History
David Tamihere's last chance to prove he's innocent
Stuff journalist Mike White has followed the Swedish tourist case closely and joins Emile Donovan to reflect on the past three decades. Audio
Aratere ferry making last round trip across the Cook Strait
The Interislander ferry "Aratere" is making its last round trip across the Cook Strait this morning, after nearly 30 years in service. Nick James looks back at its history. Audio
The science of transgenerational trauma - and healing it
Can we inherit the effects of trauma physically from past generations? New research is beginning to shed light on how gene expression factors code stories of our past into our present. Audio
Fiume o Morte! Fascism's stranger-than-fiction poet-led first state
For his latest blending of documentary and fiction, filmmaker Igor Bezinovic has turned the camera on a stranger-than-fiction story from the history of his own port city on the Adriatic coast… Audio
Police use new DNA tech to re-examine death of 6-year-old, 45 years on
Police hope to use a forensic tool to solve the murder of Alicia O'Reilly, who was killed in Auckland in 1980.
Jess Sayer gives life to the author behind Frankenstein
The Queen of Goth - Frankenstein author Mary Shelley - is the inspiration behind a new play written by Jess Sayer. Audio
Introducing: Context
It's the backstory to the front page! Introducing Context, a new show hosted by Corin Dann and Guyon Espiner. Audio
Commemorating 80 years since Victory over Japan Day
Today marks eighty years since VJ Day - Victory over Japan Day - when Japan surrendered and World War Two ended. Post-war, twelve thousand New Zealand troops went to Japan to 'de-militarise' the… Audio
Crumbling 1920s mansion near Clyde to be luxury home
Renovation of Central Otago mansion Earnscleugh Castle is nearly complete. Katie Todd filed this report. Audio
Air Force Museum opens Victory Exhibition
VE Day is being remembered 80 year on with a new exhibition at Te Whakairinga Mutu in Christchurch - The Air Force Museum's David King talked with Nathan Rarere Audio
50 years since Sir John Walker broke the world mile record
It was 50 years ago on Tuesday that Sir John Walker broke the world record for the mile in Sweden, becoming the first person to run under 3 minutes and 50 seconds. Barry Guy reports. Audio
Stolen Lands - a look at New Zealand in the 1800s
The new video series tracking a Highlander's journey to Aotearoa meets Māori resistance, colonial law, and the lasting legacy of land and loss. Director Jake Mokomoko talks to Jesse. Click here for… Audio
The vastly different tale of two Auckland heritage buildings
The discovery of deadly abestos dust at Auckland Museum has thrown its $40 million centenary year plans up in the air.
Sinking millions into Auckland's heritage buildings
Auckland museum's asbestos problem is being described as an octopus with more than eight tentacles - and one that comes with a whopping price tag. Audio
The strange ways people have supposedly died across history
A Greek playwright killed by a tortoise and a Viking raider scratched by a severed head are just some absurd ways people have left the world.
Riley Knight: History's Strangest Deaths
hHost of the Half-Arsed History podcast Riley Knight has just released his highly entertaining debut book History's Strangest Deaths. Audio
Nagasaki mayor warns of nuclear war, 80 years after A-bomb
Thousands have bowed their heads in prayer in Nagasaki to mark the 80th anniversary of the city's atomic bombing, as the mayor warned that current global conflicts could push the world again into…
The man who survived both atomic bombs
There are not many people who have survived a nuclear attack. There is only one person who officially survived two.
Looking back at the wellbeing era
Political scientist Natalia Albert joins Emile Donovan to revisit what New Zealand's 'wellbeing era' of governance got right, and got wrong. Audio
