History

Today's sporting history looks back to when our first and only ever cycling gold medal was won by Sarah Ulmer. She was racing at the 2004 Athens Olympics when she made history.  Audio

New Zealand has had some big ambitions in the Pacific and mixed relations with our neighbours. Video, Audio

Why isn’t New Zealand part of Australia? | The Aotearoa History Show | RNZ

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In March this year, the Antarctic explorer Ernest Shackleton's ship Endurance was found, three thousand metres under the icy Weddell Sea - 107 years after it sank. The British maritime archaeologist… Audio, Gallery

New Zealanders like to think we have a “Number 8 Wire Mentality” - a rough and ready enthusiasm for fixing and building stuff with limited resources.  Video, Audio

What do you do with all those papers and possessions when someone close to you dies? In the case of Gerald O'Brien (1924-2017) - former Labour Party MP for Island Bay and local businessman - nephew… Audio, Gallery

From a standing start of little tank engines chugging along wooden rails, New Zealand built a vast rail network, made up of enough steel rail to wrap halfway around the moon. Video, Audio

Today, someone who is known for being the best netball goal shooter of all time - Irene Van Dyk Suzanne's been covering netball for around 36 years and is currently the editor of Newsroom's… Audio

Whether accidentally, or by design, humans have had a great impact on the face of New Zealand. Richard Wolfe unravels the history and considers our future in his 41st book: Footprints on the Land: How… Audio

Marine mammals were a source of food and clothing for Māori and Moriori, and valuable oil for Europeans. Hunting them brought cultures together, made fortunes and cost lives but today it's saving them… Video, Audio

Historian Dr Jock Phillips' latest work tells the story of New Zealand using 100 objects. Objects such as the sewing kete of an unknown 18th-century Maori woman; cannons from the Endeavour; the… Audio

These are the wars that cost more lives than any other in our history. Stretched over more than a decade & the entire country, these conflicts changed Māori warfare & much of what came next.

In today's Crimes NZ episode, we look back to the murder of a young woman who was also deaf and non-verbal. 20 year Emma Agnew disappeared in November 2007 and her body was discovered 12 days later. Audio

Charles Mackay was mayor of Whanganui from 1906 to 1920. His tenure and name were all but erased from history when it emerged he was gay and shot a returned soldier who was attempting to blackmail him… Audio