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100 years ago this week, New Zealand was in the grip of the influenza pandemic. 9,000 New Zealanders died in the two month period between October and December 1918. Audio, Gallery

It is Cup and Show Week in Christchurch, which means racing at Addington and Riccarton race courses and the country's biggest A and P Show.

This year the Canterbury Show has been renamed and is now… Audio, Gallery

At 11am this Sunday people around the world will mark 100 years since the end of World War I, with a two-minute silence to acknowledge the immense loss and hardship endured throughout the war.  Audio, Gallery

This Sunday, commemorations will take place here and in Europe to mark the liberation of the French town of Le Quesnoy, by New Zealanders in World War I.  Audio, Gallery

It's now 75 years since Kiwi and American soldiers landed on remote Mono Island in the Solomons to recapture it from occupying Japanese forces during WWII. In the ensuing fights, which became known as… Video, Audio, Gallery

Next month there will be celebrations worldwide to mark the centenary of the end of World War I on November 11, 1918. There are plenty of recordings of memories of this period. Audio, Gallery

Writer Katherine Mansfield – one of Wellington's favourite daughters – was born 130 years ago this Sunday, and the capital is throwing her a birthday party. This weekend's birthday party – held at… Audio, Gallery

For homesick Māori in the UK, they are whanau when you're 12,000 kilometres from home. For Kiwis of all backgrounds, they are the face of New Zealand in Britain, Europe and beyond.  Audio, Gallery

Noelle McCarthy leads a discussion about what the #MeToo movement really means for Aotearoa/New Zealand. With Kirsty Johnston, Zoë Lawton, Rhonda Tibble and Henry Law. Video, Audio

Dogs in Antarctica - Tales from the Pack is the name of a new exhibition at Canterbury Museum. Sarah Johnston  delves into the sound archives to see what recordings we have about these heroic canines.

Today marks the 125th anniversary of New Zealand women winning the right to vote in 1893. A new online exhibition has been created by Nga Taonga Sound & Vision, called Standing on the Shoulders. Sarah… Audio

For te wiki o te reo Māori,  Sarah Johnston takes us on a jaunt through the Ngā Taonga Sound and Vision archives to explore how people learnt te reo in the past. Audio

New Zealand had never seen a plane from overseas, so fears were high in 1928 for captain Charles Kingsford-Smith's crew as - just months after a first attempt had vanished - they lost contact in a… Video, Audio, Gallery

Fifty years ago, the first wave of children born in the post-World War II baby boom were growing up - and they weren't happy about the world they had inherited. In today's visit to the sound archives… Audio

In today's visit to the sound archives of Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision with Sarah Johnston, we will hear sound recordings about how and when transgender lives appeared in the media in the past. Audio, Gallery

Tom Heeney's attempt to challenge the world heavyweight title - 90 years and three days before Joseph Parker's loss last Sunday - was a national sensation, but Heeney moved to Miami to fish with… Video, Audio, Gallery

It's the 130th anniversary of writer Katherine Mansfield's birth, and her home town is going all out to celebrate the life of one of its favourite daughters. Wellington Arts Festival KM130 encompasses… Audio

Sarah Johnston from Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision takes us back to the UFO sightings of the 1970s. Video, Audio

For the past week Wellingtonians have been whale-hunting - with their cameras. In the past it would have been a different story, as whales were hunted in Cook Strait right up until 1964.  Audio, Gallery

In today's visit to Nga Taonga Sound & Vision with Sarah Johnston we will slide through the sound archives to hear about ice-skating history and the various famous skaters who have visited New Zealand… Video, Audio, Gallery