Kirsty Johnston

The murder of Harvey and Jeannette Crewe in their Pukekawa farmhouse in 1970 is perhaps New Zealand's most infamous unsolved crime. Arthur Allan Thomas was convicted twice, pardoned and compensated… Audio

Internal briefings about the government's failed agricultural emissions plan reveal how far the farming industry went to fight a climate tax.

The briefing documents, obtained by Radio New Zealand… Audio

Midweek Mediawatch - Mediawatch's weekly catch-up with Nights. Hayden Donnell talks to Susana Lei'ataua about some good journalism - and some ill-advised commentary - on Cyclone Gabrielle. And in… Audio

In this week's edition of Midweek Mediawatch, Hayden Donnell talks to Karyn Hay about a blizzard of commentary about Christopher Luxon's performance, Chinese state-sponsored propaganda in the Herald… Audio

New Zealand has a new domestic violence strategy - but is it more than bureaucratic talk and hot air?  Audio

Stuff reporters Kirsty Johnston and Michelle Duff introduce their podcast Tell Me About It. Audio

The media has sometimes been guilty of sidelining, shrugging off, or silencing sexual assault and harassment victims. Stuff's Kirsty Johnston talked to Mediawatch about how to centre those victims in… Audio

NZ Herald reporter Kirsty Johnston reviews the results of a new domestic violence pilot programme. Audio

After the death of UK backpacker Grace Millane in 2018, award-winning investigative reporter Kirsty Johnson expressed her anger for the first time. Becoming better acquainted with grief makes crime… Audio

New Zealand Herald reporter Kirsty Johnston is here for our fortnightly segment - Solving The World's Problems. Today she looks at disability funding and why the sector is in crisis. Audio

Herald reporter Kirsty Johnston has been looking into the issues surrounding investment properties - the divide between landlords and renters as the property market takes a dip in our biggest city and… Audio

Noelle McCarthy leads a discussion about what the #MeToo movement really means for Aotearoa/New Zealand. With Kirsty Johnston, Zoë Lawton, Rhonda Tibble and Henry Law. Video, Audio

NZ On Air funding is now available for online outlets to make documentaries. Jeremy Rose looks at the first major documentary paid for with the public purse. Video, Audio

A new documentary, Under The Bridge, looks at the state of education through the eyes of Year 13 students, from one of the most disadvantaged schools in New Zealand - Papakura High. It shares the… Audio, Gallery