History
This Weekend: Invercargill revs up for the Burt Munro Challenge
It's the biggest motorcycle rally in the Southern Hemisphere, and this year it's drawing thousands of competitors and spectators to Southland. Audio
NZ Sporting History: Riki Ellison
Riki Ellison joins Jesse to discuss his Māori roots and fascinating family ties, plus what it's like to play in a Super Bowl. Audio
Henry Cooke, Kiwi in London
New Zealand writer Henry Cooke touches base with Nights on the Waitangi Day pub crawl and the upcoming UK general election. Audio
Ana Hato and Mario Lanza make a date on Valentine's Day
Siliga Sani Muliaumaseali'i talks with Bryan Crump about playing super-crooner Mario Lanza in a tribute show this Valentine's Day. Video, Audio
Bowie’s Waiata
In 1983 David Bowie was enjoying the biggest success of his career… The album Let's Dance had gone to number one around the world and the 'Serious Moonlight' tour was playing to record breaking… Video, Audio, Gallery
Christchurch unearths saints kept in coffee jars
A new exhibition showcases relics found underneath Christchurch's Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament, which was badly damaged in the Christchurch earthquakes. Audio
Fifty years of the birdcall
It's a big day, we're celebrating 50 years of our morning bird calls.
It turns out the original call wasn't a bird at all.
Katie Fitzgerald has the inside story from the last 50 years. Audio
Cartels, clichés and salsa - Colombians on their cultural stereotypes
In part two of a series around cultural stereotypes, Kadambari Raghukumar talks South America through the eyes Auckland-based Colombians. Audio
Koala conservationist Rebecca Johnson
Chief Scientist at the world's biggest museum, wildlife forensic scientist and conservation geneticist Rebecca Johnson is a leading researcher in koala conservation. The iconic Aussie marsupial is… Audio
Interest in Te Tiriti exhibition surges after vandalisim
Te Papa says nearly half of all visitors are now identifying the exhibit as a highlight . Audio
History with Dr Grant Morris on golf
Golf has one of the longest histories of modern sports. While we can trace golf-like games back centuries, it is generally accepted that the modern game developed in Scotland during the eighteenth… Audio
NZ Sporting History with Dylan Schmidt
Olympic medalist, Dylan Scmidt, won the first ever medal for New Zealand in gymnastics in 2021, in the men's trampoline category. He's been trampolining since he was a young boy. And now he's set his… Audio
What 1924 thought 2024 would look like
Newspapers from 100 years ago predicted what the year 2024 would look like. Many of the predictions were wrong. But some were right. Audio
Ruapekapeka Pā road fix opens up history
The sealing of a once perilous road means visitors to significant battle sites no longer have to risk life and limb to get there.
Regional public holidays: Do we need them?
While Aucklanders rub their extra day off in other centres' faces, Lewis Holden reckons provincial holidays should be written off altogether. Audio
Help wanted for Waitara Rail project
If you have capable hands and a budding interest in trains, the Waitara Railway Preservation Society needs you. The society's secretary and treasurer Derek Baker speaks to Jesse. Audio
Work on Oriental Bay Rotunda stalled
Work has stalled on a multi-million-dollar restoration of Wellington's historic Oriental Bay Rotunda because no tenant is willing to take it on.
The council-owned landmark has stood sadly empty for… Audio
New Zealand photo archive up for auction
An online auction of historic photographs is taking place, with the aim of returning them to New Zealand hands. Australian media company Fairfax sent 1.4 million images from its photographic archive… Audio, Gallery
Fairfax archive saga: Tracking down the missing pictures
It is one of the great debacles of NZ history-keeping - an irreplaceable physical collection of more than a million photos almost ended up in a rubbish dump. But some have been even harder to track…
Thousands protest Australia Day holiday with 'Invasion Day' rallies
Thousands have marked Australia's national day with "Invasion Day" rallies in support of the country's Indigenous community, with many opposed to celebrating the historic arrival of the British in…
