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A growing stack of short stories by independent and published writers from all over New Zealand.
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All Harriet Yates wants to do is to go home to escape the confines of Eventide, a rest home for the old. Told by Susan Wilson.Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details
Alice learns how to fend for herself in the unforgiving world of late 19th century Melbourne. Told by Hannah Banks.Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details
With the shadow of war looming what does the future hold for Brigid and her beau Daniel in riot-torn Dublin circa 1912? Told by Noelle McCarthy.Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details
A tooth and claw dystopian tale set in a climate-changed, unforgiving Auckland.
Told by Alex Greig.Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details
The need to understand herself and her roots means a trip with the Auckland whanau back to Tokikapu Marae, Waitomo - the place of her people. Lots to learn and lots to love. Told by Taylor Rogers.Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details
A future Aotearoa suffering the effects of an economic meltdown brought on by climate change. It is not only those on land that have suffered - someone will have to pay for the hubris. Told by Nick Blake.Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details
Mereata, a teenage Māori girl, has been coerced into attending a Māori language course by Youth-Aid and her mother. She is very reluctant to participate but... Told by Hariata Moriarty.Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details
Ruby comes back to Waitapu. After many years living in Australia she is uncertain as to what she'll find. Told by Tina Cook.Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details
Ruby comes back to Waitapu. After many years living in Australia she is uncertain as to what she'll find. Told by Tina Cook.Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details
Nathan is sixteen and has written off his mother's car. She sends him to stay with his Koro who he's hardly seen since his father died. Told by Neil Wiremu.Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details
Poet Sudha Rao reflects on the challenges facing a teenage Indian girl who, in 1968, arrives with her family to live in Dunedin. Told by Rebecca Gregory.Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details
What might nostalgia look like in sixty years or so? And will there be any meaning to the idea of leaving things behind? Told by Harriet Prebble.Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details
Linda Collins' remarkable and very personal account of her teenage daughter's funeral.
Told by Denise O'Connell.Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details
Finding a place between two cultures means some connections with your birth culture may become frayed and broken. Told by Cris Cucerzan.Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details
For Scarlet desperation is the mother of invention. Told by Rachel Foreman.Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details
A young woman's experience of racial micro-aggression is complicated for her by her friend's annoying partner. Told by Lynda Chanwai-Earl.Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details
A quick stopover in Rotorua doesn't quite work out as expected. Told by Jack Sergent.Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details
Dad never gets angry nor flustered - that is as long as you don't bring up your scepticism about his claim to have had a colourful childhood friend called Rumbo.
Told by Simon Leary.Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details
A dystopian future in a southern, climate-changed continent. A small community is changed forever by the arrival of long-awaited rain. Told by Clare Moleta.Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details
It's a brave person who thinks that it's safe to give names her or his chooks. Told by Heather O'Carroll.Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details
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