White Silence

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  Trailer: Quarantine Nation 03.03.2026 3min

  A lethal virus. A drastic lockdown. A nation turned upside down.  From the makers of acclaimed podcasts The Commune, True Story and Witi Underwater, this eight-part narrative series revisits the Covid-19 pandemic with the benefit of hindsight and powerful interviews. Adam Dudding and Eugene Bingham delve into what really happened – and what it taught us about ourselves.  Subscribe to "Quarantine Nation" wherever you get your podcasts, or follow the links here: https://linktr.ee/quarantinenation Made with the support of NZ on Air for Stuff by Te Pūrongo Productions. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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  Episode Eight - The Apology 19.12.2019 33min

  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.” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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  Episode Seven - Playing Through 27.11.2019 40min

  A special bonus episode of White Silence for November 28 - the anniversary of the Erebus disaster. Bringing together stories from listeners like Air NZ staff who had to work through the tragedy, a teenager's 40-year trauma finally brought to a close and an unlikely golf tournament played in the shadow of Erebus. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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  Episode Six - White Silence 12.11.2019 55min

  40 years after the Erebus disaster, there is still no national memorial to the victims and no consensus on exactly what happened that day in 1979. Why has New Zealand been so hopelessly unable to deal with its worst-ever disaster? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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  Episode Five - New World Order 11.11.2019 46min

  In 1981, New Zealand was changing. The baby boomers had come of age, and the South African rugby tour was about to tear the country apart. When the Mahon report landed right in the middle of this, the country was ready for its first big conspiracy theory. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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  Episode Four - The Lovesong of J Alfred Prufrock 10.11.2019 48min

  ‘An orchestrated litany of lies’ is ingrained into New Zealand’s collective consciousness. Justice Peter Mahon didn’t have to say that, but he did. It would prove the making of him, and the ruin. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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  Episode Three - All hell 09.11.2019 54min

  With the pilots’ reputations in tatters, a second investigation into the crash unearths appalling mistakes and a sensational new theory for what caused the crash. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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  Episode Two - The caravan 08.11.2019 55min

  Whose fault was it? Investigators sift through the evidence and reach a shocking conclusion. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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  Episode One - The break-in 07.11.2019 38min

  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? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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  White Silence - Trailer 06.11.2019 2min

  On November 28, 1979, an Air New Zealand airliner took off from Auckland Airport on a sightseeing trip to Antarctica. There were 257 people on board. Hours later everyone was dead. Somehow, the plane had flown directly into the Erebus volcano. This was a disaster that shattered a country’s psyche. In White Silence, Michael Wright and Katy Gosset explore why New Zealand’s deadliest disaster was also its most controversial; why a nation was incapable of moving on; and why it was captured by one famous phrase: ‘an orchestrated litany of lies’. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices