History
Black Sheep S9 Don Buck
The founding father of West Auckland - Don Buck was notorious in the early 1900s for his hard drinking, hard living gum digging camp in the foothills of the Waitakere ranges. Black Sheep investigates… Audio
'Bicycle face' and technological anxiety
Dr Kate MacKrill is a health psychologist and the University of Auckland. Audio
Small Histories with Emma Kay
Tonight she is sharing the origins of a local legend the Fiordland moose Audio
Douglas Boyd: Say your stories
Sit down and listen to your nanna! Interviews are a precious form of oral history: a combination of remembering and forgetting, story and silence. So says Director of the Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral… Audio
Snow Widows
In 1910 two teams raced to be the first to the South Pole. One was led by the Norwegian adventurer Roald Amundsen and the other by British naval officer, Captain Robert Falcon Scott. Amundsen would… Audio
Black Sheep S9 Dr Theodore Gray
“Oh Mummy save me from Dr Gray, because teacher says he’s coming today, and if I’m stupid he’ll take me away”. William Ray looks at the life and legacy of Dr Theodore Gray, a staunch eugenicists who… Audio
New mural pays tribute to Fat Freddy's Drop’ Chris Faiumu
A longstanding mural of David Bowie in downtown Wellington has been replaced with one paying tribute to Fat Freddy's Drop band member Chris Faiumu, who died last year. The mural, which was painted… Audio
Small Histories with Emma Kay
Tonight, a tale of a sea monster spotted off the West Coast and the chaos it caused. Audio
Memorial unveiled as tribute to Lake Alice victims
A memorial to victims of Lake Alice psychiatric hospital has been unveiled, Jimmy Ellingham talked with survivors Audio
First senior UK royal arrested in centuries - here's what we know
Explainer: Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor has become the first senior British royal in modern history to be arrested.
A history of royal brushes with the law
Well, it's the story that's got everyone talking - former Prince Andrew was arrested on Thursday morning UK time on suspicion of misconduct in public office ... The arrest follows allegations that he… Audio
Black Sheep S9 Elsdon Best (Part 2)
In part two, we look at the years Elsdon Best spent living in Te Urewera, attempting to preserve knowledge he believed was on the brink of being lost forever, the remarkable relatioship he built with… Audio
Ian Kemish: From diplomat to storyteller
After a career in diplomacy Australian Ian Kemish has turned his hand to writing novels - this month publishing his debut non-fiction title. Audio
The remarkable story behind the NZ Liberation Museum
Jacob Siermans from the New Zealand Liberation Museum joins Emile Donovan. Audio
Black Sheep S9 Elsdon Best (Part 1)
Described in his own time as "the white Tōhunga of Tuhoeland" and by some today as a "structural rascist" who "stole" knowledge, it's fair to say Elsdon Best is a controvesial character. In the first… Audio
History with Dr Grant Morris
Dr Grant Morris joins Jesse to take a closer look at the cases that come out of The Employment Relations Authority and why they are often headline news stories. Audio
Small Histories of New Zealand with Emma Kay
This week Emma looks at the history of school holidays and how we ended up with the four-term system in use today. Audio
Why a German university is returning a Māori taonga
For Te Aitanga-a-Hauiti, Te Pou o Hinematioro is an ancestor, not an object.
The Auckland cottage where Māori, colonial histories collide
Analysis: Past, present and future intersect at 18 Wynyard Street, where Māori and European stories entwine.
