The Long Read from Stuff

Convicted killer Mark Pakenham insists he was 'framed' in Sara Niethe disappearance. He claims he confessed to accidentally killing her rather than be charged with murder. As Jono Williams recounts, her body and her car have never been found.

You can read Tony Wall's story at: https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/crime/300847790/convicted-killer-mark-pakenham-lives-on-a-boat-in-far-north-insists-he-was-framed-in-sara-niethe-disappearance

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Host: Philippa Tolley

Read and Produced by Jono Williams

Audio editing: John Ropiha

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Freshly divorced, psychologist Dr Angela Ahola decided to take dating to the next level. After going on 100 dates, here is what she learnt about finding love.

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Barbara Millicent Roberts, the blond bombshell doll better known as Barbie, is now 64 years old. She is sold in 150 countries worldwide at a rate of more than 100 every minute. Barbie, and her unrealistic proportions, have come in for a lot of stick over the years, despite efforts to diversify. But she remains steadfastly popular and has even inspired a movie due out later this year.

Barbie: Feminist foe or marketing masterpiece? - written and read by Virginia Fallon

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Matthew Williams always imagined he'd be a parent someday. With the help of a close friend and his big sister, he's believed to have become the first single gay man in New Zealand to achieve that dream through surrogacy,

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Within New Zealand’s tight-knit fashion industry questions have been swirling about Adrian Hailwood’s design practices, after it emerged the same dresses worn by the likes of Tova O’Brien, Wendy Petrie and even former Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern are widely available through Chinese manufacturers trading on wholesale site Alibaba. So what's going on?

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No artificial intelligence had ever really cracked the Māori language before, and now here are at least two. Pou Tiaki Reporter Joel Maxwell had conversations with ChatGPT and the Bing chatbot in Te Reo Māori to see if it could hold form coherent sentences in Aotearoa's indigenous language.

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Many people still believe in finding ‘the one’, but a growing number of Kiwis believe love goes further than that. Polyamory, often misunderstood, can also be freeing.

You can read Eda Tang's Story from this episode at https://www.stuff.co.nz/pou-tiaki/130649407/i-was-seeing-six-people-polyamory-often-misunderstood-can-also-be-freeing

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Host: Michael Wright

Reader: Eda Tang

Producers: Jen Black and Michael Wright

Audio editing: Connor Scott

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New Zealand’s newest national park - and one of the most isolated spots in the country - is polluted with plastic trash. Although just over 400 people live on Rakiura/Stewart Island, they're dealing with a rubbish problem bigger than themselves.

You can read Andrea's story from this episode at https://www.stuff.co.nz/environment/131400830/how-our-love-affair-with-plastic-is-fouling-a-national-park

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Host: Adam Dudding

Reader: Sam Smith

Producer: Jen Black

Audio editing: Connor Scott

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Police hid in bushes, bugged phones and kept him under surveillance for two years before arresting the man charged with the senseless murder of road worker George Taiaroa. 10 years on, Stuff National Correspondent Tony Wall, the only reporter to have interviewed his killer and reveals new details of the police operation to snare a “madman”.

You can read stories supporting this episode on https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/crime/300815913/the-madman-and-the-road-worker-how-police-moved-in-on-a-delusional-killer

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Host and Reader: Philippa Tolley

Producer: Jen Black

Audio editing: Connor Scott

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Everyone describes him as articulate, well-educated, intelligent. He ran daycare centres, was a school trustee. So why did he lie over and over again to Immigration New Zealand? Steve Kilgallon tells a story of religious worker visas, fake passports and leaders treated as God's.

You can read Steve Kilgallon's story at https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/crime/131234840/rajvinder-singh-had-a-unique-defence-ive-fallen-under-the-spell-of-a-godlike-figure

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Host: Adam Dudding

Producer: Jen Black

Audio editing: Connor Scott

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