Jack Perkins

A group of Wellington College students and a teacher tell Spectrum's Jack Perkins about their visit to Tanzania's hinterland to see how the money raised by the college for a World Vision project is… Audio

Thirty-four years ago, Spectrum producer Jack Perkins recorded his award-winning documentary capturing the life, the sounds and the personalities of Cathedral square in Christchurch. In this edition… Audio

It used to be little more than a toilet stop on the way to other destinations but now Shannon's chic shops are attracting women from the nearby and much larger towns of Palmerston North, Levin and… Audio

You may never have heard of the Albertlanders. But their legacy is enshrined in the small North Auckland town of Wellsford. Next Easter it'll be 150 years since the first cohort of members of… Audio

A reconstruction from contemporary accounts and eyewitnesses, made in February 1981 by Jack Perkins, to mark the 50th anniversary of the Hawkes Bay earthquake. Audio

On the 250th anniversary of the establishment of the first veterinary school in Lyon, France, four South Island vets recall their colourful careers from breeding goldfish, to saving elephants. Audio

With the aim of getting families involved, Wellington's Thorndon Farmers' Market runs its first ever Kids' Market. As well as fun for the whole family, the young stall-holders learn the ins and outs… Audio

In the 1940s, a casual after-school job drew Ian Young into watchmaking. He's now 80 years old and is still repairing everything from grandfather clocks to the tiniest timepieces. Ian introduces… Audio

A year after the first earthquake on 4 September 2010, aftershocks continue to be felt in Canterbury, and they're not always seismic ones. When buildings collapse or are cordoned off, or even just… Audio

United States marines invaded Wellington's Kapiti coast in June 1942. Several camps housed about 20,000 marines who were undergoing training for assaults against the Japanese in the Pacific… Audio

Early evening, Tawharanui Regional Park. This mainland sanctuary is now home to threatened native fauna, plus on this evening, a dozen chatty kids from nearby Matakana Primary School. The group's… Audio

The Wellington Vintage Machinery Club collects everything from old typewriters to tractors, their motto is 'don't throw it away, restore it and display'. And if you want to find out how your… Audio

Deborah Nation joins Antarctic Society members at the Naval Point Club in Lyttelton for a midwinter celebration dinner a century after Scott and the Terra Nova party sat down to seal, soup, roast beef… Audio

New Zealand was the first country in the world to anticipate the power of the new medium of radio and passed a Wireless Telegraphy Act in 1903. In July 1911, the country's first radio station, ZLW… Audio

'I used to be shy at reading. Now I'm confident and learning amazing new words.' Just one happy student who's taken part in One Tree Hill College's reading enrichment programme. Each week a posse of… Audio

Spectrum's Jack Perkins discusses the history of controversy and censorship on New Zealand radio. Audio

The Volcano Café was damaged beyond repair by a 6.3 Earthquake, in February this year. Owners Lois Ogilvie and Peter Llewellyn Evans remember their 23 years in business along with personality waiter… Audio

Spectrum's Jack Perkins recalls moments from the last century that have changed radio and also how radio has changed New Zealand. Tonight: 'Politics and Progress'. Audio

The old farmhouse stove is the only potbelly you'll see at the Gentle World vegan community in Northland. The 15 or so who live in the Victoria valley near Kaitaia are slim, fit and healthy and proud… Audio

Spectrum's Jack Perkins recalls moments from the last century that have changed radio and also how radio has changed New Zealanders. Audio