The Story with John Campbell

    Season 1 2018 - 2019

    • 2018-11-15T11:00:00Z on TVNZ
    • 14m
    • 1h 52m (8 episodes)
    • New Zealand
    John Campbell goes behind the stories making the news.

    8 episodes

    Series Premiere

    2018-11-15T11:00:00Z

    1x01 Trapped on Nauru

    Series Premiere

    1x01 Trapped on Nauru

    • 2018-11-15T11:00:00Z14m

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

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

    2018-11-15T11:00:00Z

    1x03 When the drugs don't work

    1x03 When the drugs don't work

    • 2018-11-15T11:00:00Z14m

    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.

    1x04 Abortion, a woman's right to choose?

    • 2018-11-20T11:00:00Z14m

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

    2018-11-28T11:00:00Z

    1x05 Schools under stress

    1x05 Schools under stress

    • 2018-11-28T11:00:00Z14m

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

    2018-12-09T11:00:00Z

    1x06 The Pride Divide

    1x06 The Pride Divide

    • 2018-12-09T11:00:00Z14m

    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.

    1x07 A conversation with Steve Hansen

    • 2018-12-13T11:00:00Z14m

    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.

    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?

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