History
The Rest Is History: Monty Python at 50
It's time for the rest is history when we look into the week's news in the past. This week we're going to be a tiny bit sacrilegious. Our resident historian Robert Kelly is looking back to the first… Audio
Where to from here, following Tuia 250?
The most anticipated day of Tuia 250 has wrapped up with a private civic ceremony, but the question of how we commemorate controversial historical figures will be discussed for a long time yet. Audio
Climate Change Protest and the Prohibition Movement
NZ has seen a series of Climate Change Protests over the past year. Has NZ seen a similar movement in the past? Historian Grant Morris argues that the most similar one is the Prohibition movement. Audio, Gallery
NZ Biography: Michael King
Today's biography is on a man who himself was a biographer of some this country's most celebrated people, as well as a hugely respected historian, Michael King. Audio
Ngā Taonga Sound Archives: The Dunedin albatross colony
In today's visit to the sound archives of Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision with Sarah Johnston we hear recordings about the history of the world's only mainland albatross colony. Audio, Gallery
2: Tangata Whenua
Around 850 years ago Polynesian explorers found an empty land and the story of people in Aotearoa began. A new culture emerged; tangata whenua had arrived and started to thrive.
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Lately Book Club: The Point
Our occasional Book Club series, Auckland author and publisher Debra Millar has almost lived at Auckland's Point Chevalier long enough to be considered a local. It's a pretty sedate place these days… Audio
Endeavour replica arrives in Gisborne
The replica of Captain Cook's Endeavour ship made its way into Turanganui-a-Kiwa today, greeted thousands of spectators and about 50 protestors. Audio
Tuia 250 commemorations
The most anticipated day in the Tuia 250 commemorations has arrived, with the Endeavour replica arriving in Tūranganui-a-Kiwa this morning. Audio
PM misses arrival of Endeavour replica
The Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says it's important New Zealand acknowledges "the hard stuff" in its history, and says the Tuia 250 commemorations do just that. Today is the 250th anniversary of… Audio
Dame Jenny stresses unity over division
The co-chair for Tuia 250 national commemorations Dame Jenny Shipley says while it's important to stress unity over division, protests are not a bad thing. "Our history can't be turned back, we've got… Audio
The Aotearoa History Show!
The story of New Zealand and its people, from its geological origins to modern day. Hosted by William Ray and Leigh-Marama McLachlan, with animation by Chris Maguren. Made possible by the RNZ/NZ On… Audio
Gisborne iwi on British 'collisions': 'They started swimming away but Cook started shooting'
Gisborne iwi are setting the record straight on Captain James Cook, describing their ancestors' first experience of the British as collisions not encounters.
The Aotearoa History Show webseries
The government's recent announcement that NZ history will be have to be taught in school, addresses the anomaly that saw this country one of few in the world that hasn't had its own history as a… Audio
The Aotearoa History Show: How Zealandia was formed
The Aotearoa History Show looks at connecting the pieces so people can see the wider picture of how our land and people have been shaped, and some of the forces that did that shaping.
1: Prehistoric New Zealand
Before people there was the land. We start the story of New Zealand 100 million years ago as tectonic forces tear apart Gondwana and Zealandia/Te Riu-a-Maiu is formed.
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Richard Greenaway and the stories behind the headstones
Richard Greenaway can often be seen wandering around Christchurch's cemeteries, leading a group of people interested in the stories behind the headstones. He's going to be frequenting the cemeteries a… Audio
Katherine Mansfield's birthplace gets a do-over
Katherine Mansfield's early childhood home in Wellington is about to reopen to the public after a much needed 'do over' inside and out. It's taken five months to replace the roof and damaged weather… Audio
Blog: Tuia 250 commemorations begin
Tuia - Encounters 250 is an initiative marking 250 years since the first onshore meetings between Māori and Europeans.
Tuia 250 commemorations kick off in Gisborne
A large bonfire - the first at Kaiti at sunrise - has been lit along the beach in Tūranganui a Kiwa to guide three waka hourua into the bay to start the Tuia 250 commemorations in Gisborne.