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These are the wars that cost more lives than any other in our history. Stretched over more than a decade & the entire country, these conflicts changed Māori warfare & much of what came next.

Moriori are the original people of Rēkohu (aka Chatham Island or Wharekauri) & they have a tragic and inspiring story. Unfortunately, that story's often been twisted into, well, utter rubbish. Video, Audio

In 1841 a few tiny islands of Pākehā settlement existed in an ocean of Māori land. Today, that picture has reversed & Māori own a fraction of Aotearoa. A big part of the reason? The Native Land Court.

The discovery of gold drew tens of thousands to New Zealand in search of fortune. It was a hard life, but diggers brought mateship, fashion & egalitarian ideas that changed the country forever. Video, Audio

New Zealanders have battled Covid-19 for more than two years, but if you think it's the first time disease has knocked us around, well, this one's for you. Epidemics have long been part of our story. 

The 1950s saw an explosion of youth culture. “Bodgies and widgies' ' tearing round on motorbikes & hanging out in milk bars scandalised many Kiwi adults. Was “the teenager” invented in the 1950s? And… Video, Audio

The first 500 years of Māori settlement in Aotearoa saw significant, dynamic changes to how people lived; changes that challenge the idea of Māori culture as something carved in stone. Video, Audio

No-one knows for sure who first introduced rabbits to New Zealand, because no-one wanted to take the blame for what became one of New Zealand's biggest environmental and economic disasters. We start… Video, Audio

Many people know that ancient Māori studied the lunar cycle and used it to guide their daily gardening and fishing practices. Less well-known is what the moon's phases taught them about emotional… Audio

Joining us now for the latest from the New York is our correspondent Katherine Firkin. Audio

Senior citizens fear complacency around mask use is putting their lives at risk. This comes as the country battles a second wave and varient of Omicron as well as enslaught of other winter illnesses… Audio

After being confronted with chants of 'Do Something' on a visit to a grieving city in Texas, the US president Joe Biden has vowed he will.

He's been in Uvalde to grieve with some of the families of… Audio

Once you get past the Kardashian tantrums, the scheming castaways on Survivor and the Real Housewives histrionics, there's much to learn about ourselves in reality TV, says sociologist and TV-lover… Audio

The Drug Foundation wants adults to have open and honest conversations with young people about portrayals of drug use on social media.

Australian researchers looked at TikTok where a third of the… Audio

We'll cross to the US this morning where we're talking about Astroworld, musician Travis Scott's festival where 8 people died in a crowd surge last week, Now Tiktok are having to address viral videos… Audio

The new CEO of the New Zealand Film Commission Te Tumu Whakaata Taonga has had to hit the ground running. No sooner had David Strong taken over from the outgoing Annabelle Sheehan when he had to deal… Audio

Panellists Nuwanthie Sumarakone and Raybon Kan discuss schools returning outside of Auckland tomorrow, fake news spreading about the recent Auckland attack, and David Seymour's decision to share a… Audio

New research looks at health needs for Pasifika Rainbow communities Audio

The largest Nurses' Union is concerned non-clinical staff will be giving Covid-19 vaccinations, saying it stems from a long-standing failure to employ more Māori nurses. 

Community health workers at… Audio

American Presidents have made history with their inauguration speeches.

In 1933 Franklin D Roosevelt told his audience "we have nothing to fear but fear itself."

And in 1961, John F. Kennedy… Audio

Dogs are the new lab rats. Zach Silver is studying our most loyal companions to figure out human behavior because the canines have spent thousands of years studying us. Audio

A survey of 7,500 Kiwi teens has found their sexual activity has dropped - but so too has the use of condoms and other forms of contraception. Audio

Panellists Tracey Barnett and Peter Field are joined by NZ journalist Simon Hampton, who reports from Washington. Audio

Staying with the US election. How will local and international markets react to all of this nail-biting uncertainty in the US? Joining Nathan Rarere to talk us through how markets are holding up is… Audio