Joanna Orwin
A new novel about the early settlers of the Far North
26 Jul 2020
Life was extremely tough for isolated settlers trying to survive in the kauri forests of the Far North. This is where Joanna Orwin has set her latest novel, Shifting Currents, bringing together two… Audio
Kauri at risk of extinction
9 Dec 2019
Scientist and historian Joanna Orwin tells us what the future holds for our native giant. Audio
The legacy of Riccarton Bush
17 Dec 2015
Riccarton Bush in Christchurch contains the last remnant of a kahikatea floodplain forest in Canterbury, thanks to the Deans family's early conservation efforts. Audio
An all-Christchurch Chapter & Verse (pt 2)
12 Jun 2011
Canterbury novelist Joanna Orwin has a new, futurist story of a New Zealand changed by cataclysmic volcanoes and tsunami, Sacrifice. Audio
Joanna Orwin
13 Sep 2009
Collision is a novel that recounts the clash of cultures that occurs when a French expedition washes up in the Bay of Islands in 1772. Audio