Claybourne

Episode 17: Car Accident

Mon, 29 Jun 2026 05:00:00 GMT

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.

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Episode 16: Coin Trick

Thu, 25 Jun 2026 05:00:00 GMT

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.

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Episode 15: Alliance

Wed, 24 Jun 2026 05:00:00 GMT

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.

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Episode 14: Radio

Tue, 23 Jun 2026 05:00:00 GMT

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.

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Episode 13: Falling Out

Mon, 22 Jun 2026 05:00:00 GMT

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.

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Episode 12: Natural Causes

Thu, 18 Jun 2026 05:00:00 GMT

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.

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Episode 11: Prank Call

Wed, 17 Jun 2026 05:00:00 GMT

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.

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Episode 10: Domestic Violence

Tue, 16 Jun 2026 05:00:00 GMT

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.

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Episode 9: Morgue

Mon, 15 Jun 2026 05:00:00 GMT

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.

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Episode 8: Electricity

Thu, 11 Jun 2026 05:00:00 GMT

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.

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Episode 7: Interrogated

Wed, 10 Jun 2026 05:00:00 GMT

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.

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Episode 6: Recognition

Tue, 09 Jun 2026 05:00:00 GMT

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.

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Episode 5: Identified

Mon, 08 Jun 2026 05:00:00 GMT

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.

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Episode 4: Dead Body

Thu, 04 Jun 2026 05:00:00 GMT

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.

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Episode 3: Car Trouble

Wed, 03 Jun 2026 05:00:00 GMT

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.

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Episode 2: Warning

Tue, 02 Jun 2026 05:00:00 GMT

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.

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Episode 1: Arrival

Mon, 01 Jun 2026 05:00:00 GMT

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.

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Trailer

Fri, 15 May 2026 22:04:38 GMT

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.

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