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Media chaplain and broadcaster Rev Frank Ritchie sits down with top New Zealand journalists to unpack that one story that most impacted them, personally and professionally.

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Alison Mau | New Zealand’s #metoo reckoning

When Alison Mau launched a nationwide project to support victims of workplace sexual abuse and harassment in sharing their stories, critics wondered if the results would even be newsworthy. After nearly four years of dedicated reporting on sexual abuse and harassment in workplaces across New Zealand, Senior Journalist Alison Mau sensed she was in danger of treating survivors with less compassion if she did not take a step away for a season. The project's momentum, driven by Ali's gritty determin...

Mar 09, 2022•51 min•Season 2Ep. 2

Patrick Gower | The price of a miracle

Cystic fibrosis is a death sentence for those who suffer with it. Encountering their experience, and the miracle drug that's just out of reach, changed Paddy Gower. It almost never became a story - but a simple email led Paddy Gower to connect with a community of New Zealanders impacted by the genetic condition cystic fibrosis. Cystic fibrosis is often diagnosed in newborns, affecting both the respiratory and digestive systems, with most sufferers unlikely to live to the age of 40. A life-changi...

Feb 23, 2022•37 min•Season 2Ep. 1

Jared Savage | The tragedy of Marie Harlick

What started out as a seemingly straightforward but tragic homicide story for investigative journalist Jared Savage turned into a heart-breaking exposé that changed his reporting and view of the world. What started as a straight-forward write up of a tragic murder deemed 'absolutely preventable' grew into an extensive exposé chronicling the victim's heartbreakingly harsh life. Marie Harlick was brutally killed by her partner, who'd been released from prison on bail. Her young daughter watched on...

Sep 01, 2021•43 min•Season 1Ep. 6

Miriama Kamo | Abuse in care

In the 1960s and 70s, children as young as eight were placed in Porirua Psychiatric Hospital alongside the most mentally unwell adults. In 2005, Miriama Kamo told their story of startling abuse. In 2005, TVNZ journalist Miriama Kamo reported on historic abuses of children in state care at Porirua Psychiatric Hospital. A tragic picture emerged of a toxic culture that had developed amongst the staff. Allegations of severe neglect and outright abuse were corroborated by former staff members and eve...

Aug 18, 2021•48 min•Season 1Ep. 5

Jehan Casinader | How Harry was let down by our mental health system

As Jehan Casinader reported on the tragic suicide of a Christchurch teenager, Jehan's own mental health was privately crumbling as he'd recently begun experiencing suicidal thoughts. As Jehan Casinader listened to Harry McLean's mother reading one of the last things Harry ever wrote, Jehan realised he could have written every word himself. After a meteoric rise in his journalistic career, Jehan had landed his dream job as a reporter on TVNZ's Sunday programme at the age of 26. Externally his lif...

Aug 04, 2021•44 min•Season 1Ep. 4

Guyon Espiner | Auckland Women’s Prison

When breaking the news of horrific treatment of prisoners at Auckland Women's Prison, Guyon Espiner came face to face with a deeper story, of personal and cultural trauma. In 2020, RNZ investigative reporter Guyon Espiner began exploring the conditions within New Zealand prisons. He was shocked by what he uncovered. After breaking the news of startling abuses, including excessive use of pepper spray and isolation at Auckland Women's Prison, Guyon followed the review that took place over the ensu...

Jul 21, 2021•34 min•Season 1Ep. 3

Joy Reid | The Christchurch Quake

Joy Reid nearly gave up journalism while struggling with PTSD after covering the Christchurch earthquakes, but went on to her dream role as the Europe correspondent for TVNZ. As TVNZ's Europe correspondent, Joy Reid covered a royal wedding, the Paris riots and the ongoing saga of Brexit, but she very nearly missed out on her dream role. Within hours of the February 2011 earthquake, Joy was staring down the barrel of the camera reporting live to a horrified nation. The trauma of that day came at ...

Jul 07, 2021•42 min•Season 1Ep. 2

Paula Penfold | Genocide in Xinjiang

Veteran journalist Paula Penfold has chosen to discuss her most recent documentary, Deleted, where Paula and her team at Stuff Circuit investigated the persecution of the Uyghur peoples in China. Paula Penfold has wept beside children's gravesites in Afghanistan, embraced a mother searching for her daughter in the wake of a typhoon in the Philippines, and relentlessly pursued justice for Teina Pora. In her most recent documentary, Deleted, Paula and her team at Stuff Circuit investigated the per...

Jun 23, 2021•36 min•Season 1Ep. 1

What's this all about Frank?

There's always more to a news story than what you see, so throughout this series, Rev Frank Ritchie will be sitting down with journalists to unpack the stories that have shaped and changed them. Follow now, and share this podcast with your news junkie friends! Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details

Jun 23, 2021•54 sec

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