History

Kim Hill talks to architect Mary Daish, whose practice has a particular focus on kitchen design. With her mother, cook and food writer Lois Daish, she discussed the social issues expressed in our… Audio

"For 150 years people have wanted to live in the city and the country at the same time" says historian Ben Schrader. Audio

60 years ago, in Maralinga, outback South Australia, the British exploded the first of seven mushroom cloud bombs. We hear from Dr Liz Tynan, who recently released a book: "Atomic Thunder:The… Audio

In 2015 a violent earthquake shook Nepal, killing thousands across the country. In its wake, climbing teams at Mt Everest were hit by a deadly avalanche that destroyed Base Camp and caused the deaths… Audio

120 years ago today on 13 October 1896, New Zealanders got their chance to see moving pictures for the first time, when the first film was played to an audience at the Opera House in Auckland. Video, Audio, Gallery

"Four shots, and then another one" - that's how the story of Alice Parkinson begins as the 25 year old waitress guns down her fiancé, Bert West, in the middle of Nelson street in Napier in 1915. The… Audio

The ANZAC Hall in Featherston was built to give the thousands of World War I soldiers camped nearby a place to relax - a 'home away from home' - before they went to war. Since then, the building has… Audio, Gallery

Kim Hill talks to Brisbane singer-songwriter Robert Forster, best known for his work with songwriting partner Grant McLennan, with whom he co-founded The Go-Betweens. The band, formed in 1977, made… Audio

Kim Hill talks to molecular palaeontologist Professor Beth Shapiro, who is Director for Conservation at the University of California Santa Cruz Genomics Institute, and Research Associate of the Denver… Audio

Kim Hill talks to Gerard van Bohemen, New Zealand's Permanent Representative to the United Nations. New Zealand is currently a non-permanent member of the Security Council. Audio

The Country Life webpage is showcasing a series of classic country clips from Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision. This week's film looks at gorse. Last week featured the inventor of the post hole borer, Ron… Audio

A new walkway has recently opened in the Cheviot Hills Reserve in North Canterbury. The project has been a labour of love for a group of local volunteers led by retired sheep farmer David Anderson. Audio

Last week a NZ history story managed to capture some headlines. A Massey University academic 'discovered' that William Massey, one of our longest serving Prime Ministers, had a made a number of racist… Audio