The Long Read from Stuff

By Stuff Audio

The very best of Stuff's longform feature journalism, in audio form. One story, beautifully told, every week.... more

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October 27, 2023 I still have nightmares
Described as a One-man crime wave’ Prisoner Damon Exley escaped Rimutaka Prison in February 2022 disguised as a prison guard and then abducted and raped a woman.
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Written and read by Blair Ensor
Audio editing by Connor Scott
Produced by Jen Black

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22min
October 20, 2023 Kisses in the carwash
Disabled Kiwis face more dating hurdles than most, with non-disabled people often awkward or anxious around them. Olivia Shivas explores the disabled dating experience - and it’s not all about ‘those sex questions’.
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Written and read by Olivia Shivas
Audio editing by Connor Scott
Co-produced by Michael Wright and Jen Black

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13min
October 13, 2023 The Changing State of Social Housing
These people slept on couches, in cars and on floors. For The Post, Ethan Te Ora tells the story of the diverse group of people moving into new units created by community provider, Dwell, and the politics surrounding the funding of social housing. Who are these people? How did they end up needing housing help? An perhaps most importantly, do they now have a chance of creating a community.
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Written and read by Ethan Te Ora
Audio editing by Connor Scott

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19min
October 06, 2023 The New Zealanders and the genocide
As New Zealand struggled with race relations at home in the late 19th century, some of its citizens were participating in a genocide overseas. Among the most damning accounts of the genocide surviving today come from reports published in New Zealand newspapers. They indicate other New Zealanders were involved in squads that hunted Selk’nam (one of the indigenous peoples of Tierra Del Fuego) capturing them for relocation to a concentration camp, and, in some cases, killing them.
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Read and produced by Michael Wright
Audio editing by Connor Scott

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31min
September 29, 2023 A prickly problem
Should Hedgehogs be treated as pests or pets? To some, they’re seen as pests and even worse than rats to our native species but to others, they are much loved, protected, and a cute surprise in the garden.
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Written and read by Craig Hoyle
Produced by Jen Black
Audio editing by John Ropiha

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19min
September 23, 2023 It's part of the game
UFC mixed martial artist Israel Adesanya is many things: champion fighter, fashion plate, a particular version of modern masculinity. Adam Dudding sat down with him ahead of the release of Stylebender a new feature-length film about him which aims to show all the different facets of Adesanya, in and out of the ring.
This story first appeared in print in Sunday magazine and online at https://www.thepost.co.nz/culture/350077646/israel-adesanya-ufcs-stylebender-about-become-movie-star. To avoid missing any of our great reads, subscribe at www.thepost.co.nz/subscribe.
Stylebender is on general release from September 28.
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CREDITS
Written by Adam Dudding
Produced by Jen Black
Audio editing: Connor Scott

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20min
September 16, 2023 Blind Ambition
Minnie Baragwanath was diagnosed with a degenerative disease at age 15 which left her legally blind. This story discusses how facing her own challenges drives her to change how we think about disability.
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Written by James Borrowdale
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Audio editing: John Ropiha

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17min
September 08, 2023 Forsaken
No one really knows how many people in New Zealand have Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder. In its Disordered project, the Stuff Circuit team laid bare our chronic mismanagement of the disability. Co-author Paul Penfold reads their lead written investigation.
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Written by Louisa Cleave and Paula Penfold
Produced by Jen Black
Audio editing: Connor Scott

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45min
September 05, 2023 Introducing: Tova
Introducing Stuff's whip-smart new political podcast, hosted by Tova O'Brien and featuring Luke Malpass and Andrea Vance.
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1min
September 04, 2023 Peak Barber
How chemical weapons, economic theory and the internet combined to squeeze ten barbershops into one Auckland suburb.

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34min

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