The Long Read from Stuff

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The Long Read from Stuff episodes

July 31, 2023 The Short Game
What drives someone to make competitive mini-golf their mission? Well, something does .. and it's something Stuff's National Correspondent Steve Kilgallon investigated.
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CREDITS
Read by Steve Kilgallon
Produced by Philippa Tolley
Audio editing: Connor Scott

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34 min
July 28, 2023 The Last Person Standing
One had broken ribs and two years of heartbreak to overcome. The other had been a national celebrity but never faced anything like this before. Now they were running against each other, to the death. Stuff’s Mike White and Lawrence Smith recorded the drama of the Riverhead Backyard ReLaps Ultra, the race that keeps on going until only one person is left standing.
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CREDITS
Read and produced by Jono Willliams
Audio editing: John Ropiha

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18 min
July 24, 2023 The Price of Fish

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27 min
July 21, 2023 Fixing Lucy
At the top of her sport and destined to row for New Zealand at the Olympic Games, Lucy Strack suddenly forgot how to scull.

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Read by Philippa Tolley
Produced by Michael Wright
Audio editing: Connor Scott

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41 min
July 17, 2023 The Heist
As detectives set about looking for an international crime syndicate, two local lads were crumpling their crisp new bank notes to avoid suspicion. More than 50 years on, Chloe Ranford discovers some of the money was never recovered.
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CREDITS
Read by Adam Dudding
Produced by Jono Williams
Audio editing: Connor Scott

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30 min
July 14, 2023 Kicking and Screaming
Reinventing yourself after quitting your dream job can be pretty painful. Just ask All Black great Dan Carter - which is what Adam Dudding did.
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CREDITS
Read by Adam Dudding
Produced by Jono Williams
Audio editing: John Ropiha

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17 min
July 10, 2023 Big Brother is Watching (and Listening)
How much are we being watched? Or is it all in our imagination? With the increase in CCTV and smart ware, from phones to fridges, the feeling is we are all increasingly being tracked. But is the increase in surveillance more a result of ‘mission creep’ as businesses and government agencies expand their brief, than an overarching conspiracy?
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CREDITS
Read by Michael Wright
Produced by Philippa Tolley
Audio editing: John Ropiha

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31 min
July 07, 2023 The double-lives of Corallee Collins-Annan
A book deal, a possible Netflix documentary and a tale of success in the face of adversity, was the life painted on social media by wannabe New Zealand lawyer Corallee Collins-Anan.
In a tale that mirrors a Walter Mitty creation or a version of Inventing Anna, the reality seemed to be deceit, missing money and academic failings.
In this episode of The Long Read, Steve Kilgallon sets out the life Collins-Anan painted for herself verses real life.
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CREDITS
Read by Philippa Tolley
Audio editing: Connor Scott

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23 min
July 03, 2023 Too Bland for Bond
Beautiful scenery good enough for Lord of The Rings, so why has 007 - James Bond - never been to New Zealand?
In this episode from the archives of The Long Read, Lee Kenny charts this country's connections with Bond and the reasons why we may just be too far away.
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CREDITS
Read by Lee Kenny
Produced by Philippa Tolley
Audio editing: Connor Scott

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21 min
June 30, 2023 Duckie, Drakie and a bizarre legal saga
It started off with two pekin ducks living contentedly on a pond in Southland.
But a dog attack later and the fate of Duckie and Drakie has sparked a five year court saga that has made legal history.
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CREDITS
Read by Martin Van Beynen
Produced by Philippa Tolley
Audio editing: John Ropiha

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26 min