History

Queen Victoria liked her food, no doubt about that. Food historian and broadcaster, Dr Annie Gray, pored through historic royal cookbooks for the detail in The Greedy Queen. Delving into the royal… Audio

Immigration is a hot topic coming up to the election but just talking about it can be a tense experience. In episode two of Slice of Heaven, a 4-part podcast series for RNZ in association with Massey… Audio

Laura Spinney graduated from Durham University with a degree in Natural Sciences and is now a writer and science journalist based in Paris. She has written for the New Scientist, The Guardian and The… Audio

Swiss police have confirmed the identity of a Swiss couple whose frozen remains were found on a shrinking glacier last week 75 years after they went missing. Video, Audio

A powerful exhibition focused on opposition to New Zealand's involvement in the First World War has opened in Wellington. Video, Audio

It is election year and the political bribes are coming thick and fast. This is not a new phenomenon. In fact, some of the biggest bribes in our political history occurred a long time ago. Historian… Audio

How to live in the face of so much suffering? It's the question American writer, critical theorist, scholar of religion and author of many books, Sarah Sentilles, aims to answer in her new book, Draw… Audio

David Parsons is on the show to talk about when decimal currency was chucked on trains and sent round the country to distribute , the 27 million new banknotes and 165 million new coins to New… Audio

The bodies of Marcelin and Francine Dumoulin, parents of seven children, have been found 75 years after they went missing in a meadow above Chandolin in the Valais canton on August 15, 1942. Video, Audio

Did your delicious dinner get the "Yuck!" treatment? Katy Gosset talks to families about fussy eating and a clinical psychologist serves up some tips. Audio

Another wintry blast is bearing down on the country, with snow and gale force winds predicted for later in the week. So, we are escaping back to the tropical South Pacific of the 1950s, with a visit… Audio, Gallery

Lost manuscripts by English composer Gustav Holst have been discovered in Tauranga. The English composer's original manuscripts, from 1906, are handwritten and signed by the great composer. Music… Audio, Gallery

In the 16th century, 12 million slaves were snatched from Africa and sent to work in the Americas in service of Europe's growing dependence on sugar. Author James Walvin talks about the complex and… Audio

A series of video games called Total War is allowing players to control enormous armies of tens of thousands of people in real time combat. Kathryn Ryan speaks with Julien Blarel, who has turned… Audio, Gallery

With record migration and a fast-growing population, Aotearoa/New Zealand is changing. How that will look depends upon the interplay between people here now and those who want to come. So who is… Audio

Matt Tyrnauer is a US director and regular contributor to Vanity Fair. His film, Valentino: The Last Emperor was short-listed for Best Documentary Feature Academy Award. His documentary, Citizen Jane… Audio

In our trip to the sound archives of Nga Taonga Sound & Vision, we are going to head off to the tropical South Pacific of the early 1950s with Sarah Johnston Audio, Gallery

Our guest Colleen Brown is going to be talking about The Bulford Kiwi. The Kiwi was constructed on Beacon Hill overlooking Sling Camp (now gone), part of Bulford Camp, during the occupation of the… Audio