RNZ: Spectrum

In 1994, the popular singer of the 1950's Pat McMinn talks to Jim Sullivan about her musical career and especially her recordings with TANZA, the record label started "To Assist New Zealand Artists'.

Mike Gourley critically examines the latest government foray into disability issues - The Enabling Good Lives initiative.

Mike Gourley looks at the support available for disabled people making the transition from school to further training or work.

Mike Gourley explores the current state of employment options for disabled people in the aftermath of the repeal of the Disabled Persons Employment Promotion Act.

Mike Gourley profiles the people and issues in play at the time of the decision to close the Kimberley Centre (once a housing facility for the intellectually disabled) ten years ago this year.

In this final spectrum Justin Gregory presents a series of Spectrum stories past and present that represent the wondrous array of every day Kiwis.  

In New Zealand one in four children under the age of 18 are said to be living in a situation of physical violence, neglect or abuse. Men are often the perpetrators, but women also have a hand in reported and unreported cases. In this week's Spectrum, Sonia Sly looks at the stigmas around women who harm children, the prevalence of child abuse in New Zealand, and how local organisations assist and support victims.

An urban marae built from scavenged materials by homeless youth, ex-cons, and gang members in the 1970s in Wellington is struggling to keep its whare open after the council deemed several of its buildings dangerous.

Even after 100 years, they can't cover over G Kronfeld's name!

Spectrum producer David Steemson says he has worked at RNZ since "before the coming of mankind". But in July 2016 he's hanging up his headphones and retiring, at about the same time as Spectrum itself will be coming to end. Justin Gregory thought both events should be marked and so he put David in a studio to talk about his career and what it means to tell New Zealand stories.

Part 2 in our series on stillbirth. The loss of a child affects hundreds of families around New Zealand each year. In this episode Katy Gosset talks to South Island parents about how they coped with this most difficult of grief.

Four parents share their first-hand experience of losing a baby and some volunteers who assist with the process of creating memories.

Spray can wielding vandals and council cleaners open up about tagging on the streets of Wellington.

For the last 13 years, Whangarei residents of all ages have learnt juggling, acrobatics, rope work and even fire play with Circus Kumarani.

Locomotive engineers talk to Katy Gosset about fatalities, close calls and how KiwiRail's trauma response programme is helping.