Max Cryer
Max Cryer dies aged 86
The country has lost one of its first television stars - Max Cryer died on Wednesday aged 86.
He spoke the first words on nationwide TV in 1969, and went on to produce the shows Mastermind and… Audio
Word with Max Cryer: New Zealanders' use of English language
Entertainer, singer, writer and quizmaster, the inimitable Max Cryer makes a welcome return to RNZ National tonight when he joins Karyn on Words. His subject is New Zealand English: words you won't… Audio
The Godzone Dictionary: A language guide for non-Kiwis
Sweet as, heaps, aroha, hard case - Kiwi vernacular is pretty unique. But no more! Language expert Max Cryer has written the definitive guide to speaking like a New Zealander. Audio
Being there - at the world premiere of Hair
Max Cryer attended the world premiere of Hair in New York in 1968, and joins us to tell us what it was like Audio
Max Cryer: still in love with words and phrases
Wordsmith Max Cryer knows better than most about the origin of turns of phrases. He's written and talked about the English language for many years. Cryer is a well-known broadcaster, author… Audio
Max Cryer on the power of superstition
Max Cryer joins Wallace to talk about his new book Superstitions and Why We Have Them. Audio
Great New Zealand Concerts - Dame Kiri Te Kanawa
This week on the Great NZ Concert series we are featuring Dame Kiri Te Kanawa's homecoming tour of January 1990. Audio
Sonnet No 78: So oft have I invok'd thee for my Muse…
Read by Max Cryer. Music details: Dowland: Sir John Smith, his Almain (Naxos 8.570449) [Topics] music, arts [Tags] Shakespeare, poetry Audio
Sonnet No 55: Not marble, nor the gilded monuments
Read by Max Cryer. Music details: Anonymous: Prelude (Virgin Classics VC 7 91216) Audio
Sonnet No 31:Thy bosom is endeared with all hearts
Read by Read by Max Cryer. Music details-John Johnson: The Delight Pavan (Naxos 8.550776) Audio
NZ retro - the year 1977
Retro New Zealand looks at 1977 today. The year Arthur Pearce of Wellington broke a world record in broadcasting. His 'Rhythm On Record' jazz programme finished a forty-year run on this very radio… Audio
Eight Months to Mars - Max Cryer
Travelling to Mars today a man whose oxygen is words. He's an expert on them and their origins, and he's an historian too, fossicking in our past to illuminate the National Anthem for example. He's… Audio
Tune Your Engine - Proverbs
Author and English language aficionado Max Cryer looks at the use and misuse of maxims around the world in his new book, "Preposterous Proverbs". Audio
Oxford English dictionary makes it official: pavlova is ours
New Zealand and Australia may still quibble over Russell Crowe and Phar Lap but this year the Oxford English Dictionary settled at least one argument - the pavlova is a New Zealand invention. Audio
Oxford English dictionary makes it official: pavlova is kiwi
New Zealand and Australia may still quibble over Russell Crowe and Phar Lap but now the Oxford English Dictionary has settled at least one argument: the pavlova is a New Zealand invention. Audio
Dame Heather Beggs remembered
Long time friend Max Cryer talks about the life and work of one of New Zealand's most succesful Opera stars. Audio
Story Behind The Songs - Max Cryer
Max Cryer author of Love Me Tender (release date 10 September) published by Exisle Publishing. Audio