What to Listen to Next: NZ Wars Collection
Host of Black Sheep William Ray recommends a new RNZ podcast for history fans, NZ Wars Collection - Kohikohinga o nga pakanga o Aotearoa. We...
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The shady, controversial and sometimes downright villainous characters of New Zealand history, presented by William Ray.
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20 of 77 episodesOriginal Westie: the story of Don Buck
The founding father of West Auckland - Don Buck was notorious in the early 20th century for his hard drinking, hard living gum digging camp...
Defective: the story of Dr Theodore Gray
“Oh Mummy save me from Dr Gray, because teacher says he’s coming today, and if I’m stupid he’ll take me away”. William Ray looks at the life...
Preservation and Destruction: the story of Elsdon Best (Part 2)
In part two, we look at the years Elsdon Best spent living in Te Urewera, attempting to preserve knowledge he believed was on the brink of b...
Preservation and Destruction: the story of Elsdon Best (Part 1)
Described in his own time as "the white Tōhunga of Tuhoeland" and by some today as a "structural rascist" who "stole" knowledge, it's fair t...
Saturday Morning: Behind Black Sheep
New Zealand's most awarded podcast is RNZ's own Black Sheep, and it's back with its 9th season. Hosted and produced by William Ray - he expl...
Killer Nurse: the story of Elspeth Kerr (Part 2)
In the second of Black Sheep's two-part episode on Elspeth Kerr, detectives unravel the mystery of 9-year old Betty Kerr's poisoning and unc...
Killer Nurse: the story of Elspeth Kerr (Part 1)
Elspeth Kerr was a beloved local nurse in 1930s Devonport, but when her husband died suddenly and her foster daughter fell into an inexplica...
Black Sheep Season 9 | Trailer
Black Sheep returns on Friday 30 January for its 9th season with a new cast of rogues, villains and controversial characters. Murderous nurs...
BONUS: Kelly Tarlton's Final Treasure Hunt
We're ducking into your feed to bring you an episode of a new RNZ podcast: Kelly Tartlon's Final Treasure Hunt. This story has everything! K...
Spy Scandal: the story of Bill Sutch
On 27 September 1974 New Zealanders woke to the news Dr Bill Sutch, a famous economist, historian, and former senior government official had...
Bird Bandit: the story of Freddie Angell
Freddie Angell was New Zealand's most notorious wildlife smuggler. His repeated attempts at stealing and exporting native wildlife in the 19...
Musket Missionary: the story of Thomas Kendall (Part 2)
Early NZ missionary Thomas Kendall arrived in London in 1820 with the Ngāpuhi Rangatira Hongi Hika. He would return to Aotearoa a year later...
Musket Missionary: the story of Thomas Kendall (Part 1)
Early Missionary Thomas Kendall facilitated the sale of hundreds of muskets to Ngāpuhi Māori, helping to enable the bloodiest wars in New Ze...
Beastly Truth: the story of George Howe
In the 1900s a series of lurid headlines were published in the New Zealand Truth about George Howe, a "Beastly Brothel-keeper" who pimped ou...
Highwayman: the story of Robert Wallath
In 1892 a masked figure in a bizarre uniform began a 15 month crime spree, robbing people at gunpoint in and around New Plymouth. When he wa...
Anzac Massacre: the story of Surafend (Part 3)
"As morning dawned we stood and watched / That devastated scene / Where but a single yesterday / Had flourished Surafeen." In the final epis...
Anzac Massacre: the story of Surafend (Part 2)
"They went out to this village, and they went through it with the bayonet.” In the second of a three-part series, RNZ's Black S...
Anzac Massacre: the story of Surafend (Part 1)
“There was a time when I was proud of you men of the Anzac Mounted Division. I am proud of you no longer.” In the first of a three-part seri...
Trailer: Black Sheep Season 8
Black Sheep Season 8 is just around the corner with a whole new cast of controversial, villainous, or simply misunderstood figures from New...