New Zealand had no private radio stations in the early 1960s. The government monopoly on radio broadcasting was broken by a “pirate” (unlicenced) radio station, Radio Hauraki, which broadcast from an old boat anchored in international waters in the Hauraki Gulf.
At one point their ship even sunk while they were broadcasting. Of course they treated it as news, ending with “Hauraki News: Hauraki crew is abandoning ship. This is Paul Lineham aboard the ‘Tiri’. Good night” plus a jingle.
The New Zealand government finally legalised commercial radio in 1970 and Radio Hauraki landed, 1,111 days after the first broadcast.
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