Justin Gregory

RNZ

Justin Gregory is a senior producer inside the Podcasts and Series team has worked for Radio New Zealand National since 2005. His time at RNZ has seen him recording on icebergs in the South Pacific, alongside humpback whales in Tonga, from inside the world’s oldest observatory and while standing outside the Pope’s bedroom. He received the NZ Radio Award for Best New Broadcaster in 2007, won the award for Best Documentary in 2014 and was a finalist in that category in 2009.

Anovlar 21, the first contraceptive pill available for prescription in New Zealand. Photo: Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa.

The Pill: Women, contraception and the myth of sexual freedom in 1960s New Zealand

In 1961, the ‘Pill’ became available in New Zealand and women’s lives were changed forever. Being able to control your fertility was now a matter of choice. But not everyone was judged worthy of making that choice.

By Justin Gregory | 24th June, 2017

RNZ

The Spinoff

Justin Gregory

The only way to pay? Charting the history and future demise of Eftpos

An oral history of the time Colin Meads played rugby with a broken arm

The Pill: Women, contraception and the myth of sexual freedom in 1960s New Zealand

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