Jack Perkins
Radio NZ History of Sport (Part 2)
Drawn from the 10 part series 'Resounding Radio' tracing the history of radio in New Zealand and broadcast in 2000. From the earliest days sports broadcasters exploited radio's immediacy. Add advances… Audio
Radio NZ History of Sport (Part 1) (2000)
Drawn from the 10 part series 'Resounding Radio' tracing the history of radio in New Zealand and broadcast in 2000. From the earliest days sports broadcasters exploited radio's immediacy. Add advances… Audio
Children of the Pass (1983)
Nancy Sutherland talks about the settlement of French Pass in the Marlborough Sounds where she lived as a child. In conversation with Jack Perkins, she recalls those colourful years in the 1900s with… Audio
Spectrum for 18 January 2009
The Barretts on their ancestral home of Kapiti Island. Audio
The Stan Graham Murders (1977)
Compiled from official sources combined with eye-witness accounts, some previously untapped, this is a graphic reconstruction of New Zealand's most famous manhunt, in 1941. Audio
Impressions of Puhoi (1976)
Jack Perkins visits the Bohemian settlement of Puhoi, north of Auckland, which still retains the character and even the unique musical traditions which the first pioneers brought with them from the… Audio
Bouncers and Beercans (1982)
Jack Perkins probes the anatomy of a test match. The 1st test of the 1982 series between Australia and New Zealand, played at the Basin Reserve. Players and their wives, spectators, umpires and… Audio
The Musings of a Cricketing Ne'er-Do--Well
Jack Perkins' thoughts on the world of Cricket. Audio
The Musings of a Cricketing Ne'er-Do--Well
Jack Perkins' thoughts on the world of Cricket. Audio
Spectrum for 11 January 2009
NZ natural history film-makers hope their recording of orphaned orangutans might help save the species from extinction. Audio
A Kind of Refuge (1975)
A look at the work of a wildlife team in Fiordland's Sinbad Valley. In spite of their efforts, it appears that one of the world's rarest birds, the flightless parrot kakapo may soon become extinct. Audio
The musings of a cricketing ne'er-do-well
Jack Perkins presents number 11 in our summer series; the trevails of travel. Audio
And All the Queen's Men
A recreation of the battle fought at Gate Pa, Tauranga, in 1864 and its aftermath. A previously unknown diary of the affair was used, along with a specially recorded battle scene. Spectrum 1974. Audio
