Jack Perkins
From the Archive A day in the life of a rural postie
In a trip to the archives we join rural delivery man Doug Wilson on his 100 kilometre daily run around the big stations around Taihape, from a feature produced in 1985 by the team from long-running… Audio
The rural dunny - a good place to do your business
A trip to the archives with a nostalgic tribute to that most humble and human New Zealand institution, the dunny, from a feature produced in 1975 by the team from long-running RNZ show Spectrum. Audio
The rural dunny - a good place to do your business
A trip to the archives with a nostalgic tribute to that most humble and human New Zealand institution, the dunny, from a feature produced in 1975 by the team from long-running RNZ show Spectrum.
AudioFrom the Archives - D-Day for Ducks
In 1973 Alan Wilkes was out with his Labrador Zara and comrades at the opening of the duck shooting season. This story from the Spectrum archives was recorded on Kohangatera, a network of lagoons… Audio
From the Archives - D-Day for Ducks
In 1973 Alan Wilkes was out with his Labrador Zara and comrades at the opening of the duck shooting season. This story from the Spectrum archives was recorded on Kohangatera, a network of lagoons…
AudioClarence Reserve Station a Century Ago
Jack Perkins from the RNZ Spectrum programme is talking to Phyl Christie and Joan Poulton about their childhoods growing up on Clarence Reserve Station, inland from Kaikoura. Their father Percy… Audio
Clarence Reserve Station a Century Ago
Jack Perkins from the RNZ Spectrum programme is talking to Phyl Christie and Joan Poulton about their childhoods growing up on Clarence Reserve Station, inland from Kaikoura. Their father Percy…
AudioForty-four years ain't bad
In this final spectrum Justin Gregory presents a series of Spectrum stories past and present that represent the wondrous array of every day Kiwis. Audio
A fond farewell to Spectrum
After 44 years on-air, RNZ's longest running documentary series, Spectrum is set to retire. Audio
The Stromboli Connection
A special reunion when descendants of Italians from the island of Stromboli gathered in their childhood home, Wellington's Island Bay, to celebrate their culture and history. Audio
Spectrum:The Town That Wouldn't Lie Down
A colourful portrait of Blackball, told from the vantage point of 1975 - four years after the government closed The Paparoa Mine at Roa. With the great days of coal gone, the inhabitants of this West… Audio
Spectrum for 10 January 2016 (Part 2)
Spectrum for 10 January 2016 (A Workin' On The Whalin' O - Part 2) Dan Bergin sings of his life as a whaler working out of Great Barrier Island in the 1950s and recalls his work as a deer-culler and… Audio
Spectrum for 10 January 2016 (Part 1)
Spectrum for 10 January 2016 (I Remember Mother's Mother - Part 1) Dan Bergin sings a tribute to his Irish grandmother as part of his recollections of Wanganui's Dublin Street and the colourful folk… Audio
Spectrum for 3 January 2016
Spectrum for 3 January 2016 (I've Swung An Axe and Humped A Swag) Bob Edwards provides a detailed account of his life as a swaggie and bushman. Audio
Spectrum for 27 December 2015
Spectrum for 27 December 2015 (The Homefront War) Ena Ryan talks to Jack Perkins about wartime Wellington of the 1940s. As battles raged and casualties mounted, those left behind to keep the home… Audio
Spectrum's Life and Times - Part 2
After 56 years in National Radio and 43 producing Spectrum, Jack Perkins is calling it a day. His swan song is a 2 part chat with Spectrum's co-founder, Alwyn (Hop) Owen about the life and times of… Audio, Gallery
Broadcaster Jack Perkins on his 56 years in radio
Jack Perkins began the iconic Radio NZ show Spectrum, with Alwyn Owen, in 1972, and whether or not by design it has become one of NZs most valuable libraries of oral history. Audio
Verse and Versatility
Roger Lusby's skills define versatility:- mechanic, builder, craftsman, recording engineer, musician, balladeer, performance poet. Based on experience, he's written about fruit picking in Central… Audio
The Children's House
Maverick and visionary, Mother Suzanne Aubert was responsible for New Zealand's first purpose-built child daycare centre behind Wellington's Basin Reserve. Both government and the public were… Audio
Spectrum for 7 June 2015 - Print into Sound
Spectrum's Jack Perkins explores the philosophy and history of Levin's Radio Reading Service which provides regional and national news and current affairs for the print disabled. A Print Disabled… Audio
