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Deep dive into a rigorous romp through the history of New Zealand, from its volcanic beginnings, through settlement, wars and social change to the late 20th century.

Investment author and columnist Mary Holm talks to Jesse Mulligan every fortnight about her top tips for how to make your money work.

Dig into the biggest crimes in New Zealan history with the investigators and journalists who know the cases best.

Join The Detail team six days a week as they make sense of the big stories with the country’s best journalists and experts.

| Winner Best Podcast – NZ Radio Awards 2019 | | Winner Gold Medal – New York Festivals Radio Awards 2019 | | Winner Best Investigative Radio/Audio Series – The AIBs 2019 | Gail Maney was sent to prison on her son’s birthday. The police said she’d put a hit on a man who stole drugs from her. She went to jail for 15 years. She’s consistently denied having anything to do with the disappearance of Deane Fuller-Sandys. In fact, she says, she never even met him. She isn't sure he was murdered at all. She thinks he’d just … gone fishing. In this eight-part series, Amy Maas and Adam...

A five-part podcast hosted by Susie Ferguson, covering an issue most of us find hard to think about, let alone discuss - the loss of a baby.

A dynamic and often provocative account of New Zealand's relationship with the Pacific.

On November 28, 1979, an Air New Zealand jet took off from Auckland Airport on a sightseeing trip to Antarctica. There were 257 people on board. Hours later everyone was dead. Somehow, the plane had flown directly into the Erebus volcano. This was a disaster that shattered a country’s psyche. In the decades since, grief gave way to blame, anger and recrimination. Who was responsible for so many deaths? Was there a cover-up? How could a plane just fly into a mountain? To mark the 40th anniversary of the disaster, Michael Wright and Katy Gosset explore why New Zealand’s deadliest disaster ...

Through the 1840s and 50s Waikato Māori had been close allies of Pākehā settlers living in Auckland. So why did war break out between the two early in 1863?

To celebrate 150 years of the periodic table, get to know the back story of every element with our entripid scientific hosts.

A chance to learn a few super simple sayings in te reo Māori that you can use in your everyday conversations.

The untold stories of WWII Native Wireless Operators.

Dr Claire Concannon follows scientists into the bush, over rivers, back to their labs and many places in-between to cover the most fascinating research being done in Aotearoa New Zealand.

The shady, controversial and sometimes downright villainous characters of NZ history. Join William Ray as he explores history through the lens of Kiwi dirtbags in NZ's most awarded podcast.

A weekly investigative documentary exploring what is happening in New Zealand and to New Zealanders here and overseas. Best Factual Weekly Programme at the 2020 NZ Radio Awards

Designed to help you discover what to listen to next, host Richard Scott hunts out the best podcasts from New Zealand and around the world.

There's never a shortage of opinions on the media but Mediawatch looks at it all in detail for those keen to know more about the news - as well as those who work in media.

The most authoritative and comprehensive coverage of local and world events to be found on morning radio happens from 6:00am to 9:00am every weekday on RNZ National. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Stories that explore the distance and the difference between us.

In 1860 the shots fired sparked decades - arguably generations - of conflict. RNZ's Tim Watkin looks at what sparked the conflict and his ancestors' arrival in the midst of these tensions.