A Forgotten History
Episodes
Friends and Allies
06 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
After the manhunt, the police investigation, the political back and forth, and the 'trial of the century', the big questions remain - who was really r...
Not Her Real Name
30 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
As the biggest trial NZ has ever seen approaches, the fallout from the bombing comes to a head for French politicians, spies are betrayed, tensions ra...
Fire in the Sky
23 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The legacy of French nuclear testing in the Pacific goes well beyond the Rainbow Warrior. In Tahiti, we explore the lasting impacts of the testin...
Lawman
16 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
With Mafart and Prieur in custody, NZ Police turn their attention towards finding the rest of the crew, but politics come into play as French lie...
Liberty, Equality, Radioactivity
09 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The police investigation into the bombing turns into the biggest manhunt in New Zealand history, while the French duo at the centre of the investigati...
Shadow Warriors
09 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Shortly after midnight on July 10th 1985, two bombs went off in Auckland's harbour. The man who bombed the Rainbow Warrior reveals why they did it, an...
Season 3: Rainbow Warrior - A Forgotten History
06 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
40 years ago, two bombs went off in Auckland's harbour when French agents targeted a Greenpeace ship. It was meant to be a warning against anti-nuclea...
The Long Shadow
11 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
By the time Terry Clark is sentenced to jail in 1981, the Mr Asia syndicate is nearing its end, its best years fading into memory. But while it may ha...
Lady Justice
04 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Mr Asia - Marty Johnstone - is dead. The justice system comes for Terry Clark and Andy Maher, and the syndicate is brought down by women. For a ...
The End of the Party
25 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Late 1978: Halloween sees Terry Clark face the courts, Christmas Day sees the gang's couriers cross paths with the police, and the clock is ticking fo...
High Time
18 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The Mr Asia syndicate expands, and the Australian market goes to the next level. But as the gang lives the high life, the murders begin - and has Terr...
Seven Months in a Leaky Boat
18 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In 1975, a massive shipment of marijuana and a chaotic trip to Thailand lays the groundwork for Marty Johnstone and his gang to move into heroin - and...
When Terry Met Marty
18 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In 1974, when Marty Johnstone and Terry Clark met for the first time, there was no knowing then how big their enterprise would become. Or how violentl...
Season 2: Mr Asia - A Forgotten History
04 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In the 1970s, the Mr Asia drug syndicate was one of the largest sellers of heroin in the world. The group began in New Zealand, with two men at its ce...
Memorials and Memories
31 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this bonus episode of Tangiwai: A Forgotten History, we head back to the scene of the accident as the 70th anniversary is marked in an official cer...
Never Again
18 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
70 years since Tangiwai, in a year where natural disasters once again exposed our poor investments in infrastructure, we ask experts if the country tr...
What If?
15 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
With the information we've learned from authorities and locals, Hamish looks at what would happen if the Tangiwai disaster was to happen today, and ho...
Near Miss
11 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
As the years passed, Tangiwai slipped into memory. That's until Mt Ruapehu erupted again in the mid-90s, prompting panic throughout the region - and w...
Legacy
08 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
1950s New Zealand did their best to put Tangiwai behind them, with rapid repairs and a quick inquiry. Did the inquiry provide the answers the country ...
The Day After
04 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
On Christmas Day, the small nation of New Zealand - hosting the Queen and Prince Philip at the time - awoke to news of the horrific tragedy that was i...
Christmas Eve
01 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
New Zealand's worst ever rail disaster occurred at 10:21pm, Christmas Eve, 1953. We explore the unfortunate series of events that led to Ka 949 plungi...
Trailer - Tangiwai: A Forgotten History
27 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
New episodes of Tangiwai: A Forgotten History are out Saturdays and Tuesdays in December. The series has been made with the support from NZ on Air. S...