Dame Anne Salmond
A treasured collection of Maori language and tikanga.
We talk to Dame Anne Salmond about a new book, Hei Taonga Ma Nga Uri Whakatipu: Treasures for the Rising Generation. Audio, Gallery
Dame Anne Salmond: first encounters are pivotal
The British High Commissioner Laura Clarke says she was happy using the phrase "expression of regret" rather than "sorry" when speaking of the harm caused when James Cook arrived in New Zealand in… Audio
Telling the full story of Cook's arrival in Aotearoa
Fifty years ago a very British-style ceremony marked the bicentennial of Captain Cook's arrival in Aotearoa. This year for the 250th, Māori have found their voices and will tell their version of… Audio
Maori taonga around the world
The producers of the new Dame Anne Salmond hosted Maori TV series Artefact were offered unprecedented access to collections and taonga here and overseas. Audio
Twenty years on, Te Papa still inspires New Zealanders
It's Te Papa's 20th birthday. To mark the anniversary, RNZ is taking a look at some of the treasures in the national museum and what makes them special to 20 New Zealand. Listen to a selection here… Audio
Ours: Dame Anne Salmond and the silver fern
The first object comes from the moment of 'first contact'. Historian Dame Anne Salmond talks about the silver ferns collected by the Endeavour and how New Zealand was born in science. Audio
Anne Salmond: Tears of Rangi
Professor Dame Anne Salmond is New Zealand's foremost anthropologist. Her most recent book - Tears of Rangi: Experiments Across Worlds revisits some of those historical encounters but also looks at… Audio
Call for commission to save NZ water
Environmentalist and academic Dame Anne Salmond is calling for a waterways commission to urgently take charge of the country's water.
Anatomy of a Song - Dudley Benson's 'Kiwi (Remix)'
In this week's Anatomy of A Song, RDU's Spanky Moore studies Dudley Benson's Patriot Prayer Remix of Kiwi by Hirini Melbourne. Audio
I am the river, the river is me
Dame Anne Salmond explores the radical nature of the settlement between the Whanganui River iwi and the Government signed in August 2014, recognising the river as a legal person in its own right. This… Audio
How d’ye do, Mr King George?
Opening with the encounter between Hongi Hika and King George IV in London in 1820, Dame Anne Salmond traces the themes of rangatiratanga and sovereignty from then through the Declaration of… Audio
European settlers brought heavy philosophical baggage here
Dame Anne Salmond's exploration of how different Maori and European ideas about land have played out over 200 years begins with the first European settlement in the Bay of Islands and the… Audio
Captain Cook’s naval charts embody Enlightenment imperialism
Dame Anne Salmond discusses Maori relations with the ocean, comparing Te Whanau a Apanui's opposition to the oil company Petrobras' drilling ship to the time 250 years earlier when canoes headed out… Audio
2012: Dame Anne Salmond on moving beyond the binary mindset
In the first Reeves Lecture, the leading historian and anthropologist Dame Anne Salmond argues that it's time for New Zealand to forge a future based on co-operation and collaboration. Audio
Aphrodite's Island
Dame Anne Salmond has just published this account of the Eurpean discovery of Tahiti. Audio
2008 - Prof. Dame Ann Salmond
Prof. Dame Ann Salmond traces over two hundred years of New Zealand history, including early contact between Maori and European, and the story of the Treaty of Waitangi. She goes on to survey the Land… Audio