History
Music feature: An insight into Emmylou Harris
It's rare that someone is able to thrive in both roles, but Emmylou Harris was able to do just that - and that's why she is the focus of our music feature today. As if releasing 26 solo albums wasn't… Audio
Sheila Fitzpatrick: The death and lasting legacy of Stalin
In her latest book, Sheila Fitzpatrick, one of the world's leading scholars on the history of the Soviet Union, examines both the immediate aftermath of Stalin's death and his surprising influence in… Audio
History with Emma Kay
Tonight she's talking about how the newspapers reported the 1893 election, the first time women voted in Aotearoa. Audio
The Panel Plus
An extra half hour of The Panel with Wallace Chapman, where to begin, he's joined by Nights host Emile Donovan. Then: summer starts today, which means more sunscreen to be slathered on limbs for the… Audio
Director James Vanderbilt on why 'Nuremberg' had to be made
The panic kicked in around page 40. Thirteen years ago, director and screenwriter James Vanderbilt set out to write a film about the Nuremberg trials, a moment when the world chose justice over… Audio
Restoring NZ's link to the Titanic
A grave in a Christchurch cemetery serves as a reminder to a love lost in one of the world's most famous maritime disasters - the sinking of the Titanic. Audio
Midday Report Essentials for 28 November 2025
The Secondary Principals' Council of Aotearoa is the latest education organisation to criticise the government for deleting an Education and Training Act clause that required schools to give effect to… Audio
New 3D models of Easter Island’s Rapa Nui statues
High-resolution 3D modelling has been used to uncover new information about the famous statues of Rapa Nui - Easter Island. Carl Lipo, from the Department Of Anthropology at Binghamton University in… Audio
When did we first get domestic cats? The answer may have changed
A new study has uncovered some key milestones in feline domestication.
Morning Report Essentials for Friday 28 November 2025
Disgusted, disappointed and furious - those are words of Simone Bennett reacting to the government's announcement that the long-awaited National Erebus Memorial will be built in Christchurch; Tourism… Audio
Otatara meat worker retires after 64 years on the job
Eighty-year-old Ken McLeod started in the meat industry in 1962, when he was only 16. He spoke to Corin Dann. Audio
'Devastated': Erebus victim's daughter furious at memorial location
Simone Bennett's father, David, was a crew member on board the flight. She was just 11 when she lost him. Audio
Frustration over Erebus memorial decision
Disgusted, disappointed and furious - those are words of Simone Bennett reacting to the government's announcement that the long-awaited National Erebus Memorial will be built in Christchurch. She… Audio
Historic findings in study into New Zealand’s aquifers
Earth Sciences has developed a series of maps and models identifying the source and flow patterns of our aquifers and large river catchments. Alexa Cook reports. Audio
Historian Dr Rowan Light on significance of Erebus national memorial
It has been announced that a national memorial to the disaster will finally be built, following the decision to locate it in Christchurch. Audio
Christchurch revealed as home for Erebus memorial
Christchurch has been revealed as the city that will be home to a national memorial to the Erebus crash victims. It comes after a wait of more than four and half decades and push back from other… Audio
Christchurch reserve chosen as Erebus plane crash memorial
Almost 46 years to the day that 257 people died in the Mt Erebus plane crash, a Christchurch reserve has now been chosen as the preferred location for a national memorial. The Ministry for Culture and… Audio
History with Dr Grant Morris
We're going to talk history with Dr Grant Morris and this week he is looking at stories of the New Zealanders who have, and who do, identify as Catholic. Audio
National Erebus Memorial Location Revealed
This afternoon it has been announced where the memorial to honour those killed in the Mt Erebus flight will be built. Jesse speaks to Rev Dr Richard Waugh, the instigator of the National Erebus… Audio
256-year-old relic found after vanishing for decades
It's "one of the oldest relics of early European contact with New Zealand" but no one has seen it since 1982.
