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Auckland Museum to display female T-rex fossil called Barbara
The Auckland Museum has announced its newest resident for the coming year, a partner for an existing star attraction.
'We will get it done': Construction of new museum and art gallery to be sped up
The Invercargill City Council has voted to fast-track building of the new Southland Museum and Art Gallery.
Archives NZ reinstates online search tool after data mishap
Archives NZ is making its online search tool available to all users again, after a shutdown caused by restricted record titles mistakenly being made public.
Crimes NZ: NZ's biggest ever fraud
Today on Crimes NZ we're going back nearly 60 years to investigate one of New Zealand's biggest fraudsters. In 1966, a Salvation Army captain was steering a barge up Waitemata Harbour when he spotted… Audio
Efforts to preserve photographer Peter Bush's life's work
The family of veteran Wellington photographer Peter Bush is struggling to find a home for his vast collection of 300,000 images portraying eight decades of sporting and socially significant events… Audio, Gallery
135-year-old message found in bottle
Edinburgh plumber Peter Allan found a bottle containing a 135-year-old message while cutting a hole in floorboards in a client's house. Audio
Blue Smoke: Jim Carter
Jim Carter, the lap-steel guitarist on the original recording of 'Blue Smoke', and guitarist on several significant early New Zealand pop records, died in October 2022, aged 103. This episode of Blue… Audio
Carved panels journey to New York, Geneva and London
The story begins in the early 1800s in Peropero swamp, just north of Waitara. Taranaki was teetering on the edge of what would be almost a century of war, and Te Atiawa hapu moved quickly to dismantle… Audio
'We just couldn't believe it': Survivor recalls horror of Ballantynes fire
A memorial service to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the Ballantynes department store fire will be held at the Christchurch Transitional Cathedral this evening.
'Unmitigated disaster': Historian wants inquiry into limits on Archives NZ's services
Mounting difficulties getting hold of important historical documents are sparking government infighting and threats of legal action.
Difficulty accessing archive documents angers historians
Mounting difficulties getting hold of critical historical documents at the national Archive are sparking government infighting and threats of legal action.
A high court Justice has noted cases are… Audio
'A lot of them should come back' - Indigenous Australians celebrate return of taonga
An Ōtepoti museum has returned cultural artefacts first taken from Indigenous Australians more than a century ago.
NZ Sporting History: Evers-Swindell Twins
For today's sporting history we're speaking to rowing legends Caroline Meyer and Georgina Earl. Although, you may know them better as Evers-Swindell twins. Caroline and Georgina, not only won gold in… Audio
Identifying the early European settlers in an Otago cemetery
The remains of 27 early European settlers will once again laid to rest, six years after they were excavated from an Otago cemetery- but not before giving some insight into their lives. Archaeology… Audio
Tūhura Otago Museum return Indigenous Australian taonga
A Dunedin museum is returning six cultural artefacts taken from Indigenous Australians more than a century ago. Audio
Artefacts returned to Indigenous Australians from Otago
A boomerang and stone knives are among six cultural artefacts being returned to Indigenous Australians from the Otago museum today.
The items were taken more than a century ago, and have been part of… Audio
Archives NZ shuts down search tool amid fears of security breach
The national archive has been hit by an apparent security breach and has shut down the online search tool the public uses.
Taonga belonging to indigenous Australian group returned by Auckland Museum
Four taonga taken from an Indigenous Australian group more than a century ago have been returned by Auckland Museum this week.
Commuting on an e-penny farthing!
The penny-farthing bicycle is usually associated with the late 19th century, but a Wellington GP has brought this bike into the modern age. Nikhil Sarma can often be seen making his daily commute on… Audio
Crimes NZ: New Zealand's pillar of the underworld
For this weeks NZ Crime's interview we're talking about the Headhunters with Discovery's Patrick Gower. In particular we're going to talk about the case of prominent gang member Peter "Pedro" Cleven.
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