition was last delivered.
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The Week in Detail: Strippers, truancy, and the Breakers
The Detail podcast brings you the issues behind the news every weekday. Here's what we covered this week. Audio
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The Week in Detail: Strippers, truancy, and the Breakers
The Detail podcast brings you the issues behind the news every weekday. Here's what we covered this week.
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Swingin' Easy
Nick checks out tracks from Sarah Vaughan's classic 1957 release 'Swingin' Easy', as well as tunes from Tina Brooks, Greg Crayford, and Elvin Jones. Audio
