The Long Read from Stuff

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The Long Read from Stuff episodes

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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34 min
September 01, 2023 Aotearoa's only indigenous dog
With prices running to thousands and scientists set to study their DNA, some say the huntaway dog – and its contribution to New Zealand – still doesn’t get the recognition it deserves.
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CREDITS
Written by Virginia Fallon
Produced and read by Jen Black
Audio editing by John Ropiha

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15 min
August 28, 2023 The mystery of the Berserk expedition
In 2011, a Norwegian yacht sank off the coast of Antarctica during a storm. Three of its crew were lost. A decade on, a Stuff investigation finds new revelations about why the yacht sank and New Zealand's involvement.
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CREDITS
Written and read by Lee Kenny
Produced by Philippa Tolley
Audio editing by John Ropiha

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41 min
August 25, 2023 The One He Never Forgot
On the face of it, Sergeant Alastair Dickie had an easy choice to make: attend a suspected armed incident or process a disqualified driver sitting in front of him? But as Nadine Roberts found out, it’s never that simple, especially when the disqualified driver goes on to commit a brutal crime just hours later.
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CREDITS
Written and read by Nadine Roberts
Produced by Jen Black
Audio editing by Connor Scott

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29 min
August 21, 2023 The Hoarder's Treasure
For decades, a rundown house in Christchurch secretly harboured one of New Zealand’s greatest literary treasures. This is the story of the reclusive hoarder who hid it, the woman who wrote it, and the man who rediscovered it.
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Written and read by Michael Wright
Produced by Philippa Tolley
Audio editing: Connor Scott

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39 min
August 18, 2023 In her mind - The trial of Lauren Dickason
On Wednesday 16th August, the jury of eight women and four men reached a majority verdict, that Dickason was guilty on all three counts of murder. Over the four-week trial, the jury had to decide whether Dickason was or was not criminally responsible for killing her three children at their home in Timaru on the 16th of September 2021.
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Written and read by Martin Van Beynen
Produced by Jen Black
Audio editing by John Ropiha

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45 min
August 14, 2023 A Solitary Murder
In 1927, 82-year-old André Jose was bludgeoned to death in a Stewart Island boarding house. His death is the only known homicide on the island.
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Written by Hamish McNeilly
Read by Dominic Harris
Produced by Philippa Tolley
Audio editing: John Ropiha

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18 min
August 11, 2023 The wonderful world of pedigree guinea pigs
Welcome to a world where the best bodies look like bricks and $35 buys you the chance of a championship. At a Porirua guinea pig show, Virginia Fallon meets the people who know good things really do come in small packages.

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16 min
August 07, 2023 The Kiwi Indiana Jones who fought Nazis and hunted for treasure
Cool under fire, Kiwi Sergeant Edgar "Sandy" Sanders was known for his wartime heroics as part of a clandestine British army unit, The Long Range Desert Group.
The unit operated in Tunisia, Libya and Egypt and their hit-and-run tactics made them a formidable fighting force.
But after the war, Sanders continued his daring exploits, this time sailing the Pacific for the fabled Treasure of Lima.

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20 min
August 04, 2023 The bird park, the conspiracy, and the council
Murray and Margaret Shaw retired and started a small bird park, but not before becoming embroiled in a sprawling saga involving a late-night arrest, an early-morning raid, and a music festival called Birdstock.

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24 min