History

Wellington's oldest colonial house Nairn Street Cottage will reopen this weekend after a makeover. The cottage was closed over the winter season to be re-imagined to showcase the Wallis Family story… Audio, Gallery

Thirty centuries of Samoan tattooing have been chronicled in a new book 'Tatau' released earlier this month. Audio

New Zealand had never seen a plane from overseas, so fears were high in 1928 for captain Charles Kingsford-Smith's crew as - just months after a first attempt had vanished - they lost contact in a… Video, Audio, Gallery

Our left-thinking regular pundit, University of Otago political historian Professor Brian Roper dissects the game of golf and how it has been influenced by political and ideological thinking. Audio

One of Te Papa's most important whale skeletons is being stored in a building that was dirty, and had birds, insects, and possibly rodents living in it. Experts are shocked to hear how the national… Audio

Our nation's place in the world is explored by four experts in international relations: Professor Tony Ballantyne, Dr Marcelle Dawson and Professor Robert Patman from Otago University; along with… Audio

Surveyor Thomas Brunner's pioneering and punishing 18 month long trek from Nelson to the South Island's West Coast and back again, is in turn being explored by Wellington artists Caroline McQuarrie… Audio

Drought conditions have given up clues to previously unknown ancient settlements in Wales, which experienced some of the hottest days ever in the UK in July. Dr Toby Driver is aerial commissioner for… Audio, Gallery

John Bluck explores his memories of growing up in Nuhaka in Hawke's Bay during the 1940s and 1950s. Audio

The US has deported this 95-year-old former Nazi camp guard to Germany, Jackie Pali. Audio

A group who were reenacting scenes from WW2 in Auckland last weekend deny they were wearing Nazi insignia. Zane Bruce is a war reenactment enthusiast from Wellington and says he likes to steer clear… Audio

Owners of historic buildings in the central North Island are threatening to walk away if the Government doesn't relax tight earthquake-strengthening deadlines.And four local councils are banding… Audio

While we still don't know why or how Stonehenge was constructed, new research may shed light on who was buried there - and it's not who you might think. Cutting edge analysis of cremated remains from… Audio

TVNZ has removed a documentary that claims Celts settled New Zealand thousands of years before the arrival of Māori from its on demand service following a query from RNZ's Mediawatch programme.  Audio

A solid white mass was discovered in an Egyptian tomb from the 13th century BC is believed to be the world's oldest cheese. Studies found the mass contained proteins from cow milk, and sheep or goat… Audio

Field notebooks from some of NZ's first surveyors are among 1000s of historic documents digitised by LINZ in one of the world's largest cultural heritage projects. Audio

It didn't begin and end with Don Brash - New Zealand universities have often being sites of controversies. Historian Grant Morris of Victoria University takes a look at some of these controversies… Audio

A chance meeting with Wilbur Smith and some sage advice led Michael Graham to write a book about his experience in the SAS in Africa. Michael was a covert SAS soldier during the Cold War in Africa and… Audio