History

Whangarei man Doug Chowns is calling on people with Celtic backgrounds to ditch Halloween in October - and celebrate spring as their ancestors did. Video, Audio

A New Zealand ocean voyaging group is relieved to have its canoe - the Haunui - back home, after a mammoth sail to Norfolk Island that was delayed for weeks due to bad weather. Alex Perrottet and our… Video, Audio

This Sunday, commemorations will take place here and in Europe to mark the liberation of the French town of Le Quesnoy, by New Zealanders in World War I.  Audio, Gallery

We're just starting to really understand the toll World War 1 had on the health of New Zealanders. Veterans kept dying after D-Day, from war wounds, psychological trauma, and other illnesses… Audio

The small French town of Le Quesnoy that's never forgotten the New Zealand troops who liberated it in the First World War are marking the centenary of the battle on Sunday. Eighty New Zealand soldiers… Audio

A family's 40 year-long campaign to have the diary of a First World War veteran returned has come to an end. Hartley Valentine Palmer is one of three Gallipoli veterans whose diaries returned to New… Audio

Horatio Robley witnessed the most famous battle of the New Zealand Wars, he fathered a child with the daughter of a sworn enemy, his sketching helped end a war, his book helped save the art of Maori… Audio

Is the arts a place where women have equal opportunity? And if not, why not? That's the big question at hand in Episode Six of RNZ podcast, Beyond Kate. Audio

New Zealanders spend a lot of time obsessing about suburbs - but where do they come from?  Audio

It's Royal Tour season, and many New Zealanders are giddily anticipating the Duke and the arrival of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex. But what is the significance of a visit by the British royals for… Audio

The first life on Earth may have been purple, a new research paper suggests. The paper in the International Journal of Astrobiology argues that before green plants took energy from the sun, tiny… Audio

It's now 75 years since Kiwi and American soldiers landed on remote Mono Island in the Solomons to recapture it from occupying Japanese forces during WWII. In the ensuing fights, which became known as… Video, Audio, Gallery

Otago Museum has an incredible Roman coin collection, one to rival international institutions. But most of the coins are stored in the museum's vault, out of the public eye. Audio

Being a woman of colour in a predominantly white society brings with it a complex set of rules and expectations that are often not spoken about. Episode Four of Beyond Kate looks at some of the Maori… Audio

"We'll always be sisters, but we were friends once", the words of Lee Radziwill describing the complicated relationship with her sister Jackie Kennedy Onassis. Their complicated relationship, at times… Audio

The man who paved the way for our laptops and smartphones has died. Paul Allen spearheaded the operating system for IMBs first personal computer in 1980. And put Microsoft on the map. Audio

Next month there will be celebrations worldwide to mark the centenary of the end of World War I on November 11, 1918. There are plenty of recordings of memories of this period. Audio, Gallery

British historian Dan Jones, and Brazilian artist Marina Amaral have collaborated on the book, The Colour of Time. Using digital techniques, 200 black and white photographs of defining people and… Audio

From crotch-less bloomers and women’s fashion in the late 19^th century to contraception, menstruation and abortion. Episode Four of Beyond Kate explores the politics and double standards around the… Audio

Marks of Mana is the first feature film dedicated to the practice of female tattooing (tatau or ta moko) in the Pacific. From Samoa to Aotearoa, and on to Papua New Guinea and Tahiti we learn about… Audio, Gallery