History

Toyota is trying to track down the lead actors from a series of 1980s TV ads that featured Barry Crump and his city slicker sidekick Lloyd 'Scotty' Scott careering cross-country in a ute.

The TV… Video, Audio

Kahu Kutia from Nga Taonga pays tribute to one of Aotearoa's profilic pioneer filmmakers - Ramai Hayward. Ramai Hayward was probably the first Māori woman to work as a professional film maker. Audio

A Tasmanian tiger pelt has been found in a drawer in a Wairarapa taxidermy museum, where it has lain for decades.

David Thurrowgood from Applied Conservation Science in Tasmania was instrumental in… Audio

Today in music history, Violet Carson AKA Ena Sharples was born in 1898. Audio

Minnie Dean must rank as one of New Zealand's most infamous figures. The only woman to be judicially executed in New Zealand history. For years she was portrayed as a cold-blooded killer who murdered… Audio

Writer John Bluck shares a very personal perspective on how moviegoing in New Zealand reflects our character, history and preoccupations. Audio, Gallery

James Canton talks with Kathryn Ryan about the two years he spent visiting and studying an 800 year old oak tree in Essex. Audio

Today marks the anniversary of the final jailbreak of one of New Zealand's most famous escapees. In August 1911 Joseph Pawelka escaped from the Terrace Gaol in Wellington.  Audio

Associate Professor Daphne Lee from the Department of Geology at the University of Otago talk to us about recent research from Otago's controversial Foulden Maar site where mummified leaves could give… Audio

A Wellington heritage house gutted by fire last night will be demolished.

The property at 128 Abel Smith Street was built in 1898 and was a popular hang-out for political and community groups before… Audio

Do you have any love letters, emails or DMs dear to your heart? Audio

Captain Euan Dickson's eldest granddaughter Angela Campbell talks to Jessie about her memories of her grandfather. Audio

Yesterday saw the 100th anniversary of the first ever flight across Cook Strait. Audio, Gallery

One hundred years ago today a small bi-plane made the first air crossing of the often treacherous Cook Strait.

The Canterbury Aviation Company's successful mission was a major milestone in New… Video, Audio

Today marks 100 years since World War I veteran Captain Euan Dickson completed the first flight across the Cook Strait, with bonfires lit in provincial towns to guide his way.

The flight in 1920 from… Audio

The University of Auckland's History department has been gifted $500,000 to establish a History Innovation Fund. Audio

Bill talks to Kathryn about some of New Zealand's First Pandemic Hospitals; The Remarkable Octagonal Buildings of Trentham, Featherston, Rotorua and Hanmer Springs that Coped with the 1919 Influenza… Audio

A restoration studio in Auckland has been drawing on the skill of people from different arts cultures to help preserve and restore Kiwi antiques. Produced by Kadambari Raghukumar  Audio