re_covering
Episodes
Melissa Chan-Green | Til Death
02 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
After his bride’s death just hours after their wedding, a devastated groom struggles to process his grief. Five years later, he turns to Melissa Cha...
Jack Tame | Trump's Rise to Power
26 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Standing at Hillary Clinton’s election night ‘victory’ party in 2016, Jack Tame realised the real winner was elsewhere. Donald Trump’s rise to...
Amanda Gillies | An Angel in Te Kuiti
19 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Amanda Gillies was on the way to an interview when she got a call confirming Newshub’s closure. Despite the shock, she continued on – and in the t...
Tommy Livingston | Trials and Tribulations
12 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A late-night dispute ended in tragedy when a young man killed his abusive father. Tommy Livingston’s sensitive reporting of the ensuing murder trial...
Lloyd Burr | The Pike River Report
05 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
As politicians lost interest in seeking a resolution for the Pike River families, Lloyd Burr took up their cause. His tireless reporting exposed injus...
Dana Johannsen | The System that Broke Olivia Podmore
29 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The death of Olympic cyclist Olivia Podmore confirmed warnings journalist Dana Johannsen had long been hearing about the mental health risks for elite...
Jonathan Milne | Hiding from Nazis
22 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Sixty years after the Battle of Crete, a Kiwi WWII veteran travelled back to Greece to find the family of the men who sheltered him from Nazi soldiers...
Te Aniwa Hurihanganui | Treaty Principles Bill
15 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
When Te Aniwa Hurihanganui received a leaked document revealing details about the Government’s ill-fated Treaty Principles Bill, it sparked a politi...
Elesha Gordon | How Are You, Really?
13 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
When Elesha Gordon opened up publicly about her workplace anxiety, she discovered many other journalists in the same boat. Now she’s leading Media C...
Heather du Plessis-Allan | Locked Down, Left Behind
06 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Struck by the disconnect between Wellington bureaucrats and frustrated Aucklanders stuck in Covid lockdown, Heather du-Plessis Allan held the country’...
Abigail Dougherty | Terror in the Garden City
30 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
When the call came in about a mass shooting, visual journalist Abigail Dougherty jumped on the first plane to Christchurch. The images she captured po...
Shayne Currie | A Tribute to Jodi
23 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
As broadcaster Simon Barnett came to terms with his wife Jodi’s fatal illness, Shayne Currie came alongside the family to tell their story. His tend...
Indira Stewart | The Hidden Cost of Poverty
16 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
As politicians argued about solutions to poverty during the election cycle, Indira Stewart took the discourse to street level, giving a voice to teens...
Lisette Reymer | The Human Face of War
08 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
When Russia launched its invasion of Ukraine, Lisette Reymer risked her own safety to report from the frontline. Her empathetic, award-winning coverag...
Aaron Smale | The Terrible Legacy of Lake Alice
01 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
A surprise phone call from a sister Aaron Smale never knew existed led to an investigation into state abuse. His questions would ultimately result in ...
Mark Crysell | A Stopover in North Korea
25 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
With decades of experience as one of New Zealand’s most prominent television journalists, Mark Crysell recounts gaining unprecedented access to foll...
Cameron Bennett | The New Zealand Wars
16 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
After decades as one of the country's best-known journalists, Cameron Bennett took on a unique new challenge: to educate the nation on the New Zealand...
Anna Burns-Francis | The Right to Work
09 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
As fast-food workers suffered under the indignity of zero-hour contracts, Anna Burns-Francis stepped up to tell their stories. Her tireless reporting ...
Simon Wilson | The Cancer Diaries
02 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
A shock diagnosis forced Simon Wilson to come to terms with his own mortality. Rather than let it derail his work, the veteran journalist made the bol...
Anusha Bradley | A Breach of Privacy
25 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
As stories tumbled out about ACC's handling of sensitive client data, Anusha Bradley was there holding the agency to account. Her award-winning covera...
Michael Morrah | The Heavy Toll of War
18 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Plunged into lawless South Sudan in 2017, Michael Morrah overcame danger and personal trauma to report on the brutal realities of life in the wartorn ...
Olivia Shivas | Cruelty in Care
11 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
A wheelchair user all her life, Olivia Shivas' coverage on people with disabilities suffering horrific abuse in care hit uncomfortably close to home. ...
Justin Latif | Occupying Ihumātao
04 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Long before it made national headlines, Justin Latif faced an uphill battle to convince his bosses the occupation of Ihumātao was worth covering. The...
Barbara Dreaver | Measles Outbreak in Samoa
28 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
During the 2019 measles outbreak in Samoa Barbara Dreaver reported on an ill-equipped healthcare system, complex tensions between traditional and west...
Susie Ferguson | Stepping into the Unthinkable
30 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Through the telling of one couple's devastating story, Susie Ferguson lifted the lid on the grief suffered by the hundreds of Kiwi families who lose a...
Moana Maniapoto & Hikurangi Jackson | Ganglands
24 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Disheartened by one-dimensional coverage of gangs in Pākehā media, Moana Maniapoto and Hikurangi Jackson set about delving into the issue themselves...
Barry Soper | Breakfast with Mandela
16 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Having joined the press gallery as its youngest member in 1980, Barry Soper is set to depart this year one of its veterans. Four decades and ten Prime...
Mike McRoberts | On the Frontline in Gaza
09 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
As missiles rained down on Gaza in 2014, Mike McRoberts lobbied his 3 News bosses to get him to the frontline. The trauma of witnessing destruction on...
Mihingarangi Forbes & Annabelle Lee-Mather | A Question of Trust
02 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
An expose into Te Kohanga Reo Trust by Mihingarangi Forbes and Annabelle Lee-Mather led to their acrimonious exit from Māori Television. The duo boun...
Garth Bray | Chasing Hone in Alice Springs
26 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
A surprise phone call handed Garth Bray a huge scoop as media scrambled to find a runaway Hone Harawira in Australia. His journey to Alice Springs and...
Carmen Parahi | Our day of reckoning
19 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Dismayed by how Māori were being portrayed in the media, Carmen Parahi nearly gave up on journalism for good. Instead, she channelled her frustration...
Rachel Smalley | A patch in the Beqaa Valley
12 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
When covering the Syrian refugee crisis, Rachel Smalley translated overwhelming statistics of tragedy into stories of living, breathing people. Years ...
Alison Mau | New Zealand’s #metoo reckoning
09 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
When Alison Mau launched a nationwide project to support victims of workplace sexual abuse and harassment in sharing their stories, critics wondered i...
Patrick Gower | The price of a miracle
23 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Cystic fibrosis is a death sentence for those who suffer with it. Encountering their experience, and the miracle drug that's just out of reach, change...
Jared Savage | The tragedy of Marie Harlick
01 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
What started out as a seemingly straightforward but tragic homicide story for investigative journalist Jared Savage turned into a heart-breaking expos...
Miriama Kamo | Abuse in care
18 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In the 1960s and 70s, children as young as eight were placed in Porirua Psychiatric Hospital alongside the most mentally unwell adults. In 2005, Miria...
Jehan Casinader | How Harry was let down by our mental health system
04 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
As Jehan Casinader reported on the tragic suicide of a Christchurch teenager, Jehan's own mental health was privately crumbling as he'd recently begun...
Guyon Espiner | Auckland Women’s Prison
21 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
When breaking the news of horrific treatment of prisoners at Auckland Women's Prison, Guyon Espiner came face to face with a deeper story, of personal...
Joy Reid | The Christchurch Quake
07 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Joy Reid nearly gave up journalism while struggling with PTSD after covering the Christchurch earthquakes, but went on to her dream role as the Europe...
Paula Penfold | Genocide in Xinjiang
23 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Veteran journalist Paula Penfold has chosen to discuss her most recent documentary, Deleted, where Paula and her team at Stuff Circuit investigated th...
What's this all about Frank?
23 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
There's always more to a news story than what you see, so throughout this series, Rev Frank Ritchie will be sitting down with journalists to unpack th...