<p>Max Pearson presents a collection of the week's Witness History interviews from the BBC World Service. Our guest is Paulina Guzik, International editor with the Catholic wire service, OSV News.</p><p>We start in 1986 when Pope John Paul II visited New Zealand.</p><p>Then, we hear about the reunification of Germany in 1989 from a key political advisor.</p><p>How one Maasai community overcame a devastating drought in 2013.</p><p>The recollections of one of the first people to walk the entire length of the Great Wall of China in 1984.</p><p>Next, the first official penalty shootout in 1970 that changed football forever.</p><p>Finally, we look at an essay published in 1999 that was an unfiltered look into restaurant kitchen culture. </p><p>Contributors:</p><p>Michael Jarka - a man who met Pope John Paul II.</p><p>Paulina Guzik - OSV News.</p><p>Joachim Bitterlich - a key advisor to Chancellor Helmut Kohl.</p><p>Dalmas Tiampati - founder of Ildalalekutuk Maasai Action for Development.</p><p>Yaohui Dong - one of the first to walk the entire length of the Great Wall of China.</p><p>Frankie Banks - former Hull City player. </p><p>Martyn Kelly - a football fan.</p><p>Philip Lajaunie - Anthony Bourdain's former boss at Les Halles restaurant, New York.</p><p>(Photo: Pope John Paul II blesses the crowd during Mass at Auckland Domain. Credit: Reuters/Luciano Mellace)</p>