Odyssey
Eve Gordon and Mike Edward - Ithaca
Eve Gordon and Mike Edward are New Zealand's answer to Cirque Du Soleil - their new show Ithaca rewrites Homer's Odyssey and takes it from ancient Greece to outer space. We talk to the duo about their… Audio
Our Own Odysseys: Baggage Handlers' Strike
Car enthusiast Brian Cowan wasn't at all put out when he needed to take an unplanned road trip from Rome to Frankfurt to catch a flight back home to New Zealand. Audio
Our Own Odysseys - Shanghai Expo
In 2010, Jenny Chu found herself working at the World Expo 2010 in Shanghai. Audio
A Silent Odyssey
Homer's Odyssey without words - with The Paper Cinema's artistic director and puppeteer Nicholas Rawling. Audio
Our Own Odysseys - A year in Romania
In 2001 Trevor Landers was in Romania teaching as a Visiting Fellow at the University in Timisoara. Audio
Our Own Odysseys - Back of the Pack
Marathon travel specialist Judy Wolff is a "wogger" (walker and jogger) who has participated in both the New York City marathon and the Great Wall half marathon in China. Audio
Our Own Odysseys - Alaskan Adventure
Kirsten Rødsgaard-Mathiesen once found herself the only woman on a wilderness trip camping down the Kodiak River fishing for salmon and dodging grizzly bears. Audio
Our Own Odysseys - Dad's Ashes
We travel back to the early 1980's with Avice McKenzie and venture to Mason's Bay on the west coast of Stewart Island to spread the ashes of her dad at his turangawaewae. Audio
Our Own Odysseys - Hike For Hearts
Inspired by pioneer length of New Zealand walker A. H. Reed, 50-year-young grannie Linda Donaldson is living life without regrets, like by walking Te Araroa Trail and raising funds toward… Audio
Our Own Odysseys - Country In Every Continent
Claire Insley also known as Rainbow Claire, has more or less visited a country in every continent, and along the way has managed to witness a fight between a polar bear and a walrus. Audio
Our Own Odysseys - Freight Passenger
For one memorable summer month, Sandy Myhre decided to see another side of the Mediterranean by travelling as a piece of 'freight' on the large Italian ship Grande Ellande. Audio