Where would a lazy Sunday afternoon be without the informative voice of veteran radio journalist Jack Perkins?
For five decades, radio listeners have regularly tuned into Perkins' weekly Radio New Zealand Spectrum documentaries of New Zealand life.
On Sunday, listeners will get the chance to listen to the man behind the airwaves at a free public talk at the Rotorua Museum, in conjunction with the Sounds Like Us exhibition currently running.
Perkins, a veteran of 50 years of radio interviews, has been heard on public radio with the weekly Spectrum series since 1972, when he joined fellow journalist Alwyn Owen to "capture the essence of New Zealand through stories, landscape and people".
The pair's collaboration helped show how the country has changed over half a century.
Perkins' talk will trace the development of radio from its beginnings in 1921, and highlight curious and amusing aspects of radio and its personalities.
The Sounds Like Us exhibition runs until February.
Details
What: Public talk by Jack Perkins
Where: Rotorua Museum
When: Sunday 2pm
Cost: Free