History
Masterpieces with Bronwyn Labrum
Bronwyn Labrum is the author of Real Modern: Everyday New Zealand in the 1950s and 1960s, talks about her favourite NZ object. Audio, Gallery
The History of NZ Mayors
The local body elections are coming up soon, including elections for mayor. New Zealand has 67 mayors, yet turnout for mayoral elections is very low. Legal historian, Grant Morris from Victoria… Audio
75 year of our women in blue
The New Zealand police are holding a number of events this year to mark 75 years since the first women joined the force in this country. Today Sarah Johnston from Nga Taonga Sound & Vision played us… Audio
The courtroom battle that brought down the KKK
Kathryn Ryan speaks with best selling journalist and non-fiction writer Laurence Leamer, whose latest book tells the remarkable true story of a legal case in 1981 which bankrupted the Ku Klux Klan. Audio
Call for inquiry into forced adoptions
Maggie Wilkinson has been fighting a 30-year battle for the government to investigate the forced adoption of babies born to unwed mothers from the late 1950s to the mid 1970s. Audio
Treaty Settlement stories preserved
New Zealanders who've been involved in negotiating treaty settlements, or whose lives have been affected by them, are sharing their stories for a national research project. The Ministry for Culture… Audio
Mike Durant: Black Hawk Down
Nine to Noon speaks to Mike Durant, a former US army helicopter pilot, shot down over Mogadishu during the United States' disastrous, and short-lived intervention in Somalia in 1993. Audio
Fresh discovery at the seat of Arthurian legend.
Archaeologists working in Cornwall have unearthed the remains of a Dark Age royal palace which is firing fresh interest in the legend of King Arthur. We're joined by Win Scutt of English Heritage. Audio
Names of NZ's WWI conscientious objectors commemorated
In an online first, the names of New Zealand's WWI conscientious objectors have been compiled and made available to the public. Audio
Names of NZ's WW1 conscientious objectors online for first time
New Zealand's World War One conscientious objectors are to be commemorated in the online realm. Audio
The Musical Career of Peter Posa
Arguably NZ's greatest guitarist, Peter Posa looks back at his 53 years making music professionally with Grant Walker. Video, Audio
An ode to the shopping trolley
An ode to the shopping trolley; its past, its present and its future. With Zachary Crockett, Matt McKeown, Murray Siple, Henry Harris-Burland and Peter Griffin. Video, Audio, Gallery
The Oxfords: Christ Church to Christchurch
Kim Hill talks to The Oxfords, six young professional singers from the cathedral choir of Christ Church, Oxford: Henry Kimber (countertenor), Michael Ash (countertenor). Edward Woodhouse (tenor)… Audio
Francis Spufford: the 18th century novel
Francis Spufford is a British writer whose books include The Child That Books Built (2002), Red Plenty (2010) and Unapologetic: Why, Despite Everything, Christianity Can Still Make Surprising… Audio
Vicky Karaminas: fashion and uniforms
Dr Vicki Karaminas is Professor of Fashion and Deputy Director of Doctoral Research at Massey University Wellington. She is the President of the Popular Culture Association of Australia and New… Audio
David Goldblatt: the Olympics - then and now
Kim Hill talks to David Goldblatt, one of the world's most celebrated sportswriters, about his new book The Games: A Global History of the Olympics. Audio
Canterbury Museum buys Ivan Mauger collection
Canterbury Museum has spent $1.7m on a collection of memorabilia belonging to NZ speedway legend Ivan Mauger.
Oldest evidence of cancer found
A fossilised foot bone from an ancient human dating back 1.7 million years, shows signs of an agressive form of bone cancer. Audio, Gallery
Ancient Pacific city thrown lifeline
An ancient ruined city in the northern Pacific, at risk from rising seas, has been thrown a lifeline by the international community. Audio
Sound Archives: Ads for coughs and colds from days gone by
We turn to the sound archives of Nga Taonga Sound & Vision to have a listen to what radio from days gone by had to say about this time of year and the inevitable coughs and colds. Audio, Gallery
