History

Harriet Morrison was a trade unionist and suffragist who formed the first union for women in the 1880's - it was the Tailoresses Union. Caitlin Lynch has made a documentary about her to mark… Audio

Isobel was 14-and-a-half when the Napier earthquake hit. Decades later, her grand-daughter interviewed her about it for a school project.  Audio

Hone Tuwhare, the boilermaker from Northland who didn't have enough money to attend high school and went on to become one of our most esteemed poets. Audio, Gallery

NZ Golf says it didn't wish to cause any offence when it draped a cape over the winner of the NZ Open, calling it a 'korowai', and plans to review this aspect of the ceremony - something weaver Ata Te… Video, Audio

Ngati Maniapoto's request to change the name of the small King Country town Benneydale to Te Māniaiti has been met by oposition from locals - and outsiders - who have signed a petition against the… Video, Audio

Angela Lassig is an Auckland-based dress historian who's been researching and writing about historical fashion in museums for more than 25 years Audio, Gallery

Anyone who has been to Hataitai in Wellington will have seen these famous apartments near the Mt Victoria tunnel - but how can they help with the housing crisis? Audio

Early in the morning of Friday June the 17th 1966, two African-American men walked into the Lafayette Bar and Grill in Paterson, New Jersey and shot four white people, killing three of them. Rising… Audio

The tension between NZ and China over Huawei's involvement in the 5G network is the latest example of NZ having to deal a world power. As a small nation, NZ has been facing these kind of challenges… Audio

On a Sunday afternoon in 1986, two drug addicted rock stars from Aerosmith, Steve Tyler and Joe Perry, and rising hip hop artists from Run DMC went into a studio and changed musical and cultural… Audio

Next week, the final entries of a project to mark 125 years of women's suffrage in New Zealand by Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision will go online. The project curate's a permanent exhibition profiling 125… Audio, Gallery

Author, journalist, sport commentator, scholar and world-class runner Roger Robinson who has just penned a new book tracing 70 years of the sport he calls - "the biggest peaceful participant activity… Audio, Gallery

President of the (American) Council on Library and Information Resources Dr Charles Henry is digitally re-envisioning libraries so they cross boarders, becoming global. He's working with teams… Audio

NEON uses our favourite films, TV shows, and computer games as the vehicle to find out more about the history behind them. Presented by Jem Duducu and produced by Dan Morelle, we play some of an… Audio

Justice and truth have finally merged together... That's how the verdict that Malcolm Rewa is guilty of Susan Burdett's murder is being described. Audio

After 70 days on the water New Zealand Isaac Giesen has succeeded in being the first New Zealander to row solo across the Atlantic Ocean. Audio

Susan Burdett's brother talks to Lisa Owen. Audio

Nearly 27 years after Susan Burdett was killed in her South Auckland home, Malcolm Rewa has has finally been found guilty of her murder. Audio