Spectrum

In 1994, the popular singer of the 1950's Pat McMinn talks to Jim Sullivan about her musical career and especially her recordings with TANZA, the record label started "To Assist New Zealand Artists'.

In the early years of the 21st century, a New Zealander revisits scenes of the Northern New Zealand Wars of the 1840's recorded by his great, great, great grandfather - A British Infantryman - in his personal diary and meets up with the descendants of those his ancestor fought in the Bay of Islands.

Mike Gourley critically examines the latest government foray into disability issues - The Enabling Good Lives initiative.

In today's edition of our summer-series, 'To Have An Ordinary Life', Mike Gourley looks at the supports available to disabled people, to help them make the transition from school to further training or work.

In today's edition of the short mini-series, To have an ordinary life, Mike Gourley explores the current state of employment options for disabled people, in the aftermath of the repeal of the Disabled Persons Employment Promotion Act.

Mike Gourley profiles the people and issues in play at the time of the decision to close Kimberley, ten years ago this year.

In this final spectrum Justin Gregory presents a series of Spectrum stories past and present that represent the wondrous array of every day Kiwis.

In New Zealand one in four children under the age of 18 are said to be living in a situation of physical violence, neglect or abuse. Men are often the perpetrators, but women also have a hand in reported and unreported cases. In this week's Spectrum, Sonia Sly looks at the stigmas around women who harm children, the prevalence of child abuse in New Zealand, and how local organisations assist and support victims.

An urban marae built from scavenged materials by homeless youth, ex-cons, and gang members in the 1970s in Wellington is struggling to keep its whare open after the council deemed several of its buildings dangerous.

Even after 100 years, they can't cover over G Kronfeld's name!

Spectrum producer David Steemson says he has worked at RNZ since "before the coming of man". But next month he's hanging up his headphones and retiring, at about the same time as Spectrum itself will be coming to end. Justin Gregory thought both events should be marked and so he put David in a studio to talk about his career and what it means to tell New Zealand stories.

In this Spectrum documentary Sonia Sly meets four parents who share their first-hand experience of losing a baby, and some volunteers who assist with process of creating memories.

Every year in New Zealand more than $800 million worth of good food goes to waste while families in need go without. At a time when lines for food banks seem to be growing longer, what can be done to help? Auckland food rescue organisation KiwiHarvest thinks ithasa solution. Each day itsvans head out to bakeries and supermarkets across the Supercity where they load up on good, unused food beforedelivering it to 50 different charity groups. Spectrum producerJustin Gregory spends a day on...

Disabled men and women learn circus skills.

Locomotive engineers talk to Katy Gosset about fatalities, close calls and how KiwiRail's trauma response programme is helping.

Earlier this year, high profile local and international artists converged on Napier to paint inner city walls with a message about the importance of marine conservation issues.

The Takatāpui community remembers a transgender colleague. Any week on a Tuesday night at an Auckland marae you'll hear members of the kapa haka group Ahakoa te Aha singing for their dead sister Natasha Allen Hohepa. Co Founder of the group is Jade Kanare Mills who as a teenager, met Natasha on Karangahape Road, a street of sex shops and strip joints.

Spectrum producer Justin Gregory spends one week aboard a tall ship, sailing from Auckland to the Bay of Islands in the company of 22 American college students.

A business with heart

Frankentein's lover, pan-sexuality, torture devices and animal rights provide unexpected inspiration and stories behind the work of emerging designers who have been selected to show their collections at Dunedin iD Fashion Week 2016. In this Spectrum documentary, Sonia Sly goes behind the scenes and meets the passionate and talented designers who are pushing creative boundaries, offering up innovative designs using new technology, labour intensive handcrafting skills and applying...