White Silence: Recent Episodes
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GOLD MEDAL, NEW YORK FESTIVALS RADIO AWARDS 2020. A Stuff/RNZ podcast about the Erebus Disaster and what happened next. Produced by Michael Wright and Katy Gosset.
Episode 8: Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern speaks to White Silence about her decision to say sorry to the families of the Erebus victims: “It all built a picture for me of unfinished business, and that wasn't right".
Episode 7: 40 years on, the Erebus tragedy is not forgotten. New Zealanders come forward to share their own stories of the country's deadliest disaster. By Katy Gosset and Michael Wright.
Episode 6: 40 years later, there is still no consensus on what happened. Why has New Zealand been so unable to deal with this disaster? Produced by Katy Gosset and Michael Wright.
Episode 5: When the Mahon Report landed in 1981, the country was ready for its first big conspiracy theory. Produced by Katy Gosset and Michael Wright.
Episode 4: 'An orchestrated litany of lies'. Justice Peter Mahon's words would prove the making of him and the ruin. Produced by Katy Gosset and Michael Wright.
Episode 3: With the pilots' reputations in tatters, a second investigation unearths appalling mistakes and a sensational new theory for what caused the crash. Produced by Katy Gosset and Michael Wright.
257 people were dead. Whose fault was it? investigators sift through the evidence and come to a shocking conclusion. White Silence. No Survivors. No answer. Never-ending. Episode 2. Whose fault was it? Investigators sift through the evidence and reach a shocking conclusion. By Katy Gosset and Michael Wright.
On November 28, 1979, an Air New Zealand DC10 took off from Auckland Airport on a sightseeing trip to Antarctica. It never returned. What do the families remember of that fateful day? White Silence. No survivors. No answer. Never-ending. Stuff and RNZ's new podcast - White Silence. Episode 1. November 28, 1979. An Air New Zealand DC10 takes off on a sightseeing trip to Antarctica. It never returns. By Katy Gosset and Michael Wright.
Stuff and RNZ's new podcast - White Silence. It was meant to be a once in a lifetime experience. But an Air New Zealand sightseeing flight to Antarctica ends in tragedy, killing 257 people. And the accusations, regrets and intrigues continue to this day. By Katy Gosset and Michael Wright.