All Seasons

Season 1

  • S01E01 Trapped on Nauru

    • November 16, 2018
    • TVNZ

    In the first of a new series, TVNZ's John Campbell asks why Nauru has become a kind of penal colony.

  • S01E02 Is China interfering in NZ’s political system?

    • November 16, 2018
    • TVNZ

    John Campbell looks at donations to our political parties that could be linked to the Chinese Communist Party.

  • S01E03 When the drugs don't work

    • November 16, 2018
    • TVNZ

    Anti-depressants are meant to make you feel better, but users of a new, cheap version of the drug say they feel worse on the generic brand. John Campbell asks why, when the science says the drugs are exactly the same, the new one is causing problems for many.

  • S01E04 Abortion, a woman's right to choose?

    • November 21, 2018
    • TVNZ

    John Campbell asks NZ's most vocal reproductive rights advocate why she's never given up speaking out on the issue.

  • S01E05 Schools under stress

    • November 29, 2018
    • TVNZ

    John Campbell asks whether it's time to not just address teacher pay and conditions but the way our education system works.

  • S01E06 The Pride Divide

    • December 10, 2018
    • TVNZ

    A bitter split in the Rainbow Community has put one of the biggest events on the LGBTQI calendar under threat. John Campbell looks at both sides of the debate, and at the historic events leading up to the current tension.

  • S01E07 A conversation with Steve Hansen

    • December 14, 2018
    • TVNZ

    John Campbell sits down and talks candidly with the All Blacks head coach about his decision to step down after next year’s World Cup.

  • S01E08 Islamic scholar says NZ response to attacks a lesson for the world

    • March 27, 2019
    • TVNZ

    Terrorism is intended to divide and spread hate. But the response to the attacks on two Mosques in Christchurch did the opposite. Among those who arrived in Christchurch was Prof Ali Al-Qaradaghi, Secretary General of the International Union of Muslim Scholars. His interview with John Campbell is the basis for this special episode of The Story. Has the response to the terrible events in Christchurch provided a template for how we should respond to terrorism?