I was the Athens correspondent for​ Radio New Zealand of Wellington, New Zealand from 1995 to 2010.

The Morning Report of the radio network used the bulk of my reports including:

  • November 15, 1995 - PM Andreas Papandreou political scandal

  • December 5, 1995 - Illness of PM Andreas Papandreou

  • January 9, 1995 - PM Andreas Papandreou fit to govern?

  • January 17, 1996 - Ailing PM Andreas Papandreou resigns

  • January 31, 1996 - Tense situation in Aegean

  • June 24, 1996 - Death of PM Andreas Papandreou

  • July 29, 1996 - Athens prison for New Zealand woman

  • December 6, 1996 - Strike by farmers

  • January 16, 1997 - Lyceum of Aristotle discovered

  • September 8, 1997 - Athens wins contest to stage 2004 Olympics

  • October 2, 1997 - Ancient gold trinkets sold

  • October 30, 1997 - Divers to explore world's biggest shipwreck

  • February 3, 1998 - Greece general strike

  • December 16, 1998 - Greece general strike

  • February 17, 1999 - Greece row over capture of Kurdish leader Ocalan

  • February 19, 1999 - Political fallout over Ocalan

  • March 29, 1999 - Public outrage over NATO air strikes in Yugoslavia

  • September 8, 1999 - Athens earthquake

  • December 24, 1999 - Greek Christmas

  • April 11, 2000 - Socialist return to power after general elections

  • April 28, 2000 - Athens 2004 Olympics Games preparation

  • July 12, 2000 - Wildfires-hot weather

  • September 28, 2000 - Express Samina sinking

  • September 29, 2000 -Divers waiting

  • April 27, 2001 - Nationwide 24-hour strike in Greece

  • December 13, 2001 - British plane spotters all freed

  • July 4, 2002 - Greek police arrest suspect from “17 November” organization

  • July 19, 2002 - Police in Greece have made a major breakthrough

  • August 7, 2002 - Greek security have discovered a stockpile of weapons and explosives near Athens stadium

  • October 24, 2002 - Greece’s capital Athens has elected its first woman mayor

  • April 17, 2003 - Violent clashes close to a key European Union summit in Athens

  • June 23, 2003 - Explosives laden ship seized off Greece

  • December 19, 2002 - The mastermind of a Greek guerrilla group has been given the longest sentence in the country’s legal history

  • March 17, 2004 - Can the Athens Olympics be ready in 150 days?

  • April 29, 2004 - For the first time organizers of the Olympics have taken out insurance against the event not going ahead

  • May 6, 2004 - Bomb attack on Athens police station has intensified fears that the Olympic Games could be targeted

  • May 13, 2004 - Athens Olympics-Greeks still have plenty of issues on their plate

  • July 5, 2004 - Greece were crowned European champions for the first time when they beat Portugal 1-0 in final

  • July 6, 2004 - Greeks welcome country’s victorious soccer team at airport

  • July 15, 2004 - Greeks are being asked to pick up the slack and buy unsold Olympic Games tickets to avoid greeting the world with empty stadiums in a month’s time

  • August 7, 2004 - Contribution for Kim Hill Show

  • August 8, 2004 - Closing ceremony Athens Olympics

  • December 16, 2004 - Six hostages remain on board hijacked but in Athens

  • August 15, 2005 - Plane crashes north of Athens

  • August 16, 2005 - Plane disaster in Greece

  • October 19, 2005 - H5N1 strain of bird flu may have reached EU

  • January 23, 2007 - Ancient Greek religious rites revived

  • July 26, 2007 - Heatwave sweeping south Eastern Europe

  • August 27, 2007 - Raging forest fires on the outskirts of ancient Olympia stopped

  • March 25, 2008 - Pro-Tibet demonstrators have disrupted the ceremonial lighting of the Olympic torch in Greece

  • June 9, 2008 - Earthquake in Greece

  • December 8, 2008 - Rioting in Greece sparked by fatal shooting of a teenage boy

  • December 10, 2008 - Greece is bracing itself for more violence

  • August 24, 2009 - Fires strike the suburbs of Athens

  • August 25, 2009 - Fires die down in Athens

  • February 11, 2010 - 24 hour strike by public sector working in Greece

  • May 6, 2010 - Three die in Athens riots


Radio New Zealand-January 17, 1996-Morning Report-Ailing Prime Minister Andreas Papandreou resigns, race on for succession.

Radio New Zealand-January 31, 1996-Morning Report-Eastern Aegean tensions between Greece and Turkey over uninhabited island.

Radio New Zealand-July 29, 1996-Morning Report-New Zealand woman arrested for importing heroin to Greece from Turkey.

Radio New Zealand-December 6, 1996-Morning Report-Farmers block roads and on strike, dock workers also strike against austerity measures.

Radio New Zealand-October 30, 1997-Morning Report-Divers to search shipwreck of Britannic which sunk in 1916.

Radio New Zealand-February 3, 1998-Morning Report-Strikes by civil servants and farmers against austerity measures.

Radio New Zealand-December 16, 1998-Morning Report-General strike throughout Greece against austerity measures.

Radio New Zealand-February 19, 1999-Morning Report-Political fallout in Greece over arrest of Kurdish separatist leader Abdullah Ocalan.

Radio New Zealand-March 29, 1999-Morning Report-Public outcry as thousands protest NATO air strikes in Kosovo.

Radio New Zealand-April 11, 2000-Morning Report-Governing socialist PASOK party remains in power after close general elections.