History

Here in New Zealand, we pride ourselves on our connection with the land. Our name spells it out - Aotearoa, Land of the Long White Cloud. We tend to forget that we're just as defined by the sea - or… Audio, Gallery

Historian Jane Tolerton helped set up the WWI Oral History Archive that recorded the voices of 84 veterans. She's used material from that as the basis to her latest timely work - it's an e-book called… Audio, Gallery

Kiwi filmmaker Peter Jackson's World War I documentary They Shall Not Grow Old is out in New Zealand cinemas today. They Shall Not Grow Old was commissioned by the British Imperial War Museums in… Video, Audio, Gallery

Lieutenant Colonel Chris Powell is a member of the Army Reserves, and will attend the Armistice Day service today at Auckland War Memorial Museum with his 14 year old son Rupert, who has a special… Audio

Wallace Chapman wraps up other Armistice events around the country. Audio

Jo Brookbanks from the Auckland War Memorial Museum covers off a big day for the museum open late to reflect the occasion of World War One ending 100 years ago. Audio, Gallery

Jeremy Salmond has just received the 2018 New Zealand Institute of Architects (NZIA) Gold Medal in recognition of an outstanding career in heritage and conservation architecture. He was the founding… Audio, Gallery

Two years on from the Kaikoura earthquake, Checkpoint reporter Logan Church returns to the town to speak to business owners whose lives were changed when the 7.8 quake ripped the earth apart. Video, Audio

Feminised or gendered roles in the workforce were carved out in our past and still impact on the lives of women in the workplace today. Find out more in Episode 8 of Beyond Kate. Audio

On Sunday it'll be 100 years since they signed the Armistice. It wasn't the war to end wars, in fact it was the war that led to a bigger one. Audio

Most "great" historical thinkers would fall foul of contemporary sensibilities around race and gender ... is it naive to condemn them for being products of their time? Audio

Malia Johnston is the director and choreographer of a performance commissioned for the Armistice centenary, He Wawa Waraki Roaring Chorus 2018: a twenty minute piece weaving historic text… Audio

What's believed to be the oldest school in New Zealand celebrates its 175th birthday this weekend. Wakefield School, in the Tasman District, is planning a big party to mark the occasion. Our Nelson… Audio

Sunday is Armistice Day commemorating the end of the First World War and four years of horror. At least 18,000 New Zealanders died in or because of the war. They were among an estimated 40 million… Audio

In November 1868 Te Kooti was unjustly imprisoned on the Chatham Islands. He escaped and the attack on Matawhero has been described as his utu for his treatment at the hands of the colonial forces. Audio

At 11am this Sunday people around the world will mark 100 years since the end of World War I, with a two-minute silence to acknowledge the immense loss and hardship endured throughout the war.  Audio, Gallery

A hundred years ago today, the SS Talune steamed into Apia with a disease that unleashed devastation on Samoa: the Spanish flu. Audio

South Australia is taking cues from Te Papa, using its bicultural model as a guide in turning the region's museum into a national Aboriginal art gallery.  Audio