Gareth Thomas
Gareth Thomas from Goodshirt
Goodshirt holds a special place in New Zealand's music history - a band that, in the early 2000s, carved out a quirky and unmistakable identity in the power pop landscape, and Gareth Thomas from… Audio
Music reviewer Grant Smithies
Mysterious London collective Sault has put out four albums over the past 18 months, two of them double LPs. We'll hear two tracks from the band today, alongside a single from bedroom pop auteur Gareth… Audio
Ex Goodshirt
Two decades after Goodshirt climbed to pop success, William Dart catches up with new music from two of its band members, Gareth Thomas and Rodney Fisher. Video, Audio
Goodshirt live in session
Rodney and Gareth from Goodshirt join RNZ's Tony Stamp to chat about their appearance on Prime TV's Anthems, and play a few of their classic tunes. Audio
Great New Zealand Album: Good by Goodshirt
Today's Great New Zealand Album dates from 2001. It was the debut release for a four piece Auckland band and spawned three singles, one of them was one of the biggest hits of 2002 and was nominated… Audio
Gareth Thomas' Fizzy Milk
Gareth Thomas has released his second solo album, Fizzy Milk. He's probably best known for writing songs for Goodshirt. He's collaborated with Steve Abel, The Grand Rapids, Bic Runga, Golden Horse and… Audio
Corrections desperate for beds as prison muster keeps rising
Moves are afoot to house men in a jail's gym and build new cells for 60 women, as the inmate population climbs towards 10 thousand. Audio
Mum sees 'ghost' when daughter feared drowned turns up
Trauma turned to elation in Gisborne last night, when a young girl feared drowned turned up alive and well. Audio
Buildings badly damaged at wananga at Otaki
Fire badly damaged part of a library complex and an extension being built at Te Wananaga o Raukawa on the Kapiti Coast last night. Gareth Thomas was at the scene. Audio
On This Day… 24 January 1916
Standing Room Only heads to a variety show from a hundred years ago that sounds like a must see. Audio
Shannon Weaver - Collectors Anonymous
Shannon Weaver has travelled the length and breadth of the country cataloguing our antique and op shops, which are documented in a new book called Collectors Anonymous. Lynn Freeman also talks to RNZ… Audio, Gallery
Diplomat had a sexual motive - judge
A judge has ruled that a disgraced Malaysian diplomat had a sexual motive when he followed and attacked a Wellington woman. Audio
Inspections not ship shape
Maritime New Zealand has reported a deep cut to the number of security and safety inspections carried out on suspect foreign ships. Audio
Three-month medicine dispensing rule under fire
Pharmac's facing calls to re-think its rule giving patients three months' worth of certain medicines in one go. Audio
Five troops sacked for illicit drug taking
The army has sacked five soldiers for taking a powerful hallucinogenic drug called N-bomb on a night out in Palmerston North over Labour Weekend. Audio
Evening Business for 20 November 2015
News from the business sector including a market report. Audio
Checkpoint Top Stories for Friday 20 November 2015
Sikh student mistaken for terrorist over headphones. Lomu family news conference. 'God help New Zealand ' - mother of deportee's victim. Doctor clear to practice though facing stupefying charges… Audio
Checkpoint Top Stories for Wednesday 18 November 2015
The All Black superstar Jonah Lomu dies suddenly. Police charge a man with the murder of the stop-go road worker George Taiaroa and bomb threats force two Air France flights to be diverted. Audio
'Extreme risk' New Zealanders removed from Christmas Island
Seven men the Australian government holds responsible for this week's riots at the Christmas Island detention centre have been removed from the island and flown to a prison in Perth. Audio
Work begins on long-awaited Transmission Gully road
Generations have waited for it, now work is ramping up on Wellington's major new road - Transmission Gully. Audio
