History

Historian Richard Greenaway is a man who knows a thing or two about the dead of Christchurch. At this year's Christchurch Heritage Festival he'll be showing curious Cantabrians around various… Audio

On this day in music history, Bob Dylan recorded 'The Times They Are A-Changin' at Columbia Recording Studios in New York City. Audio

A new book in the BWB Texts series highlighting a period of Auckland's late 20th century history The Platform by Melani Anae explores the legacy of the Polynesian Panthers. It's also the author's… Audio

Te Awe was a project designed to enrich, reorganise, and improve the care of our 10,000+ taonga Māori in a way that is embedded in Mātauranga Māori. Video

During the second phase (2017-2019), as part of our Mātauranga Māori approach, Auckland Museum partnered with Taumata Māreikura, some of Aotearoa’s most skilled & experienced weavers. Video

The first phase of this project (2013-2016), centred on the renewal of the Auckland Museum’s carving store, home to approximately 5,400 carved taonga. Video

Since the project started in 2013 with Phase 1, over 5,400 taonga made from wood and stone passed through the project team’s caring hands. Video

This week in the Rest is History - following Labour's historic win in the election over the weekend, we take a look at previous historic elections for the party. Political historian Michael Bassett… Audio

While we wait for referendum results, Nga Taonga goes back to an earlier referendum: the 1949 vote which introduced Compulsory Military Training. Sarah Johnston takes us back in time. Audio, Gallery

Tania is an award-winning author whose latest work draws young readers into the world of MÄori mythology - through a rollicking tale of adventure. Tania Roxborogh has written more than thirty… Audio

In 1920 Sherlock Holmes author Arthur Conan Doyle came to New Zealand, where he met a special terrier named 'Darkie' who he believed had mystical powers. Wendy Riley from Lost Christchurch joins the… Audio

 Wellington Central can lay claim to the most bizarre electorate battle in New Zealand's history - in which the leading candidate was imprisoned and continued to campaign from jail. Audio

Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision today took us back into to political campaign advertising of the past - and in particular campaign songs and jingles from the 1970s and 80s that are held in their archives .

We talk to Massey University Emeritus Professor Margaret Tennant, one of the authors of City at the Centre: A history of Palmerston North. Audio

Four toi moko are being received by Te Papa in Germany before making their way to Aotearoa.

The tattooed shrunken heads will be the latest ancestral remains to be received by the museum under the… Audio