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The Long Read from Stuff

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The very best of Stuff's longform feature journalism, in audio form. One story, beautifully told, every week.

Episodes

The Hoarder's Treasure

For decades, a rundown house in Christchurch secretly harboured one of New Zealand’s greatest literary treasures. This is the story of the reclusive hoarder who hid it, the woman who wrote it, and the man who rediscovered it. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sep 10, 202138 minSeason 1Ep. 17

Down the Covid Rabbit Hole

One intrepid reporter dives headlong into the world of Covid-19 conspiracies and emerges to tell the tale. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sep 04, 202133 minSeason 1Ep. 16

The Trouble With Truby King

Plunket's founder is widely acknowledged as a white supremacist who established the society to help preserve the "master race". More than 100 years on, can Plunket shake its racist past? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Aug 27, 202126 minSeason 1Ep. 15

INTRODUCING: What's Wrong With You?

Olivia Shivas joins Michael Wright to talk about Stuff's latest podcast What's Wrong with You? – about life with a disability –and share the most inappropriate question she's ever been asked about using a wheelchair. Listen to the first episode of WWWY and, if you like what you hear, subscribe to the series: https://interactives.stuff.co.nz/2021/08/whats-wrong-with-you-podcast/. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Aug 24, 202146 min

After the Tampa

From refugee to Fulbright scholar. Abbas Nazari was seven years old when he fled the Taliban and was rescued from a sinking boat by the cargo ship Tampa. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Aug 21, 202124 minSeason 1Ep. 14

Forty years of pain: Remembering the 1981 Springbok Tour

Forty years on, protesters recall the heart-stopping moments and enduring consequences of the 1981 Springbok tour of New Zealand. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Aug 13, 202120 minSeason 1Ep. 13

The Awful Secret of Flight 149

The terrible truth about why 385 passengers and crew were held hostage by Saddam Hussein; and the New Zealand journalist who refused to let the story go. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Aug 07, 202125 minSeason 1Ep. 12

The Battle of Aotearoa

More and more of us call our home New Zealand Aotearoa, but as its popularity rises, so does the noise around it. Why is New Zealand also called Aotearoa? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jul 30, 202120 minSeason 1Ep. 11

Enduring: The Restoration of Te Urewera

Seven years since Te Urewera was officially recognised as a legal person, her people – Ngāi Tūhoe – are facing up to the wounds of colonisation and a Crown partnership haunted by the past. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jul 23, 202146 minSeason 1Ep. 10

The Nazi and the Mountain

Willi Huber, the pioneer behind Canterbury's Mt Hutt ski field, hid a dark past on his immigration forms. Now, the woman who was closest to him is breaking her silence. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jul 15, 202126 minSeason 1Ep. 9

The Trial of Maketū Wharetōtara

Nearly 180 years ago, at a central Auckland intersection, a Māori teenager was hanged before hundreds of settlers, changing the course of history. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jul 08, 202130 minSeason 1Ep. 8

Kei roto i ō tātou toto – It’s in our Blood

Moko kauae is resurging in New Zealand. One woman's journey to receiving the traditional Māori chin tattoo, and a reporter grappling with her own identity. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jul 02, 202130 minSeason 1Ep. 7

The Revenge of the Zombie Rivers

New Zealand’s braided rivers have been systematically strangled, and in some case, left behind zombie rivers. Now, academics and scientists are re-imagining what it means to live with rivers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jun 25, 202129 minSeason 1Ep. 6

Peak Barber

How chemical weapons, economic theory and the internet combined to squeeze ten barbershops into one Auckland suburb. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jun 18, 202132 minSeason 1Ep. 5

Bunny Boilers

Skulduggery, bullying and death threats in New Zealand's rabbit breeding community. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jun 10, 202118 minSeason 1Ep. 4

The Great Kea Cull

The story of how a roguish, beloved New Zealand bird was nearly eradicated. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jun 03, 202129 minSeason 1Ep. 3

Life on the Edge of the Olympics

Thousands of people have strived to represent New Zealand at the Olympic Games. Just 1371 have succeeded. This is the story of Joseph Millar's decade-long quest to be one of them. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

May 27, 202137 minSeason 1Ep. 2

Plan B and the 'Infodemic'.

One public health expert still believes New Zealand’s widely-lauded response to Covid-19 has been a disaster. But how did Dr Simon Thornley become the 'extreme outlier' in his profession and a hero to anti-vaxxers and conspiracy theorists? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

May 20, 202144 minSeason 1Ep. 1

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