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Sarah Johnston from Nga Taonga Sound & Vision talks about how radio dealt with the 'teenage question' in the past. Audio

120 years ago today on 13 October 1896, New Zealanders got their chance to see moving pictures for the first time, when the first film was played to an audience at the Opera House in Auckland. Video, Audio, Gallery

Blenheimer, Marque Vue, Cold Duck…if you are over a certain age those names of early New Zealand wines will bring back a few memories. Today in our visit to the sound archives Sarah Johnston from Nga… Audio, Gallery

On September 15 New Zealand marks the centenary of the New Zealand Division's entry into fighting on the Somme in Northern France in 1916. Audio, Gallery

Yesterday was the 145th birthday of Lord Ernest Rutherford, who was born near Nelson in 1871. He is of course the man on the $100 note and 'the father of nuclear physics' who was awarded the Nobel… Audio

Friday is National Poetry Day - with all sorts of celebrations of verse happening around the country; check out NZPoetryDay on Facebook for details. Audio

Tomorrow the government is holding official commemorations in Wellington to mark the 50th anniversary of New Zealand's involvement in the Vietnam War. Sarah Johnston from Nga Taonga Sound & Vision… Audio

The New Zealand police are holding a number of events this year to mark 75 years since the first women joined the force in this country. Today Sarah Johnston from Nga Taonga Sound & Vision played us… Audio

We turn to the sound archives of Nga Taonga Sound & Vision to have a listen to what radio from days gone by had to say about this time of year and the inevitable coughs and colds. Audio, Gallery

Over the next seven weeks, starting Monday 1 August, RNZ Concert will be bringing NZ audiences an exclusive selection of concerts from this year's BBC Proms; just weeks after they have been recorded… Video

Thirty five years ago this week we were in the middle of New Zealand's 'winter of discontent' - embroiled in the 1981 Springbok Tour with protests taking place all over the country. Audio, Gallery

New Zealand athletes are getting ready for the final countdown to the Rio Olympics, which open in just over two weeks on the 5th of August. Today in our weekly visit to the sound archives of Nga… Audio, Gallery

Sarah Johnston of Nga Taonga Sound and Vision looks back at our first pilots. Audio, Gallery

It is Te Wiki o Te Reo Maori - Maori Language Week this week. Today in our weekly segment from the sound archives, Sarah Johnston from Nga Taonga Sound & Vision plays us several radio recordings that… Audio, Gallery

The central North Island ski-fields are due to open this weekend and in today's dip into the sound archives of Nga Taonga Sound & Vision we have a listen to sound recordings about the Mt Ruapehu ski… Audio, Gallery

Sarah Johnston from Nga Taonga Sound and Vision presents some eyewitness accounts of the Tarawera eruption of 1886. Audio, Gallery

In a 1991 episode of Directions Graham Lattimer (1926 - 2016) talks about his life in the Far North. Audio

With the passing of Muhammad Ali in the weekend, you have probably seen archival footage of his fights and legendary interviews all over the media, but you might not have heard anything yet about the… Audio

Depending on your age - and where in the country you lived - you might remember tuning in to The Lever Hit Parade, The Fabulous 50 or maybe Kasey Casem's American Top 40. Sarah Johnston from Nga… Audio, Gallery

This Friday is the 75th anniversary of the Battle for Crete in World War II. The Governor General and others are attending commemorations of the battle which took place when thousands of elite German… Audio

If you have been to see Taika Waititi's film "The Hunt for the Wilderpeople" you will remember the two main characters discover the long-believed-extinct huia bird, while they are deep in the bush. In… Audio