History

Lee Pryor has been delivering post along the Whakatāne coastline for 25 years, but he is not the first in his whānau and now his wife has even joined the ranks. Audio

From the 1840s onward, Frederick Maning would become an increasingly bitter and angry man who demonised Māori who opposed colonisation. So what explains this radical transition from a romantic early… Audio

In the 2000s Black Sticks Women had not yet won a major tournament, until the 2018 Commonwealth Games. Grace O'Hanlon, the Black Sticks goalkeeper, who saved FOUR of five of England's attempts in the… Audio

Hannah Pick-Goslar knew Anne Frank as the girl next door and co-conspirator in the pranks they pulled on the adults before the war. The two would both end up in the same concentration camp. Hannah… Audio

This weekend marks 150 years since Hastings was declared an official township. Hastings historian Michael Fowler talks to Jesse about the town's history and how it has survived the past century and a… Audio

If you're in Auckland, you may have walked past one of the worlds most valuable and important books without realising. A rare copy of Shakespeare's First Folio lives in a glass case in the public… Audio

Historians usually write about the past, with the benefit of knowing how things turned out, but Harvard academic and best-selling author Serhii Plokhy was so shaken by the Russian invasion of his… Audio

A team of hunters heads out every five weeks to a hill country farm to harvest deer meat for Tai Rawhiti's food banks which have been under pressure after devastating weather hit the region this year… Video, Audio

Kim Yo-Jong is the daughter of former North Korean leader Kim Jong-il and youngest sister of the current leader Kim Jong-Un. As a direct descendant of the Mt Paektu bloodline, she was addressed by her… Audio

Frederick Maning was one of the first Europeans to settle in Aotearoa, he married a high-ranking Ngāpuhi woman, and wrote two books filled with romantic anecdotes of his time living alongside Māori… Audio

A piece of New Zealand surf lifesaving history has been lovingly restored after being found hidden under a hedge in Port Chalmers near Dunedin. Audio

Five passengers onboard the submersible Titan died last week after a fatal implosion during its voyage to the wreck of the Titanic. What is it about the wreck of the Titanic that captivates us? Audio

As excitement builds for the upcoming 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup we look back of one of most successful football players here in Aotearoa. Wendy Sharpe debuted with the Football Ferns in 1980 when… Audio