History

Our Bookmarks guest today takes her role as an indigenous film maker very seriously, but having a Pakeha Mum and a Maori dad, being comfortable with her Maoriness wasn't always something that came… Audio

Nga Taonga today celebrates the 80th birthday of The Listener. Audio, Gallery

Former Prime Minister and keen mountaineer Helen Clark was in Nepal to mark Sir Ed Hillary's 100th birthday. She explains how important Sir Ed's trust is for the Nepalese. Audio, Gallery

The last known death due to a katipo spider bite was in 1901. That was a woman, Dora Jepson. Her granddaughter Rita Hague spoke to Jesse about what unfolded. Audio

New Zealand squadron leader, flying-boat captain and commercial airline pilot, Tom Enright's book Many a Close Run Thing celebrates 45 years of a career which he says has given him "a wonderful life… Audio, Gallery

Filmmaker Nanfu Wang uncovers the untold history of China's one-child policy and the generations of parents and children forever shaped by it. Her documentary One Child Nation won the Sundance Grand… Video, Audio

Journalist Elizabeth Winkler has questioned whether Shakespeare was actually a man. She explains the reasons why some scholars hear a woman's voice behind the most famous words in the English… Audio

Expat Graeme Wood and his English partner Claire are living their dream as owners of Serenity Barge in the Champagne region of France, taking guests up and down the canals in the region on their… Audio

'Borrowed' from Brooklyn Public Library in New York shares the stories happening between the shelves that hold the more than 4 million books in its collection. Like any good library it has reading… Audio

It's time for The Rest Is History where we dive into the week's news, in the past. This week Robert Kelly is taking us into the pages of the first ever copies of The Truth and The Listener, which were… Audio

Our biographer today is cultural and scientific historian Kate Hannah from Auckland University who has recently published a new entry in the New Zealand Dictionary of Biography about New Zealand… Audio

Now, many of us will be very familiar with eating hangi, but how much do we know about the history of the cooking style?  Audio

When restrictive new abortion laws were passed in this country, a grass roots group of women immediately mobilised. Produced by Claire Crofton. Audio

We spend some time in bed with The Romans in the company of University of Canterbury Senior Lecturer in Classics, Dr Gary Morrison, a specialist in Roman social history and find out about the facts… Audio

The buyer of what's thought to be the only remaining proof copy of an original Treaty of Waitangi proclamation of sovereignty says he's thrilled with the purchase. Spencer Scoular bought the rare… Video, Audio

The New Zealand International Film Festival next month will see the premiere of a new documentary about Herbs 40 year history.  Nga Taonga Sound & Vision's Sarah Johnston takes us back to the band's… Audio

Rare pieces of New Zealand's history will go up for auction next week - including a copy of the country's first newspaper and a declaration of the crown's soverignty. It's all part of Aucklander… Audio