What did security guard John Cudby and the citizens of Waipukurau encounter early one October morning in 1969? This overlooked New Zealand UFO encounter remains a real mystery.Even the skeptics will be scratching their ...

Born in England in 1911 Hardwicke Knight lived in Dunedin from 1957 – 2008. Amongst his vast travels he told the story of having been the official photographer on a Soviet Russian Expedition up Mount Ararat in 1936. On that expedition he claime...

In January 2014 the office of the N.Z Prime Minister received the following Official Information Request "Is there any evidence to disprove the theory that Mr John Key is in fact a David Icke style shapeshifting reptilian alien ushering hum...

Join me as I recount the seedy world of New Zealand Strip Clubs in the late 1970’s. Specifically those owned by Rainton Hastie. The godfather of Striptease in N.Z. His flagship Pink Pussycat Clubs operated in both Auckland & Christchurch at...

This is the true disturbing - yet bloody funny - story from 1999. In which a Kiwi stapled his penis onto a wooden crucifix in a Christchurch Pub Promo. Thomas Henry’s winning performance in Trader McKendrys Pub Promo dubbed ‘How Far Would You G...

Leo Hannan’s crimes extended way beyond murder. A man even disliked by his fellow criminals. I will catalogue Hannan’s crimes and then how his brutal string of killings was uncovered. Four decades later. Promoted video to watch next...

Hate to be the classmate that breaks the news “Santa Claus isn’t real”. The belief the U.S based libertarian ‘think-tank’ Atlas Network is involved with a whole range of global mischief. On behalf of their corporate masters. Is little more than...

Kiwi perspective to a now forgotten friendly fire incident in WW2. Sinking of the Italian vessel ‘Nino Bixio’ in the Mediterranean August 1942, by British submarine ‘Turbulent’. The ‘Nino Bixio’ and her sister ship Sestriere were ...

 Known for one act of needless brutality. Englishman Lionel Terry (1873-1952) spent more of his life inside New Zealand Mental Asylums that out. Never the less. The well-travelled Terry was a complicated eccentric character. That had his s...

Let’s examine the British South American Airways disappearances of the aircraft ‘Star Tiger’ 1948 & ‘Star Ariel’ 1949. The role their New Zealand pilots played in their demise. Captain Brian McMillan & John McPhee. As well as scrutinisi...

Not all ‘men of the cloth’ sent from England 1820-50. To what was after-all the most remotest mission on the map. New Zealand. Kept it in their pants. When the harshness of the environment became clear. Weren't happy at the ‘agreed’ pay level. ...

The blowhard Irishman Tom Long was New Zealand’s official hangman 1877-1905. This hard-case was also a habitual drunk who ran-up numerous misdemean crimes. More than once ended-up in jail himself. A public menace who got chased out of pubs &...

Listen to the testimonies of the first European visitors & settlers to New Zealand regarding the practice of cannibalism by Maori. Learn that cannibalism in pre-European New Zealand was more widespread than you probably thought was the case...

Three attempts to kill and injure between 1934-35. One of them successful. All of them employing the tempting rouge; an anonymous box of chocolates appearing in the post. Laced with deadly poison. Kicking-off in Blackball 1934.   

At first, observers thought they were dealing with a meteorite. Only when titanium balls began turning-up around Ashburton, Mid Canterbury. It became clear that what they were dealing with. Those space balls. Were manmade. Bits of Russian Venus...

Torty the Mediterranean Tortoise was souvenired by a New Zealand serviceman from Salonika in 1916. Pvt. Stewart Little was in Greece as part of the Allied attempts to sure-up the Serbian Front WW1. Doing invaluable work as part of a medical tea...

Believe you me. The crime of undertaking New Zealand’s largest bank robbery. Is but the starting point for this story. You’ll also hear about betrayal, intimidation, prison breaks, police corruption and even murder.  If you would li...

The suave Brit Jonathan Powell arrived from no-where on-to the Auckland social scene 1998. Going-on to invest ‘family money’ from back home into a yacht charter & luxury car rental businesses. Undertake the multi-million dollar purchase and...

In September 1865. New Zealand’s largest unsolved armed robbery occurred on the West Coast of New Zealand at the peak of the Gold Rush. If you like a good Western. You’ll love this number. Oodles of intrigue.  #wildwest  #west...

Today’s episode I recount the horrendous horrors of the shipwrecked ‘Invercauld’ sailors.  In May of 1864 the Scottish vessel ‘Invercauld’ travelling between Melbourne & Peru sailed directly into Auckland Island in the subantarctic Sou...

One of Hillary’s forgotten expeditions took place between 1960-61. The Himalayan Scientific & Mountain Expedition. Better known as ‘Silver Hut’ due to the confined cabin the scientists & mountaineers occupied 5,800 metres up a remote Ne...

Was the four masted barque ‘Hinemoa’ 1890-1907 cursed virtually from day one? The day she was loaded with ballast sourced from a local graveyard. Simply unlucky? Certainly, had a great many tales to tell. Incompetents at the wheel. Joi...

The fascinating story of one Kiwis obsession. Fight for perceived justice. Has all the goods for a feature film. Money laundering, likeable yet deluded main star, bomb threat, fight to stop a planned road going over your house, court room drama...

The reign of the pseudo religious ‘self-help’ Scientology breakaway called Zenith Applied Philosophy was but a short one. Z.A.P’s territory &  influence confined to just Christchurch, N.Z. Where the term ‘Zapper’ became one of derision...

The fascination with New Zealand’s giant extinct Moa bird shows no sign of slowing down.  This evergreen interest manifesting itself in over 125 years of sightings, hunts and hoaxes. This is a brief history of some of the more memorable.&n...