Spectrum

An iconic documentary series which captured the essence of New Zealand from 1972 to 2016.

Stories from 1972 to 2016

Red, blue, orange, green and yellow fractions of light are framed on the upper left and bottom right corners with a dark section on the other diagonal across the middle. The text 'Spectrum' is in bold and white, with the year numbers '1972' and '2016' underneath with a radio waveform in between the two numbers.

RNZ exclusive

This podcast is only available on the RNZ website and apps, ad‑free and uninterrupted.

Riverside Communuty (2005)

All episodes:

Pat McMinn: NZ's Voice of the 1950's

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'.

Every One Was A Triumph (Part 2) (1976)

Grace Moreton recalls her life in Czechoslovakia in the 1930's and her efforts, along with her husband, to aid the Jews and anti-Nazis to escape from Hitler's dominance prior to the outbreak of war.

Every One Was A Triumph (Part 1) (1976)

Grace Moreton recalls her life in China and Czechoslovakia in the 1930's and her efforts, along with her husband, to aid the Jews and anti-Nazis to escape from Hitler's dominance prior to the outbreak of war.

Katikati - The Ulster Colony Down Under

What persuaded a party of Ulster Scots pioneers to leave their homes in the 1870s, and travel halfway round the world to begin a new life in New Zealand? Irish historian Mark Thompson narrates the story of how one man's bid to rebuild his fortune led to the world's only planned Ulster settlement at Katikati on the Tauranga Harbour.
George Vesey Stewart