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Episodes and Stories 16
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NZ Story - Lance O'Sullivan
Season 1 , Episode 8When Dr Lance O'Sullivan saw children who were getting sick because a trip to the doctor was too expensive, he set up clinics to get free health checks. -
NZ Story - Sue McCauley Still Crazy After All These Years
Season 1 , Episode 2In the early 1970s 33-year-old Pakeha journalist Sue McCauley began a relationship with troubled Maori teen Pat Hammond, which raised many conservative eyebrows. -
NZ Story - Helena McAlpine Living Every Moment
Season 1 , Episode 1Helena McAlpine, who has long lived her life in the fast lane, was diagnosed with terminal breast cancer but it hasn't slowed her down in any way. -
NZ Story - Chloe Phillips-Harris
Season 1 , Episode 12Chloe works full time breaking and training horses, while also cruelty travelling with a charity that seeks to prevent cruelty towards horses. -
NZ Story - Yvette and Nathan Durie
Season 1 , Episode 13Husband and wife Yvette and Nathan Durie run Tu Toa, a school and sports academy in Palmerston North. Where they foster young All Blacks and Silver Ferns. -
NZ Story: Parris Goebel (2014)
Season 1 , Episode 16Parris Goebel is the girl from South Auckland making it on the L.A. music scene, hear her story. -
NZ Story - Harley Thompson One Step = Giant Leap
Season 1 , Episode 4Harley Thompson faced scales that told him he was 240 kilograms. So he went for a walk, then a swim, which eventually led to a small triathlon. -
NZ Story - Lydia Bradey Up On The Roof
Season 1 , Episode 3Sir Edmund Hillary was the first person to summit Mount Everest, but another New Zealander lays claim to an equally enormous feat. In 1988, Lydia Bradey was the first woman to summit Mount Everest without oxygen. -
NZ Story - Sam Johnson Shaken But Stirred
Season 1 , Episode 5Soon after the first earthquake hit Christchurch in September 2010, University student Sam Johnson hit Facebook, and went on to create the now internationally-acclaimed Student Volunteer Army. -
NZ Story - Sol3 Mio Three Voices One Dream
Season 1 , Episode 6Through singing to others, The Pati Brothers and Moses Mackay found their voices and each other, and are now pursuing the same dream: to make it on the world opera stage. -
NZ Story - Mark Staufer The Destiny Project
Season 1 , Episode 7In the 1980s Mark Staufer had it all: a hugely successful radio career, plenty of money, and the promise of a glittering future. But by 1990 he had lost it all, and headed offshore to reinvent himself. -
NZ Story - Jim Morunga
Season 1 , Episode 11Jim Morunga wants to discuss suicide. It's a tapu subject but he believes getting our heads straight means we need to talk more, especially to our kids. -
NZ Story - Denise Arnold
Season 1 , Episode 9Tauranga based mother and lawyer, Denise Arnold, saw images of Cambodian children that disturbed her so much she knew she had to do something. -
NZ Story - Meng Foon
Season 1 , Episode 10When Meng Foon was sworn in as the mayor of Gisbourne in 2001, he was New Zealand's only mayor fluent in Te Reo. Four terms on, he's still the only one. -
NZ Story - Matt McCarten
Season 1 , Episode 15Meet Matt McCarten a kiwi who has a way of convincing people that they could fight and win. The unions, the Alliance and the Maori Party have all benefited from Matt's unique style. -
NZ Story - Lindah Lepou
Season 1 , Episode 14Fa’fafine, Lindah Lepou is an internationally recognised fashion designer, with works at Te Papa, and London’s Victoria and Albert Museum. She tells her story to encourage other fashion hopefuls.
