re_covering Podcast
1) Melissa Chan-Green | Til Death
After his brideâs death just hours after their wedding, a devastated groom struggles to process his grief. Five years later, he turns to Melissa Chan-Green to tell his heart-wrenching story for the fi...Show More
2) Jack Tame | Trump's Rise to Power
Standing at Hillary Clintonâs election night âvictoryâ party in 2016, Jack Tame realised the real winner was elsewhere. Donald Trumpâs rise to power exposed his blind spots as a reporter and fundament...Show More
3) Amanda Gillies | An Angel in Te Kuiti
Amanda Gillies was on the way to an interview when she got a call confirming Newshubâs closure. Despite the shock, she continued on â and in the telling of a brave Te KĆ«iti amputeeâs story was reminde...Show More
4) Tommy Livingston | Trials and Tribulations
A late-night dispute ended in tragedy when a young man killed his abusive father. Tommy Livingstonâs sensitive reporting of the ensuing murder trial captured its emotion and complexity â and ultimatel...Show More
5) Lloyd Burr | The Pike River Report
As politicians lost interest in seeking a resolution for the Pike River families, Lloyd Burr took up their cause. His tireless reporting exposed injustice and turned a waning news story into a pressin...Show More
6) Dana Johannsen | The System that Broke Olivia Podmore
The death of Olympic cyclist Olivia Podmore confirmed warnings journalist Dana Johannsen had long been hearing about the mental health risks for elite athletes. Her reporting would go on to expose the...Show More
7) Jonathan Milne | Hiding from Nazis
Sixty years after the Battle of Crete, a Kiwi WWII veteran travelled back to Greece to find the family of the men who sheltered him from Nazi soldiers. Journalist Jonathan Milne chronicled their emoti...Show More
8) Te Aniwa Hurihanganui | Treaty Principles Bill
When Te Aniwa Hurihanganui received a leaked document revealing details about the Governmentâs ill-fated Treaty Principles Bill, it sparked a political firestorm that would dominate headlines in 2024....Show More
9) 32 Elesha Gordon | How Are You, Really?
When Elesha Gordon opened up publicly about her workplace anxiety, she discovered many other journalists in the same boat. Now sheâs leading Media Chaplaincy, tackling burnout, trauma, and stress in t...Show More
10) 31 Heather du Plessis-Allan | Locked Down, Left Behind
Struck by the disconnect between Wellington bureaucrats and frustrated Aucklanders stuck in Covid lockdown, Heather du-Plessis Allan held the countryâs leaders to account in tenacious style.