Claybourne

Two people in Claybourne attempt to repair what has been broken between them. Forgiveness comes easier to some than others. The land remembers what people try to forget. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Queenie organises a powhiri for the stranger. Thompson stands on the marae atea, uncertain of the protocol but certain that something profound is happening. The ceremony is beautiful, ancient, and possibly binding. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Mike, Mata, and Queenie sit together, and the weight of whakapapa, obligation, and love fills the room. Across town, Frank pours a drink alone. Family is the thing you can't troubleshoot. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A classified document surfaces that connects the satellite station to something far larger and far darker than telecommunications. The word "Koestler" starts to taste different in Thompson's mouth. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Edith dispenses wisdom from behind the counter whether you've asked for it or not. Mata seeks counsel from Queenie at the water's edge. Thompson phones LA again, and the distance between him and his old life grows wider. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A decision made in haste has consequences that ripple outward. Someone trusted the wrong person with the wrong information. In a town where the phones can't always be trusted, a bad call can mean more than one thing. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Tensions that have been simmering boil over at the hotel pub. Frank's plans for the town collide with Mata's sense of what the land demands. Thompson discovers that neutrality is not an option in Te Irirangi. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The road between Claybourne and Kawakawa is winding, poorly lit, and not always empty. An accident on the coast road changes the stakes. Someone's injuries are more than physical. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Mike has a trick he likes to show people, and a knack for being in the wrong place at exactly the right time. A small act of sleight-of-hand reveals something larger. Not everything in Claybourne is what it appears to be. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Strange times make for strange bedfellows. Two people in town who have every reason to distrust each other find common ground in a shared suspicion. Up at the station, the equipment hums with purpose. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The DJ's monologue drifts closer to the personal than local radio ought to allow. The voice on Tai Tokerau FM seems to know things it shouldn't. Nobody in town seems to notice, or perhaps they've simply stopped listening. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Alliances in Te Irirangi shift like the tide. Old resentments surface between Frank and Mata over land, legacy, and who gets to decide what Claybourne becomes. Thompson finds himself caught in the middle of a fight that started long before he arrived. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Bigby is keen to close the case. Natural causes would save everyone a lot of paperwork and a lot of trouble. Not everyone is convinced, and the evidence has a habit of rearranging itself. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Someone is making phone calls in voices that don't belong to them. Edith's shop becomes a clearing house for confusion and suspicion. The town DJ muses on the nature of trust over the airwaves. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Karen's past catches a signal through the static. A phone call from the life she fled reminds her that distance is not the same as safety. In a town this small, secrets travel at the speed of gossip. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A trip to the morgue raises more questions than it settles. The cause of death doesn't quite fit, and the dead woman's personal effects tell a story her employers would prefer stayed buried. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The satellite station's power fluctuates in ways the manual doesn't cover. Lights flicker in the hotel. Somewhere in the circuitry, something is listening, learning, and beginning to play. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Constable Bigby arrives from Kawakawa to ask questions about the body on the beach. His investigation is thorough in some places and conspicuously shallow in others. Someone in town is already managing the narrative. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Mata sees something in the stranger that the prophecy foretold. Queenie, the iwi matriarch, watches from the shore. Recognition is not always a welcome thing. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The dead woman has a name, a history, and a connection to the satellite station that nobody at Koestler wants to talk about. Thompson starts asking questions. The answers don't match. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Karen finds a body washed up on the beach below the satellite station. The town's morning routine shatters. Thompson is beginning to suspect that the "problem" Koestler Industries sent him to fix is considerably worse than a faulty dish. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Thompson's rental breaks down on a back road, and a seventeen-year-old mechanic named Mike is the only help for miles. In a town with a satellite station on the hill and no mobile signal, isolation takes on a new meaning. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The locals seem friendly enough, but Mata, the town's priest, has a quiet word with the newcomer. Something in Te Irirangi doesn't want Thompson here, and something else very much does. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

An American on holiday receives a fax from his employers about a "problem" at a remote satellite station in New Zealand's far north. Thompson drives into the coastal town of Te Irirangi expecting a routine fix. The town has other plans. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The trailer for Claybourne. A 96-episode audio drama originally broadcast on Newstalk ZB in 1998, winner of Best Drama at the 1999 New Zealand Radio Awards. Remastered for 2026. New episodes Monday to Thursday from 1st June. claybourne.nz. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.