History

Scottish archaeologist, historian and author Neil Oliver is also the presenter of several BBC documentary series including 'A History of Scotland' and 'Vikings'. He is perhaps best known for the… Audio

Tamsin Hanly is a former primary school teacher who is so passionate about the need to teach New Zealand history in our schools that she mortgaged her house to fund a six volume curriculum covering… Audio

Trudeaumania was the phrase coined in the 1960s to capture the excitement generated during the early days of Canadian politician Pierre Trudeau premiership. Now it's his son Justin who has the world's… Audio

Toby Manhire interviews Radio New Zealand International journalist Johnny Blades about the arrests this week in Papua New Guinea of a Supreme Court judge and the prime minister's lawyer. Audio

A fragment of Nelson's rail history will be revived this weekend with the re-opening of an old train tunnel. Audio

Criminals have exploited urban infrastructure since cities were first created. Architectural writer and blogger, Geoff Manaugh has studied the criminal history of our cities, detailing some of the… Audio

Tamaki Makaurau MP Peeni Henare says it's ridiculous there is still no requirement for school children to be taught New Zealand history. Audio

Grant Morris discusses the history of influenza in New Zealand. Audio

It's undoubtedly the most famous shipping disaster of them all, and inspired one of the biggest movies of all time, 104 years ago this Friday, the White Star liner 'Titanic' sank on her maiden voyage… Audio

Enjoying a long and happy marriage? Well you can thank sexually transmitted infections for that. A new study out of Canada suggests monogamous societies may have evolved to combat the spread of STIs.

Kennedy Warne recently visited Te Kongahu with a university lecturer who specialises in how colonial history is told and represented, and a Ngapuhi writer/historian/lecturer and museum specialist Audio

Professor James Belich is one of New Zealand's pre-eminent historians. He left our shores for a prestigious position at Oxford University, four years ago, specialising in global history. He's back on… Audio

Professor Paul Moon has just written a book documenting the history of Te Reo in Aotearoa once the first colonists arrived in Aotearoa. He takes Wallace on a journey through the Maori language and the… Audio

Guest host Philippa Tolley and Kate Camp discuss the 1965 novel Georgy Girl by English writer Margaret Forster, who died in February. Audio