History
The WW2 logbook with a fascinating story
The Airforce Museum in Christchurch regularly receives donations of WW2 memorabilia. But a recent donation stood out, a log book belonging to Sargent Charles Kronk. It had a big gash in the top… Audio
Call for wider consultation on memorial for patients' unmarked graves
Porirua's Pacific community wants more consultation on a memorial for more than 1800 former patients buried in unmarked graves.
Digging up the shame of the past
Excavators have begun work at St. Mary's Mother-and-Baby Home in Tuam where unmarried pregnant women were sent to give birth from 1925 to 1961. Audio
Iwi leader on discovery of French maritime artifact
One of New Zealand's oldest European artifacts, an anchor from a French ship, has been found in Doubtless Bay. Its captain's actions are another story. Audio
Not a dry eye in the house: Documentary tells history of Takahanga Marae
The Bones of Our Past started as a film about the marae's 30th anniversary celebrations, but became much more.
This Weekend: NZ's Walk of Fame
New Zealand's Walk of Fame is celebrating fifteen years with a night of live music on the Orewa Boulevard. Audio
Haere Mai (Everything is Kapai) singer Daphne Walker dies
Singer Daphne Walker has died aged 94. Walker was best known for songs likes 'Haere Mai (Everything is Kapai)' popular in the 1950s. Music historian Chris Bourke spoke to Corin Dann. Audio
256-year-old relic found after vanishing for decades
It's "one of the oldest relics of early European contact with New Zealand" but no one has seen it since 1982.
From Auckland to Christchurch: New hope for Erebus memorial
More than 40 years on, families hope a tribute in Christchurch can finally honour New Zealand's worst aviation disaster. Audio
Morning Report Essentials for Thursday 17 July 2025
In today's episode, figures provided in a just released study show since 2008 there have been an average of 36,500 symptomatic cases of campylobacter each year, 535 people on average are hospitalized… Audio
Erebus captain's daughter says memorial belongs in Auckland
The Ministry of Culture and Heritage has shared three possible Christchurch locations for a national memorial with victims' families. Audio
Three sites picked for potential Erebus memorial in Christchurch
The Ministry of Culture and Heritage is seeking feedback from families of the Erebus disaster about potential sites for a memorial in Christchurch. Ministry of Culture and Heritage senior officer… Audio
Christchurch sites considered for Erebus memorial
A plan for a memorial in Auckland's Dove Meyer Robinson Park was abandoned in 2023.
If this is the Golden Age, how do we make the most of it?
Humans have periods of great success followed by decline and eventual collapse. It's what we do. Golden Ages lose their shine. We are living in the greatest Golden Age of all time and what happens… Audio
The volunteers trying to save the historic ferry SS Toroa
The ferry SS Toroa turns 100 this year and passionate volunteers are asking for help to get her restoration complete, and see the steam boat back on the Waitemata. Audio
Untold Intimacies: The story of sex workers in New Zealand as they changed the world
Untold Intimacies tells the story of sex work and its transformation in Aotearoa over thirty critical years. Audio
Millions of NZ's most precious historic documents to be moved
The huge task of moving millions of New Zealand's most precious documents to their new home begins in Wellington this week. Archives New Zealand is moving just across the road from its current… Audio
Chatham Islands waka find detailed in new report
Questions around the exact age and size of the waka remain, but experts say the find is of global significance.
Smith and Caughey's auction decorations from Santa's Grotto
Auckland's former flagship department store Smith and Caughey's, which recently closed after 145 years, is selling off its shop fittings and surplus stock in an auction starting on Monday. Acting… Audio
Antarctic clues on how life survived the ice age
Antarctica's harsh otherworldly climate gives a glimpse into the simple microscopic communities that dominated Earth for much of its history, and insights into how life survived the global ice age.
