History

Multi-instrumentalists, partners, collaborators and music historians  Rhiannon Giddens and Francesco Turrisi join Kathryn Ryan to discuss the (sometimes fraught) musical connections between race… Audio

Know your Beatles trivia? The British National Trust might have the dream job for you. Audio

Thomas Sainsbury talks with Louisa Wall MP, Prof. Welby Ings, Professor Emeritus Ngahuia Te Awekotuku, and award winning artist and filmmaker Tanu Gago. Audio

ABC producer Fiona Pepper travels to Tanna to hear stories of the blackbirding trade, and the scars the kidnapping of a generation of men has left on Vanuatu

A heritage advocate says he is over the moon to see a special piece of this country's history restored for future generations to enjoy. Three second world war era gun emplacements have been officially… Audio

Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision, Sarah Johnston takes a look back at the battle of the breakfast brands on our airwaves over the years. Audio, Gallery

Rhiannon Giddens is on her way to Wellington with partner Francesco Turrisi to perform at New Zealand Festival on 4^th March. The singer, banjo player and violinist talks to Eva Radich about  recording… Video, Audio

This month's Treaty settlement with Moriori does more than right wrongs - it sets the official record straight.  Audio

A well known New Zealand born musician has died in France where he was, at one time, a household name. . Dinah Priestly knew Graeme when he was acting in Wellington and recalls his life. Audio

105 years after it opened, the Hawke's Bay Opera House's multi-million-dollar earthquake strengthening and refurbishment are about to be revealed. Audio

Author Samanth Subramanian has been taking part in quizzes all of his life -- from schools to pubs to TV shows to the 'Geek Bowl' and the World Quizzing Championship. He offers an insight into the… Audio

Parts of NZ are currently experiencing major problems with the 'Three Waters' ie wastewater, stormwater and drinking water.  Audio

New Zealand sound recordings made 80 years ago in the thick of World War II have been recognised as taonga of significant cultural value. Audio, Gallery

In the '80s, "Think Big” became an insult; government spend-ups became a political no-no. Until now. In light of Jacinda Ardern’s $12 billion infrastructure announcement, Nikki Mandow and Bernard… Audio

More than a hundred years since Moriori were slaughtered, enslaved and falsely classified as extinct, a true account of their story is about to be entrenched in the law.

Moriori descendants and… Audio

This week we're going back to 1542 and the death by beheading of Catherine Howard, the fifth wife of King Henry the Eighth, which happened this week. Audio

The worst shipwreck in Wellington waters was not the sinking of the Wahine in April 1968 (a tragedy which cost 53 lives.) Today is the 111th anniversary of a shipwreck off the south coast which saw… Audio, Gallery