History
The price of a ruined life
As a new announcement on compensation for Abuse in Care victims looms, one expert says the waiting has been another form of psychological abuse. Audio
NZ Sporting History: Jody Cameron
This week we're joined by former Tall Fern legend Jody Cameron Jody competed at the Athens games with the Black Ferns in 2004 and now co-owns the all-female-owned basketball team the Northern Kahu… Audio
Search for families of 1800 patients buried in unmarked graves
The search is on for families of nearly 2000 mental health patients who were buried in unmarked graves in Porirua. Porirua Cemeteries Manager Daniel Chrisp spoke to Ingrid Hipkiss. Audio
The ideas that built us
A new book from one of New Zealand's most celebrated social historians looks at the ideas that built our nation - and concludes that neither Maori nor Europeans remained unchanged following their… Audio
UK celebrates 80 years since end of World War Two
Street and tea parties are being held across the UK - including at Buckingham Palace and Downing Street - to mark 80 years since World War Two ended in Europe. The BBC's Rob Watson spoke to Alexa… Audio
WW2 rifle pits found off SH3
There had been a number of archaeological finds since work on the highway began in 2023.
In Central Otago, historic buildings on the council chopping block
The Central Otago District Council has a plan that could save millions, but many locals say it comes at the cost of history, heritage and community.
Historic Otago buildings on the council chopping block
The Central Otago District Council has a plan that could save millions, but many locals say it comes at the cost of history, heritage and community. Audio
Why strikes happen on May Day
NZCTU president Richard Wagstaff joins Emile Donovan to share the history of May Day, a historic workers' rights commemoration, after 5,000 salaried medical professionals striked for 24-hours today. Audio
Myth Takes: Ancient music
Classics educator and enthusiast Ben Jackson joins Emile Donovan to share what we know of the music that filled the homes and streets of the ancient world. Audio
History with Dr Grant Morris
Today Dr Grant asks: Is the current state of world affairs really as bad as we think? As ever history has the answers. Audio
The social history of whaling
Lindsay Alexander is a NZ whaling historian based in Kororareka, Russell. He has been researching the topic for more than 12 years and has written a number of books based on the real often forgotten… Audio
Stephen Stone acquitted of murder after serving 25 years
Stephen Stone was imprisoned in 1999 for the murder of Deane Fuller-Sandys, as well as the rape and murder of Leah Stephens. Private investigator Tim McKinnel spoke to Charlotte Cook. Audio
Abuse in care survivors given King's honours
The Governor-General has bestowed King's honours on twelve people whose experiences shaped the Inquiry into Abuse in State and Faith-based Care. Kate Green has the story. Audio
Aside from Anzac Day, NZ has been slow to remember military veterans
Expansion of the term 'veteran' will add 100,000 service people, without automatically changing existing entitlements.
Derek Leask, on his atlas of the New Zealand wars
Former career diplomat, Derek Leask, has used maps, sketches and prints to illustrate how the New Zealand wars unfolded in the mid nineteenth century in an atlas. Audio
Doves, deaths and rations: Papal elections over time
Cardinals electing Pope Francis's successor will have an easier time than many of their predecessors, who endured spartan conditions and were even locked up for so long that some of them died.
100-year-old veteran: 'I felt it was my duty'
Arthur Driver never saw active duty due to illness and accidents but the 100-year-old says his part in World War II still affects him.
Modern Maori Quartet's Anzac tribute
The Modern Maori Quartet - Maaka Pohatu, Francis Kora, Matariki Whatarau and James Tito - have performed in the US, UK, Singapore, Malaysia, China and South Korea. They've composed their own waiata… Audio
The Tibbles: celebrating a hero
The Tibble family are in Faenza, Italy commemorating their ancestor Te Rauwhiro Tibble this Anzac Day. Audio
