Prohibition
Season 2 Ep 12: Women's Suffrage
NOTE: This episode has been reuploaded to correct some inaccuracies in the original version. We all know New Zealand was the first country in the world where women could vote. But do you know how we… Video, Audio
Machine-gun Murder: the story of Bassett Road (part 1)
It's 1963 and two bodies are found in a house at Bassett Road in Remuera. Detectives are shocked to discover they were killed by a submachine-gun. Newspaper headlines read "Chicago Comes to New… Audio
Women Should Be Seen and Heard
Is the arts a place where women have equal opportunity? And if not, why not? That's the big question at hand in Episode Six of RNZ podcast, Beyond Kate. Audio
Unwrapping the Suffrage Petition
Gaining the vote was a battle hard won for New Zealand women. Episode one of Beyond Kate visits the petition, hears about the woman whose name sits atop it & looks at the lives of rural women then and… Audio
Gin and beer it: Parliament's boozy past
Today it's babies and playgrounds but Parliament's early days were more like a drunken party. Jamie Tahana takes a look at Parliament's liquor infused beginning. Video, Audio
Gin and beer it: Parliament's boozy past
Today it's babies and playgrounds but Parliament's early days were more like a drunken party. Jamie Tahana takes a look at Parliament's liquor infused beginning.
Video, AudioRussell Brown - Drugs in New Zealand
Russell Brown has been writing about drugs and drug policy since 1994. His new podcast series "From Zero" plays on Nights, Monday nights at 10:15pm.We chat to him about the inspiration for the series… Audio
David Stuckler: health and austerity
Professor of Political Economy and Sociology at Oxford University, where he researches how social policy and economic changes influence health across the globe, and co-author of The Body Economic: Why… Audio
The war on drugs, and the laws on drugs
A hundred years after the war on drugs started - it's timely to ask just how did it start? Who started it? And why after all these years, does the war on drugs continue? And what would happen if you… Audio
Pundit : life and times of the Long White Cloud
Historian Jock Phillips discusses the history of alcohol in New Zealand Audio
Ideas for 29 March 2009
The 100th anniversary of the signing of the first international agreement on the prohibition of drugs. Audio