History

Everybody in the city that day has a story to tell and for many, the memories remain fresh, ten years on.

Senior firefighter Terry Gyde, who was given a Bravery Award for helping to pull 16 people… Audio

From millions of items in the Alexander Turnbull Library, curators have chosen just 170 for a new exhibition to celebrate the institution's 100th birthday. It's actually the 101st. The Miharo Wonder… Audio, Gallery

Ten years after his wife and 114 others died in the CTV building collapse, Maan Alkaisi remains as determined as ever to see justice served.

Alkaisi has for the last decade acted as the vocal voice… Video, Audio

It has been revealed one of the men on trial over the Red Fox Tavern murder more than 30 years ago was jailed for a similar robbery several years earlier.

Forty-three-year-old father of two Chris… Video, Audio

Ten years since the deadly Christchurch quake, which devastated the city on February 22, Dr Lydia Johns Putra tells Lisa Owen about her experience of saving the life of Brian Coker.

He was trapped in… Video, Audio

The smell of freshly roasted coffee is now seen by many as an enticing aroma, but that wasn't the case in early 18th century London. It was described as smelling of "fresh urine" and old boots and the… Audio

In this week's The Rest Is History we go back 35 years to 1986 in the Marlborough Sounds when the Russian luxury cruise ship Mikhail Lermentov steamed through the Tory Channel at dawn towards Picton… Audio

Matthew McEachen should have had most of his life ahead of him when he died on February 22, 2011.

The 25-year-old was a talented artist and designer, putting his skills to good use at the Southern… Video, Audio

It's hoped a million-dollars worth of stabilistation work will start shortly on Dunedin's second-oldest castle. Construction on Cargill's Castle began in 1875, a few years after the city's perhaps… Audio

As the 10 year anniversary of the Christchurch February earthquake approaches, the impact of that day continues to be felt differently depending on which part of the city people live in.

In the first… Audio

The Press in Christchurch is celebrating 160 years in the newspaper business! To mark the anniversary, Stuff and Press journalist Philip Matthews speaks to Jesse about the historic stories they have… Audio

Just five percent of the tertiary sector's teaching and research staff are Māori - a statistic that remains stubbornly low. A new book has brought together the stories of 24 Māori academics, allowing… Audio

Archaeologists in Egypt have uncovered a 5000-year-old brewery capable of making 22,000 litres of beer at a time.

While not the oldest brewery from early Egypt; it was found in a sacred part of the… Audio

 Auckland's historical village in Howick is looking to modern technology to get more young people interested in days gone by.  Village general manager, Krissy Perrett talks to Jesse about the… Audio

The war on Waikato reaches its climactic conclusion at the Battle of Ooraakau—but that's just the beginning of the struggle for Kiingitanga. Audio

A new documentary with accompanying podcast casts fresh light on a campaign in the New Zealand Wars. NZ Wars: Stories of Tainui is the third part of a series produced for RNZ by Great Southern… Audio

Governor George Grey launches his invasion of Waikato. Kiingitanga forces are heavily outnumbered and outgunned, but the invasion doesn't go smoothly for the British. Audio