History

The Kennedy family has long held the world's admiration and fascination. But all families have their dark secrets and for the Kennedys it was the daughter born with developmental disabilities… Audio

War Report 63 - 22 Nov 2015 Broadcast Time: 8:53pm Sunday 22 Nov 2015 Memories of six months on Gallipoli with Joe Gasparich giving a vivid description of the carnage at The Daisy Patch. MUSIC… Audio

Kate discusses three children's non-fiction books: Brown Girl Dreaming by Jacqueline Woodson, Timeline by Peter Goes, and Shackleton's Journey by William Grill. Audio

Dr Anae is Senior Lecturer and Director of Research of Pacific Studies at the University of Auckland; Will 'Ilolahia is the founder of the Waiata Artists Trust. Both were members of the Polynesian… Audio

District Court Judge, and member of Interpol's DNA Monitoring Expert Group. He has a special interest in crimes involving artistic masterpieces, and will talk about a number of fakes and forgeries. Audio, Gallery

Director of Dr Johnson's House Trust, who has written extensively on Samuel Johnson, and author of The Fortunes of Francis Barber: the True Story of the Jamaican Slave Who Became Samuel Johnson's… Audio

Fellow of the National Institute of Standards and Technology, Distinguished Professor at University of Maryland, fellow of the Joint Quantum Institute, and joint winner of the 1997 Nobel Prize for… Audio

Nikau Hindin is reviving the lost Maori art of making aute, known in other parts of the Pacific as tapa cloth. The Auckland University Fine Arts student recently held a public performance of aute… Audio

Berhampore suburb in Wellington has achieved a lot of firsts. Berhampore was the first community in New Zealand to build social housing blocks. The suburb was also ground central for the 1981… Audio, Gallery

We are off to the West Coast for today's roadmap, to an area that is considered to be the be final frontier. The Haast region spans about 40kms from Jacksons Bay to the township of Haast. It's located… Audio

Today marks sixty-eight years since the fatal fire at Ballantynes department store in Christchurch. Audio

An East Coast iwi will commemorate the 150th anniversary of the siege of Waerenga a Hika, on the outskirts of Gisborne, today. Audio

Equality for women with feminist blogger Deborah Russell... women (struggling/being successful) in science Audio

Next week marks the 150th anniversary of the Siege of Waerenga a Hika. Te Aitanga a Mahaki iwi will mark the anniversary of the siege of Waerenga a Hika, when 200 colonial troops with 300 Maori… Audio

Leonard Leary recalls being wounded at Gallipoli and being taken to Alexandria. Others recall being wounded and taken off with the surgeons on the ships working 70 hours without a break. Audio

Justine Murray is in Porirua and reflects upon the towns 50 year history since it officially became a city. Audio

Since 2010, Rosanna Raymond has been creating art under the name of the SaVAge K'lub, a multi-disciplinary installation and performance vehicle built to discuss ideas of space, hospitality… Audio

Geraldine Brooks retells the story of King David - his extraordinary rise to power and his fall from grace, all seen through the eyes of his seer Natan. Audio

Dr Ian Griffin says museums are about much more than viewing our treasures - they are places of science and research which inspire curiosity about the world. Audio