Nigel Collins

Jeffrey Holman had always tried to get close to his father, but one way or another the man just kept moving away. Audio

Jeffrey Paparoa Holman's journey of reconciliation is starting to affect those who are helping him, none more so than Ritsu Hall who agrees to write a Japanese foreword for Jeffrey's book, so that… Audio

Jeffrey's search leads him to Japan. Audio

Jeffrey finds himself on the same piece of water where those planes went down. Audio

Jeffrey delves further into his father's time in combat. A seven second experience that saw six young Japanese men die as kamikaze while trying to sink his father's ship sparks the desire in Jeffrey… Audio

Jeffrey wants to understand his father by learning more of his war experience. In particular the events captured in a photograph of a kamikaze plane going down less than thirty metres away from his… Audio

2016 marks the 400th anniversary of William Shakespeare's death. Wellington chamber choir Nota Bene will perform The Cloud-capped Towers, a concert imagining Shakespeare in the Land of the Long White… Audio

In a trench in north east France, three peoples paths converge. At stake is the town of Le Quesnoy and her would-be liberators, the NZ Division. Audio

A selection of traditional and modern hymns. Audio

Jeffrey visits the Peace Park in Nagasaki and offers an ema prayer board and sakura petals to the six dead kamikaze. Audio

Jeffrey goes to the kamikaze museum where he comes face-to-face with the image of 19-year-old Chiharu Nagata. One of the six kamikaze who died attacking HMS Illustrious. Audio

Jeffrey plans his trip with the help of Dr. Kota Hattori then begins the first leg staying with Ken Westmoreland. Audio

Delving into the history of kamikaze, Jeffrey learns more about the internal workings of these young men including diary entries and letters home. Audio

Hector C. Bywater, a great-uncle of Jeffrey's and a naval commentator, writes of Japan's naval history and predicts the attack on Pearl Harbour. Audio

In Taihape they throw gumboots. In Scotland, it's cabers, and a small town in Dorset has just celebrated its annual knob throwing contest. Audio

As The Nightingale finally lifts off from the distant planet, Wilberfoss is forced to make his own fatal decision. But it is the motivation for the action he takes that eventually leads to his own… Audio

Wilberfoss meets the gigantic alien creature, discovers it is highly intelligent and begins to communicate with it in rudimentary sign language. Audio

The truth begins to emerge about the dreadful consequences of The Nightingale's attempt to cope with the storm. Audio

The Nightingale makes a fatal mistake as it tries to cope with a huge storm that sweeps across the surface of the planet where it has crash landed. Audio

Before recounting the actual crash, Wulf the autoscribe, takes us forward to the eventual recovery of The Nightingale and the rescue of its only survivor, Wilberfoss. Audio