Germany
The fall of the Berlin Wall
This Sunday marks 25 years since the fall of the Berlin Wall. It was November 9, 1989, when the wall that split the city from 1961 fell. It was an iconic symbol of the cold war and, a symbolic… Audio
The Six Strings of Rowland S Howard
Rowland S Howard's former band mates Harry Howard and Genevieve McGuckin talk about the life and legacy of the late, great Australian musician, his many solo projects and bands, and how his… Audio
Sports correspondent - Germany
In the grandstands with the German crowds is Berlin-based editor-in-chief of Football Collective, Paddy Higgs - the good feeling of Germany's win at the 2014 World Cup hasn't lasted long; reigning… Audio
Kate's Klassic: The Storm of Steel
Kate Camp discusses The Storm of Steel, the memoir of German officer Ernst Jünger's experiences on the Western Front during the First World War. Audio
Shapeshifter Tour Diary
On 9 April 2014, live electronic outfit Shapeshifter set off on their 12th Northern Hemisphere excursion, a 12-date run of shows that saw them shake venues from Prague to Vancouver. Shapeshifter's Sam… Audio
NZ/German Collaboration in Robotics
University of Auckland engineers join forces with the German Fraunhofer Institute to develop robots for industry. Audio
NZ/German Collaboration in Robotics
University of Auckland engineers join forces with the German Fraunhofer Institute to develop robots for industry.
AudioSwimmable Berlin
A team of architects in Berlin is trying to create a big natural swimming pool on a stretch of river in the city centre. Tim Edler of realities:united is one of those behind the plan. Audio
Uwe Kolbe and Ulrike Sandig
Berlin-based German poets in NZ on behalf of the Goethe Institute to witness the Transit for Venus and write and perform poetry based on the experience. Audio
Buried Secrets
German writer Jenny Erpenbeck's recent novel 'Visitation' is a haunting evocation of buried secrets set during the traumatic period from the rise of Nazism to the fall of the Berlin Wall. Audio
Some East Berliners still adjusting after fall of Wall
The German city of Berlin has been party central today as world leaders joined thousands of ordinary Germans marking 20 years since the fall of the Berlin Wall. Audio
20th anniversary of fall of Berlin Wall
World leaders have gathered in Berlin to mark the tearing-down of the Berlin Wall twenty years ago. Audio
Germany celebrates 20 years without the wall
Celebrations to mark the 20th anniversary of the Berlin wall are in full swing. Audio
Germany report
Life on the eastern side. 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. Audio
Twenty years ago the Berlin Wall came down
Today the city is preparing to mark that day, which paved the way for German reunification and ultimately the end of the Cold War. Audio
Kate Connolly in Europe
It's the 20th anniversary of the fall of the wall in Berlin, when the two Germanys began the end of their journey to again become one. Mikhail Gorbachev's Glasnost policy was bearing fruit and… Audio
Berlin gears up for wall anniversary celebrations
Today marks the 20th Anniversary of the fall of the Berlin wall. The opening of the border separating the former East and West Germanys symbolised the end of the Cold War. Audio
Auckland story with Sapna Samant
It's almost twenty years since the Berlin Wall came tumbling down. That moment is being marked round the world, including Auckland. Sapna Samant investigates what's happening in the Queen City, and… Audio
John Leslie: the fall of the Wall
Victoria University representative on the executive board of the New Zealand European Union Centres Network who was working as a television news producer for NBC in East Germany on the night of the… Audio
Author Stefan Aust
The Baader-Meinhof group, or the Red Army Faction, as they called themselves, carried out nearly 30 years of violent confrontation with the West German state. Stefan Aust's book on the RAF has… Audio