Erebus
Our Changing World for 21 May 2020
Two gems from Our Changing World's Antarctic archive - restoring Shackleton's hut at Cape Royds and hunting for extremophile microbes high on Mt Erebus. Audio
Consent granted for Erebus national memorial
Resource consent for the construction of an Erebus national memorial in an Auckland park has been granted, despite opposition from local residents.
NZ Biography: Peter Mahon
Peter Mahon the judge became perhaps the most well-known in New Zealand history for his report into the Erebus crash is today's subject for our biography with Victoria University Historian Grant… Audio
A former Air New Zealand employee remembers the Erebus tragedy
In 1979 Francis Mortimer worked at Air New Zealand and he shares his memories of 40 years ago in the days before and after the Erebus tragedy. Audio
"She was an adventurer": families remember victims of Erebus disaster 40 years on
On this day in 1979, Air New Zealand aircraft Flight TE901 left Mangere airport in Auckland, for an 11-hour return flight to Antarctica. What was supposed to have been a memorable sightseeing trip for… Audio
Eve of Erebus 40th Anniversary
40th Anniversary of the Erebus tragedy tomorrow, memorials to be held. Audio
RNZ and Stuff launch new Erebus podcast White Silence
Forty years ago, 257 people were killed when Air New Zealand Flight 901 crashed into Mount Erebus. It remains the worst peacetime disaster in New Zealand history in loss of life terms. Audio
Erebus memorial key to ensuring crash memories survive - historian
An aviation historian says a national Erebus memorial will ensure the crash and what was learned from it will never be forgotten.
PM meets with families of Erebus victims
Jacinda Ardern has met with the families of those killed in the Erebus tragedy.
Erebus victims to be remembered with national memorial
After waiting 38 years, the friends and family of those who died in the Erebus crash have finally been promised a national memorial. Audio
A national Erebus disaster memorial
There are several memorials to the Antarctic plane disaster. Do we also need a national one? Audio
David Drops the Mic
Spectrum producer David Steemson says he has worked at RNZ since "before the coming of mankind". But in July 2016 he's hanging up his headphones and retiring, at about the same time as Spectrum itself… Audio
David Hamilton and Te Oti Rakena
This Saturday is the world premiere of Erebus, a musical memorial of the 1979 civil aviation disaster. Composed by David Hamilton, Erebus takes the audience through the excitement as the passengers… Audio
A Circle of Laureates
New Zealand Poet Laureate CK Stead and his predecessors Jenny Bornholdt, Michele Leggott, Bill Manhire, Cilla McQueen, Vincent O’Sullivan, Elizabeth Smither, Brian Turner and Ian Wedde share their… Audio
Our Own Odysseys: Antarctica's Mt Erebus
Post-doctoral researcher at Albuquerque's University of New Mexico, Christchurch raised Tehnuka Ilanko has spent a few years investigating the active lava lake at the summit crater of Mount Erebus. Audio