Navigation for Sections
Plays & Stories
Featured stories for Plays & Stories
More than mere memoir
Renée is a hugely influential force in New Zealand theatre, feminism and social justice. In this, her 90th year she records some selections from her patchwork memoir.
-
Billy Bird lands in the Listen Anytime Library
29 Nov 2018"Emma Neale's Billy Bird is a magnificent book. It’s sad, and happy, and funny, and brutal ... there were so many times when I thought ‘Exactly!’ and ‘How can I explain what this writing does to you?’ ... Writing this wonderful is unusual and rare, though it sometimes happens when poets turn to prose." - Sarah Foster
-
A stunning tale of a boy and a whale
1 Oct 2018Will Jackson is hiding out, a city boy reluctantly staying with his uncle in small town New Zealand. He finds young abandoned orca and his life is further thrown into chaos, when he rallies to help protect it against hostile, threatening interests.
-
My Father's Island - the life of a brilliant, driven and sometimes cruel father
2 Jul 2018Adam Dudding's personal and moving account is a stunning start to the renaissance of the popular book readings online and on Nine to Noon.
Series & Collections
-
Go Ahead Caller
It's Ken Oath, the voice of reason - cutting the crap with a heart of gold
-
Short Stories
Single short stories and multi-episode stories from freelance writers and published collections.
-
Short-Episode Drama Series
Dramatic plays in short-episode form.
-
Comedy and Satire
Current and past funny stuff - short series.
-
The Listen Anytime Library
Adapted novels, biographies, travelogues and more.
-
The Reading
New Zealand novels, short stories and short dramas adapted by RNZ. Broadcast every weekday around 10:45am on Nine to Noon.
-
Children's Treasure Chest
The Treasure Chest has been updated! Click the 'View now' button above to get to the new searchable STORYTIME!
-
Major Plays
Full-length audio plays - drama and comedy
-
Not For Children
Young Adult books and stories – parental guidance advised.
-
New Shorts
Short plays by emerging writers and writers new to audio drama.
-
Encore - the Story of New Zealand theatre
The past, present and future of theatre in Aotearoa.
-
Shakespeare & Co
Monologues, scenes, sonnets and stuff from Shakespeare and other classic writers
-
Demetri Martin: my spirit animal is the turtle
18 Apr 2019American comedian Demetri Martin is a dexterous and distinctive performer who's delivered his special brand of deadpan stand-up to audiences around the world. He speaks to Wallace Chapman about comedy… Video, Audio
-
Nick Gibbs: Explaining Autism through comedy
15 Apr 2019Comedian Nick Gibbs life has turned his exploration of autism and how it is understood in wider society into a new comedy show "High, Functioning Autistic" Audio
-
The return of the Ngaio Marsh Theatre
14 Apr 2019The old Ngaio Marsh theatre at the University of Canterbury was one of the many casualties of the earthquakes.The Student Association is encouraging people who performed on stage or helped out behind… Audio
-
Understanding Neanderthals and our relationship to them
Ella Al-Shamahi is an archaeologist, palaeoanthropologist and Neanderthal specialist, and also a stand-up comic. She almost exclusively works "in places hard to get insurance" including Iraq and… Audio
-
Toddler locks Dad's iPad & what are janties?
12 Apr 2019The week that was with Te Radar & Pinky Agnew. They will explain what janties are, and whether they'd be game to wear them. Also a toddler tinkering with their father's iPad, resulted in the device… Audio
-
Fawlty Towers most loved
11 Apr 2019Fawlty Towers has topped a list of the UK's favourite sitcoms. Other favourite shows are Father Ted, Blackadder and Dads Army. Audio
-
The week that was
5 Apr 2019Comedians Te Radar and Irene Pink with tales of a cantankerous swan and a suggestion that artist Edvard Munch's Scream isnt screaming!. Audio
-
Adam New Zealand Play Award
31 Mar 2019This weekend sees the awarding of the prestigious Adam New Zealand Play Awards. Lynn Freeman announces the results, and talks to the winner live in the Wellington. (The results are embargoed until… Audio
-
Hannah Molloy checks out the Dunedin Fringe Festival
The Dunedin Fringe Festival kicked off a week ago and is still in full fling! Theatreview's Hannah Molloy has been checking out the international and local acts. Audio
-
Matt Parker on the not-so-serious side of mathematics
24 Mar 2019Many people get put off maths at a young age and think they're no good at it, but none of we humans are much good at maths, even though it underpins modern society, says mathematician and… Video, Audio
-
Rebecca Vaughan - Orlando
23 Mar 2019Actor and playwright Rebecca Vaughan has appeared in film, television and on stage. her celebrated solo shows with colleague Elton Townend-Jones include Austen's Women, Dalloway and Jane Eyre: An… Audio
-
Stageplay imagines a lost Tuvalu
A stage play about Tuvalu lost to rising seas aims to give Tuvaluans strength as they contemplate the future. So says its creator, a New Zealander of Tuvaluan and Samoan heritage, who's dream is to… Audio
-
John Smythe on the Wellington Fringe Festival
20 Mar 2019John Smythe has picked 6 shows that give a good taste of quality Fringe fare. He says since Friday, many of the shows have found ways of expressing solidarity with the Muslim community. Audio
-
Conan O'Brien Needs A Friend: Jeff Goldblum
16 Mar 2019The US talkshow host Conan O'Brien worked as a comedy writer for Saturday Night Live and on The Simpsons before getting his own show back in 1993. In November he started his podcast 'Conan O'Brien… Audio
-
Social media outage - don't call 111!
15 Mar 2019The week that was with Te Radar and Irene Pink, with the 'emergency' which sparked a warning from Canterbury police for people not to dial 111 to report the outage affecting Facebook, Instagram and… Audio
-
The Worst Sitcom Ever Made: Episode one
13 Mar 2019Kiwi TV show 'Melody Rules' came out in the 90s and is widely regarded as one of worst sitcoms ever made. But just how bad was it? Geoff Houtman – one of the show's original writers – embarks on a… Audio
-
Aussie spiders & Loch Ness Monster sightings!
8 Mar 2019Comedians Te Radar and Melanie Bracewell have bad news for arachnophobes, Three new species of spiders have been discovered in Australia. And a dark L-shaped object has been recently sighted twice in… Audio
-
New Zealand's secret lesbian summer camps
6 Mar 2019Did you know that New Zealand was home to secret lesbian summer camps in the 1970s and 1980s? Audio
