• Eyewitness

  • By: RNZ
  • Podcast

  • Summary

  • What it’s like to come face-to-face with history.
    (C) Radio New Zealand 2024
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Episodes
  • Face-off with a Great White
    Sep 29 2021
    Is this what it's like to die? This was one of the thoughts drifting through sixteen year old Barry Watkins mind as he clung on to the edge of his brand new surfboard. In a story of terror and survival Barry recalls what it was like to come face-to-face with a great white - the fifth shark attack in Dunedin history.
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    21 mins
  • Sir Bryan Williams - altering rugby history
    Sep 23 2021
    Rugby legend Sir Bryan Williams made All Blacks rugby history as the first player of Pasifika blood to play in Apartheid-era South Africa in the early 1970s. He talks to Sonia Yee about the cultural obstacles and challenges heading into the three-month tour, what it meant for Black South Africans and why he's advocating for Pasifika players today through Moana Pasifika.
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    22 mins
  • Inside the Controversial North Beach Zoo
    Sep 15 2021
    Not much is known of the suburban zoo that was once situated in Christchurch's North Beach. But those who visited recall eyeing up a mysterious crocodile in a small glass enclosure. In this episode of Eyewitness, Sonia Yee uncovers some myths, and finds out why it has left many with a mix of wonder and bewilderment.
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    18 mins

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