Take a look back at some of our most popular history-related stories.
Re-learning the history of Aotearoa
From 2022, all New Zealand school students will study the history of New Zealand every year until Year 10.
Photo: RNZ
Voices in the Air: 100 years of radio
Sound historian Sarah Johnston explores a century of radio in New Zealand, focusing on early pioneers and the innovative World War II recordings.
Photo: RNZ
Mudlarking: finding treasure by the Thames
Sifting about in the mud on the edge of the River Thames might not be everyone's idea of fun, but Lara Maiklem has been doing it for nearly 20 years.
Photo: Supplied / Michael White
The early years of Shortland Street
New Zealand's longest-running soap opera was met with disappointment from audiences when it first aired in 1992. But Shortland Street has since become a Kiwi TV staple.
A scene from the Shortland Street TV series. Photo: TVNZ
WATCH - NZ Wars: Stories of Tainui
The third compelling chapter in RNZ's award-winning documentary project on the New Zealand Wars.
WATCH - Untold Pacific History - The Dawn Raids
In this mini-doco, Oscar Kightley speaks to people involved in the NZ government's infamous ‘Dawn Raids’ regime of the 1970s.
'Hope is a sense that the future is not yet written and sometimes we get to participate in writing it'
We are "less cranky about Shakespeare's sexism" because problematic cultural artefacts seem easier to swallow with the distance of time, says writer Rebecca Solnit.
Rebecca Solnit Photo: Supplied
'I’ve tried to decolonise, deracialise, de-sanitise and strip the stories of all their accretions'
Witi Ihimaera talks about tracing the history of Māori creation myths in Navigating the Stars - a book he says he was "born to write".
Writer and poet Witi Ihimaera Photo: Andi Crown
Governor: the story of Sir George Grey
Sir George Grey (1812 - 1898) was a colonial governor who led Aotearoa into many of the worst conflicts of the NZ Wars. William Ray investigates his life in the award-winning podcast Black Sheep.
This statue of Governor George Grey has been a focus of protest in Auckland. Photo: Russell Street (CC 4.0)
The Kidnapping of Baby Kahu
Wellington lawyer Donna Hall was walking her dog with two nieces and eight-month-old baby Kahu, when a stranger brandishing a gun grabbed the baby and drove off. For nine terrifying days, the family had no idea where Baby Kahu was or if she was safe.
Photo: 2002 Getty Images
Pongs of the past
Historian William Tullett is fascinated by how people interpreted smells in previous eras - and what this can tell us about how they lived.
Photo: Anglia Ruskin University
