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Just 19 more sleeps to go til Christmas and in our visit to the sound archives of Nga Taonga Sound & Vision today with Sarah Johnston we will be listening to some musical Christmas goodies Audio

In Canterbury this weekend a variety of events will be taking place to mark this year as the 120th anniversary of the birth of Rewi Alley, the New Zealander who spent over 60 years working to improve… Audio

History repeats in the Auckland housing market. Video, Audio

Where were you in 1972? Audio

Voting for New Zealand's Bird of the Year is open at present - with the winner being announced next Tuesday. In today's visit to the sound archives of Nga Taonga Sound & Vision Sarah Johnston is going… Audio, Gallery

One morning in 1917, 843 New Zealanders were killed in a muddy morass near the Belgian village of Passchendaele. Soldiers who were at Passchendaele describe the scene in audio recordings held by Ngā… Audio, Gallery

National Prohibition of alcohol and rowdiness at the polling booths were some of the predictions about what would happen once New Zealand women got the vote for the first time in 1893. In today's… Audio, Gallery

To mark Te Wiki o Te Reo Maori, Nga Taonga Sound & Vision has launched an online exhibition of the oldest recordings of a Maori radio broadcast - a hui held at Turangawaewae Marae.  Audio, Gallery

Today, in our weekly visit to the sound archives of Nga Taonga Sound and Vision with Sarah Johnston, we look at how radio has linked New Zealand and the kingdom of Tonga over the years. Audio

You probably remember where you were when you heard the news that Princess Diana had died on 31st August 1997. In today's visit to the Sound Archives of Nga Taonga Sound & Vision, Sarah Johnston is… Audio

In the kitchens of mid-1960s New Zealand, broccoli was an unknown and cooking oil was a dirty word. The former food editor of the New Zealand Women's Weekly, the late Tui Flower, passed away last… Audio

50 years ago this October NZ’s infamous hour of binge-drinking – the ‘6 o’clock swill’ – finally came to an end when pub closing was moved from 6pm to 10pm. Listen to audio recordings from the period.

It's only early August but in some parts of the country it is already feeling very Spring-like - mild temperatures, sunshine, blossom trees and daffodils! In today's visit to the Sound Archives of Nga… Video, Audio

It's Cook Islands Language Week this week, and in today's visit to the sound archives of Nga Taonga Sound & Vision, Sarah Johnston is looking at the role radio played in communicating with the Cook… Audio

Tahiti had a powerful hold on the popular imagination in the 1950s, films such as "Mutiny on the Bounty" and then later "South Pacific" had promoted the myth of the idyllic tropical island. In today's… Audio, Gallery

Another wintry blast is bearing down on the country, with snow and gale force winds predicted for later in the week. So, we are escaping back to the tropical South Pacific of the 1950s, with a visit… Audio, Gallery

In our trip to the sound archives of Nga Taonga Sound & Vision, we are going to head off to the tropical South Pacific of the early 1950s with Sarah Johnston Audio, Gallery

It is the 50th anniversary of NZ adopting decimal currency this week. Sarah Johnston from Nga Taonga Sound & Vision plays us some recordings from 50 years ago, when radio and television were being… Audio, Gallery

On June 21st 1930, the All Blacks met a touring British side for their first test at Carisbrook in Dunedin. It was shocking weather with driving snow, but still a crowd of 28,000 people turned out. Video, Audio, Gallery

One hundred years ago today, New Zealand soldiers took part in the Battle of Messines in World War One. Several men who survived the battle, recorded their memories about it for radio and today with… Audio, Gallery

In today's visit to the sound archives of Nga Taonga Sound & Vision, Sarah Johnston is going to play us some rugby songs from days gone by. Audio, Gallery

Today in our visit to the sound archives Sarah Johnston from Nga Taonga Sound & vision plyas us some radio ads from the 'swinging 60s'. Audio

One of our most famous institutions, Plunket, turned 110 years old this week. Sarah Johnston from Nga Taonga Sound & Vision has been listening to some sound recordings from the archives about the… Audio, Gallery