Podcasts about Dunedin

In part two, pet ownership isn't as clear as you may expect under the law. Animal law specialist Ian Robertson explains. Then, a Dunedin holiday park owner is swooping in to save the local Weet-Bix TRYathlon, after the long-time sponsor left their region off the list.

INTERVIEW: Nick Tipa talking Babyface season in Dunedin ahead of Edinburgh Fringe by Lily Jane on Radio One 91FM Dunedin

INTERVIEW: Cindy announce new album 'The Way I Do', share 'Sunsets Don't Excite Me' single by Lily Jane on Radio One 91FM Dunedin

Dunedin born Sarah Foster Sproull is one of New Zealand's top choreographers. Her work 'Ultra Folly' is making its way around the country as part of the Royal New Zealand ballet's winter season.

A Dunedin printing company is producing merchandise for some of the biggest names in music. The Print Room recently produced official merchandise for The Rolling Stones and Gracie Abrams, who join a list including Olivia Dean, Olivia Rodrigo, and Lucy Dacus. Nowadays they seem to be the go-to guys for screen-printing, and they've just expanded into Australia. That's where co-founder Jon Thom joins us from.

The much-loved actor Sam Neill had an unusual path into acting. Raised in New Zealand as a shy boy with a stutter named Nigel, he was 30 when he got his big break (R) Sam, who has died at the age of 78, was an acclaimed actor, a winemaker, an author, a cancer survivor and a Dad to four children. In recent years he had cared for cows, pigs, ducks and horses on his farm in New Zealand while making Pinot Noir.In his remarkable career as an actor he starred in more than 100 films including Jurassic Park, My Brilliant Career, and The Piano.A few years ago, stuck in Sydney while undergoing treatment for cancer, Sam found himself with a lot of time on his hands to reflect on his eclectic life.Sarah spoke to him in 2023 after the release of his quirky, funny and life-affirming memoir.Further information:Did I Ever Tell You This is published by Text

INTERVIEW: The Brooking Report! with MP Rachel Brooking by Lily Jane on Radio One 91FM Dunedin

INTERVIEW: Reuben Scott from Salt Water Criminals chatting new single ‘Apprenticeship' & upcoming album 'Sit Tight Spin Out' by Lily Jane on Radio One 91FM Dunedin

INTERVIEW: The Broken Heartbreakers on new album, first in over a decade: 'Imagine If We Could Just Keep Driving' by Lily Jane on Radio One 91FM Dunedin

An interview with the host of Nana Nature, Namrata Chand as she shares her journey from growing up on a sugarcane farm in Fiji to becoming a marine scientist and researcher in Dunedin. She reflects on family, migration, education, Cyclone Winston, and the memories with her grandparents that inspired her new podcast, exploring how nature and the people who came before us shape who we become. This show was broadcast on OAR 105.4FM Dunedin - http://oar.org.nz

INTERVIEW: Rayne Walsh from Dunedin Thunder on Fri/Sat Ice Hockey Games & Supporting HeartKidsNZ by Hunter Jolly on Radio One 91FM Dunedin

INTERVIEW: Emily Esplin on second single 'PARANOIA' by Hunter Jolly on Radio One 91FM Dunedin

INTERVIEW: Leader of the opposition MP Chris Hipkins on Labour's 2026 Election Policies by Lily Jane on Radio One 91FM Dunedin

INTERVIEW: Fen Ikner on release of long lost post-hardcore 'Knife Crazy' record by Lily Jane on Radio One 91FM Dunedin

Swearing. Most of us do it. Unless you're a Bishop (or maybe they do it in private, too?). Especially in New Zealand. We all know what a GC is and it's nothing to do with the white sandy beaches of Queensland. You don't say them in front of mum, and you shouldn't shout them in anger at people, unless they really deserve it. But have you noticed the media's obsession with calling out people for swearing, lately? Exhibit A: furious Benji Marshall's (Wests Tigers coach) expletive-laden presser. The media had been saying he was in a spat with a now former player, and they were at war, etcetera, etcetera, etcetera. None of which, according to Benji, was true. So, he responds and they say he's ranting and swearing and 'going nuclear'. Isn't that what they used to call gaslighting? Then there was Winston Peters... Media called that one a foul-language outburst. How can a word so many people use be so offensive or worthy of mention? Christine Fletcher, Auckland Council, complains about swearing in the council chambers. The Dunedin council boss was done for swearing about councillors and calling them bad words behind their backs. Who hasn't done that? The truth is most Kiwis don't mind, occasionally. Too much and you sound like trash. Too little you sound too cautious. Directed in anger? Never a good idea and should not happen at work. The obsession with people using it from time to time, especially in the age of the internet where people do and say what they want? Waste of f***ing time. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

INTERVIEW: Ardon England chats single 'WHA MA RĀ' & Three-part Te Reo Project by Lily Jane on Radio One 91FM Dunedin

ON TODAYS PROGRAM… TOTO WAS SO HAPPY WITH THE SAFETY CAR FINISH AT SILVERSTONE! MAX TO MCLAREN WILL NEVER HAPPEN! WHAT ABOUT MAX FOLLOWING ADRIAN NEWEY TO ASTON MARTIN?? AND NOW……. WE HAVE… FERNANDO GOING TO ALPINE AND FLAVIO…RIDICULOUS X3 THIS WEEK'S NASIR HAMEED CORNER WE HAVE: A MOMENT IN MOTORSPORTS HISTORY…INTERVIEW WITH HOWDEN GANLEY ONE OF THE ORIGINAL EMPLOYEES AT MCLAREN!! WE DO NEED YOUR CONTRIBUTIONS TO KEEP THIS PROGRAM ON THE AIR JUST CLICK ON THE SUPPORT F1W TAB ON THE FRONT PAGE YOU KNOW YOU WANT TO! howden ganley... Born in 1941 in Hamilton, New Zealand, Howden Ganley's youthful ambitions were to either race yachts or play for the All Blacks New Zealand Rugby team. However, after attending 1955's New Zealand Grand Prix with his father and brother his ambitions changed and he set his goal on racing in Formula 1. After leaving school, he became a reporter for a newspaper and wrote a column for a magazine and once he obtained his license he raced in local events in his Mother's Morris Minor. He progressed to a Lotus Eleven but in order to fund his racing ambitions he was doing three jobs, on a construction site during the day, waiting tables in a restaurant at night then pumping gas at weekends. Once he obtained the Lotus he entered it for 1961's New Zealand GP at Ardmore and he won his class in the sports car race plus a race for New Zealand drivers only. He went on to race for two seasons though in a wet race at Dunedin his car finished up wrapped round a telegraph pole but he was fortunately uninjured. He eventually moved to the UK and began a career as a mechanic, becoming involved with Mike Moseley, who was planning on producing a road car called the Falcon 515. Once he helped get the car into production he would be allowed to build a lightweight version and race it. A friend, John Muller, helped him and he said the two shared a “bedsit over a railway line, ice on the inside of the window, single light socket hanging from the ceiling. There was a coin-slot meter, but we just plugged everything into that one light socket, because that was free, and put a six-inch nail across the fuse box.” From here he moved on and joined the Gemini Formula Junior team, as a mechanic and driver. He competed in his first single seater race at Goodwood and following this was the Nurburgring (finishing 14th out of 41 starters) but the team later lost their sponsorship and folded. He then became involved with the Talon F3 car but then came an offer from Bruce McLaren and he became one of the first employees of Bruce McLaren Motor Racing, working alongside Wally Wilmott, Tyler Alexander and Eoin Young in “a shed in New Malden full of earth-moving equipment: dirt floor, work bench, vice, set of welding bottles, a hacksaw and a file.” When asked by Tyler and Wally ‘Why are you here?', and telling them he was a mechanic, they told him “No you're not. We don't know whether you can thread a nut on the end of a bolt. You're a gopher.” During this period he worked as crew chief at Drummond Racing for Skip Scott and Peter Revson during the 1966-67 Can-Am season. After purchasing a Brabham BT21, he went on to race for two years in the series then switched to a Chevron B15. Towards the end of 1969's F3 season, despite starting 22nd on the grid at Brands Hatch, he was 11th by the fourth lap, sixth on lap 14 and on the last lap he was fourth after overtaking Francois Cevert in a Tecno. Going into the last corner while fighting another car for third he put a wheel on the grass, which let F.Cevert to get past. However, although he eventually finished fifth he had broken the circuit's F3 lap record at an average of exactly 100mph. His F3 racing then led to F5000 with a McLaren M10B-Chevrolet in 1970 and during the year he finished fourth in Oulton Park's Gold Cup race and finished second in the series to Peter Gethin. McLaren regularly tested the F5000 car at Goodwood and on one occasion Denny Hulme was also there with the Can-Am car. They needed someone to go in the passenger seat and “take the readings on a manometer or something they had in there. And nobody wanted to get in! Bruce asked me to do it. That was pretty entertaining, Denny right on the limit with me taking the readings. It was fantastic for me, because I totally trusted Denny. I also did a little bit of Can-Am testing in the M8.” Howden described Bruce McLaren as “the greatest leader of men I've ever met in my life…he was one of the nicest people, always happy and smiling, even in adversity, cheery, friendly. And he had that amazing ‘can do, will do,' attitude.” His F5000 racing brought him to the attention of the BRM F1 team, who signed him for 1971 and he took a strong fifth place in the Italian GP at Monza and fourth at Watkins Glen while in non-championship races he finished second in Oulton Park's Gold Cup, fourth at Hockenheim and fifth in the Race of Champions. In taking his fifth place at Monza, he was involved in the closest finish in GP history when just 0.61 seconds covered the top five finishers. In the team, he watched the strong competition between Pedro Rodriguez and Jo Siffert “As the new boy I saw their rivalry at first hand. Each was determined to beat the other. If I ever set a faster time than one of them in practice or in a test, the other was always delighted. They each wanted the new kid to put the other down. But they were both just wonderful characters, wonderful blokes.” Racing in sports cars, he had a third place finish in a Can-Am race at Riverside with a BRM P167 and co-drove (with Paddy Driver and Mike Hailwood) to third at the Kyalami 9 Hours with a Chevron B19. At the end of the year he was awarded the Wolfgang von Trips Memorial Trophy, for the best performance by a newcomer to Grand Prix racing. Continuing with the team the following year his best finish was fourth at the Nurburgring but in sports cars he won Interserie races at Nurburgring and Zeltweg with a BRM P167 Chevrolet plus finished second at Le Mans with François Cevert in a Matra-Simca MS670. For 1973 he raced Frank Williams Racing's Iso–Marlboro, with his best results being seventh in Brazil and sixth at Mosport. However, that Canadian GP at Mosport could best be described as one of the most chaotic seen. When the race started, it was raining though it stopped and with the track drying the drivers headed to the pits to change tyres. However a number of drivers had to drive through as there was no space for them to be serviced in the small, busy, pit lane. When Jackie Stewart came in his teammate François Cevert's car was up on jacks and he was waved through to take another lap. Once they were back racing nobody knew exactly where they were in the scoring and after Francois Cevert and Jody Scheckter crashed a safety car was deployed. But the safety car pulled in front of Howden, who people maintained wasn't the leader at the time. But nobody has ever been able to say who was the leader plus nobody was really sure who had won, (was it Howden, Jackie Oliver, Peter Revson, Emerson Fittipaldi, Mike Hailwood or James Hunt?). In the end, the race organizers decided Peter Revson had won, with Emerson Fittipaldi second and Jackie Oliver third. Asked at a later date who actually won, Howden declared it was Emerson Fittipaldi, with himself in third place. He said “My wife (Judy Kondratieff, a U.S. sports car racer who was an SCCA regional champion) was the best keeper of lap charts. It was not unusual for other teams and sometime race organisers to double-check what they had against hers. We went over and over what she had for weeks after that race. There's no doubt that Emerson won, with Jackie Oliver probably second and me probably third. We thought, initially, that I had won but when we checked and rechecked, I was in third. As it dried up, I saw what was happening in the pits, and I said there was no way I was going in there. My teammate, Tim Schenken, had stopped, but I waited till things calmed down. I eventually made a very good stop, and the pit lane was clear; I was in and out. So, off I go again — but I didn't know if anyone had gone by me while I was in the pits.' When he came up behind the safety car, they were telling him he was leading and when it pulled off and continued racing, “Emerson got past and maybe Ollie (Jackie Oliver). But Peter Revson never passed me on the track or while I was in the pits.” His wife Judy took her lap chart to the officials but they weren't interested and Howden was classed as finishing sixth, and given one point. In sports cars that year he was usually paired with Derek Bell in the John Wyer Gulf Mirage and took fifth in the 1000Km Zeltweg, fourth at the Watkins Glen 6 Hours plus second in the Spa 1000 Km race (though with Vern Schuppan). He started 1974 with March in Argentina and Brazil (finishing eighth in Buenos Aires) but then accepted an offer from F1 newcomers Maki. Unfortunately it was a frustrating time as he failed to qualify for the British GP but then sustained serious feet and ankle injuries when the suspension broke during practice at the German GP. He found himself in hospital with Mike Hailwood, who had also crashed, and told how team boss Louis Stanley helped them. He arranged a helicopter flight from the hospital to Cologne then “persuaded British Airways to take two stretchers on a scheduled flight, met us at Heathrow, got us to St Thomas' Hospital and laid on the great Mr Urquart — the surgeon who'd looked after Stirling Moss and John Surtees after their big accidents. Urquart's technique for rebuilding bone was, if you can stand the pain you should walk on it. In 16 days I was hobbling around St Thomas.” It would be nine months before he raced again, ironically returning to the Nurburgring with a Mirage GR7 in the 1000Kms race with Tim Schenken and despite Howden not being able to push the brake pedal properly they finished second. During 1975 he also finished second and third in Interserie races at the Nurburgring and Hockenheim with the Mirage. He then raced in Can-Am before retiring as a driver in 1978 but in that time he formed Tiga Race Cars with Tim Schenken (the name coming from TIm and GAnley). The company built Formula Fords and Sports 2000s, Formula Atlantics, C Sports for America, two Can-Am cars, 33 Group Cs, some Formula Ks for Mexico and Howden said that “by 1986 we'd delivered over 400 cars.” There were also plans to compete in Formula One but the project did not proceed due to sponsorship withdrawal. After Tiga he was elected onto the board of the BRDC, and became a director of Silverstone Circuits and Silverstone Estates as well. He was Club Secretary for a period but after leaving the boards they made him a Vice President. Howden also published an autobiography ‘The Road to Monaco: My Life in Motor Racing' which was described as “an exciting, absorbing and often wryly amusing view of motor racing, from the workshop, the pit wall, the cockpit, and many other vantage points.” Sadly, Howden's wife Judy developed cancer and passed away in 2007.   Peter Hooper Howden Ganley endured a frustrating year driving one of Frank Williams ISO-Marlboro in 1973. His one claim to fame was “leading” the Canadian GP behind the pace car. Unfortunately for Howden, things got even worse in 1974 when the Maki failed and he ended up with serious leg injuries. I always liked the Isos and this drawing was a joy to do.

Tess updates on recent severe weather in the region and the latest with Waitaki's "painful" rates rise.

INTERVIEW: Miss June talking new single 'LIAR' by Lily Jane on Radio One 91FM Dunedin

INTERVIEW: Ammonita on release of debut EP 'Spore' by Maddy Barnes and Sam Smith-Soppet on Radio One 91FM Dunedin

INTERVIEW: Girl and Girl on release of singles 'Hell + It's Dead' by Maddy Barnes on Radio One 91FM Dunedin

INTERVIEW: HOMESICKK? on Japan Tour & Boosted Campaign by Lily Jane on Radio One 91FM Dunedin

Damage caused by the latest heavy rain is continuing this afternoon. Several properties in Oamaru have been evacuated after a landslide, and a number of properties in Dunedin are being evacuated because of slips. Keiller MacDuff reports.

A Ministry of Health investigation into alleged torture and potential human rights abuses at a Dunedin forensic facility for people with intellectual disabilities could take months. Last week the Ombudsman revealed his inspectors had seen some of the worst practices they'd ever observed on Ward 10a at Wakari Hospital. Director of Mental Health for the Ministry of Health, Doctor John Crawshaw spoke to Lisa Owen.

INTERVIEW: Co-Founder Jo Cribb on STILL Minding The Gap July Campaign: Advocating for equal pay in Aotearoa by Lily Jane on Radio One 91FM Dunedin

INTERVIEW: Kvokil releases album "the light of life" by Lily Jane on Radio One 91FM Dunedin

It started with an overgrown bush in Dunedin's Southern Cemetery. Beneath it was a forgotten Chinese headstone and a 142-year-old mystery. After clearing the vegetation researchers have discovered not only was the headstone linked to the wrong man, but there were actually multiple men buried in the same plot. Christchurch historian and researcher Adrienne Shaw has helped piece the story together, and she joins me now.

INTERVIEW: Maté of Living Perfection talking newest EP 'Ovo Je Za Tebe' by Lily Jane on Radio One 91FM Dunedin

Meg, Dan and Cal cover a rain-themed throwback playlist, debate Ella Langley’s viral appeal, and share supermarket stories—from bad parking to the “Ash London” grocery shop hack. They preview Ricky Gervais’ 25th anniversary Office special and discuss dating apps with caller Claudia, a single mum studying social work. Meg recounts confronting a man who cut in at the fishmonger, then the team plays an animal weight “More or Less” game. They award $240 to Shannon for a Cycle Taupō entry, swap infamous school-prank stories, get a Dunedin flood update from Mayor Sophie Barker, dive into flat mate nightmare calls, rank wedding A-listers, and hear animal-destruction tales including Neil the seal.

INTERVIEW: Tīpare talking newly released waiata 'Star Scars' & Matariki by Lily Jane on Radio One 91FM Dunedin

Dunedin Mayor Sophie Barker spoke to John Campbell with an update on weather conditions following a night of heavy rain.

Anisha eats locusts at a food-grade insect farm in Dunedin. Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details

An inspection into a Dunedin forensic facility for people with intellectual disabilities has found 'some of the worst practices observed' according to the Chief Ombudsman. The office carried out an inspection of ward 10A at Wakari Hospital under the crimes of torture act. It found compelling evidence of punitive and coercive treatment at the world, with some people subjected to prolonged restraint or long term seclusion. Chief Ombudsman John Allen spoke to Lisa Owen.

Forsyth Barr stadium in Dunedin has a new face at the helm. Phil King is taking over as CEO of Dunedin Venues Management Limited, the organisation that owns the stadium. He told Heather du Plessis-Allan that his priority is, 'sort of focusing on our own strengths and delivering a bulletproof wide Dunedin business case to partners and promoters'. LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

David Kilgour in conversation with David Eastaugh https://www.amazon.co.uk/Clean-Dreamlife-Need-Rubber-Soul/dp/1627311831 The Clean was a New Zealand indie rock band formed in Dunedin in 1978. They have been described as the most influential band to come from the Flying Nun label, which recorded many artists associated with the "Dunedin sound", and one of the first bands to be described as "indie rock". Led by brothers Hamish and David Kilgour, the band rotated through a number of musicians before settling on their well-known and longest running line-up with Robert Scott. Their name comes from a character from the movie Free Ride called Mr. Clean.

There are long-term benefits for an early childhood programme pushing oral language skills before school. The Government's widening access to ENRICH to a further 450 centres – with practical tools to increase toddler-teacher communication. Education Minister Erica Stanford says the Dunedin trial was a success and has the backing of three decades of evidence. She told Mike Hosking this particular programme is really easy to implement and the professional development is straightforward. The Education Minister is also stressing that there must be societal change around the way young people use social media. Australia is pushing ahead with tougher penalties for tech companies after evidence that county's ban has had little effect. Last month the UK Prime Minister also announced it will pursue an under-16s ban on platforms like TikTok, Instagram, and Snapchat. Stanford told Hosking a ban here won't be a silver bullet straight away. She says the Government's watching Australia's implementation to make sure New Zealand's approach is more effective. LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

INTERVIEW: River from Debt Club chats new single 'Brand New Lovers' by Lily Jane on Radio One 91FM Dunedin

In part two, are staff at the Ministry of Social Development being incentivised by KPIs to turn people down from emergency accomodation? Then, choo choo! All aboard the science train in Dunedin these school holidays. A six-carriage train will provide a jam-packed schedule of science workshops as it chugs through Taieri Gorge.

INTERVIEW: Evie Bamford confronts body dysmorphia on vulnerable new track 'Daily Bread' by Lily Jane on Radio One 91FM Dunedin

INTERVIEW: Writer & Creator Max Griffin on NZ webseries 'Please Don't Break Anything: The First Night' by Lily Jane on Radio One 91FM Dunedin

INTERVIEW: Young Enterprise Student Fleur de Clifford on Loop Lead, a Product Looking to Reduce E-waste in the Music Industries by Lily Jane on Radio One 91FM Dunedin

INTERVIEW: Comedian Urzila Carlson on new touring show ‘Fatty On A Yacht' by Lily Jane on Radio One 91FM Dunedin

For 30 June 2026, The First Martyrs of the See of Rome, based on Matthew 8:23-27, sent in from Dunedin, New Zealand.

We head to the home of a minor league baseball team, who just released its rain delay themed uniforms.

Tess talks about the rates row in Waitaki, Dunedin Council's battles with options for the flood prone south of the city, Tuhura Otago Museum is among those calling for a dedicated fund for cultural institutions and the newish postmistress of Central Otago's historic Ophir Post Office.

The trade in collectable cards is gathering momentum in New Zealand, with a card market held in Dunedin at the weekend. For many its a hobby, but earlier this year a Pokemon collectable card sold for more than $16 million USD on the international market. Balclutha dad, Justin Knight and his two sons were at the card market, and he spoke to Lisa Owen.