Retired broadcaster Neil Collins recalls the personalities and celebrities he has met, worked with and interviewed. Photos by Peter McIntosh/supplied : From the archives: Radio waves goodbye

On a University of Otago capping procession float in the late-1960s. : From the archives: Radio waves goodbye

Interviewing Beatles member Ringo Starr in the City Hotel, Dunedin, 1964. : From the archives: Radio waves goodbye

Fronting the Otago Southland studio component of the 1978 Telethon. : From the archives: Radio waves goodbye

With members of the Rolling Stones in the City Hotel in 1965. : From the archives: Radio waves goodbye

With Governor-General Sir Anand Satyanand, after being made an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit in 2009. : From the archives: Radio waves goodbye

With Billy Connolly in 2009, after spotting him in a Dunedin street. : From the archives: Radio waves goodbye

In the studio on his last day. : From the archives: Radio waves goodbye