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The New Zealand International Film Festival next month will see the premiere of a new documentary about Herbs 40 year history.  Nga Taonga Sound & Vision's Sarah Johnston takes us back to the band's… Audio

It's the TV show everyone is talking about: the series "Chernobyl" which tells the story of the horrific 1986 Soviet nuclear accident. Sarah Johnston takes us back to 1986 and how we heard about the… Video, Audio, Gallery

Last week marked the 75th anniversary of the turning point in World War II, known as the D-Day landings or the invasion of Normandy. Audio, Gallery

New Zealand's oldest university, Otago, is celebrating its 150th birthday. In today's visit to the sound archives we will visit some moments from Otago's 150 years with Sarah Johnston of Nga Taonga… Audio, Gallery

On 13 May we lost the 97-year-old singer and actress Doris Day. In this New Horizons William Dart plays some of the musical sunshine that she left behind. Video, Audio

In our visit to the sound archives of Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision, Sarah Johnston is going to take us back to 1948 and an interview with one very remarkable man.  Audio, Gallery

In today's visit to the sound archives of Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision, Sarah Johnston takes us back to the heyday of the milkie. Audio, Gallery

A previously undiscovered early recording of 'Blue Smoke', the song that launched New Zealand's recording industry, has been unearthed. Audio

Former long-time RNZ presenter Philip Liner sadly passed away over Easter and in today's visit to the Sound Archives, Sarah Johnston will take us through some highlights of his landmark programme… Audio, Gallery

In today's visit to the sound archives of Nga Taonga Sound & Vision, Sarah Johnston is going to take us back to Anzac Day in the earlier years of the 20th century, when it was all about the original… Video, Audio, Gallery

Tom Scott’s Avantdale Bowling Club; Northland thrash metallers Alien Weaponry; trailblazing 90s group Moana and the Moahunters; and local singer/song writing legend Bernie Griffen were all honoured at… Video

100 years ago today, New Zealand voted to introduce Prohibition - a ban on all alcohol - when a national referendum came out in favour of banning liquor by over 13,000 votes.  Audio, Gallery

At a time when the kauri tree has been declared a threatened species, it is hard to remember that the kauri was once seen as just another natural resource of Aotearoa to be logged and exploited.  Audio, Gallery

The world's largest Polynesian Festival gets underway today at the Manukau Sports Bowl. The Auckland Secondary Schools Maori and Polynesian Performing Arts Festival began at Hillary College, Otara in… Audio, Gallery

Next week, the final entries of a project to mark 125 years of women's suffrage in New Zealand by Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision will go online. The project curate's a permanent exhibition profiling 125… Audio, Gallery

The Song Crush team enthuse over new music by Aldous Harding, Chaka Khan, Weyes Blood, The Better Oblivion Community Centre and much more.  Video, Audio

75 years ago this week New Zealand soldiers, including the Māori Battalion, were fighting in one of the most brutal battles of World War II. Audio, Gallery

As the millennium drew to a close in December 1999, the world was either ready to party at massive New Year's Eve celebrations - or braced for impending doom, due to the so-called Y2K "bug" which many… Audio, Gallery

Ngā Taonga - With the possibility the remaining 79 Post Shops will close, Sarah Johnston dredges up recordings of the mid-century Post Office - employer of 16,000 staff - and its decline during the… Audio, Gallery