History
'Challenging the narrative': New exhibition pushes for more young women in the gaming industry
Ready Player One? Otago Museum is transforming into an interactive game zone as part of its latest exhibition.
'Unfair system' frustrates efforts to build on ancestral whenua
A Waikato iwi is weighing into the debate on the harsh reality for Māori building on ancestral whenua.
NZ Sporting History: Tip off of Tauihi Basketball Aotearoa
For today's NZ Sporting history we're covering a history in the making moment from last night's tip off of the first match of the new women's professional basketball league, Tauihi Basketball… Audio
The hidden vault where music lives forever
Deep inside an arctic mountain, a "doomsday vault" is set to safeguard music for eternity, and some New Zealand works have made the cut for the first deposit.
World's deepest shipwreck discovered
The US Navy ship "Sammy B" sank off the Philippines in a ferocious World War II battle with the Japanese.
Heritage New Zealand Pouhere Taonga celebrates Matariki
From Heritage New Zealand Pouhere Taonga, Rosemary Baird editor of the Aotearoa Unearthed Podcast and Development Advisor, Niki Patsch talk to us about a new podcast by Heritage New Zealand Pouhere… Audio
History with Dr Grant Morris
One of the most common uses of historical research is to discover a person's genealogy. Yet genealogical research is usually seen as an 'amateur' pursuit. Today Dr Grant Morris discusses the reality… Audio
Angels of Sinjar: Hanna Polak on documenting the horror of Isis
Hanna Polak's extraordinary film Angels of Sinjar details one woman's fight to find her five sisters, who were abducted and sold into sexual slavery by Isis.
Of all the barbaric acts committed by… Audio
Wellington's historic St James Theatre reopens today
Wellington's historic St James Theatre reopens today after earthquake restrengthening that began three years ago. The Category One Heritage building in Courtenay Place was built in 1912 and houses the… Audio
The Origins of the Black Death
Dr Philip Slavin, Associate Professor of History at the University of Stirling in Scotland talks to us about his recent research into the Origins of the Black Death. Audio
Rising awareness of rēwena: 'I want to keep the bread alive' - traditional baker
Māori bread baked in Whanganui using a starter bug handed down over generations will feature on the world stage in a Unesco project.
Six weeks on a steamer boat: Touring Edwardian New Zealand
Travelling to, and around, New Zealand was a major investment in time in the early 20th century. So what made tourists - mainly from Britain - undertake the journey? And how was the country sold to… Audio
New Podcast Featuring Keri Hulme Recording
Going West Festival's James Littlewood joins us to talk about a special new podcast featuring a recording of the late Keri Hulme reading her unpublished novel "Bait" at the festival in 1997. Audio
Grandson of Watergate prosecutor reflects on Washington
Robert Draper is a reporter for the New York Times and the grandson of Watergate Special prosecutor Leon Jaworski. He's writing a book about the Capitol insurrection and reflects on Washington then… Audio
Leon Narbey returns to the famous land march of Whina Cooper
The Director of Photography on the new film Whina, Leon Narbey, actually filmed the 1975 land march that the cast and crew were recreating for the movie about the Maori matriarch who led it. Leon was… Video, Audio
NZ should celebrate its prehistoric past with fossil emblems
It's time New Zealand copied Australia's high regard for fossils, by putting together a list of favourites and promoting fossil tourism, Nic Rawlence writes.
Allan Clarke on The Bowraville Murders: A 30-year fight for justice
Thirty years ago three children disappeared from the same street in a small town in New South Wales. They became known as the Bowraville Three: Sixteen-year-olds Colleen Walker-Craig and Clinton… Video, Audio
NZ Sporting History: The story of Kiwi the Cup winning horse
Today on NZ Sport History were going all the way back to Melbourne in 1983 when legendary jockey Jim "pumper" Cassidy rode 'Kiwi' from dead last to win the 1983 Melbourne Cup. Later that same year… Audio
Fastest-growing black hole of past 9b years discovered in Centaurus constellation
Black holes are the gluttons of the cosmos, devouring everything that veers too close - including light itself.
The promises and perils of chemistry research
Two stories about the promise and perils of chemistry research. From a team recreating Renaissance beauty recipes in the hopes of rediscovering a 'miracle ingredient', to a researcher investigating… Audio
