History

Grant Morris discusses the history of influenza in New Zealand. Audio

It's undoubtedly the most famous shipping disaster of them all, and inspired one of the biggest movies of all time, 104 years ago this Friday, the White Star liner 'Titanic' sank on her maiden voyage… Audio

Enjoying a long and happy marriage? Well you can thank sexually transmitted infections for that. A new study out of Canada suggests monogamous societies may have evolved to combat the spread of STIs.

Kennedy Warne recently visited Te Kongahu with a university lecturer who specialises in how colonial history is told and represented, and a Ngapuhi writer/historian/lecturer and museum specialist Audio

Professor James Belich is one of New Zealand's pre-eminent historians. He left our shores for a prestigious position at Oxford University, four years ago, specialising in global history. He's back on… Audio

Professor Paul Moon has just written a book documenting the history of Te Reo in Aotearoa once the first colonists arrived in Aotearoa. He takes Wallace on a journey through the Maori language and the… Audio

Guest host Philippa Tolley and Kate Camp discuss the 1965 novel Georgy Girl by English writer Margaret Forster, who died in February. Audio

Recently in the news is the staggering statistic that a third of all Maori land is landlocked. What does that mean? And how did it happen? Professor Jacinta Ruru from the University of Otago explains.

Talk radio - it's a cornerstone of late night broadcasting, a friendly voice for lonely shift workers and insomniacs and an outlet for people with strong opinions of all kinds. In this country it… Audio

A new research paper looking into human sacrifice in nearly one hundred cultures, including pre-European New Zealand, has just been published. The study looked at Austronesian cultures, and delved… Audio

The remarkable true story of Englishwoman Grace Oakeshott, who faked her own death in 1907 so she could escape her marriage and flee to New Zealand with her lover. Audio, Gallery

New research has uncovered the role ritual human sacrifice has played in the evolution of modern New Zealand Audio

The significance of opening access to Iranian newspapers that both charted the Western-backed 1953 coup d'état against Iran's popularly supported government and the 1979 Revolution - with Dr. Siavush… Audio

A commemoration to mark 100 years since armed police raided Rua Kenana's settlement in the heart of the Urewera has sparked calls for the prophet to be pardoned. Audio

An angry brawl a few years ago between European climbers and a gang of disgruntled Sherpas contradicted everything we thought we knew about the friendly, loyal mountain guides who selflessly assisted… Audio