History
Brett Killington - subterranean WWI
London based Kiwi photographer who has spent a lot of time documenting the subterranean world of New Zealand First World War tunnelers on Europe's Western Front. Audio
Peter Reidy on the Passchendaele Express
KiwiRail CEO on the Anzac Day steam locomotive service running between Petone and Wellington. The engine was originally built by NZ Railways to remember the 447 railwaymen who lost their lives in WWI.
…Colonel Rob Krushka
Colonel Krushka is the commander of New Zealand's Anzac commemorative contingent to Europe. Audio
Jenny Haworth - The Art of Anzac
Marking ANZAC weekend, Jenny Haworth discusses her new book, Behind the Twisted Wire - New Zealand Artists in World War 1, a study of commissioned war artists and soldier-artists who captured the… Audio
Freddy Declerck: helping Passchendaele pilgrims
Charlotte Graham interviews an expert on the New Zealand Division's involvement on the battlefields of Flanders, who was Chairman of the Memorial Museum Passchendaele 1917, President of the… Audio
James Rhodes: madness, medication and music
Charlotte Graham interviews the acclaimed British concert pianist, writer and television presenter who tells his story in Instrumental: a Memoir of Madness, Medication and Music. Video, Audio
Petina Gappah: outsiders and authenticity
Charlotte Graham interviews the Zimbabwean lawyer and writer (An Elegy for Easterly, The Book of Memory) who now lives in Geneva, where she provides legal aid on international trade law to developing… Audio
Max Harris: Rhodes, racism and the politics of love
Charlotte Graham interviews the Rhodes Scholar and Fellow of All Souls College, Oxford, who has returned here for Aspiring Conversations 2016 in Wanaka, to speak on a panel, The New Zealand Project… Audio
All the world’s a stage
How shall I celebrate thee? Let me count the ways... Today marks the 400th anniversary of the death of William Shakespeare. Video, Audio
Gallipoli: The Scale of our War - Kirstie Ross
The display features the stories of seven Kiwi Soliders and a nurse and has attracted around 700 thousand visitors since it opened to the public in April last year. Lead Curator for this project is… Audio
Pacific Impacts of War - Grace Hutton
Not often talked about when we look back at World War one is the contribution from our neighbours throughout the Pacific. Up to 500 Cook Island men are thought to have been involved in fighting during… Audio
Wartime Propaganda - Steph Gibson
Stephanie Gibson's expertise is in the area of First World War posters, emotional imagery and messaging. Poster were the most common form of messaging during those times. Audio
Chernobyl anniversay
It's thirty years next week since the Chenobyl nuclear explosion, and some are still living in the highly-contaminated area directly surrounding the blast. Audio
Te Aroha turns out for Queen's birthday celebrations
Royal family look-a-likes turn out in Te Aroha, to mark Queen Elizabeth's 90th birthday. Audio
How To Drive A Dinosaur - Scott Wright
One of the world's greatest dinosaur puppeteers coming to Auckland. Scott Wright is the co-founder of Erth Visual and Physical Inc and has been the artistic director for the last 26 years. He started… Audio
James McNeish on the athlete who defied Hitler
Werner Seelenbinder was a champion wrestler in 1930s Germany as Hitler came to power and the third Reich's war machine was gearing up. He was also a communist and part of the resistance. He used the… Audio
The Age of Fairytales
The origins of certain folktales, such as 'The Smith and the Devil', can be traced back to the Bronze Age, making the age of these tales much older than what previously thought - with anthropologist… Audio
The New Zealand Wars - Jacinta Ruru
Jacinta Ruru is a Professor of Law at the University of Otago and Co-Director of Nga Pae o te Maramatanga, New Zealand's Maori Centre of Research Excellence. Today she's looking at the New Zealand… Audio
Sound Archives - Sarah Johnston
In the lead up to Anzac Day on Monday the researchers at Nga Taonga Sound & Vision have been busy preparing more sound recordings and film footage about World War I to go on their website 'Anzac… Audio
Nights' Pundit - Military History
Easter Rising - historian and author of 'New Zealand and the First World War 1914-1919', Dr. Damien Fenton on the wherewithal of war... Audio
