History
Earthquakes expose hidden artefacts in central Christchurch
When the Canterbury earthquakes brought about the destruction of almost all of the buildings in central Christchurch, it created a unique opportunity for an insight into the past. Video, Audio
Māori astronomy - Te Whānau Mārama
"First the sun, then the moon, then the stars". Waikato University Professor Rangi Matamua shares Māori understandings of the night sky. He's curated the Waikato Museum's current exhibition Te Whānau… Audio
Masterpieces: Michael Fitzgerald on colonial history
Michael Fitzgerald, Te Papa's curator of colonial history, is retiring this month, after 46 years at Te Papa and its predecessor institutions. He is steeped in New Zealand's history from military to… Audio, Gallery
Business scandals in NZ - The Historical Context
The Panama Papers scandal could be a risk to NZ's squeaky clean reputation, but is our reputation really that squeaky clean? New Zealand has actually experienced a number of business scandals over the… Audio
Mathematics and Black holes: Professor Roy Kerr
Emeritus Professor Roy Kerr who has just received the highest academic title the University of Canterbury can bestow - Canterbury Distinguished Professor. He is one of only three in the university's… Audio
Sound archives - the huia
If you have been to see Taika Waititi's film "The Hunt for the Wilderpeople" you will remember the two main characters discover the long-believed-extinct huia bird, while they are deep in the bush. In… Audio
Twist on the Europeans to discover NZ
History professor Paul Moon talks about a not-new claim that the first Europeans to discover the New Zealand were Spanish or Portugese. Audio
Jonathan Gil Harris: Becoming Indian
Jonathan Gil Harris is a Shakespearean scholar who's written a history of the weird and wonderful people came to make India their home in the 16th and 17th centuries. First of the Firangis weaves the… Audio
Who Bombed the Hilton? Australia's first major terrorist attack
Award-winning filmmaker and historian, Rachel Landers has explored the unsolved mystery of the 1978 bombing of The Hilton Hotel on Sydney's George St -Australia's first act of terrorism. Audio
From Slavery to Steelpan – NZ's Freedom Music
NZ's first Steelpan Caribbean Orchestra drum up Carnival Night in Auckland, inspired by drumming traditions from Africa - originally developed to tolerate the inhumane practices of slavery in the… Audio, Gallery
From Slavery to Steelpan – NZ's Freedom Music
NZ's first Steelpan Caribbean Orchestra drum up Carnival Night in Auckland, inspired by drumming traditions from Africa - originally developed to tolerate the inhumane practices of slavery in the…
AudioVivian Gornick: re-reading, love, and living alone
Kim Hill talks to the New York journalist, essayist, critic and author about her memoirs Fierce Attachments (1987) and The Odd Woman & the City (2015). Audio
Art Crime with Arthur Tompkins: fakes at Knoedler
Kim Hill talks to the District Court Judge and member of Interpol's DNA Monitoring Expert Group with a special interest in crimes involving artistic masterpieces. He discusses the collapse of the… Audio
Jeanette Winterson: the disguised written self
Kim Hill talks to the British novelist who has published over a dozen works of fiction since her 1985 debut novel, Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit; her latest is The Gap of Time, a "cover version" of… Audio
Marine Archaeologists confirm they've found the Endeavour
A team of archaeologists in Rhode Island who believe they have found the wreck of the Endeavour in a local harbour have revealed the details of what they have found. The Rhode Island Marine… Audio, Gallery
1995 poisoned chalice
Nelson Mandela's former bodyguard says the All Blacks were deliberately poisoned during the 1995 Rugby World Cup campaign. Audio
Sound Archives - Sarah Johnston
Last week on the show we marked the passing of private radio pioneer, Chris Parkinson, one of the founders of Radio Hauraki. You may have also heard another well-known radio voice of days gone-by… Audio
Gareth Davies
The play Everest Untold, by Gareth Davies, tells the little known story of New Zealand mountaineer George Lowe and British Mount Everest Expedition army Colonel Sir John Hunt; the men who in 1953… Audio
Archaeologists may have located the Endeavour.
Archaeologists in the US believe they may have located the Endeavour. Audio
Tiriel Mora: 20 years of the vibe
Jim Mora talks to the actor who played lawyer Dennis Denuto in the 1990s movie, The Castle, and Martin Di Stasio in the television series Frontline. Audio
