History
Historian Dr Rowan Light on significance of Erebus national memorial
It has been announced that a national memorial to the disaster will finally be built, following the decision to locate it in Christchurch. Audio
Christchurch revealed as home for Erebus memorial
Christchurch has been revealed as the city that will be home to a national memorial to the Erebus crash victims. It comes after a wait of more than four and half decades and push back from other… Audio
Christchurch reserve chosen as Erebus plane crash memorial
Almost 46 years to the day that 257 people died in the Mt Erebus plane crash, a Christchurch reserve has now been chosen as the preferred location for a national memorial. The Ministry for Culture and… Audio
History with Dr Grant Morris
We're going to talk history with Dr Grant Morris and this week he is looking at stories of the New Zealanders who have, and who do, identify as Catholic. Audio
National Erebus Memorial Location Revealed
This afternoon it has been announced where the memorial to honour those killed in the Mt Erebus flight will be built. Jesse speaks to Rev Dr Richard Waugh, the instigator of the National Erebus… Audio
256-year-old relic found after vanishing for decades
It's "one of the oldest relics of early European contact with New Zealand" but no one has seen it since 1982.
Small Histories with Emma Kay
Tonight she's talking about Madame Zenobia an Auckland fortune teller who found herself in trouble with the law. Audio
Hanly House: Campaign to create artists' oasis residency
The race is on to preserve the home of two of New Zealand's most beloved artists. For 30 years the Mt Eden home of Pat and Gil Hanly has been a creative hub and base for artists all over Aotearoa. Audio
The secret mission to save Gaza's historical artefacts
A restoration team is painstakingly retrieving historical manuscripts, rare volumes, and archival documents from beneath the rubble of a destroyed mosque in Gaza.
Stoush over Chinese media 'censorship' in Skykiwi forum
A tribunal has found Chinese-media outlet Skykiwi did not discriminate against an Auckland forum user because of her political opinion when it deactivated her online blogging account.
Hawaiian waka makes historic return to NZ
A Hawaiian waka will be on display for people to see at Mangonui's main wharf in Northland.
Nick Bollinger on Wellington's history of jam bands
RNZ's resident music historian talks us through a key component of the local music scene. Audio
Curator Ian Wards
In 2005, Wellington Museum senior curator Ian Wards bought BOATS on CD. Now, two decades later, he's put together an exhibition based around the band's foundations, and the making and production of… Audio
NZ photography: earliest to AI - Athol McCredie
New Zealand Photography Collected: 175 Years of Photography in Aotearoa spans nearly two centuries in more than 400 pages, exploring our identity as a nation. Audio
The thinking behind the world's greatest thinkers
Hugh Mackay explores twenty-five profound quotes from some of the world's greatest thinkers, from Confucius and Plato to Susan Sontag and Gloria Steinem. Audio
The politicians missing from libraries
Two big political memoirs have hit the bookshops this year - but which high profile politicians are missing from the shelves.
One for the political tragics
Two big political memoirs have hit the bookshops this year - but which high profile politicians are missing from the shelves? Audio
Kelly Tarlton's Final Treasure Hunt named Podcast of the Year
A podcast that led to the discovery of one of New Zealand's oldest European artefacts has been named podcast of the Year at the NZ Podcast Awards.
'Everything a president should expect in his second-in-command': Bush remembers Cheney
"He lifted the standards of those around him, just by being who he was: so focused and so capable," the former president told the congregation
Did Plunket founder Truby King really believe in eugenics?
King's reputation has taken a battering due to his apparent association with eugenics - but is that fair, asks historian Barbara Brookes.
