For 40 years, New Zealand's prime ministers have sat down with an oral historian for a tell-all interview, spilling insights into their political lives. There are thousands hours of conversation with the likes of David Lange, John Key and Helen Clark and dozens of other politicians and aides.
In 2024 the Political Diary Oral History Project which was run by the Alexander Turnbull Library was closed down for operational reasons. Given the sensitive nature of these tapes there are strict conditions placed on releasing any of the interviews.
Writer and journalist Greg Bruce is one of the people lucky enough to have access to the tapes of Prime Minister David Lange - he joins Emile Donovan to tell us what it's like listening to this slice of New Zealand's history.
