History

As the last habitable land mass in the world to be settled by humans, New Zealand has a history representing the two great seafaring traditions, Polynesian and European. Sailor, writer and historian… Audio

He was larger than life, a warrior and artist who's legend has only grown since his death in 1868.... but Gustavus von Tempsky had a dark side Audio

Dr Rebecca Rice explains the significance of The Terracotta Warriors: Guardians of Immortality exhibition that opens at Te Papa on 15 December. The Terracotta Warriors are 2,300 year old artworks of… Audio, Gallery

More than 50 people, including Conservation Minister Eugenie Sage, flew into Fiordland to mark the reopening of Percy Burn Viaduct - the world's highest surviving wooden bridge. Video, Audio

Kathryn Ryan speaks with British scholar and historian Edward Burman about the extraordinary and mysterious 2,000 year old terracotta warriors of China - considered to be one of the greatest… Audio, Gallery

Ngā Taonga - With the possibility the remaining 79 Post Shops will close, Sarah Johnston dredges up recordings of the mid-century Post Office - employer of 16,000 staff - and its decline during the… Audio, Gallery

Mike Lee is known to many as an Auckland councillor and before that the chair of Auckland Regional Council. But he is also a keen historian, French speaker and enthusiast of the contributions that… Audio, Gallery

South African human rights activist and writer Sisonke Msimang's first book Always Another Country is "a memoir of exile and home." The daughter of an ANC freedom fighter, as a child she was always… Audio

Sold in pots, packets, cups and bowls, the instant noodle turns 60 this year. And love them or loathe them, this cheap DIY fast food is still celebrated as a triumph of modern food production and even… Audio

Remember the fearful run-up to the moment when the calendar clicked over to Saturday 1 January 2000 and the whole of modern civilisation as we knew it would fall off a cliff? In Headlong: Surviving… Audio

South Islanders are celebrating the reopening of the Coastal Pacific Rail Line, which was wrecked by the 2016 Kaikōura Earthquake. Video, Audio

New Zealand has had a recession every year ending in 8 since 1968. Apart from 1948, the other '8' years in the century since 1918 weren't great either. So is 2018 the exception? And if so, why? Audio

The Department of Conservation and special guests celebrate the dramatic rediscovery of the takahē in Fiordland, 70 years ago. Video, Audio

In the recent NCEA history exam, some students did not know the meaning of 'trivial' and struggled to answer the set question. What does this case tells us about the state of history and language?  Audio

Victory at Gate Pa? is the first account of its kind where the battle at Gate Pa is expertly examined and written about from both perspectives of Maori and Pakeha.  Audio

Once thought of as leering and lewed it seems some people miss the giant Santa winking eye and "come hither" finger on the Queen St Auckland Farmers building. Hayden Donnell tells us why he thinks the… Audio