History
Liz Sime: women and children first
Recent retiree from the position of Director of International Operations, and Vice President at Marie Stopes International, after working for 15 years around the world for international humanitarian… Audio
Nazi Persecution of Gay And Lesbians - William J Spurlin
Our next guest has been re-examining gender and sexuality in Nazi ideology, and how history views the persecution of gays and lesbians. William J Spurlin is professor of english and director of… Audio
History Found At The Dump - Jason Blair
An historic piece of alpine history has turned up at a most unusual place. The very first log book of the West Coast Alpine Club has been found, dumped at the Greymouth tip. It dates back to the… Audio
Sound Archives - Sarah Johnston
Opo, the Crazy Dolphin was a big hit released 60 years ago this week at the end of 'the summer of Opo', when thousands of Kiwis flocked to Opononi in Hokianga Harbour to see Opo, the dolphin which… Audio
Oamaru's historic courthouse will re-open.
Oamaru's historic courthouse will be restored, seismically strengthened and re-opened. Audio
Selwyn Toogood remembered
Heather Eggleton recalls her time on 'It's in the bag' and remembers Selwyn Toogood. Audio
Remembering the beatles
Ex RNZ programmer Jonny Douglas talks about the 1964 Beatles tour in Wellington and his interview with them. Audio
Oscar Enberg - Visual Arts Resident in Berlin
An early mining settlement in the mountains of Germany that now produces carved wooden toys is where New Zealand artist Oscar Enberg is heading. He's just been announced as this year's recipient of… Audio
Murdoch Stevens - Behind the Scenes of a Publishing House
What gets published and what doesn't? How is it presented and illustrated? What gets heavily-edited and what sticks close to the original? These are all decisions made behind the closed doors of the… Audio
Rick Gekoski - Rare Book Dealer
Rick Gekoski is regarded as one of the world's leading bookmen: a rare-book dealer, non fiction writer, broadcaster, academic - and soon to be first time published novellist, in his 70s. He's got to… Audio
Julia Wayne - Saving The World's Classic Movies
More than 80 percent of films made before 1929 have been lost - damaged beyond repair, thrown out or reused. In an effort to save what remains, film maker Martin Scorsese set up the Film Foundation in… Audio
Paul James - CEO of the Ministry of Culture and Heritage
The Ministry for Culture and Heritage is openly inviting arts organisations to look further afield for its funding, rather than simply relying on the tax-payer. They suggest looking for funding from… Audio
Sandra Coney: Opening up Waikumete Cemetery
Chair of the Waitakere Ranges Local Board, and driving force behind the inaugural open day at New Zealand's largest cemetery, the first event of its kind in New Zealand. Audio, Gallery
Rebecca Priestley: anthologising Antarctica
Senior Lecturer in the Science in Society Group, Victoria University of Wellington, and editor of Dispatches from Continent Seven: an Anthology of Antarctic Science, a new collection of writings by… Audio
Art with Mary Kisler: the Christchurch Art Gallery
Senior Curator, Mackelvie Collection, International Art, at the Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, Mary Kisler, discussing the recently reopened Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetu. Audio, Gallery
Lee Tamahori: Making 'Mahana'
Filmmaker whose first New Zealand movie in 20 years, Mahana, adapted from the novel Bulibasha by Witi Ihimaera, tells the story of two Maori sheep-shearing families on the East Coast in the 1960s. Mah… Audio
Jamie Joseph: Battling poaching in Africa
Writer and environmental activist who grew up between South Africa and Zimbabwe, and moved to New Zealand. She is reporting from the frontline of Africa's poaching crisis at savingthewild.com, and has… Audio, Gallery
Historian Richard Bulliet on the history of the wheel
Columbia University Historian, Richard W Bulliet has written the book, The Wheel, which traces the history of the invention that changed the world. He begins in 4-thousand BC when wheels were first… Audio, Gallery
Whose River
that moment when one must apply their skills as a fluvial geomorphologist in determining a centuries-old border dispute between Costa Rica and Nicaragua - with Prof. Colin Thorne, Chair of Physical… Audio
Masterpieces - David Downs
Today on the show, David Downs will be looking at his favourite lesser-known NZ inventions. How a tobacco company kept the world fit; why Ernest Rutherford is the SECOND most famous person from the… Audio